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Panels and Q&A’s with attending filmmakers!
Friday July 1 -
2:00PM - Intellectual Property Law Panel.
4:00PM - 2 Player Productions Meet & Greet - Additional 2 Player Productions events.
5:00PM - Lucky Streak and the Crime Fighters [Additional screenings].
7:00PM - Opening Night Film Radio Free Albemuth w/ Q&A - Post-screening Filmmaker Lounge session 9:15PM.
7:15PM - Console Alliance: Best of.
9:45PM - Code of Evil Panel w/ Sprit Camp screening.
Saturday July 2 -
12:00PM - Independent Filmmaker Panel.
1:00PM - InfamousKidd.com Panel.
1:00PM - Reformat the Planet (& RTP 1.5) Q&A.
2:00PM - Bots High Q&A.
2:00PM - Browncoats: Redemption Q&A.
4:00PM - TV Horror Hosts and Monster Kids Panel (w/ Sean Kotz of Virginia Creepers).
4:00PM - The Space Coast Preview w/ Hipster Batman.
5:30PM - Virginia Creepers Q&A.
9:30PM - Radio Free Albemuth Q&A.
Sunday July 3 -
11:15AM - Lucky Streak and the Crime Fighters Q&A.
1:00PM - Florida Filmmaker Panel.
1:50PM - Creature Entertainment Shorts & 2:30PM - The Gun Q&A.
2:45PM - Bots High Q&A.
3:00PM - Planeta Desconocido/Ginnungagap Filmwerks Panel.
4:00PM - Make Your Own Independent Fan Film Panel (w/ Kurt Donath of Lucky Streak and the Crime Fighters)
4:05PM - Virginia Creepers Q&A.
4:45PM - FL Shorts Program - Game Gorilla & Cliquetastrophe Q&A - w/ Attending filmmaker Michael Felker - schedule.
5:15PM - Planeta Desconodico World Premiere Q&A.
8:45 PM - Geek Film Festival Awards Ceremony & Closing Night Party - Following 7:00PM Closing Night Film CONNECTED.
11:20PM - Secret Screening - Board Choice.
Monday July 4 -
1:45PM - Planeta Desconocido.
Additional:
Attending filmmakers Adny Angrand, Cyndi Foster and David Goudsward presenting short The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas - schedule (Animation Shorts Program).
Attending filmmaker Peter Salomone presenting short Folktales and Airships - schedule.
Full Geek Film Fest Schedule HERE.
Full film descriptions and director’s biographies available at www.geekfilmfest.com!
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Schedule slowly going live: floridasupercon2011.sched.org
HEADLINING FILM PROGRAM:
- Guest Geek Filmmakers: 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
- Opening Night Film: RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH*
- Closing Night Film: CONNECTED: AN AUTOBLOGOGRAPHY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND TECHNOLOGY
- Centerpiece Film: QUE PENA SU VIDA (F*CK MY LIFE)
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CENTERPIECE FILM - Screening Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30 PM.
QUE PENA TU VIDA (FU<K MY LIFE)
Feature Narrative/Comedy
96 minutes/Chile/Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Nicolás López
quepenatuvida.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Javier wants to forget his ex. But it’s impossible when she’s always online.
Getting drunk and partying it’s the only solution. Or not.
Love in the times of Facebook is worse than love in the times of cholera. Source: filmmaker
A brilliantly executed, vibrantly stylized story about modern day connection. The typical boy meets girl turned on its head because status updates. Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
At age 21, he directed PROMEDIO ROJO, a dark teen comedy that was a box-office hit
in Chile and selected at South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW). Tarantino declared it as “the funniest movie of 2005”. In 2008, he won the jury prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas with SANTOS. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Ariel Levy, Lucy Cominetti, Andrea Velasco, Ignacia Allamand, Paz Bascuñan, Claudia Celedón, Nicolas Martinez, Leonor Varela, Boris Quercia, Ramón Llao, Matias Lopez, and Marcial Tagle (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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Centerpiece Screening: Saturday, July 2, 2011, 7:30 PM.
Additional screening(s) to be announced.
For full schedule see floridasupercon2011.sched.org (and look for Geek Film Fest program).
INAUGURAL GEEK FILM FESTIVAL FILM PROGRAM
@ FLORIDA SUPERCON
July 1-4, 2001 | MIAMI AIRPORT CONVENTION CENTER | MIAMI, FL
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Films in alphabetical order:
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BACK TO SPACE-CON
Feature Documentary/Fandom
74 minutes/US/English
Director: Tom Wyrsch
garfieldlaneproductions.com/SpaceCon.html
EAST COAST PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
On February 22, 1975, Northern California’s very first Star Trek convention was held at Lincoln High School in San Francisco, CA. It was called “The Red Hour Festival.” A huge success with the fans of the original TV series (1966-69), the smash event led to much larger conventions in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. These “Space-Con” conventions left an indelible mark on the science-fiction fans and “Trekkers” who attended. In the end, conventions like Space-Con helped awaken Paramount from hibernation and led to the creation of the first installment of the major motion picture series “Star Trek” in 1979. This full-length documentary film is the story of how fandom revolutionized an industry. Written by: Tom Wyrsch , Source: IMDB.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Born in San Francisco, California, Tom Wyrsch moved with his parents to Sonoma County at an early age. He worked most of his career for a major U. S. gift company as its West Coast Operations Manager. Always an avid collector of film and books related to movie-making, he began studying film production in the late 1970s. After the gift company closed its West Coast operations, Wyrsch decided to pursue a life-long goal of making films. A close friend of Bob Wilkins and John Stanley of “Creature Features” fame, Wyrsch produced a documentary about the popular Bay Area-based TV series entitled WATCH HORROR FILMS, KEEP AMERICA STRONG: A JOURNEY INTO CREATURE FEATURES. Numerous theatrical screenings in 2008 were followed by a DVD release in 2009, making the documentary a very successful venture. Because he had worked with Richard Tuck in El Cerrito, CA., designing Playland-not-at-the-Beach, a museum dedicated to the fondly remembered San Francisco amusement park, Wyrsch decided to make his second documentary, REMEMBERING PLAYLAND AT THE BEACH, which premiered at San Francisco’s Balboa Theater on March 16, 2010 to a sold-out house. Seven more sold-out screenings led to a near 5 month run. With two documentaries to his credit, Wyrsch has now completed his third, BACK TO SPACE-CON. Source: garfieldlaneproductions.com
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BATMAN: THE LINE
Short Narrative/Fan Film
13 minutes/US/English
Director: Henry James Tripson
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Following the events found within the comic books BATMAN #424 and #425, comes an original story by Henry Tripson. The use of lethal force is called into question by Robin. As Batman defends his position, an old encounter with the Joker is reflected upon. Source: filmmaer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Henry James Tripson is proud to present his first official short film BATMAN: THE LINE. Henry, a self-taught filmmaker looks forward to continuing his study of film and creating more films in the future. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Jared Olstad, Jason Kimble, Henry Tripson and Chase Bercier.
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THE BOLT WHO SCREWED CHRISTMAS
Short Narrative/Animation
7 minutes/US/English
Director: John Wardlaw
topographicproductions.com/Bolt/default.htm
FLORIDA PREMIERE / Independent Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM
The final performance of the late Jonathan Harris (LOST IN SPACE) highlights this risque and screwy parody of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. Harris narrates the tale and plays the mean-minded Bolt who hates the citizens of Scewville because his threads are too tight. Can Cindy Loose Screw find a way to foil his plan to screw Christmas? Harris is joined by his former TV LOST IN SPACE co-stars Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright and Marta Kristen, who portray the Ratchet family in a quick bonus parody of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
John Warlaw is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and musician. After graduating from Santa Barara’s Brooks Institute of Photography in 1993. While directing and editing are his preferred jobs, John has worked in many of the various aspects of film making in features, shorts and music videos. These included sound recordist, sound mixer, composer, writer and even in front of the camera as an actor. In 2001 John decided to return to animation and had the pleasure of working with actor Jonathan Harris (LOST IN SPACE, A BUGS LIFE) who did the fabulous narration and the voice of ‘the Bolt’. As a tribute to Harris, Wardlaw added the voices of Harris’ friends and LOST IN SPACE cast-mates, Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright and Bill Mumy to the film as well.
Wardlaw lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife and four cats. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Jonathan Harris (Narrator/The Bolt), Tress MacNeille (Cindi Loose Screw), Angela Cartwright (Ratchet Family member), Marta Kristen (Ratchet Family member), and Bill Mumy (Ratchet Family member). Animation by: Adny Angrand
* Be sure to catch John Wardlaw in the Independent Filmmaker Panel and at the film’s Q&A!
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BOTS HIGH
Feature Documentary/Science & Technology/Robotics
84 minutes/US/English
Director: Joey Daoud
botshigh.com
CONVENTION PREMIERE / Filmed in Florida / Florida Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM
BOTS HIGH is an exciting documentary following the adventures of three high school robotics teams battling for first place at the national robotics competition in Miami, Florida. It’s a no-holds-barred fight to the death with robot carnage everywhere you look.
Genius inventor Will builds robots so powerful they’re unstoppable… if only they don’t destroy themselves first. The Mechanical Misfits are an all girls team stumbling through their first foray into combat robotics and Elizabeth and Danielle are a formidable pair looking to reign supreme during their last year of high school.
Bots High follows these students as they design, build and compete at Nationals – all while surviving high school, first love and teenage procrastination. Source: botshigh.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Joey Daoud is a documentary director and producer from Miami Beach, Florida. His latest project is the feature length documentary BOTS HIGH, which takes an exciting look behind the scenes of high school robot creators and the spectacular end to their robots.
Other past projects incorporate Daoud’s fascination in examining often overlooked areas, from super-productive workers in his short documentary YOU 2.0 to a detailed look at cubicles. Despite producing them as school projects while earning a degree in Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts at Florida State University, the projects generated international press and viral status on some of the most highly trafficked blogs. Daoud also produced segments for PBS and documented villages in Haiti.
When not filming real life, Daoud can be found reading a printed copy of the Sunday New York Times or looking for geocaches. Source: botshigh.com
* Be sure to catch Miami director Joey Daoud at the Florida Filmmaker and Independent Filmmaker panels as well as screening Q&A’s!
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BROWNCOATS: REDEMPTION
Feature Narrative/Fan Film
86 minutes/US/English
Director: Michael C. Daugherty
browncoatsmovie.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
BROWNCOATS: REDEMPTION takes place three months after the signal is sent out regarding the events on Miranda (FIREFLY/SERENITY). Captain Laura Mathews and the crew of Redemption are unintentionally thrown into a situation that some view as the potential catalyst for the second unified rise of the Independents against the Alliance, since Unification Day.
The Alliance is looking for a scapegoat for Miranda, while those unhappy with the Alliance are looking for a rallying cry to take action.
Through all this, a secret about Laura is exposed that shakes to the very core of the crew, threatening to break it up, challenge the trust that she’s earned with the Browncoats, and undo all the efforts she has put into place to keep a sense of peace in her life since the Unification War.
BROWNCOATS: REDMEPTION is a crowd sourced, independent film for the benefit of five charities: Equality Now, Kids Need to Read, Dyslexia Foundation, The Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center, and The Marine Corps – Law Enforcement Foundation.
Finalist in Mashable’s 2011 awards for Most Creative Social Good Campaign. Source: browncoatsmovie.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Michael C. Daughtery is the writer, director, producer, and co-creator of BROWNCOATS: REDEMPTION. A social media guru, blogger, web and print designer, illustrator, novelist, poet, and stand-up comedian. Source: facebook.com/pages/Michael-C-Dougherty-Fan-Page
CAST:
Heather Fagan, Kevin Troy, Guy Wellman, John Patrick Barry, P.J. Megaw, Michael Levy, Miriam Pultro, Kurt Skarstedt, Ted Taylor, Steve Lebens, Allison Plourde, and Jennifer Plascak Schumaker (for full cast list, please see site or IMDB page).
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BURDEN
Short Narrative/Sci-Fi
9:55 minutes/US/English
Director: Michael David Lynch
burdenthemovie.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
BURDEN is an award winning film starring Grant Weiss and the voice of Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime of TRANSFORMERS) and the amazing orchestral score by Rob Simonsen (500 DAYS OF SUMMER). Excellent cinematography and award winning visual effects highlight this noirish sci-fi story of a lone “Watcher” with superpowers named Calik, who decides to disobey his orders to evacuate Earth and battle an alien invasion force in an attempt to protect humans and save our world. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Michael David Lynch is an independent director and producer living in Los Angeles. His award winning sci-fi short BURDEN was a favorite at multiple film festivals around the world. In 2010 Michael produced Insert for the internationally renowned director Paul Hunter (Bulletproof Monk). Michael is currently developing his first feature film and this summer a feature doc he produced titled ’DROP’ will be released on 3D Blu-ray. His short films ’BURDEN’ and ‘Swerve’, which he produced, are currently playing on Italian television and will premiere nationally on broadcast TV in fall 2011. Source: michaeldlynch.com
CAST:
Grant Weiss, Peter Cullen (voice), Mocean Melvin (voice), Leah Rose Orleans, and Jan Rose (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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THE CITY DARK
Feature Documentary/Science & Technology
84 minutes/US/English
Director: Ian Cheney
thecitydark.com
SOUTHEAST PRIMERE / Filmed in Florida
ABOUT THE FILM
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky, premiering in competition at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW 2011). After moving to New York City from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks a simple question, “Do we need the stars?” Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights – including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above.
Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians and lighting designers, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
Features interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Astrophysicist, Hayden Planetarium), NASA astronauts, astronomers, renowned professors, and more. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Ian Cheney is a Brooklyn-based documentary filmmaker. He grew up in New England and earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Yale. After graduate school he co-created and starred in the Peabody Award-winning theatrical hit and PBS documentary KING CORN (2007), directed the feature documentary THE GREENING OF SOUTHIE (Sundance Channel, 2008), and co-produced the Planet Green film BIG RIVER (2009). Ian maintains a 1/1000th acre farm in the back of his ‘86 Dodge pickup, which is at the center of his recent film TRUCK FARM (2011). He has been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, on CNN and on Good Morning America. An avid astrophotographer, he travels frequently to show his films, lead discussions and give talks about sustainability, agriculture, and the human relationship to the natural world. Source: filmmaker
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CLIQUETASTROPHE
Student Short/Comedy
5:57 minutes/US/English
Director: Michael Felker* (Florida State University School of Motion Picture Arts)
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Florida / Florida Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM
Set in 1999 at the Cobb High School cafeteria, Clarke Averbush, a movie geek, attempts to ask Becky Lauderdale, a popular cheerleader, to the STAR WARS: PHANTOM MENACE premiere during their lunch period. But first, Clarke has to overcome the adversity of the intimidating football jock, Brad Stokes, and a cafeteria food fight started by a held-back giant bearded punk rock student. Will the movie geek get the girl of his dreams before lunch is over?
Love can get a little messy. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Michael Felker, enthusiastic filmmaker since 2005, graduated from the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts in 2010. From his humble beginnings living in Huntsville, Alabama to his current endeavors in Los Angeles, California, Michael loves taking part in anything involving a camera. Whether its shooting petite projects on the weekends to tackling elaborate multi-day productions, Michael throws himself into any aspect of making a quality film, from boom operating to producing.
Michael also enjoys playing not one but two musical instruments. He played clarinet in school bands for seven years and played saxophone for three. He continues to play in his free time for inspiration and relaxation. Michael is also an outdoor enthusiast, and loves to hike and camp in national parks whenever he gets the chance. While he isn’t exactly Bear Grylls of MAN VS. WILD, he can build enough of a fire to toast some marshmallows on a nice night. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
John Wilkstrom, Victoria Nugent, David “Ruty” Rutenberg, Trevin Connor, Adam Johns and Andrew Syder.
* Be sure to catch director Michael Felker at the Florida Filmmaker panel and screening Q&A’s!
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CONNECTED: AN AUTOBLOGOGRAPHY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND TECHNOLOGY
Feature Documentary/Science & Technology
82 minutes/US/English
Director: Tiffany Shlain
connectedthefilm.com
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
ABOUT THE FILM
Between texts and tweets, memes and microchips, we’ve become great at breaking the world down into byte-sized bits. In the process we’ve stopped seeing the forest for the trees, never mind the root system that connects them all. In Connected, Tiffany Shlain—award-winning filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards—sets out to explore these bonds with the help of her father, acclaimed author and thinker Dr. Leonard Shlain. When the unexpected happens during the making of the film, Tiffany is forced to reexamine everything she thought she knew about life, relationships, and connectedness. Tracing interdependence through history, she discovers the surprising links between right brain and left; alphabets and power; honey bees and stress; hormones and happiness; technology and nature; progress and consequences; and parents and children. The result is a personal film with universal resonance that encourages viewers to make connections of their own. Offering an exhilarating stream-of-consciousness ride, CONNECTED is a journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. For centuries we’ve been declaring independence. With insight, curiosity, and humor, this film asks if it’s time to declare our interdependence instead.
Presented By The Moxie Institute (moxieinstitute.org). In Association with Impact Partners.
Source: connectedthefilm.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, artist, founder of TTHE WEBBY AWARDS, and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Her films have been selected at over 100 film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, Rotterdam, and South By Southwest (SXSW), have won 20 awards including Audience and Grand Jury Prizes, been translated into eight languages, and been shown at museums including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Tiffany’s films are a fusion of documentary and narrative and are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects like politics, cultural identity, technology and science. Her films include LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS about reproductive rights in America, and THE TRIBE, an exploration of American Jewish identity through the history of the Barbie doll, the first documentary short to become the #1 on iTunes. She recently made, YELP: WITH APOLOGIES TO ALLEN GINSBERG’S HOWL, about our addiction to technology and the importance of occasionally “unplugging,’ which was selected as finalist for Guggenheim Museum & YouTube’s YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video and for Sundance 2011. As a director for both theater and film, she has worked with Harrison Ford, Peter Coyote and Alan Cumming and was selected as an Artist-in-Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts and for a film residency at the San Francisco Film Society. Tiffany’s films and discussion programs have been used in many diverse settings to spark dialogues about social issues. She has been singled out by The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The Sundance Institute for her cutting-edge work using documentaries and Internet distribution in unique ways to engage audiences. A sought-after keynote speaker known for her visual presentations, she lectures worldwide on filmmaking and the Internet’s influence on society. Invitations include Harvard, MIT, Apple theaters in NYC and SF, The Idea Festival, Fortune 500 companies, the 92nd St Y in NYC and The Sydney Opera House. She received a standing ovation from over 11,000 people after she delivered the keynote address for University of California, Berkeley’s commencement ceremony in May 2010.
Tiffany founded THE WEBBY AWARDS in 1996 and was creative director and/or the producer for nearly a decade, establishing it into a global organization honoring the best of the Internet. THE WEBBYS receive over 10,000 entries annually and are presented annually in New York City. She co-founded The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, today a 550-person organization and served as the on-air Internet expert for Good Morning America from 2000 to 2003. Her work with The Webbys has been profiled on The New York Times, The BBC ABC, MTV, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and NPR. The 15th Annual Webby Awards was held June 2011.
Tiffany is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. She is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley where she was selected as a valedictorian speaker for the interdisciplinary studies department and received the highest honor in art, The Eisner Award, for filmmaking. She received her BA in film theory in the interdisciplinary studies department in 1992. She studied organizational change at Harvard Business School Executive Education and film production at New York University’s Sight & Sound program in 1990. Tiffany is a ranking Advisory Board Member of a multi-university Leadership Committee, which oversees a global research partnership that includes the MIT Engineering Systems Division’s MIT Geospatial Data Center, Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation at Saïd Business School, U.C. Berkeley’s Center for New Media and others working towards the transparency and security of data to effectuate positive social change.
Shlain serves on the advisory boards of The San Francisco Film Festival’s Filmmaker Advisory Committee and has served on the advisor boards for The UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media, The Fledgling Fund and on the board of The Commonwealth Club. She currently advises with The Institute for the Future and served on California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s transition team. In 2010, she was invited to advise Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on technology and society.
Tiffany is director of The Moxie Institute, an organization that creates films, discussion programs, theater experiences, and Internet experiments around social issues using emerging technologies. She has received 44 awards and distinctions during the course of her career for her work as a filmmaker, artist, internet advocate, leader and activist. Tiffany writes a quarterly newsletter called “Breakfast @ Tiffany’s,” and contributes to the Huffington Post.
Her feature documentary CONNECTED: A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE, premiered in the US Documentary Competition at Sundance 2011 and received the Women in Film Award from National Geographic All Roads Grant. She was the only director to have two films at Sundance in 2011. The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences recently acquired the script for CONNECTED to be part of their permanent Core Collection. Her recent video art installation, SMASHING, with artist and husband Professor Ken Goldberg, premiered in New York City at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair. Tiffany and Ken have two children and live in Northern California. Source: tiffanyshlain.com
NARRATED BY: Peter Coyote (IMDB.com/name/nm0001075/). Film: IMDB.com/title/tt1727491/
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DEATH IN CHARGE
Short Narrative/Dark Comedy
15 minutes/US/English
Director: Devi Snively
deathincharge.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
In the tradition of E.C. Horror Comics, this cautionary tale examines life through the eyes of Death who gets derailed when an impatient single Mom carelessly mistakes the scythe-carrying cloaked one for her tardy babysitter and leaves Death to care for her precocious 9-year-old daughter.
Whitney teaches Death about life’s many marvels through violent video games, macaroni and cheese and the magic of Sea Munkees. But when Whitney reveals some dark tendencies of her own, it’s up to Death to lighten things up before returning to the grim duties that lie in wait … Source: deathincharge.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
With film titles such as TEENAGE BIKINI VAMPIRE and CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE! it’s no wonder writer/directrix Devi Snively’s signature “romantic musical horror comedy” genre has been likened to everything from the silent classics of Buster Keaton to EC Comics to Tim Burton and beyond. With DEATH IN CHARGE she continues to explore themes of life and death with playful irony.
Devi (pronounced DAY-vee) is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches her always over- enrolled course “Cultures of Fear: Anthropological Perspectives of the Horror Film,” the impetus for her upcoming book. She has worked professionaly as a ballerina, Spanish translator, hair model, book editor, video game writer, documentary filmmaker, newspaper columnist and video editor. She’s been decidedly unprofessional in several other careers.
In 2007 she was selected as one of eight participants to the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop For Women (DWW). To date she’s written multiple feature-length screenplays, directed nine short films and a feature-length documentary, and has just finished shooting her first feature-length narrative, TRIPPIN’ (also screening at Geek Film Festival). Her last three short films have been officially selected to screen at over 100 festivals worldwide and garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim. Source: deviantpictures.com
CAST:
Bart Fletcher, Brittany Carson, Marina Benedict, Gillian Shure, Kylie Chalfa, Mayah Schweibert, Caroline Timm, Tom Burke, Phil Kaufmann, Ben Sharples, and Chelsea Chalfa.
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DOOMSDAY COUNTY
Feature Narrative/Action Horror
82 minutes/US/English
Director: Art Brainard, Shawn Haran, Joe Badiali, & Steven Shea
doomsdaycounty.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
DOOMSDAY COUNTY is a new feature length film of four intense short horror stories based around the area known as Doomsday County. In a town overrun with zombies, vampires, and a melting mad scientist with plans for an impending alien invasion, it’s up to a select few to try and keep order. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS/ABYSSMAL ENTERTAINMENT
Abyssmal Entertainment is an Orlando, Florida based multi-media company founded in 2002 by Steven Shea, with the aspirations of making an impact on the independent film market. Their first film, THE NIGHT OWL, was distributed globally in the Summer of 2005. They then went on to co-produce ANDRE THE BUTCHER, which was distributed nationally in the spring of 2006. Their third feature film, HOODOO FOR VOODOO, was lensed in Louisiana just before Hurricane Katrina hit, and was one of the last films shot in the area before the devastation - was distributed in fall of 2008. In 2009, Abyssmal Entertainment completed the short film 2:22, which went on to a wile film festival run, including the Sitges International Film Festival, Screamfest Horror Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival.
Abyssmal Entertainment has completed many short films, commercials, industrials, music videos, and many other multimedia projects. Currently, there are many new projects in the works ranging from film to internet to television. Here at Abyssmal, the spiral goes up. Source: abyssmal.com
CAST:
John Archer Lundgren, Paul Alessi, Mike Santi, Paul Petrus, Tara Lightfoot (for full cast list please see film site or IMDB).
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THE DORK OF THE RINGS
Feature Narrative/Fantasy & Parody
100 min/US/English
Director: Timothy Alan Richardson
dorkoftherings.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Follow the Throbbit Frudo Buggins as he attempts to destroy the One Ring of Credit before the evil Lord Mauron takes over Muddle-earth with his ever-expanding Dork-mart franchise. This award-winning 100-minute fantasy spoof stars Bryce Cone, James Flannery, James Hall and David Kiefer with an introduction by Lord of the Rings actor Kiran Shah. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Tim Richardson (Writer/Director/Executive Producer) is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and owner of Richardson Productions, LLC. He has shot over thirty films, a forty-episode cable program, and a recurring internet sitcom. He directed KILL THE MESSENGER, a Civil War epic, with distribution through Echelon Studios in Los Angeles and award-winning THE DORK OF THE RINGS and HARVEY PUTTER AND THE RIDICULOUS PREMISE which have received international attention with screenings worldwide. Tim holds a B.A. in Speech & Theatre from Indiana University South Bend and currently teaches theatre classes there. He is Festival Director of the River Bend Film Festival and serves as president for the 501(c)3 not-for-profit group Mid America Filmmakers based in South Bend, Indiana. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Bryce Cone, David Kiefer, Jim Hall, James Flannery, Victoria Floro, Shayne Golden, Jesse Limon, Sean McCormick, Gary Joy, Circus-Szalewski, Melissa Harris, Steven Christopher, Apollo Bacala, Michael Kouroubetes, Jason Mumaw, Kay Eller, James Lowe, and Randy Colborn (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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FIGHTER
Student Short/Animation
5:31 minutes/US/English
Director: Steve Ly (Academy of Art University in San Francisco)
stevelyart.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
David Lo is one of the best Lightweight Mix Martial Arts (MMA) Champions of all time, but he wants to go down as the Greatest Fighter of all time so he challenges the Heavyweight Champion (Magnus Larsen) to an Open Weight Fight. It’s a risk to put his legacy on the line, but to him, it’s worth it. It’s a once in a lifetime chance to make history and he cannot pass it up. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Steve Ly graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco with a major in 3D Animation. He is influenced by action movies, video games and the art of story-telling. There are still many avenues to discover and his goal is to focus on some genres that aren’t see on the big screen. Ly states: “We are limited only by our imaginations and I intend to explore new territory while simultaneously paying homage to those that inspired me to tell stories in the first place.” Source: filmmaker
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FOLKTALES AND AIRSHIPS
Short Documentary/Animation & Comic Books
9:10 minutes/US/English
Director: Peter Salomone*
vimeo.com/petersalomone
WORLD PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Ben Towle is a North Carolina-based cartoonist whose highly stylized approach to historical fiction has earned him wide acclaim. FOLKTALES AND AIRSHIPS is a short documentary profile of Towle, exploring the art and culture of cartooning from the perspective of one of the most unique talents in independent comics. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Peter Salomone is a graduate of the Wilkes Honors College at Florida Atlantic University and The Documentary Institute graduate program at the University of Florida. His graduate thesis film Civil Indigent (co-directed by Nicholas Corrao and David Hafter) received the Young Filmmaker Grand Jury Award at the 2011 Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa, Florida) and won second place in the documentary category at the 2011 College Television Awards. Peter recently earned his M.F.A. in documentary filmmaking from Wake Forest University. Source: filmmaker
* Be sure to catch director Peter Salomone and crew member Roman Safiullin at the Independent Filmmaker Panel and screening Q&A’s!
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GAME GORILLA
Student Short/Gaming/Dark Comedy
8:42 minutes/US/English
Director: Michael Felker* (Florida State University School of Motion Picture Arts)
WORLD PREMIERE / Filmed in Florida / Florida Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM:
Jeremy Milton, a thirty-five year old overweight greasy man-child with no job and is currently living with his aging nagging mother. One thing he can claim as his own is his dominance at the local arcade as the reigning high score champion and mentor to the kids there. But all that slowly crashes down when a mysterious player starts taking his high scores, and Jeremy’s moody inner bully starts coming out. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Michael Felker, enthusiastic filmmaker since 2005, graduated from the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts in 2010. From his humble beginnings living in Huntsville, Alabama to his current endeavors in Los Angeles, California, Michael loves taking part in anything involving a camera. Whether its shooting petite projects on the weekends to tackling elaborate multi-day productions, Michael throws himself into any aspect of making a quality film, from boom operating to producing.
Michael also enjoys playing not one but two musical instruments. He played clarinet in school bands for seven years and played saxophone for three. He continues to play in his free time for inspiration and relaxation. Michael is also an outdoor enthusiast, and loves to hike and camp in national parks whenever he gets the chance. While he isn’t exactly Bear Grylls of MAN VS. WILD, he can build enough of a fire to toast some marshmallows on a nice night. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Greg Milton, Julien Bensimhon, Tommy Varnado, Janet Findling, Ryan Koch, Corinne Gallagher, and Trevin Connor.
* Be sure to catch director Michael Felker at the Florida Filmmaker Panel and screening Q&A’s!
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THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING
Narrative Feature/Gaming/Parody
__ minutes/US/English
Director: Matt Vancil
deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers/the-gamers-dorkness-rising/
ABOUT THE FILM
All Lodge wants is for his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they’re more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire.
Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the distrust: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all — a girl. Can the group overcome their bickering to save the kingdom, or will the evil necromancer Mort Kemnon triumph unopposed?
A parody of fantasy films and the adventure gaming community, THE GAMERS: DORKNESS RISING is a hilarious romp through the world of sword and sorcery — in this case, a world of exploding peasants, giant house cats, and undead roast turkeys. Game on! Source: deadgentlemen.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Matt Vancil is the creator of JOURNEYQUEST and the co-developer of STROWLERS for Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. In his years as head writer for Dead Gentlemen Productions, he wrote a number of features and short films, including most notably the DEMON HUNTERS and GAMERS films.
Vancil’s debut as a writer/director resulted in the wildly successful cult fantasy comedy THE GAMERS, which won the 2003 Gen Con Film Festival and has screened at fantasy conventions and festivals worldwide. The feature-length sequel, THE GAMERS: DORNKESS RISING, premiered at Gen Con in 2006 and screened at Comic Con in 2008. The film found DVD distribution through Anthem Pictures later that year, and is available on Amazon and Netflix.
In 2008, Margaret Weis Productions adapted the DEMON HUNTERS movies into a role-playing game in their award-winning Cortex System, which already hosts games based on Battlestar Galactica and Joss Whedon’s Serenity.
Vancil also created the zombie survival horror show ALIVE with Star Trek: Enterprise veterans Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Epic Level Entertainment.
He is a graduate of the American Film Institute with an MFA in Screenwriting. Source: journey-quest.com
CAST:
Nathan Rice, Carol Roscoe, Brian Lewis, Scott C. Brown, Christian Doyle, Jen Page (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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GOD IS D_AD
Feature Narrative/Fantasy
96 minutes/US/English
Director: Abraham L. Lim
gidthemovie.com
ABOUT THE FILM
Tim, a comic book store clerk puts an advertisement in the newspaper looking for people to travel with him to Chicago. Together with his reluctant best friend and the three misfits that respond to the ad, they head out in an old RV to Chicago. Tim’s final destination is a fantasy/comics convention where he will unveil his new game world in the hopes of winning the Dungeons and Dragons competition for best original idea.
When they find themselves lost in the back roads of the Midwest, Tim entertains them with the story of his dark world. But as their journey becomes an adventure of its own, each telling of his fantasy world seems to nudge it closer to reality. Soon, the travelers own personal secrets and desires will pull them all in to the unraveling story. And eventually to find their way out, they will all have to abandon their individual ideas of who and what they are and come together to make a choice.
The values in question reflect the current conflicts facing many Americans, and people around the world; is it the dreams that are sold to us in media and culture or the real-life every day encounters and interactions that will inevitably shape us into who we want to be? What will it be that eventually defines right and wrong and how we treat those around us as the world around us grows uncertain and dark? Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Abraham Lim is a Korean American native of Kansas, and he attiributes his work ethic to that upbringing - writing, directing and editing all of his work. He received a BFA/MFA scholarship for film at NYU. He paid his tuition working as an editor, and eventually as a director of musi videos for Rivera Films, whose roster includes films by Gus VanSant and Larry Clark.
In 1997, this thesis film FLY swept the NYU First Run Film Festival with awards for best directing, acting, editing and cinematography. After viewing FLY, director Robert Altman invited Mr. Lim to Los Angeles to meet with him. In the following days Altman asked Lim to edit his next film COOKIE’S FORTUNE, starring Julianne Moore, Liv Tyler and Glenn Close. Adter the film was completed, Altman signed on as executive producer for Lim’s first feature ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Lim’s film FLY premiered on the Sundance Channel and PBS in 1998-99. ROADS AND BRIDGES went on to win four Grand Jury Prizes in 2001. TOY, his short film with FOX screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. MVP, a feature film Lim edited screened at Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
In 2002, Mr. Lim was selected for the Fox Searchlight Searchlab for new directors. His screenplay THE ACHIEVERS made it to the top fifty finalists of HBO’s Project Greenlight and received a production grant in 2005. The new feature film started its festival run in fall 2006. His script HONG KONG HERO, was selected for the Tribeca Film Fesival All Access comeptition in 2005. In August 2006 Mr Lim was nominated for the Rockefeller grant. His horror script ORIENTATION participated in teh 2006 Korean Overseas Filmmaker development program, and then later along with HONG KONG HERO at the Pusan Promotional Plan in conjunction with the Pusan International Film Festival. GOD IS D_AD won the KOFIC independent film grant at the festival. Source: lincolnlogfilms.com
CAST:
Davis Choh, Carlo Corbellini, Brett Emanuel, Elvis Garcia, Derek Hicks, Lauren Mayer, Cy Shim (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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THE GUN
Feature Narrative/Crime Drama
53 minutes/US/English
Director: Julio Alvarez*
creatureentertainment.com
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Miami / Creature Entertainment*
ABOUT THE FILM
THE GUN is the story of a sinister pistol, forged in blood and imbued with a damned soul. The film is based on a graphic novel of the same name and tells the tale of one unlucky soul who just happens to come into possession of this infernal instrument of doom.
The screenplay was shot by cinematographer and Chicago-transplant Anthony Dones over several weeks in Coral Gables and South Miami, Florida on the blood, sweat, and effort of a dedicated cast and crew with absolutely no budget. The film uses genre and period specific elements to heighten the look and feel of the piece. A true independent film and labor of love, THE GUN is representative of the talent and grit of South Florida’s growing independent film community. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Global wayfarer and student of the elements of ‘the story’, Julio Alvarez, is dedicated to revealing the detail and hyperrealism of the moment. His photographic and filmic artistry reflects his curiosity for–and ability to capture–the immediacy, expression, limitless beauty, entertainment and innate importance of the narrative, whether that story is a movie or in a still photograph. He received training in the Theater Arts as a student of the Center for Expressive Arts under Lou Alexiou and the Performing and Visual Arts Center (a precursor to the New World School of the Arts). Julio’s rolling stone tendencies have led him to live and work all over the U.S., Europe and Central Asia. He has worked as a sound recording engineer, producer and mixer for over two decades. As a filmmaker, he has worked on corporate industrials, independent narrative films, promotional films and music videos in the capacity of director, shooter, location sound mixer, sound designer and editor. Julio’s curiosity for the nuanced details of a good story and his expertise in the technical components of picture and sound allow him to naturally draw out the each performer’s uniqueness with profound grace, imbuing each film with a distinctive and timeless story of its own. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
John Ullman, Edgar Davis, Alex Livinalli, Bryan Power, Karla Dieseldroff, Barbara Williams, Steve Rimpici, Ana Ulloa, Juan Navarro, Rene Quesada, John Ulloa, Julio Alvarez, Jose Varese, Joan Varni, and Harmony Varni-Vides.
* Be sure to see director Julio Alvarez and the CREATURE ENTERTAINMENT team at their panel, the Florida Filmmaker Panel, Independent Filmmaker panel, and screening Q&A’s!
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HARVEY PUTTER AND THE RIDICULOUS PREMISE
Feature Narrative/Fantasy Parody
104 min/US/English
Director: Timothy Alan Richardson
harveyputter.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Meet celebrity bad boy wizard Harvey Putter. He’s got it all: fame, fortune and fans. Until one fateful night, he discovers his life is a best-selling children’s book series!
Richardson Productions’ award-winning 100-minute film stars Bryce Cone, Sunny Williams and Joe Scheibelhut and features Kiran Shah (THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE) as Dumpy the Houseschmuck, and MuggleNet.com webmaster Emerson Spartz. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Tim Richardson (Writer/Director/Executive Producer) is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and owner of Richardson Productions LLC. He has shot over 30 films, a 40-episode cable program, and a recurring internet sitcom. He directed Kill the Messenger, a Civil War epic, with distribution through Echelon Studios in Los Angeles and award-winning The Dork of the Rings and Harvey Putter and the Ridiculous which have received international attention with screenings worldwide. Tim holds a B.A. in Speech & Theatre from Indiana University South Bend and currently teaches theatre classes there. He is Festival Director of the River Bend Film Festival and serves as president for the 501(c)3 not-for-profit group Mid America Filmmakers based in South Bend, Indiana. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Bryce Cone, Joe Scheibelhut, Sunny Williams, David Kiefer, Kiran Shah, Alan O’Brien, Jim Hall, Scot Purkeypile, Brandon Emerson, Rose Waldschmidt, Stephen Bailey, Heather Antos, Chad Smith, Mindie Ottney, Sean McCormick, Judy Spigle, Audra Hershberger, Kay Eller, Kevin McInerney, Victoria Floro, Todd Sheneman, and Ed Ernstes (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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HIPSTER BATMAN
Short Narrative/Parody & Comedy
5 minutes/US/English
Director: Lear Bunda*
vimeo.com/learbunda
Southern Filmmaker / SPACE CAMP Panel*
ABOUT THE FILM
In HIPSTER BATMAN, B. Wayne battles Organic Poison Ivy while staying f’ing hip. Source: youtu.be/DfG8Zhrdik8
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Lear Bunda is a filmmaker, writer, editor, artist, musician, and space enthusiast.
You can currently find him editing Squidbillies and ATHF for [adult swim].
Right now he is working on his first feature film THE SPACE COAST^!
“Sleep is for the wake” - Count Lear Source: vimeo.com/learbunda
* Be sure to catch Lear Bunda at his screening Q&A!
^ Special Geek Preview of THE SPACE COAST with director Lear Bunda and cast member, Dana Snyder!
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I SPIT ON ELI ROTH
Short Narrative/Dark Comedy & Horror
5 minutes/US/English
Director: Devi Snively
deviantpictures.com
MIAMI PREMIERE / Midnight Mania
ABOUT THE FILM
Once upon a time three female filmmakers were lamenting the current state of the male-dominated horror genre over cosmopolitans at the annual Genghis Con convention when inspiration, propelled by a good vodka buzz, struck…
“Hey, why don’t we make a feminist horror film?” they mused.
The three in question were Paula Haifley (www.heyflea.com), Jane Rose (www.jane-rose.com) and Devi Snively (www.deviantpictures.com) who all had films screening at the annual Pretty-Scary Women in Horror Film Festival run by Heidi Martinuzzi (www.pretty-scary.net) and Amy Lynn Best (www.happycloudspictures.net)
Nursing a hangover on the ride home from Pittsburgh, Devi whipped up a script. A few months later, she returned to the Steel City to shoot the five-minute short with fellow horror filmmakers Jane and Amy and the special FX by Midian Crosby (http://www.monstersfrommidian.com). Source: deviantpictures.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
With film titles such as TEENAGE BIKINI VAMPIRE and CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE! it’s no wonder writer/directrix Devi Snively’s signature “romantic musical horror comedy” genre has been likened to everything from the silent classics of Buster Keaton to EC Comics to Tim Burton and beyond.
Devi (pronounced DAY-vee) is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches her always over- enrolled course “Cultures of Fear: Anthropological Perspectives of the Horror Film,” the impetus for her upcoming book. She has worked professionaly as a ballerina, Spanish translator, hair model, book editor, video game writer, documentary filmmaker, newspaper columnist and video editor. She’s been decidedly unprofessional in several other careers.
In 2007 she was selected as one of eight participants to the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop For Women (DWW). To date she’s written multiple feature-length screenplays, directed nine short films and a feature-length documentary, and has just finished shooting her first feature-length narrative, TRIPPIN’ (also screening at Geek Film Festival). Her last three short films have been officially selected to screen at over 100 festivals worldwide and garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim. Source: deviantpictures.com
CAST:
Amy Lynn Best, Jane Rose, Devvyl I. Signe, Aaron Arlof, and Lydia Fandry.
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JOURNEYQUEST
Narrative Feature/Fantasy & Comedy
__ minutes/US/English
Director: Matt Vancil
journey-quest.com
ABOUT THE FILM
Following a group of dysfunctional adventurers on a quest to discover and destroy the mythical Sword of Fighting, JOURNEYQUEST is a comedic adventure through the fantasy world of Fartherall, where intellectual orcs, incompetent wizards, and holy zombies form the living (and not-so-living) backdrop to an epic story of unrequited love, burning passions, and severely reluctant heroism. And running away.
Lots of running away… Source: imdb.com/title/tt1715332
A fantasy comedy web series from the creators of “The Gamers” and “The Gamers: Dorkness Rising”. Source: journey-quest.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Matt Vancil is the creator of JOURNEYQUEST and the co-developer of STROWLERS for Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. In his years as head writer for Dead Gentlemen Productions, he wrote a number of features and short films, including most notably the DEMON HUNTERS and GAMERS films.
Vancil’s debut as a writer/director resulted in the wildly successful cult fantasy comedy THE GAMERS, which won the 2003 Gen Con Film Festival and has screened at fantasy conventions and festivals worldwide. The feature-length sequel, THE GAMERS: DORNKESS RISING, premiered at Gen Con in 2006 and screened at Comic Con in 2008. The film found DVD distribution through Anthem Pictures later that year, and is available on Amazon and Netflix.
In 2008, Margaret Weis Productions adapted the DEMON HUNTERS movies into a role-playing game in their award-winning Cortex System, which already hosts games based on Battlestar Galactica and Joss Whedon’s Serenity.
Vancil also created the zombie survival horror show ALIVE with Star Trek: Enterprise veterans Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Epic Level Entertainment.
He is a graduate of the American Film Institute with an MFA in Screenwriting. Source: journey-quest.com
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KILLSWITCH BILLY
Short Narrative/Action & Fantasy
14:13 minutes/US/English
Director: Anthony Dones
creatureentertainment.com/projects/film/killswitch-billy
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Miami / Creature Entertainment*
ABOUT THE FILM
A single mother and her mute son are the centerpiece of a mystic saga of strange and enigmatic gunslingers. Emma and her only son William have a brutal encounter with the Devils 3, an evil trio sent by an Elder Gunsmith to retrieve a mystic and powerful object whose purpose is unknown to all except the Gunsmiths.
Left for dead in the brutal encounter, William emerges 15 years later as Killswitch Billy, a hard and darkened avenging cowboy with mystical gun slinging abilities. His purpose is to avenge the brutality of the Devils 3 as well as recover the mystic box that once belonged to his estranged father. Source: creatureentertainment.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Chicago-native and Miami-transplant, Anthony Dones has been shooting films for nearly two decades. His cinematography credits include ‘The Gun’, ‘Killswitch Billy’, the ‘Dark Knight’ fan films, and ‘Quarterlifers’, as well as countless music videos and industrials. As a Puerto Rican in Chicago in the 80′s, Anthony entertained the idea of becoming a ‘freestyle’ music artist–writing songs, producing freestyle tracks and frequenting his friend’s basement studio. He is an artist in almost every respect–writing, art, music, philosophy, photography and cinematography–which is why he is passionate about film. Film is the only medium that allows him to express the multiplicity and range of all his artistic talent within one medium. His approach to cinematography is driven by his quest to capture the art, emotion, movement, the play between light and dark, and the spirituality of the human condition. An avid comic book fanboy, Anthony at one time had a $200 a month habit collecting comics, the coolest covers of which wallpapered his bedroom. Source: creatureentertainment.com
CAST:
Lincoln Potwin, Bryan Power, Miranda Khan, Gabriel Suttle, Joseph Velez, Norbert Velez, John Ulloa, Ana Ulloa, and Chris Caputo.
* Be sure to see director Anthony Dones and the CREATURE ENTERTAINMENT team at their panel, the Florida Filmmaker panel, Independent Filmmaker panel, and screening Q&A’s!
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LINE DISCONNECT
Feature Narrative/Comedy/Horror Comedy
86 minutes/Australia/English & Japanese (English subtitles)
Director: Joseph Wong
linedisconnect.com
US PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Bilingual tour coordinator Ema was only supposed to escort some Japanese film producers to the location of a famed B-movie director’s new horror flick in the outskirts of Sydney. But when crew members including the production interpreter suddenly fall ill after their arrival, Ema lands a ton of new responsibilities she didn’t sign up for: smoothing out creative and cultural differences amongst the international crew–not to mention working with a bunch of oddballs in front of and behind the camera!
Six months later, she relives her experiences, wondering exactly what kind of horror movie they were really making?
Misinterpretation can be deadly… Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Joseph Wong started out in the industry in 1998 as a production coordinator on Japanese television commercials filmed in Australia and New Zealand.
In 2001, he established Creative Engine J.O.E. where he has performed various roles including assistant director, line producer, video cameraman, coordinator and offline editor for numerous Japanese commercial productions.
In 2004, Joseph won grand prize for his directorial debut film WAHORI DAYS at the sixth annual Indies Movie Festival in Tokyo. This film about Japanese working holiday makers in Australia was released on DVD/Video, cable TV and voted best film in the festival by the general public over a period of one year.
LINE DISCONNECT is Joseph’s first feature length film. His upcoming slate of projects include cybernetic thriller based on a computer game and the adaptation of ASSULT! HONEYMOON PANIC into a full length feature. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Miho, Zenjiro, Masa Yamaguchi, Miko, Kengo Hasuo, Yutaka Izumihara, and Yuko Miyamura (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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LUCKY STREAK AND THE CRIME FIGHTERS
Feature Narrative/Superhero Comedy
90 minutes/US/English
Director: Kurt Donath
luckystreakthemovie.com
Filmed in Florida / Florida Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM
The daughter of Amazing Grace steps out of her mother’s shadow to become the newest superhero on the streets, called Lucky Streak. She then joins forces with Silhouette’s Crime Fighter’s Club to battle villains like Dr. Dragon and the huge hammer-wielding muscle-man Goliath to save the planet. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Kurt Donath has been a South Florida resident since 1995. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but raised in Los Angeles, California. Kurt made his stage debut as a ten-year-old child actor in the stage production of MacBeth at the Lee Strassberg Actors Studio in Hollywood, CA. About the same time, he started writing screenplays. At age 19 he met his mentor, George Clayton Johnson. Mr. Clayton Johnson is a revered science fiction writer having penned screenplays for the original Twilight Zone and classic films such as Logan’s Run. Kurt studied with him for two years before moving to South Florida with his family.
Kurt enrolled at the International Fine Arts College (now re-named Miami University of Art and Design) and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film in 2002. He started his own film production company, Aberdeen Soldier in 2003. He has done two short subject films and three features since. Source: luckystreakthemovie.com
CAST:
Darlene Dinges, Amber Crawford, Austen Moore, Tom Leeman, Nikayla Baldomero, Rachel Galvin, Bryan Power, Susan Pesel, Kimberly Jones, Kerry Parks, and Kasey Poteet (for full cast list see film site and IMDB).
* Be sure to see director Kurt Donath on the Sunshine State Florida Filmmakers, Independent Filmmaker, and Make Your Own Fan Film panels as well as screening Q&As!
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MEAT IS MURDER
Short Narrative/Dark Comedy
9 minutes/US/English
Director: Devi Snively
deviantpictures.com
EAST COAST PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
So like this mysterious meatloaf in the icebox is like killing people maybe…Bummer.
MEAT IS MURDER takes a post-modern satirical perspective of the deluge of unnatural, processed foods and hyper-consumerism in our society. Combining elements of Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist brand of existentialism and a contemporary approach to storytelling akin to Bertolt Brecht (replacing the traditional chorus with a TV commercial jingle), MEAT IS MURDER melds pop culture with social commentary and humorous pretension. Funded in part by the Indiana Arts Grant. Source: deivantpictures.com/76/meatismurder
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
With film titles such as TEENAGE BIKINI VAMPIRE and CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE! it’s no wonder writer/directrix Devi Snively’s signature “romantic musical horror comedy” genre has been likened to everything from the silent classics of Buster Keaton to EC Comics to Tim Burton and beyond.
Devi (pronounced DAY-vee) is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches her always over- enrolled course “Cultures of Fear: Anthropological Perspectives of the Horror Film,” the impetus for her upcoming book. She has worked professionaly as a ballerina, Spanish translator, hair model, book editor, video game writer, documentary filmmaker, newspaper columnist and video editor. She’s been decidedly unprofessional in several other careers.
In 2007 she was selected as one of eight participants to the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop For Women (DWW). To date she’s written multiple feature-length screenplays, directed nine short films and a feature-length documentary, and has just finished shooting her first feature-length narrative, TRIPPIN’ (also screening at Geek Film Festival). Her last three short films have been officially selected to screen at over 100 festivals worldwide and garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim. Source: deviantpictures.com
CAST:
Ken Dusek, Jr., Molly Emmons, Kevin McInerney, and Steven Barnett.
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MIA AND THE MIGOO
Feature Animated/Animation/Family Friendly
92 minutes/France & Italy/English (dubbed)
Director: Jacques-Rémy Girerd
gkids.tv/mia/
FAMILY FRIENDLY (RATED PG)
ABOUT THE FILM
One night Mia has a premonition. So after saying a few words of parting at her mother’s grave, she sets out on a cross continent journey, though mountains and jungles in search of her father, who has been trapped in a landslide at a construction site on a remote tropical lake. In the middle of the lake stands the ancient Tree of Life, watched over by innocent, bumbling forest spirits called the Migoo, who grow and change shape as they please, morphing from small childlike beings to petulant giants. The Migoo have been disrupting the construction to protect this sacred site – and now together with Mia they join in a fight to find Mia’s father and save the Tree, with the future of life on Earth hanging in the balance.
From the distributors of the Academy Award nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS, comes the gorgeous second feature from renowned French animator Jacques-Rémy Girerd. Created from an astounding 500,000 hand-painted frames of animation, Mia and the Migoo is a work of art, breathtaking to behold, with backgrounds that invoke Van Gogh, Monet, and Cezanne. Figures are outlined in pastel and bathed in rustic watercolors for a handcrafted look that bursts at the seams with painterly detail. The film is a fable-like journey of a young girl who must overcome her fears on a quest to find her father and save the world from destruction. Source: gkids.tv/mia/
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
In 1984 Jacques-Rémy Girerd founded the association Folimage that eventually became Folimage Valence Production in 1988, one of the most important animation studios in France. Source: imdb.com/name/nm0320868/
CAST:
Featuring the voices of: John DiMaggio, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, James Woods, and introducing: Amanda Misquez (Mia) and Vincent Agnello (Aldrin).
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MINECRAFT (Special Geek Preview ^)
Documentary/Gaming
~20 minutes/US/English
Director: Paul Owens*
2playerproductions.com/projects/minecraft
HEADLINING GEEK GUEST FILMMAKERS - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS PANEL*
ABOUT MINECRAFT
Over the past year, the computer game Minecraft has become a cultural phenomenon, drawing millions of players into the unique, low-res world created solely by Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson. When Persson announced that he would invest his Minecraft earnings in founding his own development house, Mojang AB, 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS seized upon the rare opportunity to fly to Stockholm and document the first week in the life of the new studio.
During the editing of what was supposed to be a twenty-minute short, it became clear that an important chapter of gaming history was still being written, and that a feature-length documentary about Mojang’s first year would make a powerful statement about what it means to create, release, and play games in the twenty-first century.
For the first time, viewers will be given an in-depth look at both the triumphs and the challenges faced by a studio during their first year in existence. 2 PLAYER will analyze the unprecedented success of Minecraft, gain insight into its impact from journalists and industry professionals, and meet the fans whose lives have been changed by the game.
Using the short as a proof-of-concept, 2 PLAYER turned to the revolutionary fundraising site Kickstarter.com to completely finance the film’s production. By sourcing the budget from the game’s immense fanbase, it empowers the consumer to vote for content they want with their wallets and fosters a more direct relationship between themselves and the final product. The Kickstarter crowdsourcing project was a success and the feature length production is in full swing. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS
2 Player Productions is a Portland, Oregon-based production company dedicated to documenting the world of video games and the rich subcultures that have sprung up around the medium. Combining innovative production techniques with an eye for poignancy, their documentary work invokes both the heart and the mind, humanizing the often denigrated gaming industry.
2 Player Productions was formed in 2005 by filmmakers Paul Owens, Paul Levering, and Asif Siddiky. Their breakout success came in 2008 with REFORMAT THE PLANET, a feature length documentary chronicling the global chip music scene. It debuted at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in 2008 and has played to eager audiences around the world.
Capable of bringing their unique style to any project, the team has built a reputation within the film, music, and gaming communities. Collaborators have included Sony, MTV, G4, CurrentTV, Pitchfork Media, Spike TV, Gametrailers.com, Video Games Live, and 8bitpeoples. 2 PLAYER’S most recent success PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES, an episodic documentary chronicling the titular Penny Arcade web-comic, has been regarded as a leap forward in original internet programming.
2 PLAYER projects include PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES SEASON ONE, an episodic documentary chronicling the titular web-comic, and REFORMAT THE PLANET a feature length documentary about chip rock. They recently completed a successful Kickstarter crowd source fundraising campaign to fund MINECRAFT, a feature length documentary about the gaming phenomenon.
The 2 Player Productions mission is to document the world of video games and the rich subculture around the medium. Source: 2playerproductions.com
^ Special Geek Preview of 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS’ MINECRAFT documentary!
* Be sure to see director Paul Owens, producer Paul Levering, and cinematographer Asif Siddiky at the 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS Panel and 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS screening Q&A’s!
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MONSTER NOIR (CONSTITUTIONENS VOKTERE #3)
Short Narrative/Sci-Fi
9:01 minutes/Norway/Norwegian (English subtitles)
Director: Ola Røyseland
constitutionensvoktere.blogspot.com
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Norway, 1929. Secret Agent J. Fjeld Jr. is bitten by a werewolf, accused of murder, and hunted by his own colleagues.
And things are about to get worse. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Ola Røyseland is educated as a script writer, and works as leader of a film workshop at the culture institute “Samsen kulturhus” in Kristiansand, Norway. In his spare time he writes and makes his own movies. He won the audience prize at “Film i sør” in 2009 with a short film about a drunk ant. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Ola Røyseland, Raymond Haugland, Kristian Nilsen, Kristian Jensen, and Kim Pettersen.
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THE OUTCAST OF CAMELOT
Student Short/Dramatic
20 minutes/US/English
Director: Shane King (West Lost Angeles College)
EAST COAST PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
THE OUTCAST OF CAMELOT is a character study of Guinevere and the rogue Knights. The story follows the struggle for power in Camelot following the death of King Arthur and deals with the importance of the individual and the frailty of human existence. Source: filmmaker
Interesting characters with great fight and stunt scenes, this student filmmaker has an eye for action! Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Shane King is a student at West Los Angeles College and holds a second degree black belt in Jinenkan martial arts. King previously photographed the short film THE ROMANOV’S LAST PHOTOGRAPH. Influences include the films of Michael Laughlin, Werner Herzog, and John Ford. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Thomas Montgomery, Andrea Montgomerty, Anthony Parvino, Don Anderson, Amber Ward, James Deam Moore, John Searles, Richard Searles, Henny Purcell, Meghan Wren, Spike Steingasser, Alan Meunier, Karianne Flaathen, Stepka Li, Sara Spink, Kenwa Newell, Kenji Donville, Takuji Kuramoto, and Taggert Peebles.
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PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES (SEASON ONE)
Episodic Documentary/Gaming & Fandom
~2.5 hours/US/English
Director: Paul Owens* - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/
HEADLINING GEEK GUEST FILMMAKERS - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
ABOUT PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES
Tastefully straddling the line between documentary and guilty-pleasure voyeurism, PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES collects the bizarre continuum of one of the world’s strangest companies. Source: 2playerproductions.com
Have you ever wanted to see behind the scenes of the popular web-comic Penny Arcade (penny-arcade.com/comic) or see what it takes to put on not one but two of the largest gaming conventions in the world Penny Arcade Expo: PAX Prime and PAX East (paxsite.com)? This series takes you where few others have seen. Source: Kat Anderson, head programmer
To read about the filmmakers please see previous entry or the Headlining Film profram.
* Be sure to see director Paul Owens, producer Paul Levering and cinematographer Asif Siddiky at the 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS* Panel and PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES screenings Q&A’s!
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PLANETA DESCONOCIDO
Short Narrative/Sci-Fi
~35 minutes/US/English
Directors: Troy P. Bernier* and Eric Swain*
planetadesconocido.com
WORLD PREMIERE / Filmed in Miami / Florida Filmmaker*
ABOUT THE FILM
A young scientist is recruited to participate on a classified mission. The diverse research team is sent into the far reaches of the outer solar system. Months from home, it becomes a desperate situation when they find out they are caught in the middle of a war.
A research crew is trapped on a distant moon by an outbreak of war. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Troy P. Bernier and Eric Swain are scientists in the real world…
Originally from Illinois, Eric Swain is a civil engineer with the US Geological Survey. Troy P. Bernier is from New York and is a Geologist with Florida Memorial University and Miami Dade College. Both are scientists in South Florida with a common interest in film making.
Eric and Troy are making films through their company Ginnungagap FilmWerks, which began several years ago. They have completed four previous films as a team, several of which have screened at the Brooklyn Underground Film Festival in New York and at Cinema Paradiso (home of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival) in Fort Lauderdale. Their film company has also completed audition tapes, video-resumes, as well as corporate projects.
The word Ginnungagap is a word in Norse Mythology meaning “the void preceding creation” which fits the paradigm of their low-to-no budget productions, which created the most elaborate possible scenes with the most minimal resources. Source: ginnungagapfilmwerks.com
CAST:
Sheena Blake, Michael Bienvenu, Rita Ritvin, Suzy Augustin, Barclay Shoemaker, Paul Eller, Amedeo Falgiatore, (for full cast list, please see site or IMDB).
* Be sure to catch directors Troy P. Bernier and Eric Swain and the cast and crew of PLANETA DESCONOCIDO at the Ginnungagap FilmWerks* panel, the Florida Filmmaker panel and their screening Q&A’s!
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QUE PENA TU VIDA (FUCK MY LIFE)
Feature Narrative/Comedy
96 minutes/Chile/Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Nicolás López
quepenatuvida.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Javier wants to forget his ex. But it’s impossible when she’s always online.
Getting drunk and partying it’s the only solution. Or not.
Love in the times of Facebook is worse than love in the times of cholera. Source: filmmaker
A brilliantly executed, vibrantly stylized story about modern day connection. The typical boy meets girl turned on its head because status updates. Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
At age 21, he directed PROMEDIO ROJO, a dark teen comedy that was a box-office hit
in Chile and selected at South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW). Tarantino declared it as “the funniest movie of 2005”. In 2008, he won the jury prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas with SANTOS. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Ariel Levy, Lucy Cominetti, Andrea Velasco, Ignacia Allamand, Paz Bascuñan, Claudia Celedón, Nicolas Martinez, Leonor Varela, Boris Quercia, Ramón Llao, Matias Lopez, and Marcial Tagle (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH
Feature Narrative/Sci-Fi
118 minutes/US/English
Director: John Alan Simon*
radiofreealbemuth.com
OPENING NIGHT FILM*
ABOUT THE FILM
Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best friend, science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigam) and a mysterious woman named Silvia (Alanis Morissette), Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions. The story is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under the authoritarian control of President Fremont, a Nixon-like clone (Scott Wilson). Source: IMDB.com/title/tt1129396/
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is an indie film based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (PKD) of the same title which sold over 2,000,000 copies. RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is PKD’s most autobiographical novel, and the author wrote himself in as a character in the novel (played by Shea Whigham in the movie). Whigham’s performance garnered him a Best Actor Award at Sydney Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Australia. RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH was awarded Director’s Choice Best Feature at the Sydney Festival.
The filmmakers, helmed by Writer/Director John Alan Simon, were committed to making a film that honored PKD’s independent spirit and great intellect. Being a huge fan of PKD himself, John Alan Simon made a movie that would appeal to PKD fans. Source: radiofreealbemuth.com
ABOUT JOHN ALAN SIMON - DIRECTOR
As president and chief executive officer of Discovery Productions, Simon has been involved with the production, financing, sales, distribution and marketing of many successful independent features including, THE WICKER MAN (starring Edward Woodward); THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (with Mia Farrow and Tom Conti); BASKET CASE, and OUT OF THE BLUE (starring and directed by Dennis Hopper).
In partnership with Rosenbloom Entertainment, Discovery acquired film rights to three novels by renowned science-fiction writer, Philip K. Dick, whose works have formed the basis for such successful science-fiction films as BLADE RUNNER and TOTAL RECALL, Steven Spielberg’s MINORITY REPORT and Richard Linklater’s A SCANNER DARKLY. Simons’s script for FLOW MY TEARS, THE POLICEMAN SAID was optioned late last year by Halcyon Entertainment (TERMINATOR SALVATION) for a 2011 start date on which Simon will also be a producer. Simon is currently working on a script POLISH.
In 1994, Simon developed and produced the Roger Donaldson-directed version of THE GETAWAY, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Largo Entertainment. The picture was theatrically released nationally by Universal Pictures.
For the last four years, he has produced and moderated (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) BAFTA-LA’s annual seminars for the American Film Market, on such topics as British film making tax-incentives and strategies for U.S. theatrical distribution. For BAFTA-LA, he has moderated both seminars and Q&A’s following screenings with guests such as directors John Hillcoat, Julian Schnabel and an evening program with director Jason Reitman.
Prior to his entry in the film industry, Simon was a successful journalist and film critic, both as staff writer for the New Orleans Times Picayune and as editor-in-chief of New Orleans magazine. He has also written film and music reviews and feature articles for various publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Downbeat Magazine and American Film magazine. During this period, Simon also taught courses in film and writing at Tulane University, Loyola University, and the University of Illinois. In 2006, he taught a course on micro-budget film making at UCLA extension.
Simon graduated from Harvard College with honors in History and Literature and served as an editor of the Harvard Crimson. On the recommendation of Robert Lowell, his poems were recorded and made a part of the permanent archives at Harvard’s Houghton Library poetry collection. Simon received his Master’s degree from the Writer’s Workshop program at the University of Illinois. He is currently a directing member of the Los Angeles-based Classical Theatre Lab. He directed its critically acclaimed co-production of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband as Victorian Noir” at the Met Theatre. In March 2006, Simon directed Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance” as a joint production of the City of West Hollywood and Classical Theatre Lab. He is a member of WGA-West and a newly elected Board member of BAFTA-LA. Source: radiofreealbemuth.com
CAST:
Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Katheryn Winnick, Alanis Morissette, Hanna Hall, Scott Wilson, Ashley Greene, Tom Beyer and Elizabeth Karr (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB.com/title/tt1129396/).
* Be sure to attend the OPENING NIGHT FILM* screening for a Q&A with director, John Alan Simon, and actor/producer Elizabeth Karr!
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RED PRINCESS BLUES
Short Narrative/Fantasy
11 minutes/US/English
Director: Alex Ferrari
redprincessblues.com
MIAMI PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
In this twisted modern day fairy tale Zoe, a young teenage girl, is lured into an after hours carnival tent by the sleazy rock-n-roll carny Rimo, she then gets more than she bargained for. It is up to the mysterious Princess, the star of the new knife show at Roscoe’s Carnival & Freak Show to pull Zoe out of the wolf den that she has fallen into. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Independent filmmaker Alex Ferrari began his career as an editor and quickly moved up the ranks as a colorist, post production and visual effects supervisor. Coming from a visual effects/post-production background, this versatile director combined his passion for storytelling and visual effects experience with a unique visual style.
Ferrari has been directing commercials and short films for many years. He has been featued in numerous publications including Moviemaker Magazine, Digital Arts, Chicago Sun-Times, In Film and Digital Filmmaker.
Ferrari exploded onto the indie film scene with his award winning short film BROKEN. The film went to screen at over 160 international film festivals and has been reviewed by over 250 news outlets world-wide including famed film critic Roger Ebert.
Ferrari has established an award winning visual effects/post-production company called Numb Robot, which specializes in editorial, color grading, visual effects, title sequences, commercials and independent films. Source: filmmaker/alexferrari.com
CAST:
Richard Tyson, Rachel Grant, Tabitha Morella, Robert Forster, and German Leonne (for full cast list, please see site or IMDB).
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REFORMAT THE PLANET (& REFORMAT THE PLANET 1.5)
Feature Documentary/Gaming & Fandom (Short Documentary/Gaming & Fandom)
74 minutes/US/English (25 minutes/US/English)
Director: Paul Owens* - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
2playerproductions.com/projects/rtp
HEADLINING GEEK GUEST FILMMAKERS - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
ABOUT REFORMAT THE PLANET (& REFORMAT THE PLANET 1.5) -
REFORMAT THE PLANET (RTP) is a feature length documentary which delves into the movement known as chip music, a vibrant underground scene based around creating new, original music using obsolete video game hardware. Familiar devices such as the Nintendo Game Boy and Nintendo Entertainment System are pushed in new directions with startling results.
REFORMAT THE PLANET began with the intention of documenting the influence of video game culture on an increasingly diverse range of modern art. Originally titled “Play”, the project served as the genesis of 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS in 2005. The fledgling crew set out conducting interviews with various artists, including several noted members of the game development community. After documenting several live chip music performances in New York City and being invited to film the first year of the now annual Blip Festival, it was clear that they stood before a rich cultural mine that few were tapping in any long-form projects. The decision to focus the film on the varied personalities of the NYC chip music scene was a quick and obvious one.
Following its premiere at the 2008 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, RTP continued to play to eager audiences around the globe. Trendsetting music outlet, Pitchfork.com, streamed the film online as part of its new video service - Pitchfork.tv. - and record view numbers resulted in the limited engagement being extended for an additional week.
During preparation for the film’s DVD release, tragedy struck when hard drive failure wiped out nearly the entire film. In the time it took to rebuild the film from the source tapes, 2 PLAYER watched the NYC chip scene evolve in drastic new directions. Changing styles and an influx of new performers is the inspiration for the follow up documentary REFORMAT THE PLANET 1.5 (RTP 1.5) an exclusive feature of the Reformat the Planet DVD release.
The 2 Player Productions mission is to document the world of video games and the rich subculture around them. Source: filmmaker
To read about the filmmakers please see previous entry or the Headlining Film program.
* Be sure to see director Paul Owens, producer Paul Levering, and cinematographer Asif Siddiky at the 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS* Panel and all 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS screenings Q&A’s!
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REMAKE
Short Narrative/Comedy
6 minutes/Australia/English
Director: Chris Tomkins
octopodfilms.com
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Two thieves on a “smash and grab” mission get more than they’d bargained for when they stumble upon the stash of a lifetime - but its a haul they can’t possibly carry. A lighthearted dig at just how obsessive film buffs can be - and how movie nerds can be found in all walks of life. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Chris Tomkins is an Australian comedian who has been writing and performing comedy since the last millennium. He made his directorial debut with the short animation series “The Adventures of Terrence and Spider: Professional Bouncers” for Australia’s Comedy Channel in 2003, and has since gone to work on a number of internationally award-winning projects, ranging from short films to music videos. Tomkins’ experience covers everything from stand-up and sketch to musical comedy, but finds directing an exciting opportunity to tell other people to be funny. Tomkins is the founder of the comedy website, GORSKYS.COMedy and can sometimes be found playing comedy rock songs with his band, Man Bites God. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Geoff Paine, Josh Cameron, Erin Dewar, Lliam Amor, Jim lawson, and Briony Williams.
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SATAN SINCE 2003
Short Documentary/Fandom & Culture
19:30 minutes/US/English
Director: Carlos Puga
standardarts.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Born in the late 1970’s as a response to high gas prices, the moped was a short-lived fad whose only present-day trace is found among tight packs of young hipsters vying to keep the retro culture alive across America. For Emmy Award-winning documentarian Carlos Puga (True Life, MTV), three months’ access to The Hell’s Satans (Richmond, Virginia’s premier moped gang) produced enough material for not only an eye-popping peek into this otherwise reclusive society, but also a satirical jab at the process of documentary film-making.
Premiered at Sundance 2011, also screened at South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) 2011. Source: filmmaker.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Carlos Puga was born in Santiago, Chile and raised in Miami, Florida. He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Stern School of Business at New York University while also studying Acting and Directing at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute of New York. His career in television began in 2003 when he worked as a field producer for MTV’s acclaimed documentary series True Life. He has continued to work on the series ever since, directing and producing full episodes through his New York-based production company, Standard Arts. In 2009 he was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on True Life. Source: filmmaker
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SINNERS
Short Narrative/Horror/Triller
22 minutes/US/English
Director: Gary Lynch
painandpassionentertainment.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE / Midnight Mania
ABOUT THE FILM
When her cousin Missy is murdered, Nicky comes to town looking for answers. Soon more murders occur.
Nicky thinks she knows who the killer is. But does she? Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Gary Lynch became interested in film making when his nephew Jonathan took a film class in high school. After watching some of the cool films his nephew made, Gary went to Wal-Mart where he purchase a camcorder, wrote a script and in 2002 made his first short film THE DEADLY PREDATOR.
From 2002 to 2011, Gary has made thirteen short films that have played at over 150 film festivals. Several have been seem on television and several have played at theaters before major films. Gary writes, produces and directs all his films. He also does all the casting and marketing for his films. Gary’s films range from comedy to horror. His most popular films are CASTIN CALL, I WILL HURT YOU and I WILL HURT YOU SOME MORE. Gary is very popular with actors in Atlanta, Georgia known as ” a guy who is very cool to work for”.
Currently Gary is marketing his new film SINNERS and writing a new script for CASTING CALL 2. He will be shooting CASTING CALL 2 in April 2012. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Karli Garret Brooks, Nina Nicole, Ladonna Coward, Tanya Fraser, Latoya Haynes, and Niki Collier.
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SPIRIT CAMP
Feature Narrative/Horror Comedy
96 minutes/US/English
Director: Kerry Beyer
spiritcampmovie.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE / Midnight Mania / Code of Evil Panel*
ABOUT THE FILM
When a street smart “goth girl” (Roxy Vandiver) is forced to attend cheerleader camp as part of her rehabilitation from a juvenile correction facility, she clashes with the “popular girls,” and finds herself embroiled in a bitter rivalry with the bitchy ringleader Rachel (Julin). But when members of the spirit squad start turning up dead, the girls must put aside their differences and struggle to survive the murderous rage of a crazed psycho-killer lurking among them!
FRIDAY THE 13TH meets BRING IT ON. Source: spirtcampmovie.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Kerry Beyer is an award winning visual artist. A semi-finalist in Nicholl Fellowships in screenwriting and Winner of the Slamdance Anarchy Film Showcase. His films have screened at Dances With Films, The Cannes Film Festival, and have been distributed by Hypnotic and Film Four. An acclaimed fashion photographer, his work has appeared in Vogue, Lucky, Allure, The New York Times, Vintage Guitar, and more. Equally comfortable in front of the camera, he has guest starred on CBS’s WALKER TEXAS RANGER, ABC’s PORT CHARLES, the WB’s ARREST & TRIAL, and VH1’s THE WAY SHE MOVES, to name a few. Source: spiritcampmovie.com
CAST:
Roxy Vandiver, Julin, Brandon Smith, Megan Moser, Amy Morris, Jon Paul Burkhart, Kavon Rafat, Katy Rowe, Phil Leggett, George Brock, Marco Perella, Linda J. Martin, Alyssia Dujmovich, Donna Rusch, and Denise Williamson (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
* Be sure to see some of the crew and cast of the upcoming film CODE OF EVIL in their panel!
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STAR WARS BEGINS
Feature Documentary/Fandom
138 minutes/Various/English
Director: Jamie Benning
ABOUT THE FILM
Filmmaker Jamie Benning has finally finished his trilogy of documentary-commentaries. This final chapter concentrates on the first STAR WARS film. Like his two previous documentaries, BUILDING EMPIRE (2006) and RETURNING TO JEDI (2007), STAR WARS BEGINS is an unofficial look at the creation of the classic movie and features deleted scenes, alternate takes and different angles, bloopers, original on set audio recordings and a huge amount of commentary from the cast and crew, culled from every corner of the galaxy.
STAR WARS BEGINS follows the flow of the original movie itself with the deleted scenes added where they would have been, with interviews placed over the top of the action they are describing. The overall effect is much more engrossing than a DVD commentary track and the wealth of material contained makes it a great experience for casual to hardcore fan.
If you’ve never seen the deleted scenes of Jabba the Hutt or Biggs Darklighter on Tatooine, or heard David Prowse saying Vader’s dialogue, then you will get a real kick out of this. Many reviews and comments have centered on the fact that its like watching your favorite movie but from an entirely different perspective.
All of Jamie Benning’s STAR WARS “filmumentaries” are unofficial and completely non-profit exercises. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Residing in London, England, Jamie Benning is a film studies graduate and freelance editor in the television industry. He has spent the last decade traveling the world covering sporting events including football (soccer), rugby, and motorsport, in particular the worldwide series Formula One.
A life long fan of STAR WARS, Benning took it upon himself of complete his own trilogy of STAR WARS documentaries for the fan community. They have received critical acclaim across the internet and in print. Source: filmmaker
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TEDDY GOLDBLATT
Short Animated/Animation & Comedy
9:30 minutes/England (UK)/English
Director: Rob Munday
vimeo.com/robmunday/
EAST COAST PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
BANG! You know, the Big Bang?
Well this one was bigger and the effect just as dramatic.
This time the huge surge in energy has caused all time and space on Earth to collapse and mingle. All human life has been destroyed but there are survivors.
Teddy Goldblatt was just an ordinary lemon but now has a pair of legs and decides to use them. He leaves his safe haven on the Regents Canal to explore this strange new world.
In a post-apocalyptic world a lemon called Teddy finds his legs. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Rob Munday was born in London in 1981.
Since completing a film degree he has been making short films.
He has written and directed nine shorts so far which have been shown at many different festivals including the 51st British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival and South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.
He likes to create worlds in his films; magical realities which can combine live action with animation to delve into the characters’ mind. He has also made a film based around a man’s legs, and another about a lady’s toes. Source: filmmaker
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TRIPPIN’
Feature Narrative/Horror & Dark Comedy
87 minutes/US/English
Director: Devi Snively
deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie
Midnight Mania
ABOUT THE FILM
In 2005, six friends road-tripped to a remote cabin in the woods with deadly results. A year later, the sole survivor met directrix Devi Snively in a bar and offered the rights to his story for a case of beer and a role in the movie. TRIPPIN’ is that movie. So prepare yourself for a little sex, a little gore, and some good and bad times with some good and bad buds. “It’s The Big Chill for a Kevin Smith generation with a puppet!” Source: deviantpictures.com/trippinmovie
Mix the EVIL DEAD and ARMY OF DARKNESS films with the BLAIR WITCH PROJECT throw in a View Askew/Kevin Smith level of pot smoking and add a puppet and you get TRIPPIN’. Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
With film titles such as TEENAGE BIKINI VAMPIRE and CONFEDERATE ZOMBIE MASSACRE! it’s no wonder writer/directrix Devi Snively’s signature “romantic musical horror comedy” genre has been likened to everything from the silent classics of Buster Keaton to EC Comics to Tim Burton and beyond.
Devi (pronounced DAY-vee) is an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame where she teaches her always over- enrolled course “Cultures of Fear: Anthropological Perspectives of the Horror Film,” the impetus for her upcoming book. She has worked professionally as a ballerina, Spanish translator, hair model, book editor, video game writer, documentary filmmaker, newspaper columnist and video editor. She’s been decidedly unprofessional in several other careers.
In 2007 she was selected as one of 8 participants to the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop For Women (DWW). To date she’s written multiple feature-length screenplays, directed 9 short films and a feature-length documentary, and has just finished shooting her first feature-length narrative, trippin’. Her last 3 short films have been officially selected to screen at over 100 festivals worldwide and garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim. Source: deviantpictures.com
CAST:
Zed Wilson, Nicole Buehrer, Ken Dusek, Heathyr Clift, Jake Perry, Lindsay Robertson, Bill Redding, Circus-Szalewski, Steve Russell, Rose Waldschmidt, and Audrey Whitby.
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TRUE OTAKU
Feature Documentary/Fandom
85 minutes/US/English
Director: Jeff Clark
trueotaku.com
SOUTHEAST PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
What is an otaku? Generally speaking, an otaku is a fan of Japanese popular culture: anime, manga, video games, music, and fashion.
TRUE OTAKU: The Documentary is a feature film by otaku, for otaku, about otaku. The documentary focuses on otaku fandom in the greater Washington DC and Baltimore metropolitan region. TRUE OTAKU begins with an overview of otaku fandom set against the backdrop of Otakon 2010. Otakon is one of the largest conventions in the United States celebrating Japanese popular culture. At Otakon, TRUE OTAKU host Nicole Boyd explores some of the many facets of otaku fandom. TRUE OTAKU then goes in-depth, exploring and documenting the otaku community in greater detail. Nicole Boyd profiles an award-winning cosplayer, Iris Venturino, known online as Dustbunny. Nicole follows Dustbunny through the costume creation process as she readies to compete in Anime USA’s Hall Costume Contest. Next, TRUE OTAKU profiles Lauren Orsini, a blogger and journalist who writes otakujournalist.com. TRUE OTAKU also visits the DC Anime Club, an organization established to introduce and educate people in the Washington DC area about East Asian culture. Finally, the film follows Dustbunny through the Hall Costume Contest judging process, providing insight into the motivations, creative process, and challenges at the heart of cosplay. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Jeff Clark is an independent documentary filmmaker from the Washington DC metropolitan area. From a young age, Jeff was drawn to the arts; studying drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and writing. He attended college at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, majoring in film production and creative writing. It was there that Jeff’s interest in documentary filmmaking was born while working on his short film Still-life Watercolor. In 1999, Jeff was hired by Fairfax County Public Schools in Fairfax, Virginia to create educational television programming. Jeff continues to work for the Fairfax school district as a producer and director. He has numerous projects, both short-form and full-length film and video works, to his credit. He was co-producer on the regional Emmy award-winning television series Flight School in 2007. In 2009, Jeff resumed independent film work, traveling to Lebanon to document the work of the non-profit organization Heart for Lebanon. His latest project, True Otaku, was born out of an affinity for Japanese popular culture and otaku fandom. Jeff’s production company, Cinema Show Films, is named after a festival-winning short video he created in 1989. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Hosted by Nicole Boyd.
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UNCHARTED 3
Short Documentary/Gaming & Fandom
~20 minutes/US/English
Director: Paul Owens* - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
2playerproductions.com/projects/uc3
HEADLINING GEEK GUEST FILMMAKERS - 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
ABOUT THE FILM
A coordination with Naughty Dog Studios a behind the scenes, for the latest entry in the UNCHARTED series. Naughty Dog is known for creating the hit franchises “Jak and Daxter” and “Crash Bandicoot”. Considered one of the most prestigious developers in the world, Naughty Dog broke new ground on the PlayStation 3 (PS3) with the stunningly cinematic “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune”. Released in 2009 to universal acclaim and capturing the title of “Game of the Year”, “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” was an incredible success for the studio, building upon the innovations of it’s predecessor in every way.
Initial work on the sequel began shortly after the release, and in 2010 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS was contacted for potential behind the scenes coverage of the development process. Since the positive experience of working on the “Infamous” developer documentary, 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS had been looking for the right opportunity to become involved with another Sony game.
With Uncharted 3’s development cycle underway, the timing was right to capture early stages of the new game’s creation.
Released in conjunction with the game’s official announcement after the 2010 Spike TV awards, part one of the documentary focuses on pre-production aspects of the announce trailer and Naughty Dog’s mounting internal pressure to meet expectations set by “Uncharted 2.” The piece shows the crew building the teaser trailer from bare-bone mock-ups at the studio and motion capture and voice over sessions featuring the principal characters. Members of the studio express their aspirations for the new title and discuss the pressures of being one of the worlds most respected studios. Source: filmmaker
To read about the filmmakers please see previous entry or the Headlining Film program.
* Be sure to see director Paul Owens, producer Paul Levering and cinematographer Asif Siddiky at the 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS* Panel and all 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS screenings Q&A’s!
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VIRGINIA CREEPERS
Feature Documentary/Television & Film History/Horror Hosts
120 minutes/US/English
Directors: Sean Kotz* and Chris Valluzzo
virginiacreepersmovie.com
Independent Filmmaker Panel*
ABOUT THE FILM
Back on on one hot Saturday night in 1958, “Ghoulda” began stirring up a brew of live double feature films on Channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia, thus beginning a tradition of late night horror hosting in the Commonwealth. Since then, on the airwaves and internet, Virginia’s horror hosts have been breaking ground and making things that go bump in the night a little more manageable.
This documentary goes back to the days when local television was king and into the future with the new breed of “Virginia Creepers”. You’ll hear audio going back to 1958, see photos unseen for five decades and watch video clips thought beyond recovery. You’ll get a detailed tour through the Golden Age of TV horror hosting during the 1970s and 80s, as well as a look into the birth of internet hosting and see where the craft is headed.
But more than that, this film takes you through the transformation of television and entertainment in America and explored why this format was so popular, why it matter and why it survives.
For more than 50 years, Virginia’s horror hosts have been inspiring kids to sneak out of bed to watch a monster movie and adults to feel like kids. See why in VIRGINIA CREEPERS: The Horror Host Tradition of the Old Dominion. Source: filmmaker
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Directors Sean Kotz and Chris Valluzzo of Horse Archer Productions.
Horse Archer Productions arose out of a conversation between Chris Valluzzo and Sean Kotz in the summer of 2005 when the two decided that the time was right in the New River Valley for a video production company with the capacity to create both full length feature films as well as commercial and personal video products.
That summer, the two began evaluating various projects and by September, the first two films were in pre-production. The Henry Reed Legacy was the first film Horse Archer decided to pursue and it should reach completion in the early summer of 2008. It is a documentary on the impact of a Giles County legend, Henry Reed, whose musical style and historical position between 19th Century Europe and 21st Century America has been a major influence on Old Time music across the world.
Their second project, HOKIE NATION: A TEAM, A TOWN AND THE BEST DARNED FANS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, dominated the Horse Archer Productions work schedule throughout 2006 and 2007, however. This film, which has gone into its second pressing, has been broadcast on WDBJ-7, shown in theaters throughout Virginia, and sold at more than two dozen locations and websites. This full length feature documentary put Horse Archer Productions on the map and enabled the company to expand.
In 2008, Horse Archer Productions began working on several new projects with their new HD cameras beginning with WHY OLD TIME?, a documentary about the life and culture surrounding Old Time music. This film about Appalachian music culture and its appeal across boarders was selected for the Asheville Film Festival and by special invitation to the Seven Sisters Cinema regional documentary series.
VIRGINIA CREEPERS: THE HORROR HOST TRADITION OF THE OLD DOMINION arrived in 2009. A documentary on Virginia’s late night TV horror movie hosts like Bowman Body, Count Gore De Vol and Dr. Madblood, the film covers 50 years of TV tradition and uncovered much lost footage, audio and even shows. It was selected for to the 2009 Virginia Film Festival and by special invitation to the James River Film Festival. And after just one month of release, it was also nominated for “Best Independent Production 2009” in the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Film Awards, chaired by David Colton of USA Today.
Horse Archer Productions also works on private, corporate and commercial video projects for various clients in Virginia. Source: horsearcherproductions.com
* Be sure to catch Sean Kotz of Horse Archer Productions, one of the directors of VIRGINIA CREEPERS, in the Independent Filmmaker Panel as well as the film Q&A!
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ZOMBIE YEARS: THANKS GRANDPA
Short Narrative/Horror
15:20 minutes/US/English
Directors: Julio Alvarez and Juan Navarro*
creatureentertainement.com/projects/film/zombie-years-thanks-grandpa/
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Miami / Creature Entertainment*
ABOUT THE FILM
ZOMBIE YEARS: THANKS GRANDPA is a short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic Miami, Florida overrun by the living dead. When all that exists is death, it takes more than survival to understand life, and we see Delilah “Del” Esquinosa go about this in her own way, from finding a new companion… to keeping old ones. What is family, friends, or even life itself when faced with the dead who won’t DIE?
THANKS GRANDPA is a vignette prequel based on the ongoing web-comic ZOMBIE YEARS (zombieyears.com). It tells the story of one of its main characters, Delilah “Del” Esquinosa, and what she did before she met her compatriots. It ties in directly to the story line of ZOMBIE YEARS. Source: creatureentertainment.com/projects/film/zombie-years-thanks-grandpa/
ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Julio Alvarez — Global wayfarer and student of the elements of ‘the story’, Julio Alvarez, is dedicated to revealing the detail and hyperrealism of the moment. His photographic and filmic artistry reflects his curiosity for–and ability to capture–the immediacy, expression, limitless beauty, entertainment and innate importance of the narrative, whether that story is a movie or in a still photograph. He received training in the Theater Arts as a student of the Center for Expressive Arts under Lou Alexiou and the Performing and Visual Arts Center (a precursor to the New World School of the Arts). Julio’s rolling stone tendencies have led him to live and work all over the U.S., Europe and Central Asia. He has worked as a sound recording engineer, producer and mixer for over two decades. As a filmmaker, he has worked on corporate industrials, independent narrative films, promotional films and music videos in the capacity of director, shooter, location sound mixer, sound designer and editor. Julio’s curiosity for the nuanced details of a good story and his expertise in the technical components of picture and sound allow him to naturally draw out the each performer’s uniqueness with profound grace, imbuing each film with a distinctive and timeless story of its own.
Juan Navarro — Born and raised in Hialeah (“agua, fango y factoría”) Florida, Juan Navarro has been writing for roughly ten years, making comic books for fifteen, and drawing and painting for over two decades. Fueled by a steady diet of comic books and Heavy Metal, Juan attended several Magnet programs in Miami including the Norland Middle School Arts Program and the Design and Architecture Senior High School. He graduated from the Performing and Visual Arts Center (PAVAC) at Miami Northwestern Senior High School and went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New World School of the Arts at the University of Florida. He is the creator and artist of the web comic series Zombie Years since 2008, a founding member of Graphicsmash.com, and a founding illustrator for Steampunk Magazine. He also is a co-director of the CS Gallery in North Miami and the Art Director for the Oliva Cigar Company. He has lived and worked in Chicago, Savannah, San Francisco and, of course, his hometown Miami Florida. Source: creatureentertainment.com
CAST:
Karla Solarte, Norbert Velez, Richard Haylor, and Chuchi the Wonder Dog (as himself).
* Be sure to catch directors Julio Alvarez and Juan Navarro and the CREATURE ENTERTAIMENT crew at their panel, the Florida Filmmaker Panel, and screening Q&A’s!
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THE ZOMBIE FACTOR: PILOT EPISODE
Episodic Narrative/Zombie Comedy
23 minutes/US/English
Director: Matt Cantu
thezombiefactor.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE / Midnight Mania
ABOUT THE FILM
The zombie apocalypse becomes REALITY on THE ZOMBIE FACTOR, the most dangerous show on television.
Every episode, someone dies.
THE ZOMBIE FACTOR puts contestants head-to-head against flesh-eating zombies. And on this reality show, as the people are eliminated, they become part of the stable of zombies and used against their fellow competitors. Source: thezombiefactor.com
THE ZOMBIE FACTOR: Season One, Episode One will be headlining our Midnight Mania program! Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Matt Cantu is an accomplished film & video professional working freelance in Detroit, the Midwest and beyond. His experience includes feature films, documentaries, music videos, short films, and commercial/industrial training programs.
Matt has extensive experience in all aspects of production in nearly every department.
Matt Cantu and CAN2 Creative Works can provide production services including; project inception, writing, project coordination, HD camera package, lighting, editing, output to DVD, web and more. Source: can2creative.com
CAST:
Dan Pesta, Steve Forbes, Mikey Brown, Christy Malene, Cam Cecchini, Lisa Thierry, Earl Cabo, Ted Neda, Shashani Nichole, Jill Dion, and Chip Archambeau.
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ABOUT THE FILM
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
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CAST:
(primary cast list, if available/applicable) (for full cast lists, please see film site or IMDB)
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GEEK FILM FESTIVAL
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Staff:
Festival Director and Head of Programming & Operations - Kat Anderson
Programming & Operations Staff - Elizabeth Williamson and Kevin Bosch
Acknowledgements:
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- Guest Geek Filmmakers: 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
- Opening Night Film: RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH*
- Closing Night Film: CONNECTED: AN AUTOBLOGOGRAPHY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND TECHNOLOGY
- Centerpiece Film: QUE PENA SU VIDA (F*CK MY LIFE)
(*Filmmakers in attendance)
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HEADLINING GEEK GUEST FILMMAKERS:
2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS*
ABOUT 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS
2 Player Productions is a Portland, Oregon-based production company dedicated to documenting the world of video games and the rich subcultures that have sprung up around the medium. Combining innovative production techniques with an eye for poignancy, their documentary work invokes both the heart and the mind, humanizing the often denigrated gaming industry.
2 Player Productions was formed in 2005 by filmmakers Paul Owens, Paul Levering, and Asif Siddiky. Their breakout success came in 2008 with REFORMAT THE PLANET, a feature length documentary chronicling the global chip music scene. It debuted at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in 2008 and has played to eager audiences around the world.
Capable of bringing their unique style to any project, the team has built a reputation within the film, music, and gaming communities. Collaborators have included Sony, MTV, G4, CurrentTV, Pitchfork Media, Spike TV, Gametrailers.com, Video Games Live, and 8bitpeoples. 2 PLAYER’S most recent success PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES, an episodic documentary chronicling the titular Penny Arcade web-comic, has been regarded as a leap forward in original internet programming.
2 PLAYER projects include PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES SEASON ONE, an episodic documentary chronicling the titular web-comic, and REFORMAT THE PLANET a feature length documentary about chip rock. They recently completed a successful Kickstarter crowd source fundraising campaign to fund MINECRAFT, a feature length documentary about the gaming phenomenon. Source: 2playerproductions.com
2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS IS:
Paul Levering*, Producer
Paul Owens*, Director
Asif Siddiky*, Cinematographer
Gabe Liberti, Audio Engineer
Official site: 2playerproductions.com
* Be sure to see director Paul Owens, producer Paul Levering, and cinematographer Asif Siddiky at the 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS Panel and 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS screening Q&A’s!
Screening the following 2 Player Productions projects:
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MINECRAFT (^ Special Geek Preview)
Documentary/Gaming & Fandom
~20 minutes/US/English
Director: Paul Owens
2playerproductions.com/projects/minecraft
ABOUT MINECRAFT (^ Special Geek Preview) - for full synopsis see full film program.
^ Special preview of 2 PLAYER PRODUCTIONS’ MINECRAFT documentary about this gaming phenomenon!
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PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES SEASON ONE
Episodic Documentary/Gaming & Fandom
~2 hours 30 minutes total run time/US/English
Director: Paul Owens
penny-arcade.com/patv/pa-the-series/2playerproductions.com/projects/patv
ABOUT PENNY ARCADE: THE SERIES - for film synopsis see full film program.
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REFORMAT THE PLANET (& REFORMAT THE PLANET 1.5)
Feature Documentary/Gaming & Fandom (Short Documentary/Gaming & Fandom)
74 minutes/US/English (25 minutes/US/English)
Director: Paul Owens
2playerproductions.com/projects/rtp
ABOUT REFORMAT THE PLANET (& REFORMAT THE PLANET 1.5) - for full film synopsis see full film program.
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UNCHARTED 3
Documentary/Gaming & Fandom
~20 minutes/US/English
Director: Paul Owens
2playerproductions.com/projects/uc3
ABOUT UNCHARTED 3 - for full film synopsis see full film program.
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OPENING NIGHT FILM*
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH
Feature Narrative/Sci-Fi
118 minutes/US/English
Director: John Alan Simon*
radiofreealbemuth.com
ABOUT THE FILM
Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best friend, science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigam) and a mysterious woman named Silvia (Alanis Morissette), Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions. The story is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under the authoritarian control of President Fremont, a Nixon-like clone (Scott Wilson). Source: IMDB.com/title/tt1129396/
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is an indie film based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (PKD) of the same title which sold over 2,000,000 copies. RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is PKD’s most autobiographical novel, and the author wrote himself in as a character in the novel (played by Shea Whigham in the movie). Whigham’s performance garnered him a Best Actor Award at Sydney Fantastic Planet Film Festival in Australia. RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH was awarded Director’s Choice Best Feature at the Sydney Festival.
The filmmakers, helmed by Writer/Director John Alan Simon, were committed to making a film that honored PKD’s independent spirit and great intellect. Being a huge fan of PKD himself, John Alan Simon made a movie that would appeal to PKD fans. Source:radiofreealbemuth.com
ABOUT JOHN ALAN SIMON - DIRECTOR
As president and chief executive officer of Discovery Productions, Simon has been involved with the production, financing, sales, distribution and marketing of many successful independent features including, THE WICKER MAN (starring Edward Woodward); THE HAUNTING OF JULIA (with Mia Farrow and Tom Conti); BASKET CASE, and OUT OF THE BLUE (starring and directed by Dennis Hopper).
In partnership with Rosenbloom Entertainment, Discovery acquired film rights to three novels by renowned science-fiction writer, Philip K. Dick, whose works have formed the basis for such successful science-fiction films as BLADE RUNNER and TOTAL RECALL, Steven Spielberg’s MINORITY REPORT and Richard Linklater’s A SCANNER DARKLY. Simons’s script for FLOW MY TEARS, THE POLICEMAN SAID was optioned late last year by Halcyon Entertainment (TERMINATOR SALVATION) for a 2011 start date on which Simon will also be a producer. Simon is currently working on a script POLISH.
In 1994, Simon developed and produced the Roger Donaldson-directed version of THE GETAWAY, starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, and Philip Seymour Hoffman for Largo Entertainment. The picture was theatrically released nationally by Universal Pictures.
For the last four years, he has produced and moderated (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) BAFTA-LA’s annual seminars for the American Film Market, on such topics as British film making tax-incentives and strategies for U.S. theatrical distribution. For BAFTA-LA, he has moderated both seminars and Q&A’s following screenings with guests such as directors John Hillcoat, Julian Schnabel and an evening program with director Jason Reitman.
Prior to his entry in the film industry, Simon was a successful journalist and film critic, both as staff writer for the New Orleans Times Picayune and as editor-in-chief of New Orleans magazine. He has also written film and music reviews and feature articles for various publications, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Downbeat Magazine and American Film magazine. During this period, Simon also taught courses in film and writing at Tulane University, Loyola University, and the University of Illinois. In 2006, he taught a course on micro-budget film making at UCLA extension.
Simon graduated from Harvard College with honors in History and Literature and served as an editor of the Harvard Crimson. On the recommendation of Robert Lowell, his poems were recorded and made a part of the permanent archives at Harvard’s Houghton Library poetry collection. Simon received his Master’s degree from the Writer’s Workshop program at the University of Illinois. He is currently a directing member of the Los Angeles-based Classical Theatre Lab. He directed its critically acclaimed co-production of Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband as Victorian Noir” at the Met Theatre. In March 2006, Simon directed Wilde’s “A Woman of No Importance” as a joint production of the City of West Hollywood and Classical Theatre Lab. He is a member of WGA-West and a newly elected Board member of BAFTA-LA. Source: radiofreealbemuth.com
ABOUT ELIZABETH KARR - CAST MEMBER & CO-PRODUCER
RADIO FREE ALBEMUTH is Elizabeth’s first feature film as a producer. She has also produced a Disney Channel pilot, WEBGIRL aka VIRTUALLY CASEY, based on Elizabeth’s treatment, optioned by Suzanne De Passe Entertainment. Treatment was based on Elizabeth’s experiences as ‘Netgirl’—a girl next door cyber Dear Abby—for AOL’s Love@aol site. Consistently one of the top ten visited sites on AOL during Elizabeth’s tenure as sole writer responsible for creative content.
Elizabeth has also produced and directed several short films. She was recently selected to direct a PSA in the highly prestigious Women In Film (WIF) Charitable PSA Program. Elizabeth directed a PSA for New Directions, a Veterans Outreach organization that provides social services, housing and substance abuse treatment veterans in Santa Monica. New Directions PSA
On the other side of the camera, TV guest appearances include HOUSE, WOMENS MURDER CLUB, VERONICA MARS, SLEEPER CELL, ER, WEST WING, YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, GENERAL HOSPITAL, PASSIONS, NEW ATTITUDES and commercials. Film includes SHILOH SEASON, PAWN, THE HUNTED, SLEEPWALK, MY NORMAL LIFE, ICE CREAM, JANUARY MAN.
Elizabeth’s first foray into producing was in theatre. Elizabeth has produced numerous critically-acclaimed theatrical productions in LA and New York, including UNCLE VANYA (with Orson Bean, 12 week sold out run), AN IDEAL HUSBAND AS VICTORIAN NOIR, BIG LOVE, The ATrainPlaysLA and WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE. Elizabeth is one of the founders and producers of Classical Theatre Lab/West Hollywood’s annual FREE SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARKS. (initially funded by a Grant from the City of West Hollywood, permanent financing secured in 2009).She is currently in pre-production for Classical Theatre Lab/West Hollywood’s 25th Silver Anniversary production of Tennessee Williams’ SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS, directed by John Alan Simon.
Elizabeth is a leader in the Los Angeles Theatre community: Director/Producer/Founder of Cedarburg Productions. Company member/Producer of Pacific Resident Theatre. Company member and Board member of Classical Theatre Lab for fourteen years, Chairman of the Board for four. LA Theatre Ovations Award voter for ten years. She is a Professional Theatre Teaching Artist on the Music Center roster and LA’s Best.
Elizabeth is regularly seen in starring roles on stage, including THE ACCOMPLICES, written by Bernie Weinraub, directed by Deborah La Vine, at the Fountain Theatre, WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, and AN IDEAL HUSBAND AS VICTORIAN NOIR, directed by John Alan Simon, AS YOU LIKE IT, directed by Alfred Molina and Jack Stehlin, INFORMED CONSENT, directed by Peter Levin, UNCLE VANYA, directed by Bruce Katzman, and TROJAN WOMEN at the Getty Museum for an International Theatre Symposium of Greek Scholars and Dramatists, hosted by Olympia Dukakis.
Elizabeth is partnering again with Writer/Director John Alan Simon to produce NOTHING MORE THAN MURDER, an adaptation of Jim Thomspon’s classic Noir novel. Other feature projects in development include IN FROM THE COLD, with writer/director Dominika Waclawiak; THANKSGIVING and BALLOON HEIST, written by Emer Gillespie, based on treatments written by Elizabeth; and THE DIVIDE, written by Rashmi Singh.
Elizabeth is a graduate of Cornell University, British American Drama Academy in London and Yale Drama’s Summer Program at Oxford University. Source: radiofreealbemuth.com
CAST:
Jonathan Scarfe, Shea Whigham, Katheryn Winnick, Alanis Morissette, Hanna Hall, Scott Wilson, Ashley Greene, Tom Beyer and Elizabeth Karr (for full cast list, please see film site orIMDB.com/title/tt1129396/).
* Be sure to attend the OPENING NIGHT FILM* screening for a Q&A with director, John Alan Simon, and cast member/producer Elizabeth Karr!
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CLOSING NIGHT FILM
CONNECTED: AN AUTOBLOGOGRAPHY ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND TECHNOLOGY
(- A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE)
Feature Documentary/Science & Technology
82 minutes/US/English
Director: Tiffany Shlain
connectedthefilm.com
ABOUT THE FILM
Between texts and tweets, memes and microchips, we’ve become great at breaking the world down into byte-sized bits. In the process we’ve stopped seeing the forest for the trees, never mind the root system that connects them all. In Connected, Tiffany Shlain—award-winning filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards—sets out to explore these bonds with the help of her father, acclaimed author and thinker Dr. Leonard Shlain. When the unexpected happens during the making of the film, Tiffany is forced to reexamine everything she thought she knew about life, relationships, and connectedness. Tracing interdependence through history, she discovers the surprising links between right brain and left; alphabets and power; honey bees and stress; hormones and happiness; technology and nature; progress and consequences; and parents and children. The result is a personal film with universal resonance that encourages viewers to make connections of their own. Offering an exhilarating stream-of-consciousness ride, CONNECTED is a journey through the interconnectedness of humankind, nature, progress and morality at the dawn of the 21st century. For centuries we’ve been declaring independence. With insight, curiosity, and humor, this film asks if it’s time to declare our interdependence instead.
Presented By The Moxie Institute (moxieinstitute.org). In Association with Impact Partners.
Source: connectedthefilm.com
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Honored by Newsweek as one of the “Women Shaping the 21st Century,” Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, artist, founder of TTHE WEBBY AWARDS, and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Her films have been selected at over 100 film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, Rotterdam, and South By Southwest (SXSW), have won 20 awards including Audience and Grand Jury Prizes, been translated into eight languages, and been shown at museums including Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Tiffany’s films are a fusion of documentary and narrative and are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects like politics, cultural identity, technology and science. Her films include LIFE, LIBERTY & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS about reproductive rights in America, and THE TRIBE, an exploration of American Jewish identity through the history of the Barbie doll, the first documentary short to become the #1 on iTunes. She recently made, YELP: WITH APOLOGIES TO ALLEN GINSBERG’S HOWL, about our addiction to technology and the importance of occasionally “unplugging,’ which was selected as finalist for Guggenheim Museum & YouTube’s YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video and for Sundance 2011. As a director for both theater and film, she has worked with Harrison Ford, Peter Coyote and Alan Cumming and was selected as an Artist-in-Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts and for a film residency at the San Francisco Film Society. Tiffany’s films and discussion programs have been used in many diverse settings to spark dialogues about social issues. She has been singled out by The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The Sundance Institute for her cutting-edge work using documentaries and Internet distribution in unique ways to engage audiences. A sought-after keynote speaker known for her visual presentations, she lectures worldwide on filmmaking and the Internet’s influence on society. Invitations include Harvard, MIT, Apple theaters in NYC and SF, The Idea Festival, Fortune 500 companies, the 92nd St Y in NYC and The Sydney Opera House. She received a standing ovation from over 11,000 people after she delivered the keynote address for University of California, Berkeley’s commencement ceremony in May 2010.
Tiffany founded THE WEBBY AWARDS in 1996 and was creative director and/or the producer for nearly a decade, establishing it into a global organization honoring the best of the Internet. THE WEBBYS receive over 10,000 entries annually and are presented annually in New York City. She co-founded The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, today a 550-person organization and served as the on-air Internet expert for Good Morning America from 2000 to 2003. Her work with The Webbys has been profiled on The New York Times, The BBC ABC, MTV, CNN, The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair and NPR. The 15th Annual Webby Awards was held June 2011.
Tiffany is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute. She is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley where she was selected as a valedictorian speaker for the interdisciplinary studies department and received the highest honor in art, The Eisner Award, for filmmaking. She received her BA in film theory in the interdisciplinary studies department in 1992. She studied organizational change at Harvard Business School Executive Education and film production at New York University’s Sight & Sound program in 1990. Tiffany is a ranking Advisory Board Member of a multi-university Leadership Committee, which oversees a global research partnership that includes the MIT Engineering Systems Division’s MIT Geospatial Data Center, Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation at Saïd Business School, U.C. Berkeley’s Center for New Media and others working towards the transparency and security of data to effectuate positive social change.
Shlain serves on the advisory boards of The San Francisco Film Festival’s Filmmaker Advisory Committee and has served on the advisor boards for The UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media, The Fledgling Fund and on the board of The Commonwealth Club. She currently advises with The Institute for the Future and served on California Attorney General Kamala Harris’s transition team. In 2010, she was invited to advise Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on technology and society.
Tiffany is director of The Moxie Institute, an organization that creates films, discussion programs, theater experiences, and Internet experiments around social issues using emerging technologies. She has received 44 awards and distinctions during the course of her career for her work as a filmmaker, artist, internet advocate, leader and activist. Tiffany writes a quarterly newsletter called “Breakfast @ Tiffany’s,” and contributes to the Huffington Post.
Her feature documentary CONNECTED: A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE, premiered in the US Documentary Competition at Sundance 2011 and received the Women in Film Award from National Geographic All Roads Grant. She was the only director to have two films at Sundance in 2011. The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences recently acquired the script for CONNECTED to be part of their permanent Core Collection. Her recent video art installation, SMASHING, with artist and husband Professor Ken Goldberg, premiered in New York City at the Pulse Contemporary Art Fair. Tiffany and Ken have two children and live in Northern California. Source: tiffanyshlain.com
NARRATED BY: Peter Coyote (IMDB.com/name/nm0001075/). Film:IMDB.com/title/tt1727491/
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CENTERPIECE FILM
QUE PENA TU VIDA (FU<K MY LIFE)
Feature Narrative/Comedy
96 minutes/Chile/Spanish (English subtitles)
Director: Nicolás López
quepenatuvida.com
FLORIDA PREMIERE
ABOUT THE FILM
Javier wants to forget his ex. But it’s impossible when she’s always online.
Getting drunk and partying it’s the only solution. Or not.
Love in the times of Facebook is worse than love in the times of cholera. Source: filmmaker
A brilliantly executed, vibrantly stylized story about modern day connection. The typical boy meets girl turned on its head because status updates. Source: Kat Anderson, lead programmer
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
At age 21, he directed PROMEDIO ROJO, a dark teen comedy that was a box-office hit
in Chile and selected at South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW). Tarantino declared it as “the funniest movie of 2005”. In 2008, he won the jury prize at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas with SANTOS. Source: filmmaker
CAST:
Ariel Levy, Lucy Cominetti, Andrea Velasco, Ignacia Allamand, Paz Bascuñan, Claudia Celedón, Nicolas Martinez, Leonor Varela, Boris Quercia, Ramón Llao, Matias Lopez, and Marcial Tagle (for full cast list, please see film site or IMDB).
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Participating filmmakers please be aware:
• Entries must be submitted on DVD in NTSC format. Foreign-language work must be dubbed or subtitled in English.
• Director’s photograph, biography, film synopsis, and 3 stills from the film are required. Photographs must be minimum 400x400 pixel, 300 dpi. Please email to kat(at)geekfilmfest.com.
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• Selected films can be screened on DVD or Blu-Ray. Select films may be screened on BetaSP, HD CAM or film print (35mm or 16mm) if agreed upon by the festival and the filmmaker. You must have your “ready to screen” copy of the film in our hands by no later than June 21, 2011. We can use your submission DVD if you wish. A select few films will be screened using BetaSP, HD CAM or film prints (16mm and 35mm). Please note if film prints of your entry are available. Other screening formats can be accommodated, please contact kat(at)geekfilmfest.com
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• All submissions will be examined by our selection committee and you will be notified if your film has (or has not) been chosen to be screened during the Festival via email by June 13, 2011.
• Selected films are screened throughout the four-day event. We may screen your film more than once.
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