Film Schedule

Fri. July 23, 2010
3:00pm - Docs About Food - Homegrown Revolution / American Dumpling
5:00pm - Mu - Emptiness / Salawati
7:00pm - 16 to Life
9:00pm - Karaoke / Kiss the Abyss (18+ Only / Nudity)

Sat. July 24, 2010
3:00pm - Docs About People - A Just Life / Severing The Soul / Speaker's Corner
5:00pm - Shorts - Sometimes About Love (17+ Only / Language) Breathtaking / Stalker / Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park / Blossom / Milkman
7:00pm - Little Old Ladies / The Symmetry of Love
9:00pm - 25 Cents / Bite Size






Sun. July 25, 2010
3:00pm - Henry May Long
5:00pm - Carried Away
7:00pm - The Empress / As Clouds
9:00pm - Shorts - Sometimes About Gore, Blood and Guts (17+ Only / Language, Gore) The Nightclub / Nurse Ines / Vigilante / Scissu / Harmsaga

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Film Schedule

Film Schedule

Fri. July 23, 2010
3:00pm - Docs About Food - Homegrown Revolution / American Dumpling
5:00pm - Mu - Emptiness / Salawati
7:00pm - 16 to Life
9:00pm - Karaoke / Kiss the Abyss (18+ Only / Nudity)

Sat. July 24, 2010
3:00pm - Docs About People - A Just Life / Severing The Soul / Speaker's Corner
5:00pm - Shorts - Sometimes About Love (17+ Only / Language) Breathtaking / Stalker / Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park / Blossom / Milkman
7:00pm - Little Old Ladies / The Symmetry of Love
9:00pm - 25 Cents / Bite Size

Sun. July 25, 2010
3:00pm - Henry May Long
5:00pm - Carried Away
7:00pm - The Empress / As Clouds
9:00pm - Shorts - Sometimes About Gore, Blood and Guts (17+ Only / Language, Gore) The Nightclub / Nurse Ines / Vigilante / Scissu / Harmsaga

Festival Passes are now available online.

The Festival Pass is the best deal!

$30 for all the films you can watch!

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Limited availability.

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Carried Away

Name of Film: Carried Away

Filmmaker: Tom Huckabee 

Screening: Sunday, July 25 at 5:00pm

Total Runtime: 97 mins

Genre: Dramedy  

Synopsis: 'Carried Away' is about a  young
man who abducts his paternal grandmother
from a nursing home in order to give her a
better life and is pursued by his father and
brothers. It deals with the issues of caring
for the elderly and breaking the cycle of family.         

Country of Production: USA

Country of Filming: USA 

Date of Completion: 10/10/2009  

Other Festivals: Dallas International Film Festival, Byron Bay Int'l FF,
Da Vinci Film Festival 2010, Oxford Film Festival

Awards: Oxford Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature  

Premiere Status: Florida Premiere

The Empress

Name of Film:
The Empress

Filmmaker:
Directed by Lyle Pisio

Total Runtime:
8 mins

Genre:
Animation

Synopsis:
Loneliness, Desire, Love, Hesitation, Miscommunication, Fear, and Loss
with a touch of alcoholism for comic relief. Trevor and Martha see
each other across a dingy bar and fall in love. The couples shyness is
only overcome in a mutual dream where their shadows dance together.
Inspired by the song ‘The Empress' by the Montreal band BRIGA, the
film is about the first hesitant motions of meeting and the fragility
of falling in love.

Country of Production:
Canada

Country of Filming:
Canada

Date of Completion:
08/08/2009

Other Festivals:
24+ festivals

Awards:
Taos Shortz Film Festival WINNER: BEST ANIMATION,
Victoria Film Festival WINNER: BEST ANIMATION

Premiere Status:
Tampa Bay

Vigilante

Name of Film:
Vigilante

Screening:
Sat. July 24 at 3:00pm

Filmmaker:
Darren Bolton - Director

Total Runtime:
12 mins

Genre:
Drama / Crime

Synopsis:
Set in the quiet and idyllic
village of Hewson, Vigilante is a dark and satirical mockumentary that
provides insight into a group of villagers determined to eradicate
crime and anti-social behaviour in their community. The villagers, driven by
a lack of police intervention and a hatred of bystander apathy, have formed
a vigilance committee with the goal of tracking down and dealing  with those
committing criminal offence. Through the eyes of a  documentary film crew, we
follow the story of committee member Pep  (Simon Cassidy) a passionate and playful
character, as he embarks on his nightly patrols of the village. Pep’s agenda is simple
‘to clean the streets of scum’ by whatever means necessary, and it appears
for a while that his methods are working. With the local police force
on his side Pep works harder than ever cleaning up the litter, intercepting
graffiti artists and putting a stop to football hooligans singing in the street.
But as the crew continue to follow him, his methods for controlling
‘the scum’ become evermore unorthodox and violent, and comparing himself to Batman,
he begins to take on the role of judge, jury and executioner. In this comic, and at
times harrowing short film, Pep’s actions lay the foundations for a much wider
debate, in which audiences are asked to consider their own understanding of crime
and punishment and to what lengths are acceptable to make a community
a safer, better place.

Country of Production:
UK

Country of Filming:
UK

Date of Completion:
10/10/2008

Other Festivals:
Shadowline Festival Culture Giovani

Premiere Status:
US Premiere

Is there profanity, nudity, violence, gore, etc? If so, please explain
in detail and give your opinion of an acceptable age limit.
Gore/Blood/Profanity/Violence -- 18+ Only

A Just Life

Name of Film: A Just Life...

Filmmaker:
Jeff Katz - Director

Total Runtime: 14:28

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis:
Nearing his eightieth year,
Malcolm Lambert has chosen to avoid
success for his entire life, while
pursuing justice for women and missing
children. What one man sees as a life of failure
however, truly has been a 'just' life...

Country of Production:
United States

Country of Filming:
United States

Date of Completion:
08/10/2009

Other Festivals:
Fallbrook Film Festival

Awards:
Silver Telly Award

Premiere Status:
Florida Premiere

Is there profanity, nudity, violence, gore, etc? 
None

Salawati

Name of Film: Salawati

Screening: Fri. July 23 at 5:00pm

Name and Position of Filmmakers:
Marc X Grigoroff, writer/director

Total Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Drama

Synopsis:
“Salawati” is the story of a 12-year-old Singaporean-Malay girl
who has just witnessed the drowning of her brother. Wati, who cannot
swim, begs a man to help, but he ignores her pleas. Her mother tries
to hold the family together, while her father struggles to control his
grief and misdirected anger – even as he seeks refuge in Islam.
Wati’s story is intertwined with those of a hard-drinking Indian
courier and a Chinese man consumed by career goals. It becomes
increasingly clear that each of these men played a role in the death
of her brother, and as Wati begins to follow them, the mystery
deepens. Finally, a haunting sequence illuminates the events
surrounding her brother’s death, and Wati is left with a choice that
will change the lives of everyone. “Salawati” explores the fragile
nature of human relationships and calls into question our notions of
morality, mercy, revenge and forgiveness.

Country of Production:
Singapore

Country of Filming:
Singapore

Date of Completion:
06/14/2008

Other Festivals:
Seattle Film Festival 2008, International Film Festival of India 2008,
Pune Film Festival (India) 2008, Asian Hot Shots Berlin Film Festival
2009, Gotham Screen Film Festival 2009, Taipei International Film
Festival 2010

Awards:
Best Feature, Asian Hot Shots Film Festival 2009; Best Feature & Best
Actress, Gotham Screen Film Festival 2009

Premiere Status:
Florida premiere

Is there profanity, nudity, violence, gore, etc?
If so, please explain in detail and give your opinion of an acceptable age limit.
A few words of profanity; an angry driver shouts "motherf*cker" in
Chinese, and this is subtitled; in another scene a man recounts an
incident where he told a taxi driver to "kiss my black ass", then
repeats it for emphasis. I guess anyone over 12 ought to be able to
see the film; or anyone who's been standing next to someone who
smashes his finger with a hammer.

Message:
Singapore is a small island, about the size of Chicago, yet it is home
to myriad cultures, religions and languages. How these disparate
groups co-exist, while struggling to understand one another, has
fascinated since I arrived here 12 years ago. Salawati is an
expression of that fascination.