[NEohioPAL] Complete listing of films and lectures for Indie Gathering this weekend

[Johnny K. Wu]

Every year, this is a good place to hang out and meet different people, like
other film festivals, there are good things and bad things, all depending
what you are looking for, but if you haven't been to one, you should,
instead of talking it down, simply because, at every festivals (this one, or
the Geauga one or OIFF, or CIFF), there is something for everything. 

This year's Indie Gathering is coming up this weekend, there will be tons of
films (many great ones), many local ones, vendor booths, acting/stunt/makeup
competitions, and finally a weekend packed of lectures about filmmaking,
from local and out of town filmmakers sitting on panel to tell you about
their experiences to legal advise to hands-on DP workshop (2 hours). If you
are new in filmmaking or you have already got something going but lack of
other information, you ought to check this festival out.

Those who are on the panel has been successful in doing what they do best
and if you want free help, free suggestions, free advice, or find talented
cast/crew, you should consider the festival. Most of all, come and have fun.

NOTE: this is NOT part of Cleveland IndieClub nor this yahoogroup, my
involvement is simple to help put the lectures area together or to help
promote it (like I've helped other festivals as well)

Any festivals is good in Cleveland, because they help raise an additional
awareness to our community. 

NOTE2: listing here may look disjointed, I've done my best to re-format the
text, but may have missed here and there, if you want more information,
visit http://www.theindiegathering.com This is held at Holiday Inn in
Westlake (1100 Crocker Road I believed)

Film Listing and Lecture Listing (all may subject to change without notice)
Many lecture panelists is still open, we'll be filling them out soon. 


The Indie Gathering Film Festival and Convention
Aug. 14/15/16
Friday night - $15 at the door (6 PM to 2 AM)
(screenings & network party) 

Saturday - $15 at the door (10 AM to 2 AM) (convention, demos, lectures,
screenings & network party) 

Sunday - $15 at the door (10 AM to 6 PM) (convention, demos, lectures &
screenings)

Individual film pass - $8 at the door!

$35 week end pass on Friday at the door
$25 week end pass on Saturday at the door
(convention, demos, lectures, party & screenings)

Screening room A Friday Night Aug. 14th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

6 PM - Jinjiimaa (Mongolian Movie)
When Jinjiimaa shot the politician that raped her, Sukhee defended her and
accepted the responsibility for her "crime." Now, after serving a six-year
conviction, Sukhee leaves prison with hopes that the bond between he and
Jinjiimaa remains intact. Shooting on location in rural Mongolia, director
Ochir Mashbat and crew braved the subzero temperatures of the Siberian
winter to create this touching story of hope, retribution and unconditional
love.

7:25 PM - Forgetful not Forgotten (Feature Documentary) - Preview
“Provides an invaluable insight into how to cope with Alzheimer’s. With
Forgetful Not Forgotten, Chris Wynn honours both what is lost and what
remains” – The Globe and Mail

8:25 PM - The Seed: It's in Your Head (Sci-Fi Suspense) Directed by Joe Hahn
from the band Linkin Park Sung (Will Yun Lee) is a homeless veteran losing
his mind on the banks of the LA River. Pursued by unseen forces, fighting
unseen foes, Sung is ostensibly "just another lunatic." But as his invisible
war continues, under bridges and in tunnels, we are taken deeper and deeper
into Sung's nightmare mind. Into a nightmare of conspiracy, cloaking and the
government's unseen war. Sung struggles to fight through what is visible to
him, yet invisible to the world around him. Ordinarily, someone like this is
perceived as 'crazy'. Beyond what we can see, beyond what we don't want to,
lies...The SEED.

8:40 PM - Intermission

9:00 PM - Genghis Blues (Academy Award Nominee / Documentary)
Paul Pena heard a sound - Something intensely beautiful but disturbing at
the same time - coming from his short-wave radio. The sound was that of
Tuvan throat-singers, a sound that changed his life forever and sent him on
a journey across the world to a land unknown. In his search for harmony and
the answer to a mystifying obsession, music helped Pena bridge two cultures.
This Oscar-nominated film is the story of a blind blues musician and his
triumphant trek to the forgotten land of Tuva and the mysterious art of
Khoomei, or throat-singing, a seemingly impossible form of singing that
produces multiple vocal tones simultaneously.

10:30 PM - Hampshire, A Ghost Story (Feature Horror) - Preview
After a contractor disappears from the upper floors of a century's old
building, strange occurrences begin affecting the people - and the food - at
the upscale restaurant on the first floor. Stories and theories are passed
around with the signs pointing to supernatural play, but the Busy Bistro's
staff have been warned not to use words like 'ghost' and 'haunted'. Even as
a tormented former employee returns to find closure from his past with the
restaurant, denial reigns supreme among those in charge. It's not until a
disastrous dinner service that the haunt is confronted and the pompous
owner, his cold-hearted manager, a chef, a madman and a pair of twins deal
with the horror on Hampshire Street.

Cam 2 Cam (Short Suspense - France)
A young woman, Lucy, receives a message from a girl friend of hers, whom
invites her for a Web chat. After a while, her friend begins to get
undressed on her Webcam. Intrigued, Lucy looks and is caught at the game, in
an erotic and quite disturbing atmosphere...

Networking Party


Saturday Aug. 15th
Film Screenings (see schedule below)
Convention (10 AM - 9 PM)
World Black Belt Championships ( Stunt people 10 AM - ?)
Lectures (see schedule)
Fight scene eliminations - 11 AM (Demo room) 
* Acting eliminations - 6 PM (Demo room)
Special Effects Competition - Horror 
* Networking Party 

Screening room A Saturday Aug. 15th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - Bite Size (Comedy / Horror) - Preview
Douglas Peatry's life is a routine nothing more than bland. He goes to work
every day at a mediocre job, tries to avoid confrontation with his
tormenting coworkers, and basks in life's simple pleasures like fish sticks
and his hot tub. All of that changes when two animal rights amateurs uncover
a secret government experiment by rescuing a live and dangerous scientific
specimen, a shark with a human brain, and dispose of it in the first place
they stumble upon: Douglas's hot tub. Douglas discovers the opportunity for
sweet vengeance against all who have wronged him
 at one-hundred and one
degrees. But how long will it be before reality comes crashing down? 

11:25 AM - Wit's End (TV Pilot) - Preview
Five struggling comics inherit a vacant comedy club in the heart of New York
City. Unfortunately, they have few business skills, huge insecurities, and
challenges out the wazoo. Can this amusing and neurotic bunch of hacks pull
together to find success? Or will they drive each other to their wits' end?

11: 50 AM - In Case of an Emergency (Short)

12 Noon - Lady Feet (Short)

12: 30 PM - Cigarettes Hurt Babies (Short Comedy / Drama) - Preview

12:50 PM - No One Island ( Short Drama) - Preview

1:15 PM - A Jersey Christmas (Feature) - Preview
A ragtag group of store clerks get stuck working until midnight on Christmas
Eve at Xmas-O-Rama, a shabby Christmas shop in a blue-collar New Jersey
town. The store is run by Mike Malcolm, a shady, degenerate gambler whose
debts suddenly catch up with him in the form of two thugs who have come to
collect what they are owed. Mike flees to the nearest card game to try and
win enough money to keep his "creditors" from breaking his legs or worse.
Alone in the store on this busy night of quirky last minute shoppers, the
diverse, mostly non-Christian employees struggle with their "outsider"
relationship to Christmas. While waiting for Mike's return, and more
importantly their paychecks, the eccentric group reveals their individual
religious pride, misunderstanding, jealousy and secret love for the spirit
of ever-present Christmas.

2: 45 PM - Removal Notes (Short Drama) - Preview
Two high school students are casually reflecting about life, personal goals,
their views on humanity and bullies after they had just attacked their
school with automatic weapons. The film also follows the few surviving
students trapped inside the school as they heal there wounds and try to
escape.

3:15 PM - Let Me Die Quietly - (Feature Suspense / Thriller) - Preview
In this neo-noir thriller, Mario is a broken-down psychic whose strange and
terrible gift is to relive a murder victim's last moments on earth. An
encounter, a location, or even a touch can bring him the last sensations of
a murder victim. As he senses his own impending death, he decides to make it
his mission to use his final days to save the last victim of his final
visions. But because no one believes him--and he himself is unsure if he is
going insane--he becomes an exquisite pawn in a sinister murder plot

5:00 PM - Measured Sacrifice (Short Drama / Family)

5:20 PM - Lollipop Man (Short)

5:35 PM - True Beauty This Night (Short Suspense / Thriller)
Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is
convince her that she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they
met...

5:45 PM - Hanging by a Thread (Short Drama / Comedy)
Hanging by a Thread plays out 4 different perspectives of marriage through a
young couple, Brian and Shannon. Over the years all the things unsaid have
manifested into insecurities about the other spouse. After nearly a year of
counseling with no improvement, they reluctantly agree to have a camera crew
document their relationship per the request of their counselor, Dr. Logan.

6:00 PM - Becoming Roman (Short Drama / Comedy)

6:10 PM - Stuck (Short Drama / Comedy)
"Sometimes getting stuck in an elevator is the Best thing that could happen
to you."

6:25 PM - White Radishes (Short Suspense / Thriller)
An obsessive-compulsive man discovers a captive girl living in the run down
house next door. When he goes to save her, he discovers she is not what she
seems. An unusual modern fairytale of human frailty, loss and what can grow
in the most unlikely of places. WHITE RADISHES explores the idea of normalcy
and the struggle of our logic versus our desire to believe the impossible.

6:40 PM - Weljunzer (Short Sci-Fi) - Preview
Donald plans to travel into the future and murder himself. He constructs a
sophisticated time machine in his shower. But before the shower cum time
machine can take him into the 4th dimension, he’s confronted by a pair of
his future selves who coerce him to travel into his past to visit his
estranged wife one last time. Welgünzêr is a dark comedy that questions the
possibility of significant change in a person over time

7:00 PM - Spaceman on Earth (Short Sci-Fi)
In 1950's America, a little green alien frames a superhero, Spaceman, as a
communist. Spaceman must fight his way through car chases, shoot outs, jet
packs, and monster fights to prove his innocence!

7:25 PM - Marooned (Short Sci-Fi) - Preview
A middle-aged science fiction nerd role-plays as his favorite space hero out
in the desert when he hits his head and becomes convinced he is a space hero
for real. When he starts to suspect his role-playing buddy of being an enemy
alien, what started as a ridiculous fantasy game becomes a matter of life
and death.

7:40 PM - Melancholy Baby (Short Drama)

8:05 PM - The Artist (Short Drama)

8:45 PM - Drawing from Life (Short Drama) - Preview
A fine arts major who falls in love with a charismatic but troubled fellow
student when she models for him - then becomes lost as her tangled
background entwines with his own, causing old secrets to be revealed.

9:00 PM - Unbreaking Up (Short Drama)
Programmer Alex regrets breaking up with dancer Sasha. He's invited her to
an art show with every intention of winning her back. Showing up for their
'just friends' date 15 minutes early, Alex is determined to debug the
situation and figure out what he has to say to undo their breakup. What he's
not prepared for is dealing with the issues underneath his actions. Can he
admit his true faults, deal with his issues and figure out that conversation
to 'unbreak up' all in 15 minutes, or will he have to abort his plan?

9:15 PM - House of Bedlam (Feature Suspense / Thriller) - Preview
"House of Bedlam", the newest horror thriller from Director Paul Gorman.
Starring Jeremy Krukowski, Katie Russell, Marie Madison with a special
appearance by Larry Laverty, of television's "The Practice", "Judging Amy"
and Gus Van Sant's "Elephant". 

10:45 PM - Line in the Sand (Feature Drama) - Preview
'Line in the Sand' is the story of two U.S. Marines with conflicting
ideologies that are trapped in the Iraqi desert, during the United States
Operation Iraqi Freedom, who must work together to survive.

Networking Party


Screening room B Saturday Aug. 15th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - Chepachet (Drama) - Preview
The story concerns two middle-aged old friends, Cole and Lud, who have been
recovering from a horrible car crash caused by the alcoholism of Lud. Two
years later they employ a very beautiful, though mentally challenged maid
named Karen who comes from a home for troubled young girls run by Mrs. Ware,
a Bible teacher. Cole develops a platonic crush on Karen and finds her
inspirational in his work as a nature photographer while Lud sexually abuses
her in secret. Darlene, Cole's ex-girl friend, who hasn't seen him since
their break up just before the car crash, arrives with the purpose of
reuniting with Cole and becomes a witness to the tragic events about to
unfold.

12 Noon - The Notorious Newman Brothers (Feature Comedy) - Preview
Gangsters have been covered before, but never like this! Join Max Chaplin,
one of films most inexperienced directors, as he struggles to document
Paulie and Thunderclap Newman on their ascension to mobster mediocrity.
Hoping to penetrate the brothers tight bond, Max goes deep inside the duo to
uncover the truth about wise guys, their influences, wizard ladies, mammoth
hair jackets, mobster charades, a little bit of manslaughter and easily one
of the biggest dope deals of all time. So do yourself a f**king favor and
see The Notorious Newman Brothers, the film the Mafia wish never got made!

12:25 PM - Lost on Purpose: The Pacific Crossing (TV Pilot)
Lost On Purpose: The Pacific Crossing is a pilot episode for a travel show
about sailing around the world. The film follows director Aaron Hodgins
Davis and Captain Drew Sorrell as they sail from Ecuador to Tahiti, with a
few stops on the way.

1:10 PM - Music Videos
Glitter Waste Land Dance - Off (Rock)
What happens when strangers knock at an empty house.
Ignis Fatuus - (Rap)
"Ignis Fatuus" is a music video for a song of the same title by Autumn
Tragedy, focusing on a near-future reality where one fascist government
controls the world with a small militia of freedom fighters rising against
the establishment.
Who That Be - (Rap)
Every Little Bit - (R & B)
Still - (R & B)
Night Train - (Blues)
The lost Blues of Memphis Ward Shaffer find a first release in this music
video of his song NIGHT TRAIN.
Taught to play by famed Memphis Beale Street musician, Furry Lewis, in the
early 60's, Ward's music came out of a life lived in the Blues. Too
authentic for his own time, his songs have finally found an audience in
today's troubled world. He somehow knew he'd never live to see this day.
He'd laugh and say, "I'm going to have to DIE before they listen to these
songs." He called it. Here are the Blues of Memphis Ward Shaffer.
I Saw You - (Pop)
Vulnerable Heart: She Plays - (Alternative AUSTRALIA)
CAMFOH- (Rap)

1:50 PM - Herpers (Feature Documentary) - Preview

3:30 PM - Micro Films
The Wait is SO SO Long
Fruitless Efforts
This is a story about Apple, an average fruity guy trying to live his life
like a normal apple: hold a job, have friends, etc. However, his tree-mates
try to hold him back from achieving his normal life by irritating him with
their uncomfortable presence. Apple tries to go to work but ends up being
chased by Grape, Banana, and Barky the Tree (who also happens to be their
place of residence.) It becomes a race against the odds as Apple's pie car
is pit against Barky's long legs. The story comes to a climax as the
characters finally reach the "finish line", and the unimaginable happens.
Mighty Power
"A man who has the ability to create whatever world that he imagines.
All he needs is a pencil and paper. Is he God?"
Liberation
"He was the greatest escape artist the world had ever seen and no one
cared... until he found a way to make them care."
I loved "Liberation." Very smart, funny, visual, and compact. A nice little
haiku of a film. --Teller (the shorter, quieter half of Penn & Teller)
Nipple Nazis
On the internet, you never know whose nipples they are.
Splash
"When no one is looking a construction worker has a little fun."

4:00 PM - Man of the People (TV Pilot) - Preview
"Man of the People" is a mockumentary that chronicles the rise to prominence
of an obscure, bumbling candidate for Mayor of New York City. The central
interplay is between foot-in-mouth, blustering candidate Toby Morton, and
his shy, savvy, conflicted campaign manager, Alan Weinstein. This is the
pilot episode

4:30 PM - The (718) (TV Pilot) - Preview
When a struggling actor and reluctant homosexual starts losing his straight
drinking buddies to marriage, he has to learn to stand on his own and
prepare for his most challenging role: Himself. 

4:52 PM - Road Kill (Short Drama / Comedy)

5:00 PM - Movie Logic 101 (Feature Comedy) - Preview
Three former college roommates get together to make a sexy all female
vampire movie as a way to reconnect with eachother.

6:50 PM - House of Numbers (Feature Documentary) - Preview
In House of Numbers, an AIDS film like no other, the HIV/AIDS story is being
rewritten. This is the first film to present the uncensored POVs of
virtually all the major players; in their own settings, in their own words.
It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding
HIV/AIDS is based. House of Numbers could well be the opening volley in a
battle to bring sanity and clarity to an epidemic gone awry.

8:20 PM Something to Eat, a Place to Sleep & Someone who Gives a Damn (Short
Documentary)

9:00 PM - Myna Se Va (Feature Latino) - Preview

11:00 PM - The Sky Has Fallen (Horror) Preview
In a post-apocalyptic world, a new disease wipes out almost all of mankind
within a couple of hours. Trying to avoid infection, people flee to remote
locations, but they start seeing mysterious, black figures carrying away the
dead and experimenting on them. Now, Lance and Rachel, two survivors
determined to fight back, must kill the leader of these creatures before the
rest of humanity disappears.

Networking Party


Screening room C Saturday Aug. 15th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - Gameshow and Tell (Feature Documentary) - Preview
Former gameshow contestant Warren McPherson may not have won the big
$250,000 prize, but after the show airs he finds himself "practically
famous." McPherson wonders how fellow contestants are dealing with their
fifteen minutes. He travels the country to get an idea of what life after
gameshow failure can be like in a fame-mad world. He finds what he’s looking
for . . . and so much more.

11:35 - The Ugly File (Short Horror)
"Roy Hubbard is a professional photographer with a strange side business:
taking photos of hideously deformed children. Just wait until you find out
why..."

11:45 - Reality Check (Trailer)

11:50 - Magnum Farce (Short Animated) - Preview
The CG Animated spoof of 'Dirty Harry' films.

12:05 - Coverage (Short Drama) - Preview
The events and subsequent media coverage of September 11th, 2001 creates a
sexual obsession that threatens to destroy a relationship.

12:35 - Fitzgerald's Flask (Short Comedy) - Preview
“Fitzgerald's Flask” is a fantasy mixture of Roaring Twenties silent film
cinema and futuristic science fiction. Destitute and drunk, Jazz Age author
F. Scott Fitzgerald (“The Great Gatsby”) contacts sci-fi writer H.G. Wells
(“The Time Machine”) and travels forward in time to the 21st century. Upon
arrival, he auctions his memorabilia and thus reaps the rewards of his
posthumous success. Filmed on Long Island and in Manhattan. Produced and
directed by Philip Snyder and Robert M. Snyder.

1:00 PM - The Cave (Short Experimental) - Preview
Based on Plato’s Cave Allegory, The Cave begins with a prisoner who spent
his entire life looking at shadows. He escapes to discover the real world
beyond the cave. Fascinated, he returns to the cave to convince his fellow
prisoners to escape, but they reject his newfound knowledge.

1:15 PM - Fairview St. (Feature Drama / Crime) - Preview
James Winton (M. McCallum) is coming home. Paroled after serving four years
in prison for involvement in an armed robbery, which he took the fall for.
He's uncertain about his future with his young wife (Moore) and his father
(W. McCallum), but he's ready to start new. Once out, Jim is confronted by
his old friend, Bobby Stone (Root) and his former life. When a murder occurs
unbeknownst to Jim, he becomes the prime suspect hounded by two detectives
(Bone/Hagedorn) determined to make him pay for his past.

3:10 PM - Breath of Courage (Feature Family) - Preview
A story of a tenaciously optimistic young girl who plays matchmaker to a
couple of new acquaintances while she and her older brother spend a week
with a family friend, a former stage actress, while their parents attempt to
work out their marital problems. During their stay, the children learn much
about life, but they also teach those they meet that it takes courage and
love to truly live.

4:15 PM - The Billboard from Bethlehem (Feature / Documentary) - Preview
Our latest effort is our feature film called "The Billboard From Bethlehem:
where the enemy gets a face." The movie is a "stunning and timely
documentary where the owner of an American billboard company (I Wage Peace
founder Bruce A. Barrett) invites Israeli soldiers and Palestinian
resistance fighters and children from both sides (The Combatants for Peace)
to paint a giant peace mural in the West Bank.

5:20 PM - Visions (Short Drama / Comedy) WORLD DEBUT
Directed by Andrew Forthofer, written by Albert Walsh, performed by Isrrael
Rosa, Produced by Johnny K. Wu. Unhappy with his life, a young inventor’s
newest project malfunctions sending him into alternate realities which are
less than appealing, making him strive to return to the one he once found so
unappealing. First 50 attendees get a free messenger bag!

5:30 PM - Your True Will (Short Experimental)

5:40 PM - Lets Rob the Cheese Shop (Feature Comedy / Romantic) - Preview
Three college friends haphazardly plan an inside robbery of a gourmet cheese
shop; though overnight, two back out, and the last meets the MILF of his
dreams.

7:10 PM - A Hammer fell in Jerusalem: Anathema (Short Sci-Fi) - Preview
Laurel is being chased by forces she doesn't quite understand. Taking
Abner's advice, she seeks out the Priest, but he wants nothing to do with
her. However, the further he walks away, the more drawn in he becomes,
especially when he discovers that she's being hunted by an old foe. Against
his better judgment, the Priest agrees to help Laurel, who is more than she
seems to be.

7:40 PM - Life Passion Death (Feature Drama SPAIN) - Preview
Angela is a woman full of passion for traveling and writing who grows up in
a small town in Spain. Worried about her imminent wedding to her childhood
sweetheart, Angela escapes family pressure by visiting friends in New York
City, where she meets another man. In the midst of a clash of cultures,
Angela faces difficult choices and must overcome personal tragedy.

9:15 PM - Golden Blade III: Return of the Monkeys Uncle - (Comedy Feature /
Martial Arts) - Preview
"I love Golden Blade III, these guys kick ass!"
-Del Weston, Producer/Creator Action on Film Int'l Film Festival, Los
Angeles CA

10:50 PM - The Ritual (Horror) - Preview
Directed by Anthony Spadaccini. "A serial killer begins the process of
grooming a protégé, until outside influences threaten to destroy their
sadistic relationship."

Networking Party


Sunday Aug. 16th
Sunday Film Screenings - see schedule below
Convention (10 AM - 6 PM)
World Black Belt Championships (Stunt people 9 AM - ?)
Lectures (see schedule)
* Acting Finals - 12:15 PM (Screening room A) 
Fight Scene Finals - 11:00 AM (Demo room)
Special Effects Competition - Sci-Fi
Awards presentations - 1 PM (Screening Room A)
Indie Gathering Award Presentations (Screening Room A Sun 1 PM)

Screening room A Sunday Aug. 16th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - 6 Days (Feature Drama / Comedy) - Preview
Pizza maker Michael Moretti’s life takes a sharp turn when he and his best
friend Nick destroy a car belonging to mob boss Eddy "the Lumberjack". But
Nick and Michael's blundering cost Eddy more than just a car and soon the
damages total a half million. Eddy gives Michael an out -- if he comes up
with the money, he's off the hook. If he doesn't, Eddy burns down his pizza
shop and kills Nick. And just how much time does he have? Six days! 

11:25 AM - Winning film score for Jean Claude: The Gumming Zombie Trailer

11:30 AM - Jean Claude: The Gumming Zombie - Directed by Johnny K. Wu,
Executive Produced by James V. Geier, Kyle Znamenak and Johnny K. Wu,
written by James V. Geier and Kyle Znamenak, performed by Joe O'Brien,
Patricia Valestin, Tricia O'Toole, Mathew Hemminger, Kris Smith, and others.
Screened all over the world. What would happen if a zombie had no teeth with
which to eat brains and other body parts? When a toothless Frenchman finds
himself the latest victim of a zombie plague, he is befriended by an
overly-wholesome family that belongs more in a 1950s sitcom than the world
of today. Half pet, half best friend for young Timmy, and all dead, Jean
Claude prove that you don’t have to have brains to eat them.
www.thegummingzombie.com

* Acting Finals - 12:15 PM

Awards presentations - 1 PM

2:10 PM - Behind the Wheel (Feature Documentary) - Preview
Living together in a converted school bus, a diverse group of artists,
filmmakers and musicians set out to fill in our national narrative. They end
up with a road movie like no other, featuring Dead Prez, Oliver Stone,
guerilla poster artist Robbie Conal and Hurricane Katrina survivors of New
Orleans' 9th Ward. Following the LAFCO (Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative)
crew as they search for, and find, pockets of change in the most downtrodden
parts of America, 

3:40 PM - Slasher (Feature Horror) - Preview
Jake McGee and Jenna Gruttadauria star in the first film by the
writer/director team of Kurt Broz and James Neyman for a modern blend of
classic slasher films and topnotch psychological horror. This is the tale of
a regular man, Edison Gorski [McGee] and the madness and bloodshed his
boring, everyday life brings out in him. Will the love of Joan
[Gruttadauria] save Edison from himself? Or will his fixation on a beautiful
girl drive him over the edge?

"That's a Wrap"




Screening room B Sunday Aug. 16th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - Gangnam Station Gate #6 (Short Comedy / SOUTH KOREA)
One of the most busy places in Seoul is the Gangnam subway station. Here,
people with expressionless face gather in front of gate 6 which is the most
crowded gate in Gangnam subway station. These people start to play a very
weird game under the instruction of the master. The game is to get “the best
monetary value within just 2 hours". The person who produces best monetary
value from deviation within 2 hours wins the game. People scatter to win
this game so that they can gain the master position for the next game.

10:30 AM - Someone New (Short Suspense)

10:35 AM - Bureaucracy (Feature Drama / Crime) - Preview
A loyal employee overburdened by a corrupt boss carefully plots a murder to
save himself and his blind sister from economic hardship
12:05 PM - Pocket Full of Gold (Drama / Suspense) - Preview
Ollie and Abby have a beautiful marriage. But within every couple’s
happiness lies a sleeping demon, and Ollie is wavering on the edge: 5 years
of marriage- 1 year of sobriety-1 weekend apart- What could possibly go
wrong? At 11:34pm, Abby will find out. The following morning, so will Ollie.

12:30 PM - The Seduction of Eve (Short Suspense / Thriller) - Preview

12:50 PM - Passage (Short Experimental FRANCE) - Preview

1:10 PM - Danzak (Short Sub-Titled PERU)

1:30 PM - Elektra Zen Suite (Short / Fiction ITALY) Preview
Orestes, returned to the native land, kills the usurper Aegisthus, but not
the mother; who dies by her daughter's Elektra hand...

1:50 PM - Bonsai (Short / Drama)

2:10 PM - Crime Scene: The Bobby Ray Summers Story (Feature Horror / Comedy)
Bobby Ray Summers is a 30-year-old unmarried janitor with more on his mind
than mops. Sure, he's a total loser who lives with his parents, but he also
makes the most of his ample spare time by kidnapping sexy young librarians
and tying lonely housewives to trees. Oh, he also likes Mozart, art museums,
and torturing small birds and rodents. Through interviews with Ray's family,
his victims, and delightfully cheesy re-enactments, we're given the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but. In the end, "Crime Scene: The Bobby Ray
Summers Story" is a Python-esque view of American criminal justice at its
most hilarious.

3:30 PM - Beyond the Call (Feature Documentary) - Preview
>From the Academy Award nominated Genghis Blues director. In an Indiana Jones
meets Mother Teresa adventure; three middle-aged men - former soldiers and
modern-day knights - travel the world delivering life-saving humanitarian
aid directly into the hands of civilians and doctors. Ed Artis, James Laws,
Walt Ratterman inspire through deeds not words, in some of the most
dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war

"That's a Wrap"


Screening room C Sunday Aug. 16th
“Filmmakers may be available for Q&A after their film screens”

10 AM - Market Penetration (Short Comedy)
"A man toiling away in a corporate world finds only emptiness and despair --
a world of alarm clocks, slide presentations, and co-workers who spend most
of their time gossiping over cups of coffee. That is, until he discovers the
love of a beautiful but crafty woman, whose hobbies include kissing in parks
and lying on red bedding."

10:15 AM - Nine Fourteen (Short Comedy)

10:35 AM - A Thing of the Past (Short CANADA)

10:50 AM - Palisades Pool Party (TV Pilot) - Preview
A popular high school girl sleeps with her rather unpopular next door
neighbor causing fallout among her elite social clique that threatens to
ruin the biggest party of the year.

11:10 AM - Inquisition (Short Drama) - Preview
In a country where religion has been outlawed, one man continues to practice
his beliefs and attempts to understand his persecutors...even if it means
his own death.

11:30 AM - Blocked (Short Crime / Drama) - Preview
Charlie Charles is stuck. Stuck in a dead end job, stuck in his run down
apartment, and stuck in his mind. He looks to his typewriter for escape but
writer's block is pushing him to the edge. When he meets Eddie Edwards,
Charlie suddenly sees himself in a new reality, a new life with
opportunities he only dreamed of. The seduction of that life proves too
great to resist and Charlie finds himself on a journey beyond anything he
ever imagined in the keys of his typewriter. |

12:10 PM - Bag (Short Suspense/Thriller)
A lonely man becomes increasingly obsessed with an abandoned garbage bag.

12:20 - Frag (Feature Documentary)

2 PM - The Director's Cut (Feature Horror) - Preview
A bloody black comedy set in the harsh Australian outback, The Director's
Cut follows a motley crew of filmmakers attempting to shoot a period drama
on a deserted farm, miles from civilization. The gang barely begin filming
when one of them is found dead. Desperate to survive they turn on each
other.

3:30 - The Forgotten Ones (Feature Drama) - Preview
A dramatic film that takes a look into the lives of a homeless man named
Simon and his son, Alex, who confront a troubled past and a daunting future
as they search for Alex’s missing mother. During their quest, Alex and Simon
meet up with a street-wise girl named Kelly, and a struggling actor named
Conrad. Together, they fight to survive as they face the dangers of living
on the streets and the knowledge that every decision they make can mean the
difference between life and death.

"That's a Wrap"


All lectures, panel discussions and seminars
are FREE with a weekend or day pass!

Saturday Aug 15th - Lecture Room

(Saturday - 10:30 AM)
Lecture - Johnny Wu
>From Producer’s Perspective – Pre to Post Production
Learn about budgeting, scheduling, script breakdown on films.
Johnny Wu is an award winning filmmaker has produced, directed, edited and
marketed over 30 videos for commercials, shorts and feature films. He has
always been able to make films within the budget and with a precise
production schedule such as the award winning short film A Jokers Card that
was shot in 4 days and the his sci-fi/Anime-styled action feature film The
Rapture, which has distribution worldwide was made possible in 11 days.

(12 Noon)
How to Get Distributed!
Topics include: Distribution in US and Foreign
Film Markets & Presentation
Trailers/Teasers for sales market
Internet and New Media
Short film
 Can it be distributed?
Panel Members including Johnny Wu (moderator), Peter John Ross, and others

(1 PM)
Marketing and Publicity for your film in the new Media
Learn about the what, how, when, where to market and publicize for your film
in today’s world. How to prepare Press Releases and work with the news media
(reporters, etc)
Panel Members include Peter John Ross and others

(2 PM)
Panel Discussion - How an actor can better their performance
Listen to award winning actors (paneled by Kyle Znamenak and Annie Kitral)
to talk about how they improve their acting skill and how to practice to
better their performances

(3 PM)
Panel Discussion - Directing 
When you put 3 directors (John Whitney, Peter John Ross and others) in a
room to direct the same script, you get many versions of the movie. Learn
and listen to different director’s POV on what they feel is important in a
scene (besides the script) and how they the virtual mood of a scene. Casting
for the role and how to work with actors and why there is a need for
independent film directors to learn about technology.

(4 PM)
Panel Discussion - Editing your film!
Editing is an art of making pictures connecting them into a story. Listen
and learn about the different methods of editing plus how cultural
differences plays into the style of editing (ie: how to edit a film for
global market, or Asian or European Markets)
Panel Members include: Johnny Wu, Bill Alexander and others

(5 PM)
Sound/Music - from pre-production to post production
Learn from award winning composers Aryavarta Kumar and Matt Smith about the
importance of sound, foley and music in a film plus understanding the method
of ADR and when it is needed. Why good sound is crucial.

(6 PM) Panel discussion – Guerrilla filmmaking
The low or no-budget level of filmmaking
 Listen to no-budget directors talk
about how they make a film within their no-budget limit and being able to
pull it off. Panel Members including Bill Alexander, Phil Garrett
(DreamWorks, Arbor Avenue Films) and others.

(7 PM) 
Panel Discussion - Woman in Filmmaking
Meet the talented professionals and how their roles have helped make a
difference. Panel Members including Greater Cleveland Film Commission’s Sara
Dering, Annie Kitral and Brandy Seymour. 

Sara manages all of the Film Commission’s production requests and all
communications and activities with the local film community. With 3 years of
locations experience in Los Angeles, Sara Dering was recruited to work at
the Film Commission in October of 2006. Most recently she worked on the
movies The Heartbreak Kid, The Pursuit of Happiness, Dreamgirls and Flicka,
and adds much to the Commission’s expertise.

(8 PM)
Panel Discussion – Scriptwriting for film
Learn the proper way of script writing and how to compose stories for
film/video production, understand about the proper format and how to write
for self-production or for the market. With Phil Garrett (DreamWorks, Arbor
Avenue Films) and others. 

(9 PM)
World Stunt Assoc. seminar on breaking into stunts! Open to everyone. (Demo
Room)
WSA* - 3 hour Stunt / Acting seminar

Knowing the Independent Film world
The who, where and how of setting yourself up in the acting or stunt
business. Where to go to find the work. How to manage yourself.

Action Stunts on set
The how to perform and set up action scenes in Independent films.

Winning at "Fight Scene Competition"
Introduction to acting
Cold readings, Character development, Monologues & Scene work, acting
techniques for on-camera & Voiceover, audition techniques that get results,
resources, networking & other 'survival skills' & much more in class!

Social Mixer (Networking Party)!
Mix and mingle with film producers and directors!


Sunday Aug. 16th - Lecture Room
(Sunday, 11 AM)
Panel Discussion - Lighting for film (2 hrs)
Learn hands-on about the what, how, when, where to light a scene for your
film or for green screen shoot with Robert Banks and Bill Johns. Learn about
the basic of lighting based on mood and visual needs with award winning
cinematographers.

(2 PM)
Mary Ellen Tomazic - Legal aspects of filmmaking
Learn about the latest on the following:
Business Organizations – LLC pros and cons|
Copyright and Trademark Issues – Licenses and logos
The status of documentaries under the Copyright laws
Waivers and releases – how much protection do they give filmmakers?
Case law update – state, federal and US Supreme Court cases concerning
filmmakers’ issues

(3 PM)
Panel Discussion - Networking for the actor!
It is already hard being an actor, going to all the different auditions to
hopefully land a great role. Listen to the panels members which will provide
you some tidbits that would help you achieve your goal.

(4 PM)
Panel Discussion - Special Effects Makeup for Low Budget Productions
Does your film required special effect makeup? If so, come join the panel
members and see how you can incorporate SFX on a low budget productions with
Alan Tuskes and Tom Luhtala