PROGRAM #10
ARCLIGHT THEATER 9
WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 6 - 5:45 PM

King’s Echo

(Action / Adventure / United States / Digital Beta / 22 minutes)

An alumni club bartender tells a tragic tale to one of the club’s patrons. From his story, we learn that a femme fatale caused his downfall in college. Later, when she enters the club, it is revealed that she remains his puppet master and part of their elaborate con, played upon the club patron.

Director / Writer: Haim Silberstein

Producers: Joseph B. Michael and Chris Sadler

Contact: jmichael@afi.edu

Heaven

(Drama / United States / Digital Beta / 14 minutes)

In a post 9/11 world, a war-riddled reality of paranoia and panic pervades where everyone is a suspect. An early morning phone call wakes up Abdul, a young Arab man. The voice on the answering machine confirms “the project” which Abdul has one hour to complete. Abdul must prepare and make his way towards his elusive goal.

Director / Writer: Tal Unreich

Producers: Liron Unreich and Haim Unreich

Contact: tal@flike.com

The Axe Man

(Drama / United States / Beta SP / 20 minutes)

When a company needs to lay people off, they call Derek Dean. At a thousand dollars an hour, he's the best 'Axe Man' in the business. But, sometimes being the best, comes with a price.

Director/ Producer / Writer: Wade Ballance

Contact: wadeb@specsources.com

The Original - Commercial

Ad Agency: Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners / Client: Converse, Inc.

An office worker tries to duplicate his Chucks using the company pokier but all that comes out are cheap knockoffs. This film is part of the Converse Gallery, a collection of films submitted by consumers about what the Chuck Taylor All Star means to them.

Director: Brett Snider and Billy Federighi

High Traffic

(Comedy / United States / Beta SP / 20 minutes)

High Traffic is about the pitfalls of obsession between two men who meet for the first time. Each of them has their own obsessive compulsion that, by happen stance, puts them into conflict with each other and eventually leads to a tragic Tongue in Cheek outcome. The two characters—one with a hatred of Kentucky Blue grass and the other in dire need of it—meet and clash.

Dir: David Normand, Tim Benedick

Writer: Tim Benedick

Producers: David Normand, Tim Benedick, Adam Selkowitz

Super Anon

(Comedy / Canada / Beta SP / 10 minutes)

Super-Anon is a film about the super-secret support group for close relatives of superheroes.

Director: Stephen Plitt

Producer: Deb Sears

Writers: Stephen Plitt and entire cast

Contact: debsears@telus.net

Attack

(Drama / United Kingdom / Digital Beta / 7 minutes)

A neo-Nazi skinhead is apprehended because he has attacked two black teenage boys. As we are taken backwards through the story we realize that things may not be as ‘Black & White’ as they appear.

Director / Writer: Timothy Smith

Producer: Jana Riedel

Contact: tim@attackshortfilm.com

Converge - Commercial

Ad Agency: Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners / Client: Converse, Inc.

Disaffected pigeon-toed ingénue gets off on the right foot with a podiatrically challenged beau. This film is part of the Converse Gallery, a collection of films submitted by consumers about what the Chuck Taylor All Star means to them.

Directors: François Valla and Laurent Bebin