Hurricane Party

(Drama / United States / 35mm / 29 minutes)

A category five hurricane is expected to hit landfall near the Louisiana/Texas border. Insread of evacuating, a few invited and uninvited friends tempt fate and decide to stick it out in a dancehall and “party ‘til they die.”

Director: A.P. Gonzalez

Producer: Diane Haak Edson

Writer: Zack Godshall

Contact: apg@ucla.edu

Janie

(Family / United States / 35mm / 18 minutes)

Janie, a 9-year-old girl, has a perfect life as an only daughter in a loving family. Her life, however, gets completely shattered when Ben, the little brother she never knew existed, unexpectedly shows up to live with her family.

Director / Writer: Christine Shin

Producers: Judith Fernando and Christine Shin

Contact: janie.the.movie@gmail.com

Distant Memory (Maries Lächeln)

(Drama / Germany / 35 mm / 10 minutes)

During the Nazi period in Germany, young Marie meets the Jewish clown Jakob who gives away balloons for the price of a smile. But Marie cannot satisfy Jakob’s wish. Through a tragic misunderstanding the situation escalates and for a while it seems as if Marie will have to owe him her smile forever. But decades later, fate brings the two of them back together again.

Director / Writer: Michael Schäfer

Producer: Pit Riethmüller and Michael Schäfer

Contact: schaefer@tach.de

Remission Impossible

(Comedy / Canada / 35mm / 5 minutes)

Two cancer scientists race for the cure.

Director / Writer: Ken Hegan

Producers: Kirsten Newlands and Darlene Choo

Contact: ken@voiceoftreason.net

Charlie and Ginger

(Drama / Australia / 16mm / 21 minutes)

“Every action has a reaction.” It’s an ordinary boring school day when Charlie & Ginger decide to take matters into there own hands. Using a scare tactic that they feel will rid their problems forever.

Director / Producer / Writer: Adam Wareham

Contact: yo-yofilms@bigfoot.com

A Fellow of Enterprise

(Drama / United Kingdom / 35mm / 8 minutes)

Memories and fantasies, past and future, merge in this story of a man who loved and lost, and who tries to understand – what went wrong?

Director / Producer / Writer: Adrian Hedgecock

Contact: adrianhedgecock@gmail.com