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DOC WAR Feature - JOURNALIST AT WAR - VOICE OF THE VICTIMS. March 3/4 event
JOURNALIST AT WAR - VOICE OF THE VICTIMS, 52min., Iran/Norway
Directed by Morten Offerdal, Vegard Lund Bergheim
In this compelling and highly dramatic documentary, we follow war reporters Afshin Ismaeli and Tor Arne Andreassen as they travel to Syria to document the collapse of ISIS. Shot on the ... -
INDIGENOUS DOC Feature: REHUMANIZE. March 4/5 event
REHUMANIZE, 57min., USA
Directed by Kelsey Darragh
With its roots in indigenous practice and community, this is a documentary about the first ever sexual assault case in North American to be resolved using Restorative Justice through the court system. One woman tells her story of fighting to have... -
POLITICAL DOCS Festival - March 3/4 event
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True Believers At The Insurrection: Road To The Capitol, 20min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Sandi Ann Bachom
This is my first hand account of the two months after Trump lost the 2020 election, covering rallies leading up to the January 6th Capitol insurrection, an... -
SPORTS Short Film Festival - March 2/3 event
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RUGBYTOWN Ep. 1, 28min., USA
Directed Patrick Guthrie
Having failed to reach their dreams of starring in the NFL, the players in RugbyTown tell their own stories of crossing over to become professional athletes in a new sport as they help the USA win the Rugby Worl... -
SPORTS DOCS Festival - March 5/6 event
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BOATHOUSE ROW short film, 16min, USA, Documentary/Sports
Directed by Ethan Knecht
Boathouse Row is a personal essay documentary about the generational intersections of olympic rowing, manic depression, and fatherhood.BURN. // A SKI FILM, 12min., USA
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DOC Feature Festival Film: "Why I’m Not a Basketball Player" March 1/2 event
WHY I'M NOT A BASKETBALL PLAYER, 110min., Israel, Documentary
Directed by Alon Weinstock
A ballad of love, pain and gratitude to basketball and the life around it.
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LGBTQ+ Relationship Short Film Festival - March 1/2 event
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THE INTERROGATION, 13min,. Canada, Drama
Directed by Zenghiok Ng
Kai’s war against social LGBTQ discrimination, a journey of internal redemption for themselves.https://www.hiokpictures.com/projects/theinterrogation
https://www.instagram.com/zenghiok_ng/MY GIRLF...
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THE COAT ROOM, 10min., TV Web Series / Comedy / Drama
The Coat Room is a comedic web series about a troubled woman in lingerie who traps herself in the coat room of a party, hoping to entice her one true love. Instead, she keeps running into guests (1 guest per episode) who just want to get their coats.
The series stars Second City writer-performer...
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AGAPE, 5min., Canada, Dance
AGAPE is a short dance film loosely inspired by the film "If Beale Street Could Talk". It takes us on a journey of Black love in everyday moments through movement. It is a letter to the potential hope of life and love.
Directed by Zoe Edwards
Listen to podcast interview with filmmaker: https://...
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POLITICAL Shorts Festival - Feb. 28th/March 1st event
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BAJO INTERIOR DERECHA, 4min., Spain, Comedy
Directed by by Martin Ortiz
Getting a rental apartment in the center of madrid is almost impossible mission.
MALAKOOTI, 7min. Australia, Documentary
Directed by Javier Gómez Bello
Anahita is an Iranian opera singer. Du... -
COMEDY Festival 1st Scene: SHELTER, by Janna Jones (interview)
A smart, but indecisive movie theater owner is about to lose her husband, movie theater and her family's legacy, but when two forces of nature sweep into her life--a violent tropical storm and a gorgeous and compassionate man--she finally jumps into action to get what she wants.
https://www.face...
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COMEDY Fest 1st Scene: YOU MUST BE THIS TALL, by Randall R. Reese (interview)
Workers of a run down amusement park rush to save the park before an evil developer buys the land.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Colette: Hannah Ehman
Ryan/Kristopher: Geoff Mays
Julia : Kyana TeresaGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
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LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, by Kate Harbert
With the help of her best friends, a strongly-spirited girl must do whatever it takes to keep her family on the right track no matter how desperate the antics become.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Reese/Jim: Geoff Mays
Sierra: Kyana Teresa
Finn: Hannah Ehman
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Best Scene Reading: THE FOX, by Marc Castaldo
A morally conflicted mafia captain reflects on his dark past when he spends the day teaching his troubled nephew that the mob life is not worth pursuing while amid a vendetta.
CAST LIST:
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SHORT Screenplay 1st Scene: The Debt He Never Promised, by Daniel Foster
When a lone rancher learns of his impending death, then he must find homes for his six beloved Labradors before he pays the debt he never promised
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
Eugene: Geoff Mays
Everitt: Steve Rizzo
Ammon: Sean Ballantyne
Alex: Andy CampWriter Statement
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LA LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene: THE BLESSED, by Sarah Grodsky (interview)
When a young, queer nun confined to a life of labor, starvation, and flagellation reaches her threshold, she draws attention and takes control by performing possessions and miracles, electing herself a holy conduit of God's word.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Carlotta: Val Cole
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TV FESTIVAL 1st Scene: THE WATCHLIST, by Alex Vickery-Howe
A young man falls in love with an ecoterrorist and teams up with her to save the world.
https://www.currency.com.au/books/drama/watchlist/
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Val Cole
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FEMALE Festival. 1st Scene: The Road to Sorrowful, by Andrea Lawson (interview)
In the afterlife, a murdered man meets a grieving mother who died during the Great Depression and has been ferrying souls through purgatory ever since for the chance to rescue her daughter's soul from damnation.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Deacon: Geoff Mays
Sadie: Hannah EhmanGet to kn...
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LA Festival BEST Scene Reading: Kubricks Waterloo, by Mike Mann (interview)
in 1969 Stanley Kubrick attempts to make his dream film, an epic about Napoleon Bonaparte. If Napoleon doesn’t unmake him first…
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
Kubrick: Sean Ballantyne
Christiane: Val ColeGet to know the screenwriter:
1. What is your screenplay about?
Kubrick's Waterl...
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TV 1st Scene Reading: Southern Elite Law, by Clifton McMillan Jr. (interview)
A former JAG attorney starts a new life as a private sector lawyer and gets caught up in a class action lawsuit against a crooked pharmaceutical company.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Al/Emmett: Steve Rizzo
Organ Player/Grace: Kyana Teresa
Sylvia: Hannah EhmanGet to know the screenw...
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SHORT Script Reading: IN MY WOMB, by Thomas R. Mullen
Narrator: Steve Rizzo
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SHORT Script Reading: God At Rest, by Adam Swimmer
CAST LIST:
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FEMALE Festival Best Scene: MOTHER SUPERIOR, by James W Gould (interview)
In 1350s Florence, an insecure nun unwillingly becomes the Mother Superior after the Plague kills the leaders of her nearly bankrupt convent. To save her convent, she must find the strength to confront the male dominated Church, Guilds and civil authorities, and her own demons.
CAST LIST:
Narra...