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Genre: Student Film

Stones

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 20 min
Director: Ty Sanga
Screens with: Screening One | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Twenty-Eight | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm , Thursday, April 14, 2011 - Best of Show
Drama, Ethnic, Fantasy, Student Film, Supernatural
In mythical Hawaii, a family is torn between preserving their native land and embracing a new people and culture.
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Cankered & Cursed

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 4 min
Director: Todd DeJong
Screens with: Screening Two | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011
Animation, Comedy, Family Friendly, Student Film, Supernatural
A sisterhood of witches must avoid getting possessed by the goodness that surrounds them before it’s too late.
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Imago Wings

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 11 min
Director: Jaime Fidalgo
Screens with: Screening Two | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011
Drama, Foreign Film, Student Film
A man and a boy ask the same question from different perspectives with fated results: Do you want to learn to fly?
Some Violence

Kavi

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 19 min
Director: Gregg Helvey
Screens with: Screening Twenty-One | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Screening Two | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011, Monday, April 11, 2011 - Best of Show
Drama, Ethnic, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Nominated for Best Student Film: The 2010 Oscar® nominated short film, Kavi, is about a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfied with his fate, Kavi must choose to either accept what he's always been told, or fight for a different life even if he's unsure of the ultimate outcome.
Violence

Kidnap

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 4 min
Director: Sijia Luo
Screens with: Screening Twenty-Five | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Three | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - Best of Show
Animation, Comedy, Family Friendly, Student Film
Nominated for Best Animation: A little chicken is late to school, so she thinks up the perfect excuse to get herself off da hook.
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We Must Remember

Film Type: Documentary Short
Runtime: 32 min
Director: Douglas Green
Screens with: Screening Twenty-Seven | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Three | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Thursday, April 14, 2011 - Best of Show
Documentary, Local Film, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Nominated for Best Documentary Short: Sixteen American high school filmmakers share their life-altering experiences discovering the Holocaust.
Some Violence

The Haymaker

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 24 min
Director: Daniel D'Alimonte
Screens with: Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Three | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Action, Drama, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Trevor Morgan (The Sixth Sense, Mean Creek) plays a valueless teenager looking for an easy way out. Chris Butler (The Good Wife, Rescue Dawn) is a young boxing trainer with a chip on his shoulder when Davis walks into his gym for lessons on how to punch someone out. Now, George has to bring Davis from reckless youth to disciplined adult before the adolescent realizes that boxing is no easy way out. A graduate thesis production from Chapman University.
Strong Language, Violence, Drug Reference

Heal

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 24 min
Director: Mian Adnan Ahmad
Screens with: Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Twenty-Six | 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Screening Four | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - Best of Show
Drama, Family Friendly, Foreign Film, Student Film, Supernatural
Winner 2011 Frank Capra Award: In a region devastated by war and deprived of normal schooling, a young boy Azeem finds he has an extraordinary gift. While his village's bare minimum setup for a school provides some relief for the children, when its lone teacher is hit hard by the conflict, it is up to Azeem to do everything he can to help him.
Some Violence

The Birds Upstairs

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 9 min
Director: Christopher Jarvis
Screens with: Screening Twenty-One | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Five | 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Monday, April 11, 2011 - Best of Show
Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Nominated for Best Student Film: Frustrated attempts to bear children overwhelm the lives of an aristocratic avian couple of the early 19th century.
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Repeat After Me

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 18 min
Director: Bryan Bangerter
Screens with: Friday, April 8, 2011, Screening Five | 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Comedy, Family Friendly, Local Film, Romance, Student Film
Two unsuspecting twenty-somethings, literally invade each others' brains through the intervention of a meteorological act of fate. Andrew and Greg have accidentally hijacked each others' tongues, which is, as it turns out, not nearly as fun as one would guess. The worst case scenarios invariably happen, and as they struggle to lead their daily lives as 'brain twins', every word is a potential disaster.
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Boy on the Moon

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 18 min
Director: Alex Carr
Screens with: Screening Six | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011
Drama, Local Film, Student Film
An original film that confronts head-on the myriad challenges of adolescence when it comes to dealing with family, friends, and the demands of the society of which they are soon to become a part. With touching honesty, “Boy on the Moon” takes on serious topics like disenfranchisement, alienation, self-esteem issues, and finding one's place on planet Earth.
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Run

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 2 min
Director: Kevin Andersen
Screens with: Screening Six | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011
Drama, Local Film, Student Film
Kids are running in a small town. Find out why in this film “RUN”.
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King Eternal

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 15 min
Director: Ori Guendelman
Screens with: Screening Seven | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Student Film, Supernatural
On their rite of passage journey, two life-long friends enter the jungle unaware of an ancient being that awaits them.
Violence

Swing

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 4 min
Director: Yen-Ting Kuo
Screens with: Screening Twenty-Three | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Saturday, April 9, 2011, Screening Ten | 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - Best of Show
Animation, Drama, Foreign Film, Student Film
Nominated for Best Animation: While enjoying a swing on the roof, an elderly patient is reminded of the value of his life.
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Bait

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 10 min
Director: Michael Moore
Screens with: Screening Eleven | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011
Animation, Comedy, Family Friendly, Student Film
A group of worms wake up one morning to find that they are trapped in a young boy’s bait bucket.
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The Broken Heart Of Gnocchi Bolognese

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 18 min
Director: Katherine Vondy
Screens with: Screening Twelve | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011
Comedy, Drama, Family Friendly, Romance, Student Film
When Gnocchi Bolognese decides to act on her infatuation with an actor from her local theater troupe, the pursuit of romance leads down a tragicomic road to the origins of her unusual name.
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The Response

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 14 min
Director: Andrew Spieler
Screens with: Screening Twenty-One | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Screening Twelve | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011, Monday, April 11, 2011 - Best of Show
Action, Diversity, Drama, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Winner Best Student Film: In the early hours of the 1992 LA Riots, Shauna, a seasoned African-American paramedic is forced to confront an incensed and dangerous mob after her idealistic white partner, Rick, violates protocol in hopes of saving a severely wounded child.
Strong Language, Violence

Walter & the Magic Collar

Film Type: Animation
Runtime: 4 min
Director: David Cherry
Screens with: Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Fourteen | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Animation, Family Friendly, Student Film
A puppy desperately attempts to get to his family by escaping an invisible fence. To make matters worse, a pesky possum won’t quit pestering him on account of his predicament.
Some Violence

Bicycle

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 11 min
Director: German Izquierdo Valero
Screens with: Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Fourteen | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Drama, Family Friendly, Foreign Film, Student Film
First time director Germán Izquierdo Valero brings you the short story of a solitary man (Hugh Mun), whose methodical daily routine is disrupted by a mysterious event involving his beloved bicycle.
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Jeremy

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 31 min
Director: Brian Faye
Screens with: Screening Twenty-Seven | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Fourteen | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm, Thursday, April 14, 2011 - Best of Show
Drama, Mature Subjects, Student Film
Nominated for Best Student Film: When his incarcerated father is transferred to a distant prison, fourteen year-old Jeremy must face life alone with his game-show addicted mother and two violent, older half-brothers. Alone in the bleakest trailer park west of Texas, Jeremy scours heaven and Earth for the love and light he so desperately craves.
Some Violence

Sudden Death

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 20 min
Director: Adam Hall
Screens with: Screening Twenty-Five | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Sixteen | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm, Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - Best of Show
Comedy, Musical, Romance, Student Film
Winner Best Narrative Short: Finally... a musical where everyone dies.
Some Violence

Skypeseeing

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 13 min
Director: Oleksii Klymenko
Screens with: Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Sixteen | 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Drama, Family Friendly, Romance, Student Film
A young foreign employee works in NYC building career. His girlfriend is not with him, she applies for a Visa but gets rejected. The only way for their communication is Skype. One day she receives a rejection again, gets desperate and calls him. He decides to entertain her and leaves the office to give her a sightseeing tour of Manhattan.
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The Visions of Dylan Bradley

Film Type: Narrative Short
Runtime: 17 min
Director: Christine Vartoughian
Screens with: Sunday, April 10, 2011, Screening Seventeen | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Comedy, Mature Subjects, Romance, Student Film
As a result of an explosive childhood accident, sixteen-year-old Dylan
Bradley doesn't always see “eye to eye” with the world until one
remarkable day when she falls in love with a sweet Christian boy and
schemes to get the one thing he won't give her: sex.
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Genre: Student Film

Stones

Cankered & Cursed

Imago Wings

Kavi

Kidnap

We Must Remember

The Haymaker

Heal

The Birds Upstairs

Repeat After Me

Boy on the Moon

Run

King Eternal

Swing

Bait

The Broken Heart Of Gnocchi Bolognese

The Response

Walter & the Magic Collar

Bicycle

Jeremy

Sudden Death

Skypeseeing

The Visions of Dylan Bradley

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