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A Second Look
Directed by
Tina Truong
MA / 6 mins
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'A Second Look' is a short documentary which attempts to abolish the stereotype that all homeless people are lazy and their lifestyle a result of alcoholism and drug abuse.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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At the Dinner Table
Directed by
Diem Vo, 16
CA / 4 mins
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At the dinner table, ordinary moments can reveal extraordinary stories.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Big Bad Wolf
Directed by
Dan Tham, 15
Stacey Murguia, 17
Lauren Everton, 18
UT / 24 mins
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Big Bad Wolf is a documentary that looks at fears and phobias and how they are perpetuated by the world around us, including parents, peers, and largely the media.
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Commencement
Directed by
America Velasquez, 18
CA / 9 mins
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A first person documentary etailing a struggle with depression.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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El Largo Viaje de Regreso
Directed by
Kamillah Aklaff, 17
NY / 8 mins
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Kamillah, an American teenage girl living in New York City, travels to Cali, Colombia to explore the poverty, civil war, and national turmoil in her mother's homeland.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Everywhere
Directed by
Brendon Villanueva, 17
CA / 3 mins
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Art is everywhere; it just has to be noticed and uderstood
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Fresh Produce
Directed by
Liza Calkins, Amanda Lewis, Aaron Ross, Alex Johnson and Sam Heiter, 15-17
NY / 7 mins
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An introduction to organic farming and community supported agriculture as experienced at family-owned Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, MA.
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Home Sweet Home
Directed by
May Balingit, 14
CA / 4 mins
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A hbrid documentary that explores how teenagers feel when their parents fight.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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If I Had Never Read That
Directed by
Angelisa Candler, 16
CA / 4 mins
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Books have an impact on people's lives. When they are banned, not only are we unable to read the book, we are also blocked from exploring new perspectives and experiences.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Invisible Children
Directed by
Jason Russell
CA / 55 mins
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Three young filmmakers' travels in Africa take a divine turn when they find themselves stranded in northern Uganda where they discover children being kidnapped nightly from their homes and subsequently forced to fight as child soldiers.
FREE
Saturday, March 29 - 1:00pm
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Journey to the Gulf
Directed by
Jesse Harris and Martha Young
WA / 22 mins
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Two young filmmakers seek to find personal stories in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina.
World Premiere.
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Looking Glass World
Directed by
Jesse Wiley
MA / 7 mins
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Jesse Wiley explores his Bi-Polar disorder in this lyrical and honest short documentary.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Louisiangeles
Directed by
Keith Rivers
WA / 15 mins
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The true story of Danny Gomez and his sudden realization to move to Los Angeles, just after Hurricane Katrina demolished his home. This is not a linear story.
World Premiere.
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Lullabye
Directed by
Lindsay Pounder, 19
TN / 6 mins
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Christa Pike, the youngest woman ever to receive the death penalty in the United States, speaks out from death row.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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March Point
Directed by
Cody Cayou, Nick Clark and Travis Tom, 16-17
WA / 50 mins
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Cody, Nick and Travis, three teens from the Swinomish Tribe, wanted to make a gangster movie or rap video. But they investigated the environmental impact of two oil refineries instead.
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Sunday, March 30 - 5:30pm
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Memorium
Directed by
Kevin Kllauber, 21
CA / 18 mins
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Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.
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Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Ode to the Eyebrow
Directed by
Lena Takamori, 17
WA / 6 mins
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Eyebrows as an extension of one's self-expression and self-esteem.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:00am
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One Light
Directed by
Angad Singh, 13
GA / 22 mins
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Inspired to resolve conflicts in today's world, Angad Singh at age 13 directed and produced his first independent film 'One Light', which celebrates oneness of humanity and aims to transform, connect and inspire everyone to make a baby step in the direction of a friendlier world.
World Premiere.
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Sunday, March 30 - 11:00am
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Over the Table
Directed by
Andrew Ong, 15
CA / 5 mins
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Oftentimes, the experiences our parents had are different from our own, especially if our parents were originally from another country.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Save Me
Directed by
Maya Lorton, 16
CA / 5 mins
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Life in a Korean church from the youth perspective.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Sign of the Times
Directed by
Daisy Khamphakdy, 18
CA / 5 mins
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A look at what the media teaches young girls.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Directed by
Melissa Mergner
MD / 10 mins
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Short documentary by high school student about farm labor activist Baldemar Velasquez and his organization, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.
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Saturday, March 29 - 11:30am
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The Apollos
Directed by
Nick Parkerm, 16
Jazmin Jones, 18
CA / 6 mins
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The Apollos is about the struggles of a 1981 high school senior class to pass a bill making Martin Luther Kings' birthday a nationally recognized holiday.
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Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Touching Sound
Directed by
Shannalee Otanez, 18
UT / 22 mins
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'Touching Sound' tells the story of Jarin, a 14 year old deaf boy, who made the decision to get the Cochlear Implant. Now Jarin has to develop his own identity and explore his place between two opposing cultures.
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Friday, March 28 - 7:30pm
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009
Directed by
Ben Kadie, 12
WA / 25 mins
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Secret Agent 009, Pewee Bon, pits his cool cunning and clever gadgets against the forces of evil villain Dr. Mort to recover the Incredibly Easy To Steal Diamond. Humor and special effects (live action, animation, CGI) create microcinema of epic proportions.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Afuera
Directed by
Florencia Krochik, 20
CA / 7 mins
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Separated from her family, a young immigrant teenager tries to hold on to her identity
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Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Bird Girl
Directed by
Jeremy Keller, 16
NJ / 4 mins
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this inspirational film tells the extraordinary tale of a lonely girl who dreams of flight. Will her efforts get her where her 'wings' belong?
World Premiere.
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Bittersweet
Directed by
George Westberg, 18
WA / 6 mins
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A series of people who have their own agendas happen to bump into each other at a young boys lemonade stand in the summer. One rude individual will learn to be more polite throught his actions and their outcomes which ensue.
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Dependence
Directed by
Tim Sutherland and Jonathan Bennett, 21
OH / 12 mins
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A story of two brothers. One, a nurse who desperately wants to help his brother. The other, a drug addict who will only accept help in the form of pills.
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Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Father Time
Directed by
Erica Sterne, 21
CA / 15 mins
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Miguel's father rules his home and village with a cold heart and a heavy hand. When the boy goes to an old clock maker for help he learns that anything can happen if you believe and that the smallest gear really can make the biggest difference.
World Premiere.
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Friday, March 28 - 7:30pm
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Fish
Directed by
SuperFly 2007 Youth Producers, 9-16
WA / 5 mins
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Through skateboarding, fish and a little magic two Urban Indian teenagers become unlikely friends.
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Sunday, March 30 - 5:30pm
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Five Steps to the Emotional Highs and Lows of the Fairy Tale Romance
Directed by
Melissa Wee, 19
CA / 13 mins
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Sally's quixotic quest to live a romance.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Glass Angel
Directed by
Tyler Downing, 18
WA / 18 mins
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Shane and Ashley are a young couple who bicker but are very much i love. One night they witness a murder after a small argument and Ashley is shot and killed by a nervous drug dealer.
World Premiere.
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Gleam
Directed by
Jeff LaPenna, 20
CA / 6 mins
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Girls. Glam. Superpowers.... and a Unicorn Horn.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Guilt Trip
Directed by
Sam Hawkinson, Chelsea Sutcliffe, and Elena Holzemer
WA / 4 mins
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Imperium
Directed by
Connor Hair, 17
WA / 13 mins
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A boy is lost in a world that he cannot control but something goes wrong and he is opened up to his life as he was meant to live it. But for how long?
World Premiere.
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Friday, March 28 - 10:15pm
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Interception
Directed by
Turner Clay, 19
John Will Clay, 21
KY / 120 mins
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When a prototype nuclear weapon is stolen from a government facility, a software engineer unknowingly becomes involved when he receives the key disk needed for detonation. With no help from authorities he is forced to team up with a suspended FBI agent to stop the group of criminals from destroying a major US city. (Action 120 min.)
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Sat 9:00pm
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IWitness
Directed by
Justin Chambers, 19
CA / 18 mins
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It was just suppose to be another ordinary day in acting class... Then everyone died and Stacey witnessed it... Or did she?
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 10:15pm
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Love is the Elle Word
Directed by
George Westberg, 19
WA / 10 mins
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Zander is a daydreamer hopelessly in love with his best friend, Elle. But when he accompanies her to meet her blind date, his fantasies start to take over his reality...
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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LSD & The Dangers of Drugs
Directed by
Brett Bachman, 20
WA / 7 mins
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A satirical look at those old 1950's health videos (complete with a contemporary make over) portraying the ups and downs of LSD usage with hilarious results.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Monitor
Directed by
Kyle Seago, 17
WA / 8 mins
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In the middle of the night, a mother hears strange noises through her baby monitor. The noises shift from scratchy sounds, to a man's voice talking to her baby.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 10:15pm
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Nice Touch
Directed by
Kevin Vitz-Wong, 17
WA / 8 mins
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Two apartment residents, a young boy and an elderly woman, form a friendship that goes between the walls.
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Friday, March 28 - 7:30pm
Sunday, March 30 - 1:00pm
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PEACE
Directed by
Stephen Sotor and Trace Gaynor, 14
IL / 12 mins
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Stephen and Trace, two 15 year olds from Chicago ask students in Pakistan, Kurdistan, India, Angola, Vanuatu, Australia, China, Russia, Serbia, West Jerusalem, East Jerusalem, and Japan their opinion of Peace.
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Friday, March 28 - 1:15pm
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Perilous Skies
Directed by
Ben Kadie, 11
WA / 5 mins
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The movie version of Lt. Pickering's famous journal.
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:00pm
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Release
Directed by
Molly Grant-Leanna, 17
NE / 7 mins
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Its about a mother and daughter struggle and getting past the horrible events from the night before. Its about releasing the pain and that you can move on and tomorrow will be a better day.
World Premiere.
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Routine Check
Directed by
Sami Muilenburg, 16
WA / 5 mins
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A spoken word piece taken from conception to performance.
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Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Sick
Directed by
Jorge Arzac, 17
TX / 10 mins
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A short about a young boy threatened by a sickness that motivates him to change his life.
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Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Soldiers of Necker
Directed by
Jesse Stipek, 19
WA / 30 mins
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Engaged in the horrors of WWII, two U.S. soldiers get separated from their squad during an enemy ambush and are forced to wait until help arrives, when they suddenly encounter an unexpected individual.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Solitaire
Directed by
Evan Atwood, 19
IL / 48 mins
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A college freshman moves to a new city to seek a relationship with his Father. However, he awakes the morning after arriving with blood on his hands and no memory of the previous day.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 11:00am
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Spaced Out
Directed by
Justin Amorratanasuchad, 17
WA / 10 mins
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What world do you live in?
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Static
Directed by
David Lipson, 18
WA / 18 mins
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The story of a lost young man and the day he spends with his older brother who he hardly knows.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Teen Idol Tom
Directed by
Justin Viggiano, 21
NJ / 81 mins
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Actress Fiona Torrant is one of the elite orphans selected by the exclusive and powerful Font, the nations only academy for the arts, where stars ar regularly groomed for enormous fame and fortune. But behind the Font's glittering facade, Fiona discovers a perilous secret, that drives her to confront sinister forces determined to keep her from revealing the ugly truth, and finding the man she loves.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 10:00am
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The Box
Directed by
Eddie Uehara, 21
NV / 7 mins
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Horror comes in a BOX!
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 10:15pm
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The End is Near
Directed by
Will Livesley-O'Neill, 17
WA / 6 mins
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Trent Phelps is a high-school senior obsessed with getting into Pomona College. He is so frantic to finish his application in time that he fails to notice that all of society seems to be crumbling around him as the country careens towards nuclear war.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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The Last Stand
Directed by
Jason Zeldes, 20
CA / 6 mins
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Its never too late to take a stand. Confronted with his death, an elderly man named Leonard chooses not to settle and lives out his final moments exactly how he would have always imagined.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 7:30pm
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Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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The Lincoln Project
Directed by
Jeff Prahl, 16
WA / 104 mins
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A highly classified document regarding the security of the United States Federal Reserve System has been stolen. Now the entire criminal underworld is competing with one another - and the FBI - to get their hands on the documents.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 10:00am
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The O.R.
Directed by
Neel Upadhye, 21
CA / 7 mins
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Ahmed, an Iraqi doctor, runs a makeshift clinic with his father, Jasim, out of their own home in bombed out Baghdad. When supplies run low, Ahmed must weigh the lives of patients who can pay against those who cannot in the vain hope of keeping the hospital alive.
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Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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The Writer
Directed by
Matthew Black, 15
KS / 7 mins
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Mr. X wakes up without the slightest idea of where he is or what has happened to him. After a series of exciting and dramatic events he finally discovers what could possibly save or end his life.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Thievery
Directed by
Nadia Szold
NY / 10 mins
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A dark, absurd comedy about a cradle robbery gone awry.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 3:00pm
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Through and Away
Directed by
Jonathan Ade, 21
VA / 46 mins
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Dylan, a young man unable to leave the town where he grew up, must cast off the allure of nostalgia to create his own future.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 7:00pm
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To the Altar
Directed by
Erica Sterne, 20
CA / 6 mins
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A portrait of a socialite family and their celebutante daughter, recounted as she makes her way from the knave 'to the altar' on her wedding day. Will Alessandra Dumont, of the Connecticut Dumont's, say 'I do'?
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Touch The Stars
Directed by
Gene Kim, 18
NY / 16 mins
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One man, abandoned by his climbing partner on a stairway stretching from Earth to the stars, must face the battle between hope and despair, faith and doubt raging in his mind as he attempts to reach the summit alone.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 11:00am
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Vengeance
Directed by
Brooks Malberg, 15
WA / 22 mins
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Vengeance is a movie about a young teenage girl who finds herself alone in her own house after her parents have left for the weekend. The twenty-something minute film packs suspense, thrills, and a few laughs into an entertaining story.
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Friday, March 28 - 10:15pm
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A Chopstick's First Love
Directed by
Yang Liu, 21
China / 2 mins
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A Chopstick's first love with a female chopstick.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Animal Instincts
Directed by
Cameron Edser, 19
Michael Richards, 20
Australia / 5 mins
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An action packed claymation of epic proportions. A cow and a sheep battle it out in a fight for ultimate farmyard supremacy.
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Friday, March 28 - 7:30pm
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Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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Bio.Rhythm
Directed by
Kevin Kllauber, 20
CA / 6 mins
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If the world was an orchestra, who would conduct?
BUY TICKETS
Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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Cows with Guns
Directed by
Cameron Edser, 14
Michael Richards, 15
Australia / 5 mins
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A claymation music video tale regaling animal rights and rebellion.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Dis Order
Directed by
Rose McAleese, 17
WA / 4 mins
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The challenges faced by a creative girl with a learning disability.
BUY TICKETS
Saturday, March 29 - 5:00pm
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Fish out of Water
Directed by
SuperFly 2007 Youth Producers, 9-16
WA / 4 mins
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An original hip hop interpretation of the script "FISH", based upon community, Urban Native identity and the power of fish!
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 5:30pm
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R U Famous Yet
Directed by
Stephen Eytel, 16
WA / 9 mins
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Things may not appear the way they seem.Looks can be decieving.Like a dream.Some appear to have it all. Others feel like they need more. .... Or do they?
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Two Angels
Directed by
Ben Tepfer, Maddi Stephens, Adrienne Ogle, Deven Lovejoy and Emma Healey, 14-16
NY / 5 mins
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Teen filmmakers produced Two Angels, based on a song by teenage musician Dylan Murphy and performed by hi band, the Apollotonics, about Dylan's two teenage cousins, Meghan and Shauna, who died in a drunk driving accident in 2005.
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Friday, March 28 - 5:00pm
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YKK
Directed by
Stephen Steen, Hannah Holtgeerts, Mila Zotova, Patrick Lyons and Tamara Seid-Graham, 16-18
WA / 4 mins
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Sunday, March 30 - 3:00pm
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Zack Meets Goaeti
Directed by
Andrew Marshel, 21
CA / 4 mins
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Orphan Zack wishes to sleep on a sturdy mattress, but must rely on an odd creature named Goaeti for help.
World Premiere.
BUY TICKETS
Sunday, March 30 - 1:15pm
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