FEATURE FILMS

AFTER THE SEA
Argentina

4:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 70 min.
Fragments of a love story at the end of the world. A casual encounter becomes a senseless trip ... beings who escape towards nothingness. A woman, a man and a piano adrift.

Director: Adrian Caetano Producers: Marie Therese Arida, Victoria Careras, Roberto Gispert, Facundo Ramirez Writers: Victoria Carreras, Roberto Gispert Cast: Facundo Ramirez, Victoria Carreras

ANIMAL
France

4:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 100 min.
In a society at war against violence, Thomas Nielsen, a Ph.D. in molecular biology, has discovered a way of "switching off" the genes responsible for human aggressiveness in the secret of his laboratory.

Director: Roselyne Bosch Producer: Alain Goldman Writer: Roselyne Bosch Cast: Andreas Wilson, Emma Griffiths Malin, Diogo Infante

BLACK WINE
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 100 min.
A noirish thriller blending the classic Hitchcockian style with modern elements of horror and a dab of black comedy. It's the story of one moment that happens in the lives of two lovers that drives them to the point of madness.

Director: Ryan Rossell Producer: Anson Scoville Writer: Ryan Rossell Cast: Anson Scoville, Jennifer Marlowe, Billy Cook

CHECKING OUT
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 99 min.
An old Shakespearean actor invites his 3 children to his suicide party. They quickly arrive and, for the first time, work together to prove to their father why life is worth living.

Director: Jeff Hare Producers: Mark S. Lane, Jon Karas Writer: Richard Marcus Cast: Peter Falk, David Paymer, Judge Reinhold

THE CHEF
Sweden/South Africa

4:30 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 112 min.
Eighteen-year old Martin signs on as assistant chef on a merchant vessel, bound for Cape Town. The head chef, Peter Stein, rules the kitchen and everything is controlled by his invisible and brutal regime. The meeting between them develops in a way no one in their wildest imagination could have thought.

Director: Mats Arehn Producer: Thomas Samuelsson Writer: Rolf Borjlind Cast: Kjell Bergqvist, Henrik Lundstrom, Peter Viitanen

A COUPLE OF DAYS AND NIGHTS
United States

4:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 95 min.
Four artists are swimming in their desires to be understood, accepted and loved ... but drowning in the overwhelming pressures of selling out in the highly commercial world of LA.

Director: Vaughn Verdi Producers: Edward Stencel, Vaughn Verdi, John Reinhold, Sarah Jo Marks Writer: Vaughn Verdi Cast: Shonda Farr, David Lago, Joe Peracchio

crazylove
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 109 min.
The pressure of Letty Mayer's world overwhelms her and she suffers a nervous breakdown. Institutionalized, she meets Michael, a schizophrenic who has been in and out of the hospital his entire life. Although major obstacles exist, Letty and Michael throw caution to the wind to pursue an intense new love.

Director: Ellie Kanner Producer: Hal Schwartz Writer: Carol Watson Cast: Reiko Aylesworth, Bruno Campos, Marla Sokoloff

DEAD SERIOUS
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 78 min.
A religious zealot hires terrorist soldiers to take over a gay bar in New York City. His plan is to remove the scourge of homosexuality from the planet. But little do they realize that when the natural order is tampered with, the wrath of the undead is awakened. Now a group of unlikely heroes must fight to survive the night and save the city.

Director: Joe Sullivan Producer: Michael J. Hein Writers: Joe Sullivan, Michael J. Hein Cast: Felissa Rose, Brian Gianci, Tom Cahill, Michael Weingartner

DUCK
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 100 min.
The survival tale of a duck that saves the life of a man in Los Angeles 2009, a world where social services have gone the way of social graces, and Bush still rules the land.

Director: Nic Bettauer Producers: Nic Bettauer, Domini Hofmann Writer: Nic Bettauer Cast: Philip Baker Hall, Bill Cobbs, French Stewart, Bill Brochtrup

FIERCE PEOPLE
United States - Centerpiece Screening
By Invitation Only

8:00 p.m. Oct. 19, Wednesday. 108 min.
When 16-year-old Finn finds himself facing juvenile detention, his dreams of spending the summer studying in the jungle with his estranged anthropologist father are abruptly changed. Enter his well-intentioned mother Liz, who, in an attempt to get their lives back on track, moves the two to a cottage on the estate of her friend, millionaire Mr. Osborne. Finn adjusts quickly to this new life, while Liz works to "establish" herself as a loving mother. However, things spiral out of control when both see that wealth and friendships come at a price.

Director/Producer: Griffin Dunne Writer: Dirk Wittenborn Cast: Diane Lane, Anton Yelchin, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Evans

FOURTEEN SUCKS
Sweden

6:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 85 min.
Fourteen-year-old Emma gets into serious trouble. On the terrible boundary between youth and adulthood, she meets the awkward skateboarder Aron and tries to sort out who she really is.

Directors: Filippa Freijd, Martin Jern, Henrik Norrthon, Emil Larsson Producers: Filippa Freijd, Martin Jern, Henrik Norrthon, Emil Larsson Writer: Martin Jern Cast: Elin Ahlberg, Jesper Fridh, Andreas Karoliussen

A GOOD WOMAN
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 93 min.
Emerging penniless from yet another failed affair, the seductive Mrs. Erlynne, scorned by many as a 'woman of ill repute,' leaves New York for the Amalfi Coast, where she hopes to find a new patron among the aristocrats. The mean-spirited gossip stirred up by Mrs. Erlynne's arrival isn't enough to dissuade her. Brimming with sumptous locales and a sweeping romance, A Good Woman is a sophisticated ode to Oscar Wilde's legendary wit and wisdom.

Director: Mike Barber Producers: Liam Badger, Kimberly Barnes Writer: Howard Himelstein Cast: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson

KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 100 min.
A popular talk show host's perfect life crumbles as he tries to balance a troubled marriage, an obsessive fan, and a deepening affection for a traveling pharmaceutical saleswoman wrestling with her own romantic issues.

Director: Stu Pollard Producers: Stu Pollard, Christina Varotsis, Jennifer Sims Writer: Stu Pollard Cast: Gil Bellows, Jennifer Westfeldt, Christian Kane

KISS KISS, BANG BANG
United States - Opening Night Premiere
By Invitation Only

7:00 p.m. Oct. 18, Tuesday. 103 min.
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role.

Director: Shane Black Producers: Susan Levin, Steve Richards, Joel Silver Writers: Shane Black, Brett Halliday Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan

MICKYBO AND ME
Northern Ireland

6:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 95 mins.
In 1970 Belfast, two boys from either side of the tracks are thrown together and become friends. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the boys head off on their own Wild West adventure. They are ultimately dragged back to a fractured urban world that tears them from each other and their childhood.

Director: Terry Loane Producers: Michael McGeagh, Mark Huffam Writer: Terry Loane Cast: Julie Walters, Ciaran Hinds, Niall Wright, John Jo McNeill

MY FIRST WEDDING
United States/Canada

6:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 100 min.
Just days before her wedding, Vanessa, a beautiful bride-to-be, is experiencing uncontrollable and wild fantasies about every male she lays her eyes on. Revealing her thoughts in a confessional, she sets off a chain of romantic entanglements.

Director: Laurent Firode Producers: Joan Carr-Wiggin, David Gordian, Robert Sidaway Writer: Joan Carr-Wiggin Cast: Rachel Leigh Cook, Kenny Doughty, Paul Hopkins

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
Japan/United States - Closing Night Premiere
By Invitation Only

7:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday, 100min.
The adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei. When they move into their new countryside home, they discover their neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit called Totoro -- who can only be seen through the eyes of a child. Totoro introduces them to extraordinary characters, including a cat that doubles as a bus! -- and teaches them on their incredible journey.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki Producers: Rick Dempsey, Yasuyoshi Tokuma Writer: Hayao Miyazaki Cast: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning

NORTH COUNTRY
United States - Centerpiece Screening
By Invitation Only

7:30pm Oct. 19, Wednesday. 123 min.
All she wanted was to make a living. Instead she made history. A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States -- Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines -- where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro Producers: Helen Buck Bartlett, Doug Claybourne, Valerie Flueger Writer: Michael Seitzman Cast: Charlize Theron, Sean Bean, Francis McDormand

SELF MEDICATED
United States

4:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 105 min.
A desperate mother hires a company to kidnap her troubled son and take him to a locked-down psychiatric hospital. There he is subjected to secret abuses of the corrupt institution. Based on true events.

Director: Monty Lapica Producers: Tommy Bell, Monty Lapica Writer: Monty Lapica Cast: Diane Venora, Michael Bowen, Greg Germann, Kristina Anapau

A SHOT IN THE DARK
Portugal/Brazil

4:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 110 min.
At the airport of Rio de Janeiro, a two-month-old baby is taken from her mother, Veronica, by a stewardess. Two years later, Veronica is living in Lisbon, still looking desperately for her daughter, hoping to find the woman who took her baby. After being fired from a strip-tease club, Veronica gets involved with a gang of bank robbers and soon the police are after her. Amongst cops and robbers will she still be able to find her daughter?

Director: Leonel Vieira Producer: Tino Navarro Writers: Jorge Almeida, Joao Nunes Cast: Joaquim Almeida, Vanessa Machado

THE SISTERS
United States

8:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 115 min.
Based on Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters, this modern telling follows four siblings who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman Producers: Matthew Rhodes, Judd Payne Writer: Richard Alfieri Cast: Maria Bello, Eric McCormack, Erika Christensen, Chris O'Donnell, Mary Stuart Masterson, Tony Goldwyn
There will be a Q&A session with Eric McCormack after the screening

THREE EXTREMES
Japan/China

8:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 130 min.
A three story anthology:
Takashi Miike's story of a retired actress who longs to retain her beauty and seeks the rejuvenating effects of a doctor's "special" dumplings, only to discover they contain one horrifying ingredient. Fruit Chan's story of a film director who is abducted by a vengeful stranger and forced to make an impossible choice that will change his life forever. Park Chan-Wook's story of a beautiful female novelist, still guilt-ridden over the childhood death of her twin sister, who receives a mysterious invitation to meet at the site of her sister's demise.

Directors: Takashi Miike, Fruit Chan, Park Chan-Wook Producers: Naoki Sato, Shun Shimizu, Fumio Inoue, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Ahn Soo-Hyun Writers: Haruko Fukushima, Lilian Lee, Park Chan-Wook Cast: Kyoko Hasegawa, Atsuro Watabe; Bai Ling, Pauline Lau, Lee Byung-Hun, Lim Won-Hee

TOUCHED
United States

8:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 102 min.
A dramatic love story about a man who awakens from a coma without the ability to "feel," and the nurse who helps to save him.

Director: Timothy Scott Bogart Producers: Grazka Taylor, Marvin V. Acuna Writer: Timothy Scott Bogart Cast: Jenna Elfman, Randall Batinkoff, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Davison, Diane Venora, Sam Anderson, Charlie Lea

X,Y
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 90 min.
Based on the cult novel by acclaimed author Michael Blumlein, X,Y is the dark love story of Frankie and Terry. Frankie dances topless in a sleezy little strip joint and drinks. But then a mysterious man comes into the club, a piercing siren screams, and Frankie's world crumbles. In the morning, she isn't Frankie anymore. She dosen't remember who she is. She knows for certain only one solid truth: that she is a man.

Director: Vladimir Vitkin Producer: Helmut Gausterer Writer: Vladimir Vitkin Cast: Jamie Harrold, Melissa Murphy, Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects

DOCUMENTARIES

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
United States

3:30 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 40 min.
In 1978, an American-born pianist living on the outskirts of Jerusalem began teaching an abandoned blind and severely autistic 9-year-old Palestinian girl. For 18 years, through two Intifadas and the ups and downs of the peace process, the piano lessons continued and now the girl is not only able to perform complicated musical pieces but also to create original music.

Director: Richard Trank Producers: Rabbi Marvin Hier, Richard Trank

BULLETS OVER HOLLYWOOD
United States -Centerpiece Premiere
By Invitation Only

7:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Thursday. 80 min.
Bullets Over Hollywood delves into America's fascination with gangsters and features historical perspective, insightful analysis, behind the scenes anecdotes, and details about the connection between real-life hoods and their cinematic alter-egos. From Cagney, Bogart and Edward G. to De Niro, Pacino and Pesci.

Director: Elaina Archer Producer: Elaina Archer Writers: Elaina Archer, Tom Marksbury Cast: James Caan, Talia Shire, Chazz Palminteri

champion.
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 90 min.
Danny Trejo frequently plays the wicked thug in your favorite movies (Heat, Conair, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids). Behind the characters is the captivating story of his troubled youth which included drug addiction, armed robbery and extensive prison time in some of California's most dangerous institutions.

Director: Joe Eckardt Producers: Joe Eckardt, Cecily Gambrell Writer: Cecily Gambrell Cast: Danny Trejo, Dennis Hopper, Robert Rodriguez, Val Kilmer

Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects

SHORT SUBJECTS

90
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 14 min.
Joseph has run from his memories of the Holocaust his entire life. Today, they catch up to him.

Director: Jason Wise Producer: Jason Wise Writer: Jason Wise Cast: Bryan Samuel Barnett-Woods, Oto Brezina, John Wisher

THE BANKER
United Kingdom

6:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 13 min.
The Banker. He drives a BMW, he lives in a Soho loft apartment, his favorite drink is Dom Perignon. Right? Not this one.

Director: Hattie Dalton Producer: Kelly Broad Writer: Hattie Dalton Cast: Michael Sheen, Jane Robbins

BV-01
Italy

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 5 min.
A futuristic robot polices the chaotic streets of a developing nation.

Director: Alessandro Pacciani Producer: Alessandro Pacciani Writer: Alessandro Pacciani

CLOWN
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 20 min.
Hallucinations of an evil clown threaten a man's sanity after he visits a haunted liquor store.

Director: Karl T. Hirsch Producer: Michael Hagerty Writers: Michael McColl, Karl T. Hirsch Cast: Michael McColl, Johnny Ray Meeks, Gwyn Fawcett

COST OF LIVING
Canada

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 11 min.
What would you pay to live forever?

Director: Jonathan Joffe Producer: Jonathan Joffe Writer: Jonathan Joffe Cast: Willian B. Davis, Andrew Krivanek

CREEP
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 5 min.
The end draws near for an eldely woman and her small dog.

Director: Jon Clark Producers: Jon Clark, Yasue Katsuragi Clark Writer: Jon Clark Cast: Madelyn Pine, Phillip Pine

CROWN HEIGHTS
United States

4:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 5 min.
Elijah, a young Black grocery store bagger, walks a Hasidic Jewish customer to his car during the height of the racially motivated Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, New York. African-American customers threaten the Jewish customer's life because of the racial tensions that flare in this largely Jewish/Black neighborhood.

Director: Dion Watkins Producer: Dion Watkins Writer: Dion Watkins Cast: Ivan Butcher, Fred Ochs

DANGEROUS ANIMAL
Germany

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 10 min.
An enlightened cosmopolitan ends up in a wooden box in the Sahara.

Director: Thomas Frick Producer: Stefan Zwanzger Writer: Thomas Frick Cast: Christoph Hagen Dittmann, Ahmed Ben Mansour

DEAD SHIFT
Australia

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 8 min.
A naive gas station clerk receives a visit from a zombie in the dead of the night. A romantic zombie comedy with gore.

Director: Ana Djordjevic Producer: CJ Webster Writer: Ana Djordjevic Cast: Daniel Green, Kyle Baxter, Gerard Caesar

THE DRIVE
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 15 min.
Rachel Morgans, a college-age sorority girl, finds herself stranded in the desert with two flat tires. With no cell service, she's forced to seek help and finds herself in a struggle for survival.

Director: Steven Morrow Producers: Steven Morrow, Michelle Spears Writer: Steven Morrow Cast: Marla Sokoloff, Will Estes

EVERYDAY USE
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 25 min.
In this adaptation of Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use," a wayward daughter returns to her sharecropper roots in l973 Georgia.

Director: Bruce Schwartz Producer: Bruce R. Schwartz Writers: Bruce R. Schwartz, adapted from "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker Cast: Baadja Lyne, Karen ffolks

FEVER
United States

10:00 p.m Oct. 23, Sunday. 8 min.
A young revolutionary boldly enters a hell of madness, guilt, and persecution in his quest to test the limits of the human will.

Director: Charlie Griak Producer: Charlie Griak Writers: Zach Faricy, Charlie Griak Cast: Charlie Griak, Zach Faricy, James Plaisance

THE FINAL RESOLUTION
United States

2:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 16 min.
A remarkable suspense thriller that takes place aboard a speeding train some time after World War II. A Holocaust survivor sees a fellow passenger who looks distressingly familiar. As we descend into his memories, we understand the sudden rage that ultimately leads him to face the most important decision of his life.

Directors: Gregg Simon, Brent Katz Producers: Gregg Simon, Brent Katz Writer: Brent Katz Cast: Alexander Barnett, William Stone Mahoney, Brent Katz, Nick Daly

FUSE
United Kingdom

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 10 min.
In a power outage, a boy plays with matches. His father comes home late, drunk.

Director: Rob Fox Producer: Rob Fox Writer: Rob Fox Cast: David Hayman, Oscar Khan

GRAVELESS
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 12 min.
A grim tale of a man trapped by a brutal and cunning killer who wants to know his darkest fears.

Director: Christian Ray Producer: Christian Ray Writer: Christian Ray

THE JOURNEY
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 8 min.
Sanford, a young, eager being, is on a quest to find happiness. He believes happiness will be found upon arriving at the much touted Island of Destination.

Director: Chris Stover Producer: Angie Howard Writers: Angie Howard, Chris Stover Cast: David Loftus, Amelia Zirin-Brown, Stephen Berkenson

JOYRIDE
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 6 min.
What "THE MAN" wants, "THE MAN" gets ... and if you don't pay attention, it will all go by in the blink of a sound bite!

Director: John Cernak Producer: Lori Cernak Writer: John Cernak

THE LAST DAYS
Germany

2:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 35 mins.
Germany, April 1945: Two American pilots and a German deserter are forced to hide from German troops in an old farm house. Hate, distrust and the will to survive the last days of war put the relationship of the three men to the ultimate test.

Director: Oliver Frohnauer Producer: Martin Liebig Writers: Oliver Frohnauer, Sebastian Feld Cast: Clayton Nemrow, Sebastian Ruger, Jeff Burrell

LAUNDRY NIGHT
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 12 min.
A sexy, edgy drama about an encounter at a Laundromat that takes a surprising and potentially disastrous twist.

Director: Jared Ramsey Patrick Producer: Jared Ramsey Patrick Writer: Jared Ramsey Patrick Cast: Dave Metz, Kristin Richardson

THE MANTIS PARABLE
United States

4:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 8 min.
A charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.

Director: Josh Staub Producer: Josh Staub

MEAT MARKET
Australia

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 8 min.
Meat Market is a reflection of what extremes men go to in trying to pick up women.

Director: Remo Camerota Producer: Remo Camerota Writer: Dom Megna Cast: Todd James, Lacey Fitzgerald

MY BACKYARD WAS A MOUNTAIN
United States/Puerto Rico

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 25 min.
This is a story of Adan, a Puerto Rican boy who has one day to find a home for his pet goat, Chivo, before his family relocates to New York City in the late 1950's. While searching for a new owner for Chivo, Adan discovers the promise of first love with his childhood friend, Denise, whom he will also have to leave behind.

Director: Adam Schlachter Producer: Austin Wakefield Writer: Adam Schlachter Cast: Andrew Aguilar, Leily Sanchez, Daniel Lugo

THE NEIGHBORLY THING
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 12 min.
A chilling tale about a man's overzealous obsession with his upstairs neighbor. When the man encounters a young street couple inhabiting his neighbor's house, his territory is threatened. He intrudes himself on them causing an imminent, and possibly deadly, confrontation.

Director: Samantha Light Producers: Samantha Light, Michael Simon, Joseph Paneno Writer: Michael Simon Cast: Michael Simon, Samantha Light, Joseph Paneno

NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T
Hungary

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 30 min.
The shocking and moving story of a six-year-old boy, Alex, who suddenly becomes invisible.

Director: Attila Szasz Producer: Dalma Hidasi Writer: Attila Szasz Cast: Erno Fekete, Dóra Létay, Vitéz Ábrahám

ONCE NOT FAR FROM HOME
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 20 min.
A captivating, thought-provoking tale that proves true love really does last forever.

Director: Ben Van Hook Producers: Todd Thompson, Smithy Sipes, Kathryn Ruscio Writer: Todd Thompson Cast: Erik Per Sullivan, Skye McCole Bartusiak, James Best

THE PASSAGE OF MRS. CALABASH
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 20 min.
On an overnight train journey, a troubled young woman and a retired professor exchange the guarded secrets that can only be shared with a stranger.

Director: Scott Tuft Producer: Carl Hampe Writers: D.W. Glicksman, Scott Tuft Cast: Charlie Robinson, Katherine Cunningham-Eves

PULCINELLO
United States

4:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 5 min.
A clown drowns more than his sorrows in a magic Chianti bottle.

Director: David Donar Producer: David Donar Writer: David Donar Cast: David Donar

REMEMBER
Germany

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 12 min.
A young boy falls in love with a little girl in his favorite movie. He soon learns that the movies and real life are very different things.

Director: Dagmar Seume Producer: Andreas Born Writer: Dagmar Seume Cast: Wallfriede Schmitt, Constanze Bernd, Sebastian Koch

ROAD KILL
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 15 mins.
With one murder left to complete in the greatest serial killing spree of all time, the South Side Butcher picks an easy target to complete his masterpiece. But chaos becomes inevitable when his final victim turns out to be more of a challenge than he originally expected.

Director: Mark Mardini Producers: Mark Mardini, Stephen Fromkin Writer: Mark Mardini Cast: Sean Whalen, Steve Kehela, Tara Lynne Barr

SNOW DAY, BLOODY SNOW DAY
United States

10:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 14 mins.
When an unexpected snowstorm strikes Seattle, the dead rise from their graves to prey on the city's helpless citizens. From the confines of their living room, a group of unlikely heroes emerge to stop the flesh hungry hordes, only to discover that zombies aren't the only evil they are up against.

Director: Jessica Baxter, Faye Hoerau Producers: Dom Zook, Jessica Baxter, Faye Hoerau Writers: Jessica Baxter, Faye Hoerau Cast: Justin Alley, Ben Dunn, Tim Tate

SVETLANA'S JOURNEY
Bulgaria

2:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Friday. 40 min.
A gruesome look into the life of a 13-year-old girl sold into prostitution by her adopted parents and how she did the unthinkable to release herself from the dark forces that entered her life.

Director: Michael Cory Davis Producer: George Georgiev Writer: Michael Cory Davis Cast: Violeta Markovska, Maxim Genchev

THERMOPYLAE
United States

2:00 p.m. Oct. 23, Sunday. 12 mins.
Nathan Radford, a man of intensity, complexity and vulnerability, teaches classics at a private all-boys high school. His life is changed forever when one day, against his better judgment, he surrenders to a powerful and taboo moment with a student. Wracked with guilt, and married to a wife he still loves, Nathan must conquer his feelings before they consume him.

Director: Borga Dorter Producers: Rain Breaw, Bryan Keithley Writer: Borga Dorter Cast: Jon Powell, Andreas Wigand

TILT-A-WHIRL
United States

6:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Saturday. 12 min.
A Hollywood VP lives in a world that is turning him upside down. He encounters a girl at a local coffee shop who deals wih people like him all day. When the VP's world comes crashing down, he finds himself looking to the coffee shop girl for answers.

Director: Cameron Thor Producers: Johnathan Schaech, Johnny Asuncion, Rob Noples, Anthony Salvato Writer: Christian Canterbury Cast: Vincent Duvall, Jessica Schatz, Christina Applegate, Chris Klein

Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects

2005 Hollywood Film Festival Program
Screenings took place October 18 - 23 at Arclight Cinemas
6360 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.