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VENUS ON THE HALF SHELL | Best Picture l Director: NIELS NIELSON  | 90:00 • "There's something about a woman in uniform!" Smart, young forest ranger cutie marries handsome, flaky, artist dude, way too quickly. Their happy-giddy start degrades through a surreal roller-coaster ride whipped to a frenzy with neurotic kids, high-strung ex-wife and a mischievous, alcoholic dad.
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SUMMER RAIN | 2nd Place l Director: JONATHAN GLENDENING | 93:00 • A film for 20-somethings everywhere! A romantic comedy drama, Summer Rain tells the story of three girls living together in Brighton - Britain's sexy and funky coastal capital. Tangled relationships; one night stands; frustrated ambitions; love and friendship are at the heart of this modern coming-of-age story.
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JOYFUL PARTAKING in the sorrows of life l 3rd Place Dramatic Comedy Feature l Director: WILLIAM MOREING l 2 hours  • Walter Majeski is caught in a bit of a dilemma in this bittersweet story of a day in the life of a very troubled and deeply hurt man. Interwoven with the individual stories of his neighbors, JOYFUL PARTAKING looks at how seemingly small acts of kindness or carelessness can change a life forever. "A cinematic treasure!...Witty and intelligent. Days after I saw the film, I was still thinking about it and smiling." SEATTLE PRESS "A remarkable acting ensemble" THE WARRENREPORT.COM
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MONKEY LOVE l Finalist Feature Comedy l Director: MARK STRATTON l  95:00   • A digital feature film -- a smart, sexy romantic comedy! Amy yearns for a better life. She thinks her two slacker friends are holding her back. So she decides to dump them and find new friends, new lovers and even new parents. The result is a series of misadventures for everyone, which have both comical and serious emotional consequences.
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KILLING TIME l Finalist Feature Drama l Director: GLORIA CHRISTAL l  93:00   •A chance meeting brings Rick and Jane together, and at first their conversation at Rick's house seems almost innocent. Gradually the clues to the truth assemble: it is not Rick's house at all; he engineered their meeting and he knows all about Jane's marriage to Michael -- Rick wants Michael dead. Twist after unexpected twist leads KILLING TIME, this clever and chellenging thriller with outstanding performances by Gloria Christal (director) and Jacky Kyle, to a gripping conclusion.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF JOY l Finalist Feature Drama l Director: RANDI HOFFMAN l  50:00   • A compelling, suspense film which captures the essence of reality both in its fictional nuance, as well as, its' true to life stories. This psychological thriller keeps you on the edge of your seat, and seizes your thoughts far after viewing it. "...it's unlike any film I've ever seen. A religious horror film, sort of a cross between May Deren and Sam Fullers HOCK CORRIDOR" -- Henry Bean, director THE BELIEVER.
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NO SCORE l Finalist l Director: JOHN P. FOLEY    l 1:39:47    • Having grown up in the same Phoenix neighborhood, Charles Bautista and Michael Roberts have been life long friends. But how well do you really know your best friend? Each has a dark side of their lives that the other knows nothing about. When Michael is forced to deal with his dark obsession he enlists the help of his best friend Charles.
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SONG OF SONGS l Finalist l Director: TOBIN SMITH    l 91:00    • Letting love shotgun from Austin to L.A., two roomates share a misguided adventure and a road trip from hell.
Drama -- Narrative
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MARYANN l Best Picture l Director: JOSE' LUIS ORBEGOZO l 08:00 • Adapted from ashort story by the American author Ambrose Bierece, MARYANN is a short film if impossible love set in the 19th century. The story depicts the drama of Dr. Pual Dessard and his assistant Maryann in a period of strict moral values.
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NOTORIETY l 2ND Place l Director: REYNA ROSEHEIN l 22:00 • Notoriety is a psychological thriller about a female photographer, Roxanne, who has lost faith in her ability to create art. She is raped in her studio by a co-worker. Her cameras accidentally go off. Through a series of miscommunications the pictures of the rape find their way to an art gallery. Roxanne is given a show and becomes a huge success. When the gallery owner asks for more pictures, Roxanne turns to murder to protect her newfound fame
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Only Human l 3rd Place l Director: KANE PICOY l 9:00 • "There are three sides to every story; your's, mine and the truth...". ONLY HUMAN is a unique look at human relationships, and how each of us holds an opinion on the truth. Three different copules share their stories of how they met and then proceed to tell us about their lives together.
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DEAR XXX l Finalist l Director: DANIEL CAVEY l 9:00 • One man alone in his house with his record collection. Technically speaking he feels fine, but if the lighting and soundtrack to his life are any clue maybe we shouldn't be so sure.
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DIMENSONLESS WOMAN l Finalist l Director: ANITA SALOMONE l 15:00 • Valerie Hughes is naturally beautiful but needs makeup and seductive clothes to feel attractive. When she gets attention from me, she panics. Instead of feeling flattered she sees gross exaggerations of what really happens and becomes paranoid. Traped by her own beauty, she abandons her female characteristics and gender lines become blurred.
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THIS IS JOHN l Finalist l Director: JAY DUPLASS  l 14:08  • John Ashford perfects the personal greeting of his answering machine.
ZoieFest 2003!
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A LINE IN THE SAND l Finalist l Director: VLADIMIR SKOMAROVSKY   l 14:08 • Line in the Sand evolves from a nostalgic wish that one had never turned his life into a competition, but rather lived it freely from the burden of meeting expectations to win, to be ahead, to have the most, and to be rewarded.
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THE GRINDING OF MY TEETH l Finalistl Director: RENA MAILIN l 5:21• A woman alone on a train at night slips into a fantasy about seeing a rape in progress and jumping off the train to brutally murder the rapist.
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WEEKEND GETAWAY l Finalist l Director:  AUDRA COTRONE l 13:27    • Simon lives alone at his parents' house in the country. He invites Sarah and Paul up for a relaxing weekend. Little do they know Simon has a unique personality disorder. He does his best to keep them 'entertained'.
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VALENTINE'S DAY l Finalist l Director: DIANE SHERRY-CRANE l 09:00   • Gift of the Magi truns tragically sexual and brutal. A woman's point of view on the complexities in domestic violence.
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LAST SUMMER l Finalist l Director: SEUNGHUN YU l  11:00   • It should have been a regular moving day, but one woman finds herself as she takes a journey into her past.
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KEEPING ROMEO l Finalist l Director: BOB SIMONELLO l 25:35   • When man's best friend becomes wife's best friend, life really bites!

 
 

Animation
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NIGHTSHIFT l Best Animation l  Director ATTE-JUHANI NURMINEN  l 3:31   • A night guard enters an empty TV-Studio at night and starts dreaming. He doesn't know he's being manipulated. [Vancover Film School]
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THE WINDOW l 2nd Place l Director:  RONNIE CRAMER l 1:30  • THE WINDOW tells the story of a young girl who can't convenice her dim-witted father that a seris of strange evengs are taking place outside their house.
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GUERNICA l 3rd Place l Director:  MARCELO ORTIZ l 3:40  • Feel the emotion of seeing the works of great artists come alive. All of a sudden Pablo Picasso's masterpiece "Guernica" and Van Gogh's "Bedroom in Arels" paintings, Salvador Dali's "La Persistance de la Memoire" and Eschere's "Relativity" become living sceneries. The finale is absolutely surprising! [Vancover Film School]
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 Round 1 l Finalist l Director: BRIAN SUM l 2: 25   •  In this street fight type parody, two characters battle it out to finish the round but find themselves exhausted from all the fighting. They decide on easier methods to finish the game.
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ONCE UPON A TIME l Finalist l Director: MICHAEL RITCHIE l 1:53  • The endless complexities and hardships of companionship between two unlikely friends, as told through the mind of a small child.
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COW l 2-D Animation -- 1st Place l Director:  PIERRE HUGHES DALLAIRE l 2:22  • The sole crew member of an alienspace exploration mission awakens with a start... [Vancover Film School]
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THE ORANGE TREE l 2-D Animation -- 2nd Place l Director: JEFFREY FLETCHER l 4:13  • A plant lover's extravaganza. [Vancover Film School]
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GUS l 2-D Animation -- 3rd Place l Director:  JONATHAN BUSBY l 5:16  • The story of a lizard named Gus who comes home from a hard day at work to find his bad has followed him home. [Vancover Film School]
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HEARTBEAT l 2-D Animation -- Finalist l Director: JENNIFER YU l 2:22  • A woman remembers growing up at the height of the ucltural revolution in China. Fron one incident she witnesses atrocities performed by the Red Guards, she turns from a gung-ho Maoist to a disillusioned youth. [Vancover Film School]

 
 
Comedy
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19 at 11 l DRAMEDY: Best Picture l Director: MICHAEL SCHWARTZ   l 14:30  • 40,000 viewers. Two anchormen. One four-letter word. A mix of drama, dark humor and real-time suspense, "19 at 11" takes place behind the scenes of the 11 o'clock news in a small American city.
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LIMBO l 2nd Place l Director: EMORY DAVIS l 10:30 • When Frankie drowns at his own engagement party, he finds out that getting into heaven isn't nearly as easy as he thought. LIMBO is about a homophobic gangster about get married to the lcoal crime boss' daughter.
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NOT A FISH STORY: 3rd Place l Director: ANITA DORON   l 23:00    • Rose, asuburban housewife is faced with a crisis: her husban of thirty years wants to become a fish. "...a dreamy midlife allegory" Wendy Banks, NOWl l"A touching and evocative film, made with an offbeat humour and tremendous sensitivity." ATOM EGOYAN
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REVIVING VINCENT: Finalist l Director: DAVID SCHEINBERG  l 23:00    • Reviving Vincent is a dark comedy tracing the bohemian descent of an eccentric painter named Quentin, who searches for his artistic muse through alienation and suffering, emulating the life and works of Van Gogh. Frustrated with his painting, Quentin decides to reject conformity and attempt personal despair with the belief that it will ignite his creative brilliance (or total insanity). Ultimately, however, Quentin's hilarious sacrifices only lead him to discover the beauty in his conventional life and the value of his friendships.
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ADULT EDUCATION l Finalist l Director: JESSICA SULTAN   l 18:00   • Can a three hour seminar change your life? A struggle actor, a pregnant divorcee, a failed theater director, a painfully shy postal worker, and a frisky elderly couple come together to take a class called: "How to Break Into Adult Entertainment." Their instructor, veteran porn star, Vanessa van der Tramp, does her best, but as everyone learns, "this business is harder than you think."
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FOUND MONEY l Finalist l Director: DAVID CARAS  l 36:00   • Steven (Reed Birney), a recent two-time loser at marriage, faces his mid-life crisis in a rundown beach house that just happens to have over $400K of someone else's cash stashed in the basement. He decides to keep the money and face the consequences.
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JOEY KOZNOWSKI & THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR l Finalist l Director:  RICH RHEA l 16:11   • A lonely bachelor invites the pretty girl next door over for dinner and gets something he didn't expect instead.
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THE BATHROOM AGREEMENT l Finalist   l Director: JENNY ANDREWS  l 17:00   • The civil rights movement of movie extras. The BATHROOM AGREEMENT, performers stand up for their rights, and they voice their demands. They don't get everything they want, but they do get canvas chairs, instead of a wooden bench.
 

Documentary
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CHROMA l Best Documentary l  Director: CARRIE SCHULTZ   l 17:00   • Synesthesia is a little-known neurological phenomenon in which one type of sensory stimulation evokes the sensation of another. In simple terms, it is when two or more senses get their "wires crossed". Chromasthesia is the specific name for Colored-Sound Synesthesia
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.THE ART OF FETISH l 2nd Place l Director: LAURENCE GARTEL   l 60:00  • Long time international digital artist and photographer, Gartel has taken a leap into a very intriguing subculture-FETISH. His obessions and fascination with the people, the practices and the lifestyle led him to shoot over 20,000 digital pitcures with his camera, from which he created a ... This documentary gives the viewer a very rare entrance into a world that is often kept behind closed doors. Witness revealing interviews, shocking performace footage, irreverent and candid moments with our subjects, at home, at fetish clubs. This documentary is packed with visual stimulation, eroticism, music, and the art of Gartel.
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AN APPOINTMENT WITH MR. ROBERT l 3rd Place l Director: BERT SHAPIRO l • A light hearted peek into the hidden world of custom-made hairpieces. Mr. Robert, the master craftsman meets with a private client, and we an amusing impression of the hand-made process from mould making to final fitting.
 
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FEVER PITCH l Finalist l Director: WILLARD MORGAN l • The definitive guide to getting to the top in Hollywood! Award-winning actor/director Willard Morgan takes us on the journey, aiming his camera at several industry veteran who share their secrets with him but when he turns his lens on Michael Moore, the documentary film director, he learns an unexpected lesson.
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THE RINGERS l FINALIST l Director: BERT SHAPIRO l 5:20 • Bellringers: A community banded together by the passion for making those "whacking great sounds" that are often taken for granted when they 'ring out' from church towers. THE RINGERS fouces on ringers in seven different locations in England and the USA. "The film reveals the joy of blending intellectual and manual skills of the same sounds heard a hundred years ago."
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DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTH OF AIDS l FINALIST l Director: GARY NULL, PH.D. l • This informative and shocking 2-hour documentary reveals over fifteen years of research from the world's leading AIDS scientists and researchers who unveil the truth and offer alternative explanations challenging the legitimacy of the HIV hypothesis.
Student Films
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THE THIRD BANK l Best Student Film l Director: TUCKER CAPPS l 15:00 • The magical-realist tale of a young boy whose father decides to quit his job and spend the rest of his days on a rowboat. [Yale University]
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BYLINE l 2nd Place l Director: S. DAVID ACUFF l 28::30 • Parker Shaw used to be the best reporter the News and Observer had, but now her writing wouldn't stand out in the classfieds. She is given one last chance -- a fluff piece that takes her to Fayetteville, North Carolina where a local pastor is shaking things up along the racial divide. Her job is simple: Get the story! [Regents University]
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VALETTE l Best Student [Comedy] l Director: SUSAN VAILL l 14:00 • Great cars, good tips, rude people. Follow a femme parking valet on a stolen moment.
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ADULT MOVIE l FINALIST l Director: DOUGLAS HANNAH l 14:15 • 'Adult Movie' is a social commentary on the fantasies of men. John is a man in his early 20's who wishes that his life and the world around him would be as sexually open as a porn movie. His girlfriend Jill is quite the opposite and is forced to face her insecurities when she strangly gets trapped inside a porn film.
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MISSING l FINALIST l Director: Alfred Aloysius Adlawan l 14:15 • Sarah deals with her own reality of a missing husband, Brandon, and an insistent caller who might have the key to the truth. [New York Film academy]
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THE BOX l Finalist l Director: JOEL FENDELMAN l 5:00 • The poetic expression of a young man's struggle to escape urban turmoil.

Experimental
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UNTITLED 003: EMBRYO l Best Picture l Director: MIKE GOEDECKE  l  30:00   • An Agoraphobic man receives a strange dreamstealing device in the mail and his life derails into madness.
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SALOME l 2nd Place l Director: l 3:30  • zf 405
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MEM l 3RD PLACE l Director: NAOMI KASUMI l 10:00  • This memorial video monument expresses the truth of my abortion experience. This is part of an experimental expressing a series of events that represent my life, experience, memories and feelings over the past four years. Coming from Japan, I have a different cultural background and perspective. Abortions are considered taboo and such events must be kept secret. My intention is to provide a rich and honest forum through interactive storytelling. Iknow I am not alone in dealing wtih this.
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ALLES SUPER l FINALIST l Director: JULIAN BIELICKI l 15:00 [clipl]   • Alles Super“ tells about colors, lights and shadows, about streets and houses, about nights and days, about the faith and doubts, about love and hate, about the woman and the man, about war and peace. [Germany]
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COVER GIRLS l Finalist l Director: PATTI AMBROGI l 5:30  • Diana, Marilyn and Monica are moves that play through a computer. The movies transfigure the gesture of the COVER GIRLS in well-known media clips, through smaller, interior images. The structure of each frame is resignified through meanings.
Foreign
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ROAD TO LADAKH l Best Feature Film [Foreign Category] l Director: ASHVIN KUMAR l 50:00   • Irrfan Khan (The Warior) and Koel Purie (Everybody Says I'm Fine) star in this road movie set in the magnificent wilderness moonscape of the INdian Himalayas. A surreal rites of passage encounter between a dysfunctional fashion model and an ultra focused, strong-silent stranger. At once hilarious and sinister biaarre and moving, psychedelic and intensely real; poised on the knife edge between elusiveness and engagement, suspicion and tenderness.
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THANK YOU MR. DOBSON l Best Foreign Documentary l Director: FINBAR MONLONEY l 52:00   • A visual diary, filmed over a two-year period, documenting the life of a genuine Walter Mitty character named Martin Bengtsson.
What it reveals is an underbelly of truth to Martin's eccentric fantasies, which include the search for Hitler's Silver Arrow, drug importation, forgery, stunt doubling for James Coburn and Richard Harris, working for the CIA, MI5 and the FBI and not to mention getting the local taxi driver onto BBC's Panorama.
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LEFT BEHIND [INTERLASSEN] l 2nd Place l Director: SARAH GROSS   l 28:00  l Germany    • LEFT BEHIND is a bittersweet comedy about three sibling and their fight over the family inheritance.
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KISMET l Finalist-Narrative l Director:  Shusei NISHI   l 15:00  l Japan    • The film tells about the ideals and practice in musical creation, daily life and personal believes of the 4 unique musical groups.
Director Awards
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ISABELLA RICO l Best Director [Women's Category] l Director: ELIZABETH A. LUCAS l 15: 00 • Tragedy on her wedding day truns Isabella Rico into a woman she never imagined she would become. An original musical. "...a style that really maximzed the dramatic impact of the story..." Stu Feldman, writer LAW & ORDER l "Exciting camera work...emphasized the emotional narrative..." Colin Spoelman FILMMAKER l
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REVIVING VINCENT: Finalist l Director: DAVID SCHEINBERG  l 23:00    • Reviving Vincent is a dark comedy tracing the bohemian descent of an eccentric painter named Quentin, who searches for his artistic muse through alienation and suffering, emulating the life and works of Van Gogh. Frustrated with his painting, Quentin decides to reject conformity and attempt personal despair with the belief that it will ignite his creative brilliance (or total insanity). Ultimately, however, Quentin's hilarious sacrifices only lead him to discover the beauty in his conventional life and the value of his friendships.
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ROAD TO LADAKH l Best Feature Film [Foreign Category] l Director: ASHVIN KUMAR l 50:00   • Irrfan Khan (The Warior) and Koel Purie (Everybody Says I'm Fine) star in this road movie set in the magnificent wilderness moonscape of the INdian Himalayas. A surreal rites of passage encounter between a dysfunctional fashion model and an ultra focused, strong-silent stranger. At once hilarious and sinister biaarre and moving, psychedelic and intensely real; poised on the knife edge between elusiveness and engagement, suspicion and tenderness.
Women's Category
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The Fact of Asian Women l Best Picture  l  Director: CELINE PARRENAS SHIMIZU l 23:09  • Experimental documentary recasts Asian American femme fatales in Hollywood: Anna May Wong, Nancy Kwan and Lucy Liu.
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SIGNED, STAMPED, DATED: the story of the Typing Explosion l 2nd Place   l  Director: GINA MAINWAL  l 29:09  • This spirited documentary profiles three women who type poems on demand (on vintage typewriters) while wearing 60's secretarial outfits and forcing their audience to 'follow the rules.' The film traces the poets’ creative beginnnings as told by their parents and shows how their increasing popularity culminates in a sold-out play.
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ON MY SISTERS SHOULDERS l 3rd Place l Director: LAURA J. LIPSON l 25:20 • The film features original interviews with the women who went from being sharecroppers, housewives and students to grassroots leaders of a revolutionary movement in Mississippi that brought about sweeping legislative and social change in the 1960's. The compelling stories of these women are complemented by rare archival footage, songs of the era and an original song performed by June Pointer of the Pointer Sisters. American History is incomplete without the story of these women who became heroines when they dared to stand up and challenge Mississippi's segregated society.
Zoie seXyShorts Winners
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ONE NIGHT IT HAPPENED l Best SeXyShort l Director: GEORGINA GARCIA RIEDEL l 20:00 • A sweet black and white film about two strangers on a one night stand who are forced by circumstances beyond their control to get to know each other before they can have sex. [American Film Institute]
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HOT WINTER NIGHT l 2nd Place l Director: SYLVIA BINSFELD l 2:50 •A steamy night of love with a sultry, bluesy, Burbon Street feel.
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MISS T's TEASERAMA l 3rd Place l Director: SIETSKE TJALLINGII l 20:00 • The film is about a young woman's sexual coming of age. The model and actress Miss T camps and cavorts in this parody of 1950s Pin-Up girls. It's a journey from inhibition to emancipation. In 9 episodes that are sometimes erotic, and often humorous, Miss-T discovers her own beauty and sensuality.
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STOCKING STUFFERS l FINALIST l Director: ANGEL CONNELL l 3:30 • This film presents the erotic and sensual side of pantyhose.
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PROPOSITION 13 l FINALIST l Director: BILL GILMAN l 14:30 • Thomas and Julie are in a rut in their relationship -- will Thomas' new idea prove to be a healthy relief or unlucky proposition?
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SHINE: Confessions of a rubber fetishist l FINALIST l Director: KARINE BACZYNSKI l 30:00 • [Works in Progress]
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WHO'S THE MACK? l Finalist l Director: MATEEN O. KEMET l 10:00 • Rashiem thinks he's THE MAC but his girlfriend Sade is dong some serious Mackin' of her own with a mysterious stranger. On this day as Rashiem gets home early from work, we find out who's "the Mack!"
Special e-Presentation
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PITCH: Breaking Into Hollywood! That is a "pitch"—short for sales pitch—and it's one of the many ways films start in Hollywood. Have you ever left a movie theater muttering, "I could think up a better story than that!"? Or have you been nurturing a great idea for a film, but lacked the connections necessary to sell it to Hollywood? [more info] [Pay Per View--ZoiePass]

 

 
   
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