2005 Films

The Act

What goes on in the private life of a stand-up comedienne?

Year: 2004, Length: 9 min., Format: Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer: Samuel Dowe-Sandes, Director/Writer: Susan Kraker, Pi Ware, Cinematographer: Marco Fargnoli, Composer: Andrew Gross
Cast: Debra Jo Rupp, J. Michael Flynn, James P. Connolly, Jay Hewlett
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Anna and the Soldier

The 18-year old Italian girl Anna is haunted by her past. In 1944 she lost her family in a massacre by the German Wehrmacht. When one of the soldiers returns six years later, the moment of revenge has come.

Year: 2004, Length: 11 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: Germany
Filmmaker: Christian Prettin, Soeren Hueper


 

Back East

After the murder of a young kid, Jack Banner decides to leave his life of booze and guns.

Year: 2005, Length: 13 min., Format: Super 16mm, Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Producer: Sara Toga Collings, Director/Writer: Kevin Muller, Cinematographer: Matthew Ardine, Composer: Chris Lyons, Editor: Matthew Jacobson Cast: Riley Matthews, Walter Collings

Barbara Jean

An emotionally fragile woman struggles to free herself from the ghosts of her past as she embarks on a relationship with a young musician and extricates herself from the grip of her overbearing father.

Year: 2004, Length: 22 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Mischa Livingstone
Cast: Sara Rue, Tom Bower, Belita Moreno


 

Betsy

'Betsy' is an intense family drama about two young sisters visiting their father for the first time since a bitter divorce. Unbeknownst to the girls, he is now living with a new young girlfriend, who soon becomes the target of Betsy's confusion and anger.

Year: 2005, Length: 13 min., Format: 24pDV, Origin: Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Producers: Lu Ugaz and Marcus Nash, Director: G.W. Swartz, Writer: Courtney Lamb, Cinematographer: Jakobine Motz, Composer: Carson Slovak, Editor: David Clair
Cast: Brittany Elizabeth Curran, Hannah Burkhart, Tom Kennerly, Erin Reilly


 

A Host of Daffodils

When a patriarch suffers a stroke, the family comes together and discovers their love for each other is greater than the differences that time, distance and religion have imposed.

Year: 2004, Length: 14 min., Format: , Origin: California, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Jane Clark, Cinematographer: Patrick Grandaw
Starring: Victoria Profeta, James Garde, Edith Fields, Maurice Weiss


 

Iris

On the eroding shores of the Chesapeake Bay, Iris Tilghman contemplates a milestone achievement at the local crab picking plant. Will she be rewarded for her years of hard work or will a younger worker replace her?

Year: 2004, Length: 17 min., Format: Super 16mm, Origin: Maryland, U.S.A.
Producer/Director/Writer/Editor: Adrian S. Muys, Cinematographer: Tom Benca, Composer: Ian M. Riggs
Cast: Anna Jones, Fred Pomoroy, Brian Nicholas, Danielle Wood.


 

A Life in the Day

On their wedding anniversary, Trevor sets out to make a film-diary for his wife. Torn between an idyllic past and a decaying future, his daylong journey forces him to confront reality and the ultimate choice.

New England Premiere, Year: 2004, Length: 10 min., Format: MiniDV, Origin: England, U.K.
Producer: Fidelis Films Ltd., Writer/Director: Paul Marashlian, Cinematographer: Alec Boehm, Editor: Stephanie Argy
Cast: Narrated by Alastair Mackenzie; co-starring Laura Harvey, Taj Ratta, Bernard Sharpe


 

Lift

This short is an incredible fantasy, set in a world where people live in elevators and typing tools are powered by steam. At its core are the aches of secret passion and the decisions to take risks in hopes of realizing a greater desire. Acclaimed French actor Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen, Amelie) stars.

Year: 2004, Length: 30 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Hugues Dalton, Jeff Garton


 

Maree (Tides)

An Albanian father and son flee war-torn Macedonia in search of a better future in Italy. Once in Venice, the father makes the most painful decision of his life.

Year: 2003, Length: 15 min., Format: super 16mm, Origin: Italy
Producer: David Barba, Jennifer Pellerito Writer/Director/Editor: James Pellerito, Cinematographer: Andrij Parekh, Composer: Giovanni Spinelli
Cast: Luan Bexheti, Davide Murtas, Cora Gianolla


 

Milk and Honey

Fletcher is awkward and in love. The object of his desire is Honey, a young security guard who rounds the library stacks oblivious to Fletcher's every breath...that is until Fletcher devises a means to bring her into his world.

Year: 2005, Length: 11 min., Format: , Origin: Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Producer/Editor: Kyle Graffam, Ben Katz, Lindsay Mann, Nate Stricker, Director: Kyle Graffam, Writer: Kyle Graffam, Lindsay Mann, Nate Stricker, Cinematographer: Lindsay Mann, Nate Stricker, Composer: Dan Cutler, Nichlas Schaal
Cast: Todd Poudrier. Rachel Katz


 

A Place Apart

Colin and Paula Weston are celebrating their first wedding anniversary with a weekend on the secluded coast of Maine. Despite his romantic overtures Colin remains emotionally distant and the tension between them builds. One evening at dinner, Paula gathers the courage to confront him and the situation explodes.

Year: 2004, Length: 15 min., Format: 16mm, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Douglas Hunter, Editor: Wendy Milette


 

Question of Loyalty

When Albert Krentz opens the door of his apartment to a young stranger, he has no idea he is letting more than just a stranger come inside. When Paul Schmidt arrives to express his condolences for the man's loss of his son, he proceeds to tell Dr. Krentz information which will change his life forever.

Year: 2005, Length: 14 min., Format: 35mm anamorphic, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer: David Boyd, Randall Wilkins. Director/Writer: Randall Wilkins, Cinematographer: David Boyd, Composer: Tony Humecke, Editor: John Showalter.
Cast: Andrew J. Robinson, Jesse Burch, Clancy Brown, John Wollner.


 

The Reader

The Reader is about an older blind woman, Sissel, and the young Irish gal that reads to her, Eilene. When a letter arrives from Copenhagen for Sissel containing some important news, Eilene makes a monumental decision. And finally can an act of great love spring from a lie?

Year: 2004, Length: 10 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: New Jersey, U.S.A.
Producer/Editor: Duncan Rogers, Chris Freilich, Writer/Director: Duncan M. Rogers, Cinematographer: Chris Freilich, Composer: Deborah N. Hurwitz
Cast: Elizabeth Franz, Morgan Hallett


 

Rules of Love

Brooklyn, October 1963. A young woman prepares to leave town. En route to the station, she stops at a church and enters the confessional. The priest enters on his side, and now she faces the biggest challenge of her life: confronting her lover in the one place where he can't avoid her ultimatum.

Year: 2003, Length: 17 min. Format: 35mm, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer: Megan Edwards, Director: Bruno Coppola, Writer: David Arrow (from the
Pulitzer-Prize-Winning play by Joe Pintauro), Cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber, A.S.C., Composer: David Robbins, Editor: Curtiss Clayton
Cast: Judy Greer, David Arrow
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Smartcard

Smart Card, is a tale of a utopian future where every aspect of your life intergraded into one system. Convenience and simplicity is the product and Smart Corporation does the packaging. Robert Sharpe has been living this care free life. Everything is perfect, until he encounters a philosophical vagrant at a local fueling station who steals the one item you can not do without, his “SMART CARD.”

Year: 2005, Length: 16 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer/Director: James David Oxford, Writer: John Anaya, Cinematographer: Tom Marvel, Composer: Haley Moss, Editor: Todd Hooker, Lisa Shaw-Phillips
Cast: David Kriegel, Skylar Stone, Bret Roberts


 

Speed for Thespians

Love and betrayal are central themes in Anton Chekhov’s play "The Bear." In this film adaptation, art and life intersect as the play is performed before an audience of unsuspecting commuters on an in-service NYC bus. The story weaves around the performance of three accomplished stage actors as they interact with the passengers; all the time keeping faithful to the original dialogue of the play.

Year: 2003, Length: 29 min., Format: DVcam, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer: Shameela Bakhsh, Director/Writer: Kalman Apple, Cinematographer: Michael Mayers, Editor: Seth Anderson
Cast: Jamie Harris, Camilla Enders, Denis Holmes


 

Waiting for Ronald

After spending most of his years in an institution, developmentally disabled Ronald says good-bye to his friends and caretaker to join his buddy Edgar in the exciting world of independence. Armed with busfare, a lifetime packed into one small suitcase, and a heart full of courage, Ronald boards the bus that will take him to Edgar and a new life. But Edgar, fighting demons of his own, runs into a problem before the bus carrying his new roommate arrives. What happens next is a testament to faith, humor, bravery, and true friendship.

Year: 2003, Length: 22 min., Format: , Origin: California, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Ellen Gerstein