5:04 P.M. 20 Years Later
USA (Los Angeles, CA)


Friday April 23 – 3:45PM and 9:00PM – Theatre 3

Where were you at 504 p.m., October 17, 1989? Filmmaker and Giants fan Jon Leonoudakis was at Candlestick Park with a video and still camera. 20 years later, Jon shares his eyewitness account of “The Day The World Series Stopped.

Director: Jon Leonoudakis
World Premiere

A Son’s War
Czech Republic, USA, 2009
26 min

Friday April 23 – 2:15PM – Theatre 1
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM – Theatre 1

The true story of Jan Wiener, a young Czech Jew, and his mother struggling to survive at the outset of Nazi occupation during World War II, in Prague. As the German army tightens its hold on the city and danger grows ever nearer, an S.S. Officer ultimately forces Jan to choose between his freedom and his mother's honor.

Director: Steven Edell
Cast: Krystof Hadek, Barbora Kodetova
Past Screenings: Palm Springs International Shortfest

Adelaide
USA (New York, NY), 2009
12 min

Saturday April 24 – 5:30 PM– Theatre 2
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00 AM – Theatre 2

Adelaide is looking for love in all the wrong places. Seeking attention by faking illnesses, she runs into Brad at the pharmacy counter, turning her strategy - and their lives - upside down.

Director: Lillana Greenfield-Sanders
Cast: Anna Margaret Hollyman, Hank Harris
Past Screenings: Calgary International Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, LA ShortsFest

Agape
Slovenia, 2008
20 min

Friday April 23 – 1:30PM – Theatre 3
 
Saturday April 24 – 1:00PM– Theatre 3

In a remote convent, the resident nuns decide to install an internet connection, which leads to discoveries beyond those they expected.  (Contains brief nudity)

Director: Slobodan Maksimovic
Past Screening: Sapporo Short Fest 2009

American Soil
USA (Albany, CA), 2008
26 min

Saturday April 24 – 5:30 PM– Theatre 2
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00 AM – Theatre 2

An African American family moves from the big city to a rural White area, to find a safe place to raise their children. They discover evidence of an unsolved murder on their property, and then they have to deal with the suspicious White sheriff. And everyone has something to hide.

Director: Terry Lamb
Cast: Aldo Billingslea, Terry Lamb, Leontyne Mbele-Mbong
Past Screenings: Wine Country Film Festival, Indie Fest USA

Among The Giants
USA (Somerville, MA), 2009
23 min

Saturday April 24 – 3:15PM – Theatre 3
 
Saturday April 24 – 4:45PM – Theatre 3

Among the Giants tells the story of the Adaptive Design Association, a nonprofit organization located in New York City that builds customized equipment for kids and adults with disabilities mainly using cardboard.

Director: Cory Tomascoff
World Film Festival Premiere

A lonely old farmer in the rugged countryside receives a letter from a woman he once loved.

Director: Conor Ferguson
Past Screening: Sapporo Short Fest 2009

Artois the Goat
USA (Texas), 2009
110 min

Saturday April 24 – 10:00AM – Theatre 1

Lab technician Virgil embarks on an epic quest to create the greatest goat cheese the world has ever known, and reclaim the heart of his beloved Angie.  A felonious German baker, a grave-digging hermit, and a tiny white goat color his journey of love, destiny, and dairy products.

Directors: Kyle Bogart, Cliff Bogart
Cast: Mark Scheibmeir, Sydney Andrews, Stephen Taylor Fry
Past Screening: Palm Springs International Film Festival

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Badewanne zum Gluck
Germany, 2009
27 min

Friday April 23 – 2:15PM – Theatre 1
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM – Theatre 1

Victor and Marie have never met before tonight, but several chaotic coincidences later finds themselves in the same bathtub, without any clothes on. On top of all that, the bathtub they are sitting in starts to glow and hum in very un-bathtub-like ways... (Contains nudity)

Director: Norbert Keil
Cast: Lea Kohns, Steffen Nowak

Beg You Back
Turkey, 2009
4 min

Friday April 23 – 1:00PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 10:00AM & 11:30AM – Theatre 3
 
Sunday April 25 – 10:00AM & 11:15AM – Theatre 3

In a world where everything is flat and monotone, TV is a window to a different universe where a wicked music band is living life to the fullest.

Director: Jeff Treves
World Premiere

City of Noise
Canada, 2008
5 min

Friday April 23 – 2:30PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 6:15PM – Theatre 3

Follow a man as he competes against different realities of himself for a magic treasure chest. The Summerlads 'City of Noise' music video takes you through a maze of rooms and crosses portals that bridge space and time.

Director: Mitch Barany
Cast: Trevor Campbell, Arran Fisher, Dean Martin, Garrett McClure, Liz Collins, Sean Grier
Past Screenings: London Independent Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Illinois International Film Festival

Conrad the Wise
Canada, 2009
10 min

Friday April 23 – 2:30PM – Theatre 2
 
Saturday April 24 – 6:15PM – Theatre 3

Once upon a time there was a boy named Conrad who kept his pet monster in the shed, because it was more appealing than staying in the house with his oppressive guardian Miss Anthrop.  A tale of imagination, revenge, and hot buttery toast.

Director: Alan Miller
Cast: Connor Stanhope, Valerie McNicol, Michael Ricahrd Dobson, Iain Graham, Tom Summers
Past Screenings: Palm Springs ShortFest