THURSDAY, APRIL 6
CLARITY THEATER:
100 N. Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Block 1 (6:00PM)
  FEVER (8 mins.)
Genre: Animation
Director/Writer/
Producer:
Charlie Griak
Synopsis: A young revolutionary boldly enters a hell of madness, guilt, and persecution in his quest to test the limits of the human will.
  RATTUS PISTOFFICUS (5 mins.)
Genre: Animation
Director(s): Sam Reed and Josh Reed
Producer/Writer: Nigel Christensen
Synopsis: Larry, a small, orange rat and Josh, a big ugly man, fight for the right to a place to call home.
  THE UNDERTAKER (15 mins.)
Genre: Comedy
Director/Writer/
Producer:
Annaleena Piel Linna
Starring: Huck Melnick, Ita Ever, Aarne Üksküla, Tarmo Männard and Kalju Komissarov
Synopsis: A black comedy about a man who hopes to make a fortune by setting up a suicide bureau in a stir-crazy arctic town. However, just as he gets ready to 'execute' his biggest deal, he experiences a change of heart.
  LOST DOGS (82 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Doyle
Producer: Neville Raschid
Starring: Ron Moody, Lesley Joseph, Tom Watt and Jeremy Edwards
Synopsis: The film is a stylish British comedy drama. A trio of New Age Travelers / 'Hippies' dog-nap the beloved bulldogs of a Bristol based antiques dealer, his wife and their detective son. What ensues is a full-on kidnap-and-ransom caper where everything goes pear-shaped, before we reach a feel-good happy ending of sorts.
 
CLARITY THEATER: Block 2 (8:00PM)
  ASSYRISKA NATIONAL TEAM WITHOUT A NATION (30 mins.)
Genre:Documentary
Director(S): Nuri Kino and Erik Sandberg
Producer: Erik Sandberg, Nuri Kino and Oscar Hedin
Synopsis: Assyrians in Syria, Turkey, US, Europe, Russia and burning Iraq, tuned into their matches while their fellow Assyrians in freezing Scandinavia reached
international stardom. This is the story of how a local team from a small Swedish town went national ­ for a people without a country.
  POST MILITARY TRIP (77 mins.)
Genre: Documentary
Director/Writer/
Producer:
Shruti Bhardwaj
Starring: Israel Aharoni, Paul Oakenfold and Kobi Oshrat
Synopsis: The discovery of a tribal musical beat in Goa, India has caused a revolutionary harmony within the Israel youth. Today Israel has become the empire of Trance. In a land of conflict lives a world with no fear.
 
CLARITY THEATER: Block 3 (10:00PM)
  HELLO (20 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: John Helde
Producer: Jennifer Roth
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Susanna Thompson, Kevin Tighe and Heidi Darchuk
Synopsis: An unassuming ferry commuter finally approaches a beautiful fellow passenger, but she has very specific ideas about how their interaction may proceed.
  BARELY VISIBLE (14 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: Jody Dwyer
Producer: Tara Watney
Starring: John Sheerin, Jodie Dry and Penne Hackforth-Jones
Synopsis: Lynda has organized a surprise party for her husband. His drunken arrival, attempting to have sex with another woman, is not what the guests anticipated.
  ASSUMPTION (16 mins)
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Keller
Producer(s): Christopher Keller, Matthew Klawitter and David Rodriguez
Starring: James Denton, Scott Thomson, Shawn Lockie, Lenny Rose and David Graf
Synopsis: John, the chief suspect in a refinery explosion, wakes in a hospital with amnesia. When John claims that he is from another planet, one doctor thinks he’s lying to avoid prosecution, another thinks he may need help, and one nurse is willing to risk everything to make sure that John doesn’t get away with murder.
  BLINDSIGHT (10 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: Bryon Cunningham
Producer(s): Caty Borum and Bryon Cunningham
Starring: Paul Schulze, Lily Rains, Ranjani Brow, Alyss Henderson, Victor Burke and Tony Pasqualini
Synopsis: Ethan is at home with his girlfriend Avery when she vanishes from the next room. In a frantic effort to find her, he faces a series of bizarre encounters that make him question his memory, his sanity, and even his own identity.
  OLD MAN MUSIC (22 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: Scott Slone
Producer(s): Dustin Harris and Scott Slone
Starring: Geoffrey Lewis, Jade Harlow, Chris Owen, Charlie Talbert, Leigh Rose and J.A. Preston
Synopsis: Living alone and isolated in his own private world, Old Man spends his days immersed in a fantasy of concert halls and music. One fateful afternoon during his standard routine, tragedy strikes and Old Man is forced to examine his life, and whether or not it is still worth living.
  LUCID (16 mins.)
Genre: Drama
Director/Writer: Sam Friedlander
Producer(s): Sam Friedlander, Adam Stein and Rich Codding
Starring: Doug Ballard, Jeff Kober, Mark Feuerstein, Marisa Petroro and Deborah Puette
Synopsis: Lucid is the story of two men, Case and Drake, who share one consciousness, connected by their dreams. When Case starts to experiment in his dreams, he soon realizes the consequences are real. Soon, the two meet, and they must reckon with their unique situation.
  TWO (15 mins)
Genre: Drama
Director: Drake Doremus and Zach Horton
Writer: Lindsay Stidham
Producer: Summer Spooner
Starring: Mike Faiola and Nicole Vennera
Synopsis: Two is an intimate portrait of a man and woman longing for human connection to the point of desperation. This causes their lives to collide for one brief moment in time.
  BHFF AFTER PARTY (9:00 PM)

9:00 PM AFTER PARTY AT

HARD ROCK CAFE


8600 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048


Featuring live entertainment by world music band:


With the fusion of melodies, rhythms and dances from Brazil, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Mili Mili is a microcosm of the collective cultures of the world
all in one band.

one race. one voice. one world.
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