| SATURDAY, APRIL 12 |
| CLARITY THEATER |
100 N. Crescent Drive |
Beverly Hills, CA 90210 |
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Genre: Documentary (60 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Chris Ahrens
Producers: Brian Stewart and Michael Clifford
Cast: Danny Trejo
Synopsis: DOPE is a look at four legendary world champion skateboarders, Jay Adams from Dogtown's Z Boys, Christian Hosoi, Dennis Martinez, Bruce Logan it examines their rise to the top and their descent into the drug and crime culture and slow climb back to life. Narration is by legend Danny Trejo music title song by P.O.D. Archival period footage along with current interviews makes this a must see project. |
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SEMINAR: CLARITY THEATER ATRIUM (12:00PM - 1:30PM) |
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SEMINAR:
THE NEW DIGITAL & PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION MODEL FOR INDEPENDENT MOVIES
presented by Media Vision Entertainment Group
Mark Carter – Media Vision Entertainment Group - VP
- What the New Models of Independent Film Distribution Are
- How Media Vision Entered Into This New Distribution Process
- Creating Multiple Revenue Streams With Your Movies
- The Profit Margins For These New Distribution Models for Filmmaker
- How Independent Film Makers Can Get Their Films Distributed Now
Mark Gast – Media Vision Entertainment Group – Director of New Business Development
- The Leveling of “The Movie to Consumer” Playing Field
- Long Tail Success for Independent Film Makers
- Burn on Demand Kiosk/Online – Now & Future
- VOD- “Video On Demand “– Now & The Future
- Digital Downloads – Now & The Future
- Where Your Independent Movies Can Be - Now & In The Future
Claire Ambrosio – Entertainment Lawyer – Films & Movies
- Diversifying Opportunities Open To Independent Film Makers
- Keeping Creative Control of Your Film or Movie
- Owning Content As a Filmmaker
- Maximizing Your Contents Monetary Potential
- Joining The New Independent Movie Movement
Kurt Weinsheimer – Spot Runner – VP of Partner Development
- The New Model for Advertising Your Movie
- Targeting Your Market
- Branding Your Movie
- Making & Placing Your Commercial
- Growing Your Movie
The above panel will each speak for 10-15 minutes each, afterwards there will be a 15 - 30 minute question and answer session for those in attendance. Panelists: Mark Carter, Mark Gast, Claire Ambrosio and Kurt Weinsheimer |
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Genre: Documentary (93 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Ziad Hamzeh
Producers: Bert Brown, Marc Sandler, Ziad Hamzeh and Nina Cullen-Hamzeh
Cast: Bouthiana Shaaban
Synopsis: Against the oppressive environment of religious fanaticism, political turmoil, archaic traditions, and the rise of fundamentalist Islamic movements, one extraordinary Arabian woman rises up in a personal, revealing, and dangerous quest to champion justice and equality for all women. |
| RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, A DUTCH CONNECTION |
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Genre: Documentary (85 mins.) France
Director/Producer: Bram van Splunteren
Synopsis: A story of the Red Hot Chili Peppers like you've never seen it told before, by Dutch filmmaker Bram van Splunteren, a friend of the band. The film focuses on the role of guitarist John Frusciante, who started out being the saviour of the band, then fell from grace and became a junkie, and then again joined the band and rose with them to great fame. |
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Genre: Drama (90 mins.) Mexico
Directors/Writers: Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas
Producers: Pablo Cruz and Donald K. Ranvaud
Cast: Antonio Lerma Batista and Evaristo Lerma Batista
Synopsis: Evaristo and Tony, indigenous brothers from northwest Mexico, have just graduated from elementary school when they receive an assignment from their grandfather: to deliver some medicine at the other extreme of the Sierra Tarahumara. Tony and Evaristo, dreading the long road ahead, decide to take their grandfather’s horse and set off into a journey that becomes longer than they expected. |
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| Animation & Shorts Program: Block
5 (6:00PM) |
| MARCELINO AND BARTOLOMEO: “BYE-BYE!” |
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Genre: Animation (2 mins.) Canada
Director/Writer/Producer: Mario Pochat
Synopsis: Marcelino and Bartolomeo are playing an old computer video game at their office when they are supposed to be working. Unfortunately, their boss shows up! |
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Genre: Animation (2 mins.) USA
Director/Producer: Jo Meuris
Synopsis: A little old lady gets mugged by a man on a bicycle. When she realizes that there is no one around to help her, she decides to take matters into her own hands. It's a good thing Granny knows Parkour! A film about self-empowerment, animated the old way - by hand, with pencil on paper and a light-box. |
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Genre: Drama (5 mins.) USA
Director/Producer: Dominika Waclawiak
Writer: Karolina Waclawiak
Synopsis: A lonely old man goes into his memory to search for dream he once had. He finds the dream but is interrupted and returns back into the nightmare of his memory. |
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Genre: Drama (7 mins.) USA
Director/Writer/Producer: Marina Budovsky
Cast: Eugene Frankel and Magaret Frankel
Synopsis: Dear Alphabet, is an experimental cartoon about a girl and what happens when a monster eats her mother. When she still cannot escape the depths of chaos, a beautiful storm washes her sadness away (multi-media animation). |
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Genre: Drama (8 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Padraig Reynolds
Producer: John Norris
Cast: Ray Wise and Lin Shaye
Synopsis: Ray Wise and Lin Shaye star as a political couple on the verge of an election. Why are they in the middle of the desert? What horror could have driven them to the isolation? Every vote counts. |
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Genre: Drama (5 mins.) USA
Directors/Writers/
Producers: Andrea Melton and Don Lawrence
Cast: Stephanie Feury and Andrea Melton
Synopsis: Claire doesn’t miss a beat, for every moment wasted breathes life into her fiercest opponent, tomorrow. Focused on her goals to stay ahead of the game, Claire unwittingly becomes the victim of a downward spiral. With her mortality at stake, Claire faces off with herself in a frightening battle for control of her life. Time allows us to intimately experience the human struggle to realize our truths about success and happiness. |
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Genre: Drama (10 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Anthony Sclafani, Jr.
Producer: Heather Smith and Andrew Wirtz
Cast: Sonny Marinelli and Glenn Taranto
Synopsis: Angelo (Sonny Marinelli) and Kevin (Glenn Taranto) wait in a room for hours. They share one thing in common; the upcoming births of children. Kevin decides to use Angelo's unborn child as a bargaining chip in his murder interrogation. He guarantees Angelo freedom if he testifies against a close friend. Kevin's plan backfires, and suddenly, the integrator is interrogated. |
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Genre: Drama (12 mins.) United Kingdom
Director: Clint Dyer
Writer: Mark Straker
Producer: Julian Bennett
Cast: Alexis Rodney, Madra Ihegborow, Simon Kunz, Cathy Tyson, Danny Webb, Ellen Thomas, Yazmine Lacey-Phillips, Monique Campbell, Ellis Irwin, James Warwick, Robert Gilchrist and Bob Bhania
Synopsis: Basketball is a game that requires dedication, skill, team work and making crucial decisions. For Quincy, making a split second decision may not only be crucial, but life changing. |
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Genre: Action (10 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Marcus Bleeker
Producer: Justin Newman
Cast: Federico Castelluccio, Alex Corrado, Grant Crawford, Paul Dunleavy, Frances Ensemplare, Raymond Franza, Vito LaBruno, Ed Moran, James Andrew O'Connor, Joseph Perrino, Laura Ponce, Kerry Jo Rizzo and Andrew Wirtz
Synopsis: Salvatore, just back from duty in Iraq, is contracted by a Jersey City crime boss to kill his cheating wife and her lover. Salvatore discovers the wife is his girlfriend and is faced with a dilemma that ultimately turns his world upside down in this crime thriller with a twisted ending. |
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Genre: Drama (18 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Robin Larsen
Producers: David Colclasure and Steven Klein
Cast: Ron Perlman, Lorinne Vozoff, Charlotte Ayanna and Brian Baumgartner
Synopsis: A mysterious man (Ron Perlman) finds redemption for his dangerous past in a young Ukrainian sex slave (Charlotte Ayanna). |
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Genre: Documentary (81 minutes) USA
Director: Eric Paulen and Matt Lapiska
Producers: Paul Doyle Jr., Bob Potter and Steven E. Bram
Cast: Gary Shaw, Gina Carano, Paul Daley, Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett and Joey Villasenor
Synopsis: CAGED FOR LIFE takes you inside the world of mixed-martial-arts cage fighting, going beyond the cage and into the lives of a legendary promoter and four unique talents as they prepare themselves for battle. |
| World Shorts Program: Block
7 (9:15PM) |
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Genre: Culture (4 mins.) USA
Director: Juan Escobedo
Producer: Juan Escobedo and Froylan Cabuto
Writer: Froylan Cabuto
Cast: Juan Escobedo
Synopsis: A soldier comes to terms with the realities of war and questions his participation driving him to madness begging for food and mercy on the streets of Los Angeles. |
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Genre: Drama (14 mins.) Ecuador
Director/Writer: Vero Shamo-Garcia
Producers: Andres Garcia, Arvin Chen and Gregory Shamo
Cast: Tania Rebeca, Edmundo Perez, Andy Garcia, Marco de la Torre, Fernando Paredes and Vanessa Munoz
Synopsis: Two siblings learn about family in a time of war. |
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Genre: Comedy (17 mins.) USA
Director/Writer: Rajeev Dassani
Producers: Charles Uy, Julie Sifuentes and Michael Tringe
Cast: Luis Chavez, Carter Jenkins, Eddie Martinez, Hugo Garcia, Leigh Hill and Jack Brand
Synopsis: What was a simple job escalates into a violent misunderstanding in this heart-stopping drama involving an American family and the three immigrant laborers hired to help them move. Shot without rehearsals and entirely improvised, the film gives us a raw look at the realities of the struggle to just do a day's work. |
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Genre: Drama (21 mins.) Belgium/France
Director: Clément Gharini
Writers: Clément Gharini and Laura Ley
Producers: Anthony Rey and Clément Hingrai
Cast: Bruno Buffoli, Johanna Landau and AurÈlie Bancilhon
Synopsis: Once upon a time, in a very far country made of galleries and tunnels. Men dig the ground to survive. At night, a mysterious creature takes care of earth injuries... |
9:00PM AFTER PARTY AT THE MOSAIC HOTEL
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The Mosaic Hotel
125 Spalding Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Sponsored by Digital Evolution |
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