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WANNA BE ME 
Director: Dan Neira Synopsis: Have you ever wanted to know what Hollywood is really like behind the scenes?Well Wanna Be Me Takes you to the heart of tinsel town.Here you will see those who "wanna be" Hollywood as they truly are; happy, sad, arrogant know-it-alls who are hilarious. When three women and a guardian angel who haven't got a clue, yet believe they know everything about being in show business, we never stop laughing at them, with them and for them to succeed as they ask, 'Wanna Be Me”?
NOBODY'S SHALOM 
Director/Writer/Producer: Jullian Dulce Vida Synopsis: An Arabic Muslim motel owner gets into a game of cat and rat with his wife and two nephews when he saves the life of an Orthodox Jewish man who's been violently beaten in a hate crime robbery by hiding him in one of the rooms of the motel he owns.
DRIFTER: HENRY LEE LUCAS  Director: Mike Feifer Synopsis: Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas is the true life story of one of America’s most prolific and controversial serial killers. The movie details Henry’s life from his abusive childhood in Blacksburg, Virginia to his violent killing sprees as he drifted across the south with his best friend, Ottis Toole and his young fiancé, Becky and to how Henry duped the Texas Rangers by confessing to thousands of murders.
RELAPSE 
Director: Dallas Henry Synopsis: Based on true events of a rising football star; a raw portrayal of the constant struggles of drug and alcohol addiction and the fight they live with each and every day. Special guest appearance by Steven "Steve-o Glover"
CANDYLAND 
Director/Writer: Kate Twa Synopsis: Terry King is not just another entrepreneurial young man. He cooks crystal meth in a garage. His brother, Jay, is his legman, hustling the drug to his network of misfits and social castaways. Terry doesn't use, but Jay does. He thinks he's in control. When Jay meets an idealistic young film student named Paul Moon, he convinces him that meth should become Paul's drug of choice. A chaotic weekend follows, and Paul descends into madness. His life, and those of the people he meets, will never be the same.
FLYING BY 
Director/Writer: Jim Amatulli Synopsis: A successful businessman decides to pursue his teenage dream of being in a rock & roll band, knowing that his marriage, family and business are at risk.
PURGATORY 
Director/Writer: Dael Oates Synopsis: When a man wakes with a bullet in his belly and in the trunk of an old car. The fact that he is already dead, is the last thing he would ever consider. Thrown into a surreal world devoid of time and space while surrounded by the macabre, he must confront his greatest fear; his own subconscious. DESDEMONA: A LOVE STORY 
Director/Writer: Phillip Guzman Synopsis: A Mexican immigrant reflects on his actions involving kidnapping a past love for money to bury his American father figure.
THE OUTLAW AND THE PORNO QUEEN 
Director: Alex Ferrari Synopsis: Don Quixote on a motorcycle - A Biker Comedy'. Emmett Deemus, a semi-delusional 70 year-old Outlaw Biker wannabe takes on a gang of young outlaw bikers to save a voluptuous young lady they've kidnapped in order to collect the reward. But his heroism and events create a bizarre way in which he earns the money.
TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT 
Director/Writer: Peter Besson Synopsis: Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her that she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met. THE LOST ARCHIVES OF QUINCY TAYLOR 
Director/Writer/Producer: Joe Stapleton Synopsis: In 1974 Quincy Taylor was the finest cop to walk the LA city streets. He was a Master of the Arts – The Martial, the Fine and the Super-fine. No one knows what happened to QT he straight-up disappeared, but like the 70’s he will always been in style!' LAST MEAL
Synopsis: LAST MEAL is the tale of a diner serving last rights chow. Order the Dahmer or Gacy, depending on your mood for breakfast or lunch. Try the coffee, black: Aileen Wournos. Maybe you crave dessert: Timothy McVeigh had ice cream. STEP SEVEN
Synopsis: A man abandons his wife and children when he realizes that he was meant for something “greater.”
FIRST TIME LONG TIME
Synopsis: Peter (John Savage), after deciding to try an erectile dysfunction drug, finds himself with an erection lasting longer than the four hours (the warning on the bottle). First Time Long Time is a satirical look at the unintended consequences that sometimes come from acting on our deepest impulses STEAK AND MILK  Director/Writer/
Producer: Michael Maxxis Synopsis: It’s often said that regardless of the path carved or followed, and regardless of the crest donned upon his armor, the meridian of man’s ultimate quest is love.
THE LAST PAGE 
Director: Kevin Acevedo Synopsis: A writer attempting to overcome writer's block is propelled into bizarre situations. LOVELY COFFEE  Director/Writer/Producer: Warren Pereira
AMERIKA IDOL 
Directors: Barry Avrich DELTA RISING
WAY UP NORTH  Director/Writer: Levi Taylor Synopsis: Shot and produced entirely in South Central Alaska, 'Way Up North' stabs at the heart of classic gritty mechanisms in a style as unique as Alaska itself. This modern western is as hard as the unforgiving world of the north and as eccentric as the characters who decide to dwell there. And who decides to live there? Those born there, those seeking opportunity, and those who appreciate the adventure the seclusion provides. GANGSTER EXCHANGE 
Director/Writer: Dean Barjramovic Synopsis: Karate meets Kalashnikovs in Gangster Exchange, a bloody hilarious action comedy. Hiro is a Tokyo Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of heroin to a New York Bosnian mafia. If he screws it up his boss will stick his sword where the rising sun don’t shine. When a mob war erupts, the cyber-punk Hiro and Marco, a muscle-mountain enforcer, steal the toilet. Snipers and bad acid trips stand in their way as they search for a chemist to convert the toilet into heroin. The problem is Marco has a nasty habit of getting shot and Hiro is just looking for a girl to swallow his sashimi. Wounded and running for their lives, they might just make it out of this alive.
A CHRISTMAS CARL  Director: Michael Patrick O’Hara, Synopsis: A hobo Santa shows up on a conservative fathers doorstep one Christmas Eve and sings his way into their hearts and home.
THE SNOW PRINCESS
DANIEL FINDS HIS WALKING STICK  Director/Writer/Producer: Gary Hebert Synopsis: Daniel Finds His Walking Stick is a collage of memories from a man suffering from Alzheimer’s. It is a funny and sad portrait of the plight of an aging lonely man in a changing world. A LETTER TO COLLEEN  Director/Writer: Andy London Synopsis: Andy London has been haunted by the events of his 18th birthday for years. In this short animated film set in the early 90’s he writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to put his demons to rest. BOTNIK  Director/Writer: Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan Synopsis: A frustrated artist who longs to win the heart of a sexy beatnik chick goes to robotic extremes to create the ultimate art show. FAUST  Director: Hoku Uchiyama Synopsis: Set in the middle ages, the infamous Dr. FAUST, dances with the devil's servant, Mephisto. This intense film, inspired by the German masterpiece by Goethe, comes alive through the medium of Puppets. All Faust wanted was more power, more glory, and more ability to seduce a young Gretchen. What he gets is a lot more.
COMMISSARRIATS DU MONDE: CASABLANCA  Director: Jean-Bernard Andro Synopsis: The daily life of a police station in the most densely populated area of Morocco. WAR AGAINST THE WEAK  Director/Writer: Justin Strawhand Synopsis: It began in America and it ended in Germany.
SCHOOL OF THOUGHT 
Director/Writer: Tony Perri Synopsis: There's something happening deep in America's heartland. Some folks are calling Fairfield, Iowa the ’'Midwestern Stepford” A few locals claim there's a creepy cult slowly taking control of their small town. Even the Jefferson County Commissioners say, 'We really don't know what's going on here.' But a famous Hollywood director and the local school he’s teamed up with know exactly what’s up in Fairfield, Iowa. They’re setting out to change the world - one student at a time. MARDIK: BAGDAD TO HOLLYWOOD 
Director: Evan York, Jeff Orsa, Ramy Katrib Synopsis: This film details the amazing life of Armenian screenwriter Mardik Martin (Mean Streets, NY,NY, Raging Bull), and his improbable journey from Baghdad to Hollywood.
HENRY O! 
Director/ Writer: Ziad Hamzeh Synopsis: HENRY O! is a journey of humble beginnings and overwhelming obstacles, of faith in the human spirit and endless love of life and family, of sky-high dreams and aspirations achieved, all amidst the cheering crowds and major league heroes of America’s favorite past-time, baseball. A LOSS FOR WORDS  Director: Andy Taylor Synopsis: To many, a life of solidarity is the ultimate punishment. We define ourselves by our surroundings; and when someone doesn’t comply and mould with our utopian perception, we give them a choice: Learn to blend or be shunned. However, there are the few who not only refuse to comply, but welcome a life of exile. OUT Synopsis: Rich Ratacheck, a reformed cocaine dealer fresh out of prison, returns to his old stomping grounds for one final hurrah. The night goes terribly wrong though when he gets involved with a dead girl. Will he be able to get “out” before it’s too late? WUNDERKAMMER  Director/Writer: Andrea Pallaoro Synopsis: The film explores the dynamics of the co-dependent relationship between an aging woman and her mentally challenged son. DESERT WEDDING 
Director/Writer: Alexandra Fisher PRALNIA Director/Writer: Michal Dabal Synopsis: An Assassin (Miroslaw Zbrojewicz) is hired by a Circus Clown (Iwo Pawlowski) to kill his twin brother. The hunter sets out on a journey into a dreamy world of dark and strange places. CONTRITION Directors: Bryce Lemon Synopsis: A young man, Ryan, struggling to move forward in his life with his girlfriend is torn back into the religious world of his Minister father. Caught between opposing views, Ryan must claim his life for himself. THE JOURNAL Director/Writer: Sam Wasserman Synopsis: A tortured young man who lost his mother at a very early age, discovers the gift that could set him free. TRACES  Directors: Rachel Zisser TELLER  Director/Writer: David Himes Synopsis: A bank teller becomes emotionally obsessed over a customer and confides in his female friend for romantic advice. DAN AND THE VAN  Director/Writer: John Nijhawan Synopsis: 'Dan and a Van' is a twisted comedy about how one man's ignorance leads him to take the law into his own hands and end up in a compromising situation of his own.
LA FIESTA DE SU HERMANA
Synopsis: Grappling with the recent death of her sister, Lucía attempts to throw a party. As she fails in creating the atmosphere she once enjoyed with her sister, she is forced to confront her grief with her weary boyfriend Alejandro. SALUD  Directors: Cesar De Leon Synopsis: A young dad struggles with the consequences of his past while trying to improve matters with his 8 year old son.
NARENJAK Directors: Mark-Alexander Hartwin, Mansoor Noor, Karim Mohseni Synopsis: Three boys playing with toy guns are confronted with the reality of TRE LIRE, PRIMO GIORNO  Director/Writer: Andrea Pellizzer Synopsis: A small troop of nurses - who still did not decide about what to do with their life - decides to follow an old patient who proposes to them to follow him immediately across Italy and find a Tre Lire, the most precious Italian stamp known, dated January the 1st 1860. For the four protagonists, the journey and all it brings will change their lives forever and nothing will be the same as before.
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