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Screening Schedule
Date Event Ticket Price
Thursday
June 19, 2008
   
10:00 am - 12:15 pm

7 Student Short Film Finalists

The Butcher’s Daughter – Set in 1933 Rural Indiana.  When two Chicago rumrunners arrive at her doorstep demanding protection from her father, a young woman’s life is forever changed.
Bound - An inside look at a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome after being stationed with the UN army in Rwanda at the time of their genocide
Lunch - A drama focusing on the power of memories and the search for true identity.  A intimate encounter forces Jan to confront the illusion of an idealized past relationship.
Crenshaw Nights - The story of an ex-con trying to walk the straight and narrow, whose world gets thrown in upheaval when an old friend and prison mentor comes to him for help
Nomad - Christian is driving east to begin a new chapter in his life and along the way is given a glimpse of a life made out of compromise and resentment.
Tatterson - A young WWII soldier sends a letter home to his nephew and nieces on the farm, describing the exotic wonders on New Guinea.  His last moments on the battlefield, however are far from picturesque
Rock Bottom Risers – A young man, fascinated by suicide, tries various ways to off himself until he meets an intriguing young woman who makes him think twice

Principals:
The Butcher’s Daughter – Director: Daniel Casey; Producer: Jonah Bekhor; Cinematographer: Sean Stiegemeier
Bound - Director: Bryson Wahaus; Producers: Jason Norman, Jennifer Hall; Cinematographer: Chase Jensen
Lunch - Producer/Director: Beth Burns; Cinematographer: John Honore
Crenshaw Nights - Director: Peter Gelles; Producer: Dwjuan Fox; Cinematographer: Jamie Urman
Nomad - Director: Nils Taylor; Producer: Andrea Topper; Cinematographer: John Honore
Tatterson - Director: Michaela Danby; Producers: Michaela Danby, Yen Yang; Cinematographer: Velinda Wardell
Rock Bottom Risers - Director: Sekani Doram; Producer: Rebecca Brannen; Cinematographer: Ben Mudge

This listing does not reflect the order in which films will be screened

$10
12:30 pm - 2:15 pm

6 Independent Short Film Finalists

War of the Wolves: Reunion – During the violent last days of feudal era Japan, a man is forced to choose where his loyalties lie: to his country, to his moral ideals, or to his family.
Parachute - A precocious young boy plays with toy paratroopers in his yard and witnesses a man and woman engaged in an extramarital affair.  He meets the man and through a little adventure they develop an unlikely friendship
The Angel - A dying old lady is visited by death
Bloom - Love’s labor is lost at an auto dealership when misplaced affections lead to tragedy and self-discovery
Without Paris - A short story of an ill-fated romance set in the city of love.  Etienne, in his old age, narrates a tale of his young self, the woman he loved and their passionate but brief relationship
Absolute Zero - An account of the grim and ironic death by freezing of a man trapped inside a refrigerated meat wagon, told using a combination of archival and imagined material to speculate on the man’s final hours.

Principals:
Without Paris - Producer/Director: Andrew Chan; Producers: Sarah Farrand, Michael Rouselet, Faraaz Kanji; Cinematographer: Noah Pankow
Absolute Zero – Producers: Alan Woodruff and Fabienne Nicholas; Cinematographers: David Lindsay, Lee Ryder, Louis Puli, Peter Henshaw
Parachute - - Producers/Directors: Lucas Fleischer and Paul Grellong
Cinematographer: Damian Acevedo
The Angel - Producer/Director: Paul Hough; Producers: Charles Santacrose, Darren LaBorie; Cinematographer: Joseph White
Bloom – Producer: Steve Sweeney; Director Lance Larson; Cinematographer: Jas Shelton
War of the Wolves: Reunion - Producer/Director: Michael Shu; Producer: Aya Nakano; Cinematographer/DP: John Matysiak

This listing does not reflect the order in which films will be screened

$10
2:30 - 4:15 pm El Cuarto - Feature Finalist $10
4:30 - 6:15 pm Let Others Suffer - Feature Finalist $10
6:30 - 8:15 pm Broke Sky - Feature Finalist $10
Friday
June 20, 2008
   
6:00 pm VIP Reception by Invitation Only - Indy, Student Shorts & Feature Film Competition Winners Will be announced  
Saturday
June 21, 2008
   
4:15 - 6:45 pm

Special Screening of Student Etudes from National Film School in Lodz, Poland, that received Tadpoles at Camerimage 1997-2007:

Liver and Potatoes [Ziemniaki i wątroba] – Golden Tadpole 1997
A Way for Moravia [Sposób na Moravię] – Silver Tadpole 1997
Sphere
[Sfera] – Silver Tadpole 1998
Claire – Golden Tadpole 1999
Q – Silver Tadpole 1999
Circles of Dream [Kręgi snu] – Golden Tadpole 2000
Scream [Wrzask] – Silver Tadpole 2000
Kimeria – Golden Tadpole 2001
Siena – Silver Tadpole 2002
Coma [Koma] – Golden Tadpole 2003
Anabiosis [Anabioza] – Silver Tadpole 2003
Winter [Zima] – Golden Tadpole 2004
The Body of Mine [Ciało moje] – Bronze Tadpole 2004
Father [Ojciec] – Bronze Tadpole 2007

$10

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