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2020 Competition Film List
Narrative Feature
The Badger
Writer/Director: Kazem Mollaie
The Catch
Writer/Director: Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer
Paper Tiger
Writer/Director: Paul Kowalski
Vagabonds
Writers: Philippe Dajoux, Rebecca Bitan
Director: Philippe Dajoux
Wake Show
Writers: Aldo Miyashiro, Érika Villalobos, Abril Cárdenas
Director: Aldo Miyashiro
Good
Writers: Justin Etheredge, Nathan Allen
Director: Justin Etheredge
Two Deaths of Henry Baker
Writer: Sebastian Pigott
Director: Felipe Mucci
Hard Luck Love Song
Writers: Justin Corsbie, Craig Ugoretz
Director: Justin Corsbie
Documentary Feature
ALE
Director: O’Neil Burgi
Baato
Directors: Lucas Millard, Kate Stryker
The Book Keepers
Director: Phil Wall
Kusasa
Writers: Shane Vermooten, Bianca Schmitz
Director: Shane Vermooten
Open Field
Director: Kathy Kuras
Re-Inventing the Wheel
Writers: Chelsea McEvoy, Ryan Tebbutt
Director: Chelsea McEvoy
Wildflower
Director: Matt Smukler
Comedy Vanguard Feature
Death of a Telemarketer
Writer/Director: Khaled Ridgeway
Film Fest
Writers: Marshall Cook, Paul Alan Cope
Director: Marshall Cook
Murder Bury Win
Writer/Director: Michael Lovan
Reboot Camp
Writer/Director: Ivo Raza
Standard (Estandar)
Writer/Director: Fernando Gonzalez Gomez
Time for Love (Kolej na Milosc)
Writer/Director: Miguel Velez
Dark Matters Feature
The Arbors
Writers: Clayton Witmer, Chelsey Cummings
Director: Clayton Witmer
Blinders
Writers: Tyler D. Savage, Dash Hawkins
Director: Tyler Savage
The Blue Orchid
Writers: Carl Marott, Hans Frederik Jacobsen
Director: Carl Marott
The Eagle’s Nest
Writers: Adeline Magno Assoua, Olivier Assoua
Director: Olivier Assoua
Narrative Short
The Affected
Writers: Rikke Gregersen, Trond Arntzen
Director: Rikke Gregersen
The Catch
Writer: Camila Zavala
Director: Thais Drassinower
The Last Starship
Writer/Director: Eric Haywood
Margo & Perry
Writer/Director: Becca Roth
The Pandemic Chronicles
Writer/Director: Ya’Ke
The Recordist
Writer: Indianna Bell
Directors: Josiah Allen, Indianna Bell
SCAR
Writer/Director: Carlos G. Velasco
The Terrorist
Writer: Omer Levin Menekse
Director: Jerell Rosales
Narrative Student Short
Agadez
Writers: Ian Barling, Homolade Omosuyi
Director: Ian Barling
El Clásico
Writers: Andrés Fernández, Joel Vázquez Cárdenas , Mauricio Rivera Hoffman
Home
Writer/Director: Adewale Olukayode
Lucky Girl
Writer/Director: Sidi Wang
Michelle
Writer/Director: Kenya Gillespie
Molly Robber
Writer/Director: Austin Hall, Zach Visvikis
Take Care
Writer: Ashley Miller
Director: Cameron McCormack
Tape
Writer: Shuhan Fan
Director: Jojo Erholtz
Undercut
Writer/Director: Kelly Pike
Documentary Short
Big Happiness
Director: Da Hee Kim
Blood On Our Side
Directors: Rodrigo Hernandez, Elpida Nikou
The Edge of Home
Director: Celine Cotran
Little Rink
Director: Lisa Melmed
Miss Curvy
Director: Ghada Eldemellawy
Shredded
Writers: Keren Temkin, Noam Stolerman
Director: Noam Stolerman
Witness for the Execution
Director: Nicholas Coles
Animated Short
Blind Eye
Writers/Directors: Isabela Littger De Pinho, Bruno Cohen, Rohit Kelkar, Yujia Wang, Germaine Colajanni, Rohan Deshchougule, Diego Porral
Holly
Writer/Director: Chris Carboni
Grand Adventure Railroad
Writer/Director: Hsiao-Shan Huang
Meow or Never
Writers: Neeraja Raj, Vanessa Rose
Director: Neeraja Raj
Pangu
Writers: Andrew Chesworth, Frank Gibson, Connie He, Bobby Pontillas, Shaofu Zhang
Director: Shaofu Zhang
Something Borrowed
Writer: Nathan Hardisty
Director: Micky Wozny
To the Dusty Sea
Writer/Director: Héloïse Ferlay
Wade
Writers/Directors: Upamanyu Bhattacharyya, Kalp Sanghvi
Produced Digital Series
#martyisdead
Creator: Pavel Soukup
The Anxious Taxidermist – A Musical
Creators: Aurora Florence, Jeff Dickamore
Blackwater
Creator: Boise Esquerra
Break In
Creators: Justin Gallaher, Samuel Roseme
The First
Creator: Tim Zientek
COUP!
Creators: Matthew Klaus Esolda, Brian Goodheart
Frederick Douglass Boulevard aka Food & Drink Boulevard aka F.D.B.
Creator: Washington Kirk
Good Genes
Creators: Michael Fry, Ashley Tribble
Our Shag Pad
Creator: Aldo Pisano
Sideways Smile
Creator: Hang Nguyen
Enderby Entertainment Fellowship Award
1, 2, 3, All Eyes On Me
Writers: Emil Gallardo, Derek Ho
Director: Emil Gallardo
The Affected
Writers: Rikke Gregersen, Trond Arntzen
Director: Rikke Gregersen
Hey, It’s Me
Writers/Directors: Courtney Sposato, Mark Sposato
Home
Writer/Director: Adewale Olukayode
Luminous
Writer/Director: Than Niles
Pause
Writer/Director: Tamer Shaaban
Six Nights
Writer/Director: Robert Brogden
Sofa Queen
Writer/Director: Jenny Kleiman
2019 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
The Bygone
Writer/Director: Graham Phillips, Parker Phillips
DC Noir
Writer: George Pelecanos
Directors: George Pelecanos, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Nick Pelecanos, Stephen Kinigopoulos
Drowning
Writer/Director: Melora Walters
Family Obligations
Writer/Director: Kenneth R. Frank
The Illegal
Writer/Director: Danish Renzu
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Writer/Director: David Midell
Limbo
Writer: Anil Kizilbuga
Director: Tim Dunschede
Not to be unpleasant but we need to have a serious talk
Writer: Giorgos Georgopoulos, Maria Fakinou
Director: Giorgos Georgopoulos
Undertow
Writer/Director: Miranda Nation
Wade in the Water
Writer: Chris Retts
Director: Mark Wilson
The Witness
Writer: Mitko Panov, Wladyslaw Pasikowski, David Ryker
Director: Mitko Panov
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Against the Tides
Director: Stefan Stuckert
The Animal People
Director: Casey Suchan
Cowboys
Director: John Langmore, Bud Force
Cows With No Name
Director: Hubert Charuel
Flannery
Director: Elizabeth Coffman
Guest House
Director: Hannah Dweck, Yael Luttwak
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Writer: Thomas R. Burman, William Conlin
Director: William Conlin
Paradise Without People
Director: Francesca Trianni
Pipe Dreams
Director: Stacey Tenenbaum
There Are No Lions in Tel Aviv
Director: Duki Dor
This Might Hurt
Director: Marion Cunningham
COMEDY VANGUARD FEATURE
Man Camp
Writer: Daniel Cummings, Scott Kruse, Josh Long
Director: Nate Bakke
The Planters
Writer/Director: Alexandra Kotcheff, Hannah Leder
Red Rover
Writer: Duane Murray, Shane Belcourt
Director: Shane Belcourt
Sawah
Writer: Adolf El Assal, Dennis Foon, Sirvan Marogy
Director: Adolf El Assal
The VICE Guide to Bigfoot
Writer: Zach Lamplugh, Brian Emond
Director: Zach Lamplugh
Treasure Trouble
Writer/Director: Dan Erickson
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
A Patient Man
Writer/Director: Kevin Ward
Macabre
Writer: Lucas Paraizo, Rita Gloria Curvo
Director: Marcos Prado
NOISE
Writer/Director: Jeremy Laval
Sleeping in Plastic
Writer/Director: Van Ditthavong
Swing Low
Writer/Director: Teddy Grennan
The Wretched
Writer/Director: Brett Pierce, Drew Pierce
NARRATIVE SHORT
STUDENT SHORT
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ANIMATED SHORT
SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES
88
Creators: Josef Sawyer, Thembi Banks
Brothers from the Suburbs
Creator: Patrick Wimp
Chosen
Creators: Michael Goitanich, Daniel Pfeffer
The Happy
Creator: Par Parekh
Lo: The New Adventures of Ultimate Man’s Ex-Girlfriend
Creators: Tom Ciaccio, Meri Haikin
Palomino & Swissy
Creators: Brian Groh, Julien Lasseur, Jaime Thalman
The Right Swipe
Creators: Juli Del Prente, Kyra Jones, Justin Casselle
SCRiBBLES
Creators: Brandon Garegnani, Lynnsey Ooten
Shangri-LA
Creators: Drew Rosas, Nick Sommer
2018 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Writer: Simon Lords
Director: Leon Chambers
CLARA
Writers: Akash Sherman, James Ewasuik
Director: Akash Sherman
FISHBOWL
Writer: Stephen Kinigopoulos, Piero Iberti
Director: Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Kinigopoulos
LAST SUMMER
Writers/Director: Jon Jones
LAUGH OR DIE
Writer: Heikki Kujanpää, Mikko Reitala
Director: Heikki Kujanpää
LOVE GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND
Writer: Shruti Swaminathan, Ronak Shah
Director: Ronak Shah
MAJOR ARCANA
Writers/Director: Josh Melrod
SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Writer: Nathan Deming, Lawrie Doran
Director: Nathan Deming
UNDERCLIFFE
Writer: Bruce McLeod
Director: Lisa Mulcahy
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A GIRL NAMED C
Director: Emily Kassie
F/11 AND BE THERE
Director: Jethro Waters
FATHER OF FOOTBALL
Director: Bradley Beesley
FOR THE BIRDS
Director: Richard Miron
FREE MAN
Director: Anne-Frédérique Widmann
GHOSTHUNTER
Director: Ben Lawrence
THE INTERPRETERS
Director: Andres Caballero, Sofian Khan
THE MONEY STONE
Director: Stuart Harmon
COMEDY VANGUARD FEATURE
ANTIQUITIES
Writers: Daniel Campbell, Graham Gordy
Director: Daniel Campbell
DANCING DOGS OF DOMBROVA
Writer: Michael Whatling
Director: Zach Bernbaum
IN REALITY
Writers: Ann Lupo, Esteban Pedraza, Aaron Pryka
Director: Ann Lupo
LOST AND FOUND
Writers/Director: Liam O Mochain
ORIGINAL SIN (PECADO ORIGINAL)
Writer: Jean Lee, Maia Nikiphoroff
Director: Jean Lee
SIMPLE WEDDING
Writers: Sara Zandieh, Stephanie Wu
Director: Sara Zandieh
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
ALIVE.
Writer: Jules Vincent, Chuck McCue
Director: Rob Grant
BEYOND THE NIGHT
Writer/director: Jason Noto
EMPATHY, INC.
Writer: Mark Leidner
Director: Yedidya Gorestman
GHOST LIGHT
Writer: John Stimpson, Geoffrey Taylor
Director: John Stimpson
THE AMARANTH
Writer: Eileen Shields
Director: Albert Chi
THE BLACK STRING
Writers: Brian Hanson, Richard Handley
Directors: Brian Hanson
THE DARK RED
Writers: Dan Bush, Conal Byrne
Director: Dan Bush
THE LAKE VAMPIRE
Writer/director: Carl Zitelmann
NARRATIVE SHORT
BACKGROUND
Writer/Director: Toni Bestard
CANDID
Writer/director: Gabrielle Shepard
DAILY BREAD
Writer: Ruby Challenger, Jonathan Wald, Ella Carey
Director: Ruby Challenger
FAILURE TO THRIVE
Writer/Director: James Brown
JUDAS COLLAR
Writer/Director: Alison James
MAMMOTH
Writer: Ariel Heller, Celia Rettenmair
Director: Ariel Heller
MERCURY
Writer: Gorana Jovanovic
Director: Kyla Simone Bruce
SEATTLE
Writer/director: Marta Aledo
SIN-SFO
Writer/director: Leon Cheo
THE MANDARIN TREE (MANDALINA AGACI)
Writer: Cengiz Akaygün, Duc-Thi Bui
Director: Cengiz Akaygün
THE MISSION
Writers/Director: Tom Haines
THE RIDE HOME
Writer: Taylor Hastings, Laura Adkin
Director: Laura Adkin
STUDENT SHORT
A SNAKE GONE THROUGH THE HOUSE
Writer: Strack Azar, Michael Stevantoni
Director: Strack Azar
DOWN (PERDEU)
Writer: Pedro Penna
Director: Pedro Formigoni
JUNIOR
Writer/director: Bert Dijkstra
MOONWALK WITH ME
Writer/director: So Young Shelly Yo
NOISE
Writer/director: Michael Aloyan
SPRING, ORCHID
Writer/director: Hengqing Pan
TINY WARRIORS
Writers/Director: Jono Chanin
WOMAN IN STALL
Writer: Josh Boles
Director: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinell
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
Writer/Director: Adrian Liang
FATHER K
Director: Judd Ehrlich
FELIX
Directors: Alison Otto
HALTER OFF
Director: Jake Bulgarino, James Young
MAXIMA: THIS LAND OF MINE
Director: Mariel Sosa
MY PAINTBRUSH BITES
Director: Joel Pincosy, Joe Egender
THE WORMWOOD STAR
Writer/Director: Adelina Borets
ANIMATED SHORT
AFTER WORK
Directors: Luis Uson, Andres Aguilar
THE BACKWARDS ASTRONOMER
Writer: Jade Shames
director: Jake Nelson
IAN
Writers: Gastón Gorali
Directors: Abel Goldfarb
LA NORIA
Writer/director: Carlos Baena
MY MOON
Writer/director: Eusong Lee
REVERIE
Director: Philip Louis Piaget Rodriguez
SISTER
Writer/Director: Siqi Song
THE WHEEL TURNS
Writer/Director: Sang Joon Kim
SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES PRESENTED BY STAGE 13
CAROL’S A DEMON
Creator: Amanda Holland
KELOID
Creator: Huriyyah Huhammad
MYRTLE AND WILLOUGHBY
Creator: Jorja Hudson and Brittany Tomkin
PAINT
Creators: Michael Walker
ROOT FOR THE VILLIAN
Creator: Max Rissman
SHENJI458
Creator: Yasir Masood & Quoc Huynh
SONG IN THE SKY
Creator: Samuel Frederich
THE GARY GOLD STORY
Creator: Greg Ash
2017 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
AMANDA & JACK GO GLAMPING
Writer/Director: Brandon Dickerson
AN AMERICAN IN TEXAS
Writers: Anthony Pedone, Stephen Floyd
Director: Anthony Pedone
BEAUTY MARK
Writer/Director: Harris Doran
BLEED. SCREAM. BEAT!
Writers: Aldo Miyashiro, Érika Villalobos, Abril Cárdenas
Director: Aldo Miyashiro
BOOST
Writer/director: Darren Curtis
DABKA
Writer/director: Bryan Buckley
FLOCK OF FOUR
Writers: Gregory Caruso, Michael Nader
Director: Gregory Caruso
HERE WE ARE
Writer/director: David Bellarosa
HIGH & OUTSIDE: A BASEBALL NOIR
Writer: Dan O’Dair
Director: Evald Johnson
HOLLOW IN THE LAND
Writer/Director: Scooter Corkle
HOUSE OF TOMORROW
Writer/director: Peter Livolsi
IN BLUE
Writers: Jan-Willem den Bok, Jaap van Heusden
Director: Jaap van Heusden
KAFOU
Writers: Jasmuel Andri, Bruno Mourral, Gilbert Mirambeau
Director: Bruno Mourral
LOGNDAGEN
Writer/director: Yaghoob Keshavarz Sarkar
MEERKAT MOONSHIP
Writer/director: Hanneke Schutte
QUALITY PROBLEMS
Writer: Brooke Purdy
Director: Brooke Purdy, Doug Purdy
QUEST
Writers: Santiago Rizzo, Darren Anderson
Director: Santiago Rizzo
SOUTHERN TALE
Writer/director: Tel Royal
SPACE & TIME
Writer/director: Shawn Gerrard
SUN DOGS
Writer: Raoul McFarland
Director: Jennifer Morrison
TENN
Writer: Stacey Miller
Director: James Franco
TIME TRAP
Writer: Mark Dennis
Directors: Mark Dennis, Ben Foster
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BEAUTY AND RUIN
Writer/director: Marc de Guerre
COMING TO MY SENSES
Director: Dominic Gill
FAIL STATE
Writers: Alexander Shebanow, Regina Sobel, Nicholas Adams
Director: Alexander Shebanow
MR. FISH: CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END
Director: Pablo Bryant
SHOT IN THE DARK
Director: Dustin Nakao Haider
TRANSFORMER
Writer/director: Michael Del Monte
TRIUMPH: THE UNTOLD STORY OF PERRY WALLACE
Writers: Rich Gentile, Eli Spielman, Bruce Johnson
Director: Rich Gentile
WHAT HAUNTS US
Writer: Mark Monroe
Director: Paige Goldberg Tolmach
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
BODIES
Writer: Joseph Baker
Director: Tom Large
BULLITT COUNTY
Writer/director: David McCracken
CONFESSIONS OF A SERIAL KILLER
Writer/director: Mark Blair
FREDDY/EDDY
Writer/director: Tini Tüllmann
THE LANDING
Writers/directors: David Dodson, Mark Dodson
RUIN ME
Writers: Trysta A. Bissett, Preston DeFrancis
Director: Preston DeFrancis
TOUCHED
Writer/director: Karl R. Hearne
COMEDY VANGUARD FEATURE
CHASING THE BLUES
Writers: Scott Smith, Kevin Guilfoile
Director: Scott Smith
DON’T TALK TO IRENE
Writer/director: Pat Mills
DR. BRINKS & DR. BRINKS
Writers: Josh Crockett, Jonathan Pappas
Director: Josh Crockett
THE GREAT UNWASHED
Writers: Louis Fonseca, Nick Horseman
Director: Louis Fonseca
THE OUTDOORSMAN
Writer: Ryan Gilmour
Director: David Haskell
SHOP OF LITTLE PLEASURES
Writers: Julia Frick, Alice Frick
Director: Julia Frick
WILD HONEY
Writer/director: Francis Stokes
FAMILY FILMS
EARTH: ONE AMAZING DAY
Writers: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Richard Dale, Geling Yan
Directors: Richard Dale, Lixin Fan, Peter Webber
INTO THE WHO KNOWS!
Writers: Micah Barber, Tony Faia
Director: Micah Barber
NARRATIVE SHORT PRESENTED BY SHORTSTV
ANONYMOUS
Writer: Mario Theodorou
Director: Markus Meedt
DEMON
Writer/director: Caleb Slain
ECSTASY
Writer/director: Kitty Frobenius
FEAR OF FLYING
Writer: Ricarda Schemann
Director: Katja Straub
HIS NAME IS WILLY
Writer: Kathleen Hepburn
Director: Liz Cairns
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
Writer/director: Jeffrey Zablotny
LOLZ-ITA
Writer/director: Katie Boland
NADIA’S VISA
Writer/director: Hanadi Elyan
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Writer/director: Noah Millman
QUEEN
Writer/director: Gabrielle Shepard
SHOW AND TELL
Writers: Reem Morsi, Sally Karam
Director: Reem Morsi
STICKY
Writer/director: Richard Turley
NARRATIVE STUDENT SHORT
THE CARPENTERS
Writer/director: Xiuzhi Yang
COMEBACK KID
Writer: Sam Steiner
Director: Ian Robertson
GLORIA TALKS FUNNY
Writer/director: Kendall Goldberg
MAN OF THE HOUSE
Writer/director: Jall Cowasji
THE POOL
Writer/director: Kate Gleason
TASTY
Writer/director: Meaghan Palmer
TOWARDS THE SUN
Writers: Elie Choufany, Monica Santis
Director: Monica Santis
WYRM
Writer/director: Christopher Winterbauer
ANIMATED SHORT
AFTER ALL
Writer/director: Michael Cusack
INTRUDER MAN
Writer/director: Peter Nelson
ROUFF
Writers/directors: Wildboar
SECOND TO NONE
Writer/director: Vincent Gallagher
TETE A TETE
Writer/director: Natasha Tonkin
TOTEM
Writer/director: Alex Cannon
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
DIGILANTE
Director: Mike Nayna
LOS COMMANDOS
Director: Joshua Bennett
I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU
Directors: Ben Joyner, Dumaine Babcock
LIGHT ON HER FEET
Director: Martin Barshai
REVOLVING DOORS
Director: James Burns
SO DAMN GLAD
Director: Justin Lubke
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILDSIDE
Director: Lisa Rideout
SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES PRESENTED BY STAGE 13
THE BEGINNING AND ENDING OF EVERYTHING
Creator: Ya’Ke Smith
CLEANER DAZE
Creator: Tess Sweet
FROM JAPPAN
Creator: Raj Trivedi
GHOST BFF
Creators: Vanessa Matsui, Katie Nolan
HUG IT OUT
Creator: Kincaid Walker
ROCKETMEN
Creator: Webster Crowell
SWINGTIME
Creator: Brando Topp
*SIGH*
Creator: Ibet Inyang
YOUNG & RECKLESS
Creators: Andrea Shawcross, Devon Ferguson
2016 Competition Film List
SEED&SPARK NARRATIVE FEATURE
BLOOD STRIPE
Writers: Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin
Director: Remy Auberjonois
BOYS IN THE TREES
Writer/Director: Nicholas Verso
CHRONESTHESIA
Director/Writer: Hayden Weal
HOLDING PATTERNS
Writer/Director: Jake Goldberger
NO RETREAT
Writers: J.D. Singer, Nicholas Zafonte
Director: Nicholas Zafonte
SUBURBAN COWBOY
Writer: Ryan Colucci
Directors: Ryan Colucci, Dragan Roganovic
THE TIGER HUNTER
Writers: Sameer Gardezi, Lena Khan
Director: Lena Khan
POV DOCUMETARY FEATURE
BERLIN REBEL HIGH SCHOOL
Writer/Director: Alexander Kleider
DR. FEELGOOD: DEALER OR HEALER?
Writer: Mark Monroe
Director: Eve Marson
THE HARVEST RUN
Writers/Directors: Steven Balvanz, Aaron McAdams
MONOGAMISH
Director: Tao Ruspoli
MY LIFE AS A FILM
Writer/Director: Eva Vitija
PROGAMER
Director: Justin Agnew
SANTOALLA
Directors: Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
COMEDY VANGUARD FEATURE
5 DOCTORS
Writers: Max Azulay, Matt Porter, Phil Primason Directors: Max Azulay, Matt Porter
BRAVE NEW JERSEY
Writers: Michael Dowling, Jody Lambert
Director: Jody Lambert
DIANI AND DEVINE MEET THE APOCALYPSE
Writers/Directors: Etta Devine, Gabriel Diani
THE GOLDEN RUT
Writers/Directors: Nick Holden, Josh Holden
HOT AIR
Writers: Jeremy M. Goldstein, Derek Sieg
Director: Derek Sieg
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
THE CLIFF
Writers: Natxo Lopez, Andres Martorell, Helena Taberna Director: Helena Taberna
ELECTRIC NOSTALGIA
Writer/Director: Jacob Leighton Burns
FOUND FOOTAGE 3D
Writer/Director: Steven DeGennaro
MIDDLE MAN
Writer/Director: Ned Crowley
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
Writer/Director: Balazs Juszt
THE WRITER’S BURROW
Writers: Francisco Conde, Kurro González
Director: Kurro González
HEART OF FILM
11:55
Writers: Ari Issler, Ben Snyder, Bictor Almanzar
Directors: Ari Issler, Ben Snyder
ALMOST ADULTS
Writer: Andrianna DilLonard
Director: Sarah Rotella
AN ACQUIRED TASTE
Writer/Director: Vanessa LeMaire
AMERICAN WRESTLER: THE WIZARD
Writer: Brian Rudnick
Director: Alex Ranarivelo
CHRONICALLY METROPOLITAN
Writer: Nicholas Schutt
Director: Xavier Manrique
DELINQUENT
Writers: Levi Smock, Kieran Valla
Director: Kieran Valla
FINDING SOFIA
Writer/Director: Nico Casavecchia
FINDING OSCAR
Director: Ryan Suffern
IMPERFECTIONS
Writer/Director: David Singer
ONE NIGHT
Writer/Director: Minhal Baig
PUSHING DEAD
Writer/Director: Tom E. Brown
THE BIG FLIP: STORIES FROM THE MODERN HOUSEHOLD
Writer/Director: Izzy Chan
THE VIAGRA CHRONICLES
Writer/Director: Chiara Sambuchi
THEY CALL US MONSTERS
Director: Ben Lear
TWO TRAINS RUNNIN’
Writer: Benjamin Hedin
Director: Sam Pollard
WRESTLING ALLIGATORS
Writers: Udy Epstein, Tchavdar Gergiev, Andrew Shea
Director: Andrew Shea
TEXAS INDEPENDENT
CANINE SOLDIERS: THE MILITARIZATION OF LOVE
Director: Nancy Schiesari
FUNNIEST
Directors: Katie Pengra, Dustin Svehlak
HOMESTATE
Writers: David Hickey, Blaise Miller
Director: David Hickey
THE BIG SPOON
Writers: Mallory Culbert, Carlyn Hudson
Director: Carlyn Hudson
QUAKER OATHS
Writer/Director: Lousiana Kreutz
STORIES FROM ABROAD
LONG LIVE DEATH
Writer: Erol Yesilkaya
Director: Sebastian Marka
MY MOTHER’S WOUND
Writers: Ozan Aciktan, Ozan Guben, Fethi Kantarci
Director: Ozan Aciktan
THE LOAD
Writers: Alan Jonsson Gavicia, Arturo Ruiz Serrano
Director: Alan Jonsson Gavicia
NARRATIVE SHORT
THE AUDITION
Writers: Jasmine Roth, Ben Ridgwell Director: James Thompson
BIG CITY
Writer/Director: Jordan Bond
THE BOY BY THE SEA
Writer: Andreas Illmer
Director: Vasily Chuprina
FIRST & SECOND
Writer/Director: Kacie Anning
THE GOODNIGHT KISS
Writer/Director: Laura Adkin
GRAND OPENING
Writers: Timothy Reckart, Hana Kitasei Director: Timothy Reckart
LIFE ON MARS
Writer/Director: Jose Manuel Carrasco
LUCY IN MY EYES
Writer/Director: Megan Park
MY VIOLA
Writer/Director: Shawn Gerrard
A NEW CIVILIZATION
Writer/Director: Williams Naranjo
PING
Writer/Director: Phil Traill
SHY GUYS
Writer/Director: Fredric Lehne
UPSIDE DOWN FEELING
Writer/Director: Eddie White
NARRATIVE STUDENT SHORT
THE ART OF NOT APPEARING
Writer/Director: Pernille Rivedal Hellevik
FANNY PACK
Writer/Director: Uttera Singh
HIDDEN
Writer/Director: Farzad Ostovarzadeh
THE LAW OF AVERAGES
Writer/Director: Elizabeth Rose
PRETTY M. JOHN
Writer/Director: Enrique Unzueta
RED APPLES
Writer: Ophelia Harutyunyan Director: George Sikharulidze
RUN FREE
Writer/Director: Raynor Arkenbout
THAT KINDA NIGHT
Writers: Jeremy King and Chelsey Cummings Director: Clayton Witmer
IDA DOCUMENTARY SHORT
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
Director: Frank Stiefel
A HOUSE WITHOUT SNAKES
Writer/Director: Daniel Koehler
LAVOYGER
Director: Rachel Bardin
MILE 19
Director: Vincent DeLuca
SOUL CITY
Directors: Monica Berra, SheRea DelSol, Gini Richards
THE SOUL OF A TREE
Director: Mari Walker
ANIMATED SHORT
BURNT
Writer/Director: Devin Bell
HUGO BUMFELDT
Writer/Director: Éva Katinka Bognár
MOON OF A SLEEPLESS NIGHT
Writer/Director: Takeshi Yashiro
MOTHERS
Writer/Director: Lubomir Yotov
TAKING FLIGHT
Writer/Director: Brandon Oldenburg
WELCOME TO MY LIFE
Writer/Director: Elizabeth Ito
SCRIPTED DIGITAL SERIES PRESENTED BY NEW FORM DIGITAL
THE BENEFITS OF GUSBANDRY
Writers: Alicia J. Rose, Courtenay Hameister Director: Alicia J. Rose
BROTHERS
Writer/Director: Emmett Lundberg
CODED
Writer: Steve Neufeld
Directors: Gary Harvey, Nigel Edwards
THE COME UP
Writer/Director: Ben Snyder
CRAIGSLIST THERAPIST
Writer: Dean Cates
Director: Dan Gregor
GIRL BAND
Writers/Directors: Cailin Lowry, Kerry Furrh, Olivia Mitchell
GUEST APPEARANCES
Writer/Director: Elizabeth Guest
THE LISTENING BOX
Writer/Director: Westin Ray
2015 Film Competition List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
BOOGER RED
Writers: Johnny McAllister, Berndt Mader
Director: Berndt Mader
FALLEN STARS
Writer/Director: Brian Jett
FORWARD. SIDE. CLOSE!
Writer/Director: Alexander Lercher
HER COMPOSITION
Writer/Director: Stephan Littger
KEEP IN TOUCH
Writer: Sam Kretchmar, Michael Covino
Director: Sam Kretchmar
MEMORIA
Writer/Directors: Nina Ljeti, Vladimir de Fontenay
NEWCOMER
Writer/Director: Kai Berry
THE EXILE
Writer/Director: Arturo Ruiz Serrano
POV DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
MONSTERMAN
Director: Antti Haase
MULLY
Director: Scott Haze
NO MÁS BEBÉS
Director: Renee Tajima-Peña
OF DOGS AND MEN
Director: Michael Ozias
THE SEX TEMPLE
Director: Johan Palmgren
SINCE: THE BOMBING OF PAN AM FLIGHT
Director: Phil Furey
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
Director: Neil Edwards
TRAFICANT: THE CONGRESSMAN OF CRIMETOWN
Director: Eric Murphy
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
AFTERDEATH
Writer: Andrew Ellard
Directors: Gez Medinger, Robin Schmidt
ISOLATION
Writers: Shane Dax Taylor, Chad LawDirector: Shane Dax Taylor
THE LION’S PATH
Writer: Sophie-Anne Beaudry
Director: Stéphan Beaudoin
REPARATION
Writer: Kyle Ham
Directors: Kyle Ham, Steve Timm
SUNNY SIDE UP
Writer: Willem Bosch
Director: Lourens Blok
TEAR ME APART
Writer: Tom Kerevan
Director: Alex Lightman
COMEDY VANGUARD FEATURE
3RD STREET BLACKOUT
Writer/Directors: Negin Farsad, Jeremy Redleaf
BABY, BABY, BABY
Writer/Director: Brian Klugman
HEADFIRST
Writer/Director: Antti Heikki Pesonen
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG
Writer/Directors: Matt Jones, Dave Hill
PAPERBACK
Writer/Director: Adam Bowers
HEART OF FILM
ALL MISTAKES BURIED
Writers: Tim McCann, Shaun Sanghani
Director: Tim McCann
A SINGLE FRAME
Director: Brandon Dickerson
CLARENCE
Director: Kristin Catalano
COMING THROUGH THE RYE
Writer/Director: James Sadwith
IN DEFENSE OF FOOD
Director: Michael Schwarz
IN TRANSIT
Directors: Albert Maysles, Lynn True, David Usui, Nelson Walker III, Benjamin Wu
IT HAD TO BE YOU
Writer/Director: Sasha Gordon
JEFF LOWE’S METANOIA
Writer: Jeff Lowe
Director: James Aikman
OYLER
Director: Amy Scott
THE BAD GUYS
Writer: Alena Smith
Director: Carlos Rincones
THE GREAT ALONE
Director: Greg Kohs
THE WEEK
Writers: John W. Mann, Jon Gunn, Rick Gomez
Directors: Jon Gunn, John W. Mann
UPSTAIRS INFERNO
Director: Robert L. Camina
ZEN AND THE ART OF DYING
Director: Broderick Fox
TEXAS INDEPENDENT
COUNTY FAIR, TEXAS
Writer: Bradford Thomason
Director: Brett Whitcomb
JACK’S APOCALYPSE
Writers: Will Moore, Jonathan Ray Case, Brad Montesi
Director: Will Moore
THE TELLER AND THE TRUTH
Writers: Andrew Shapter, Nevie Owens
Director: Andrew Shapter
STORIES FROM ABROAD
AUTUMN FALL
Writer/Director: Jan VarDoen
BEAUTIFUL GIRL
Writer/Director: Dominik Hartl
EL JEREMIAS
Writers: Ana Sofia Clerici
Director: Anwar Safa
TWO LUNES
Writer/Director: Huieun Park
WANJA
Writer/Director: Carolina Hellsgard
NARRATIVE SHORT
BEST WISHES FROM MILLWOOD
Writer/Director: Max Baker
DAKOTA
Writers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Director: Greg Kwedar
ESEL (CARRY ON)
Writer/Director: Rafael Haider
THE FINAL SCENE
Writer/Director: Sonny Valicenti
HARRY & JUDY
Writer/Director: Jordan Michael Blake
INTO MEMORY
Writer/Director: Derek Franzese
RED ROVER
Writer/Director: Brooke Goldfinch
THE ROMANCE CLASS
Writer: Michael Cumes
Director: Stuart Elliott
SEAHORSE
Writer/Director: Daniel Montanarini
TILL JAIL DO US PART
Writer/Directors: Joserro Emmanuelli , Mariana Emmanuelli
THREE FINGERS
Writer/Director: Paul D. Hart
VAINILLA
Writer/Director: Juan Beiro
WE ARE HAPPY
Writers: James Handel, Matt Winn
Director: Matt Winn
NARRATIVE STUDENT SHORT
BLITZ
Writer/Director: Faraday Okoro
KIMI KABUKI
Writer/Director: Yoko Okumura
MOTHERLAND
Writer/Director: Komtouch Napattaloong
RUBY WOO
Writer/Director: Kendall McCrory
SARA & DENNIS
Writer/Director: Shahin Izadi
THE SISTER I LIVE WITH
Writers: Christopher Winterbauer, Jessica Winterbauer
Director: Christopher Winterbauer
SOPHIE
Writer: Alle Hsu, Dominique Holmes
Director: Alle Hsu
STANDING8
Writer/Director: Michael Molina Minard
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ANTHEM
Director: Benjamin Smith
CENTRAL TEXAS BARBECUE
Director: Matthew Salleh
CIRCLES
Director: Frida Kempff
CHAU, BEYOND THE LINES
Director: Courtney Marsh
FRIEDA AND EDDIE, A JERSEY SHORE LOVE STORY
Directors: Steve Abruzzese, Jennifer Suwak
THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE: THE LEGACY OF FANNIE LOU HAMMER
Director: Robin Hamilton
NIGHT SHIFT
Director: Alison Boland
ANIMATED SHORT
BORROWED TIME
Writer/Directors: Andrew Coats, Lou Hamou-Lhadj
BLURRY
Writer/Director: Anthony Falleroni
LAST DOOR SOUTH
Writer/Director: Sacha Feiner
THE MEEK
Writer/Director: Joe Brumm
THE ORCHESTRA
Writers: Mikey Hill, Jennifer Smith
Director: Mikey Hill
TRACES OF MY BROTHER
Writers: Bartosz Grudziecki, Moritz Mayerhofer
Director: Mortiz Mayerhofer
2014 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
7 MINUTES
Writer/Director: Jay Martin
THE KINGS SURRENDER
Writer/Director: Philipp Leinemann
LOOKING FOR LIONS
Writer: Norman Lesperance
Director: Brad Ragland
NIGHTFALL IN INDIA
Writer/Director: Chema Rodriguez
PHANTOM HALO
Writers: Antonia Bogdanovich, Anne Heffron
Director: Antonia Bogdanovich
SKIN DEEP
Writer: Monica Zanetti
Director: Jonnie Leahy
TERRIBLE LOVE
Writers: Christopher Thomas, Luke Helmer
Director: Christopher Thomas
SOMETHING, ANYTHING
Writer/Director: Paul Harrill
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
HARDY
Director: Natasha Verma
HOW I GOT OVER
Director: Nicole Boxer
MENTOR
Director: Alix Lambert
MORPHINE: JOURNEY OF DREAMS
Director: Mark Shuman
ONCE UPON A CRIME: THE BORRELLI – DAVIS CONSPIRACY
Director: Sheldon Wilson
THE BARKLEY MARATHONS: THE RACE THAT EATS ITS YOUNG
Directors: Annika Iltis, Timothy Kane
DARK MATTERS
BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE
Writer/Director: Nick Szostakiwskyj
ONE EYED GIRL
Writers: Nick Matthews, Craig Behenna
Director: Nick Matthews
THE LIVING
Writer/Director: Jack Bryan
THE SIDEWAYS LIGHT
Writer/Director: Jennifer Harlow
THE SOUND AND THE SHADOW
Writer: Justin Paul Miller, Sam Zvibleman
Director: Justin Paul Miller
THE SUICIDE THEORY
Writer: Michael J. Kospiah
Director: Dru Brown
COMEDY VANGUARD
3 STILL STANDING
Directors: Robert Campos, Donna Locicero
HAVING FUN UP THERE
Writer: Geoff Tarulli
Director: Frankie Frain
JIMMY VESTVOOD: AMERIKAN HERO
Writers: Amir Ohebsion, Maz Jobrani
Director: Jonathan Kesselman
LISTOPAD
Writers: Arnost Lustig, Gary Keith Griffin
Director: Gary Keith Griffin
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Writer/Director: Jason Strouse
THE LAST TIME YOU HAD FUN
Writer: Hal Haberman
Director: Mo Perkins
HEART OF FILM
#CHICAGOGIRL–THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Director: Joe Piscatella
ALL RELATIVE
Writer/Director: J.C. Khoury
EFFICIENCY
Writer: Steven Molony
Director: Kate Enge
POVERTY, INC.
Director: Michael Matheson Miller
WILDLIKE
Writer/Director: Frank Hall Green
TEXAS INDEPENDENT
61 BULLETS
Director: David Modigliani, Lousiana Kreutz
CRAZY CARL AND HIS MAN BOOBS: AN AUSTIN LOVE STORY
Director: Mike Woolf
FLUTTER
Writer/Director: Eric Hueber
THE TEXAS PROMISE
Director: Vanessa Roth
THE HISTORY OF TIME TRAVEL
Writer/Director: Ricky Kennedy
STORIES FROM ABROAD
BEAST OF CARDO
Writer/Director: Virgina Sanchez Navarro
PATONG GIRL
Writers: Susanna Salonen, Florian Garetner
Directors: Susanna Salonen
MUUTOKSII (CHANGES)
Writer/Director: Sami Laitinen
TAKING IT BACK
Writer/Director: Andreas Schmied
TOMORROW WE DISAPPEAR
Director: Jimmy Goldblum
FAMILY FILMS
POPOVICH AND THE VOICE OF THE AMERICAN WEST
Writers: Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson, Gregory Popvich
Directors: Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson
NARRATIVE SHORT
1946
Writer/Director: Robert Ford
FITTED
Writer/Director: Auriel Rudnick
GREEN THUMB
Writer/Director: Phil Lorin, Kiel Murray
I DON’T CARE
Writer/Director: Carolina Giammetta
IN THE CLOUDS
Writer/Director: Marcelo Mitnik
LIGHTNING IN THE HAND
Writers: Andrew Reuland, Joey Grossfield
Director: Joey Grossfield
NENA
Writer/Director: Aluda Ruiz de Azua
REDACTION
Writer/Director: Tim Sanger
SIMON SAYS
Writers: Steve Storm, Jamie Sterba
Director: Jamie Sterba
SKUNK
Writer/Director: Annie Silverstein
TWO SUGARS AS ALWAYS
Writer: Suzanne Riley
Director: Thore Schwemann
STUDENT SHORT
BILLY THE KID
Writer: Matt Pancer
Director: Joshua Amar
ESCAPE
Writer/Director: Zia Islam
FULL-WINDSOR
Writer/Director: Faraday Okoro
LUKE
Writer/Director: Conor Hamill
ONE AFTERNOON IN SUMMER
Writer/Director: Lilli Tautfest
OSMONDE
Writer: Tessa Nicholson
Director: Elsa Bauverd
RUSLAN
Writer/Director: Taisia Deeva
THE POLTERMAN
Writer/Director: Shane Ware
ANIMATED SHORT
BETWEEN TIMES
Writer/Director: Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
FLUFFO
Writer/Director: Steve McClean
LOST PROPERTY
Writer/Director: Asa Lucander
MEND AND MAKE DO
Writer/Director: Bexie Bush
THE DAM KEEPER
Writer/Director: Robert Kondo, Dice Tsutsumi
THE LAST RESORT
Writer: Gillian Park
Director: Stephanie Blakey
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
ALBERT
Director: Daniel Jaffe
CHANGEOVER
Directors: David Ketterer, Connor Lynch
THE GRANNY GLOBETROTTER
Director: Vince Williams
THE NEXT PART
Director: Erin Sanger
ONCE AGAIN
Director: John Spottswood Moore
SLOW SEASON
Director: John Fiege
SPOKE
Director: Henry Horenstein
STELLA WALSH
Director: Rob Lucas
2013 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
BESIDE STILL WATERS
Writers: Chris Lowell, Mohit Narang
Director: Chris Lowell
CRACKHEADS
Writers: Andy Sophocleous, Tim Tsiklauri
Director: Tim Tsiklauri
FINDING NEIGHBORS
Writer/Director: Ron Judkins
JACK, JULES, ESTHER & ME
Writer/Director: Daniel Poliner
A LEADING MAN
Writer/Director: Steven J Kung
THE MAID’S ROOM
Writer/Director: Michael Walker
THE ODD WAY HOME
Writers: Rajeev Nirmalakhandan, Jason Ronstadt
Director: Rajeev Nirmalakhandan
SIREN
Writer/Director: Jesse Peyronel
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
120 DAYS
Director: Ted Roach
ALL OF ME
Director: Alexandra Lescaze
DOG DAYS
Directors: Kasey Kirby, Laura Waters Hinson
ICEBOUND
Director: Daniel Anker
LIVING DOLLS
Director: Maureen Judge
POLITICAL BODIES
Director: Christopher Englese
THE PROJECT
Directors: Adam Ciralsky, Shawn Efran
TAKE AWAY ONE
Director: William Lorton
DARK MATTERS FEATURE
BLOOD PUNCH
Writer: Eddie Guzelian
Director: Madellaine Paxson
DARK MOUNTAIN
Writer/Director: Tara Anaïse
INNOCENCE
Writers: Hilary Brougher, Tristine Skyler
Director: Hilary Brougher
OXV: THE MANUAL
Writer/Director: Darren Paul Fisher
DUG UP
Writer/Director: Dustin Rikert
COMEDY VANGUARD
COFFEE, KILL BOSS
Writer: Siguard Ueland
Director: Nathan Marshall
HELLAWARE
Writer/Director: Michael M. Bilandic
THE GOLDEN SCALLOP
Writer: Kevin Harrigan
Director: Joseph Laraja
G.B.F.
Writer: George Northy
Director: Darren Stein
I’M DATING YOU NOT
Writer: Pablo Flores
Director: Guillermo Groizard
MOP KING
Writer/Director: Ace Dixon
WAKING
Writer: Skyler Caleb
Director: Ben Shelton
THE LITTLE TIN MAN
Writer: Dugan Bridges, Matthew Perkins
Director: Matthew Perkins
HEART OF FILM
A BIRDER’S GUIDE TO EVERYTHING
Writers: Luke Matheny, Rob Meyer
Director: Rob Meyer
CIRCLE THE WAGEN
Director: Ryan Steven Green
FAVOR
Writer/Director: Paul Osborne
FOREVER’S END
Writer/Director: JC Schroder
GIRL ON A BICYCLE
Writer/Director: Jeremy Leven
GREAT CHICKEN WING HUNT
Director: Matt Reynolds
HOW TO FOLLOW STRANGERS
Writer/Director: Chioke Nassor
LA NAVAJA DE DON JUAN (THE KNIFE OF DON JUAN)
Writer/Director: Thomas Sanchez
LIGHT YEARS
Writer/Director: Maggie Kiley
SCRAPPER
Writers: Ed Dougherty, Brady Hall
Director: Brady Hall
SOLE SURVIVOR
Director: Ky Dickens
THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNE
Directors: Kirk Marcolina, Matthew Pond
THAT BURNING FEELING
Writer: Nick Citton
Director: Jason James
TEXAS INDEPENDENT
DEAR SIDEWALK
Writer/Director: Jake Oelman
LITTLE HOPE WAS ARSON
Director: Theo Love
THE ROAD TO LIVINSTON
Director: Erick Mauck
SOMBRAS DE AZUL
Writer/Director: Kelly Daniela Norris
WRITE/REC
HANDY
Writer/Director: Vincenzo Cosentino
NSFW
Writer/Director: Ryan Andrew Balas
SPEAK NOW
Writer/Director: Noah Harald
THE FABLE OF SHANNON CABLE
Writer/Director: Vinnie Hogan
FAMILY FILMS
IF YOU BUILD IT
Director: Patrick Creadon
KIX BROOKS PRESENTS A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
Writers: Dustin Rikert, William Shockley, Eric Brooks
Director: Dustin Rikert
MY DOG THE CHAMPION
Writers: Robin Nations, Richard Dane Scott
Directors: Kevin Nations, Robin Nations
NARRATIVE SHORT
COLERA
Writer/Director: Aritz Moreno
END OF THE BEGINNING
Writer/Director: Richard Marshall
FOOL’S DAY
Writers: Cody Blue Snider, Shane Snider
Director: Cody Blue Snider
THE LANDING
Writers: Josh Tanner, Jade van der Lei
MOMMY
Writer/Director: René Frelle Petersen
INVISIBLE
Writer: Richard Sainsbury
Director: Greg Ash
OPEN SPACES
Writer/Director: Nick Rafter
RECORD
Writer/Director: David Lyons
THIS IS IT
Writer/Director: Alexander Engel
THE WELL
Writer/Director: Christian Baker
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT
Writer: Marin Miller
Director: Wes Edwards
THE WOMAN IN THE DRESS
Writer/Director: Henry Pincus
STUDENT SHORT
HARBINGER
Writer/Director: MacGregor Greenlee
LIFT
Writers: Brett Swanson, Kieran Valla
Director: Kieran Valla
PISTACHIO MILK
Writer/Director: Avram Dodson
RANGE JUNKIES
Writer/Director: Lucas Mireles
SLEEPLESS CITIES
Writer: Zach Endres
Director: Steven Hendrix
REZA HASSANI GOES TO THE MALL
Writer/Director: Sara Zandieh
RUNNING SKINNY
Writer/Director: Jacob Beyer
YOU MISSED SONJA
Writer: Carola M. Lowitz
Director: Félix Koch
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
BLINDE LIEFDE (BLIND LOVE)
Director: Jenny van den Broeke
COWTOWN KEEYLOCKO
Director: Ira Chute
THE GUIDE
Director: Jessica Yu
THE KING OF SIZE
Director: Peter Dowd
PULLING TEETH
Director: Steve Abruzzese, Jennifer Suwak
REHEARSAL
Director: Jacqueline Christy
THE RIDER AND THE STORM
Directors: David Darg, Bryn Mooser
WIN OR LOSE
Director: Daniel Koehler
ANIMATED SHORT
A CAUTIONARY TAIL
Writer: Erica Harrison
Director: Simon Rippingale
DOGONAUTS : ENEMY LINE
Writer/Directors: Justin Rasch, Shel Rasch
LA NUIT DE L’OURS (THE NIGHT OF THE BEAR)
Writer/Directors: Fred Guillaume, Samuel Guillaume
MIA
Writers: Bert Vandecastelle, Wouter Bongaerts
Director: Wouter Bongaerts
OUVERTURE
Writer/Director: Bracey Smith
STRANGEL – THE ANGEL OF THE ODD
Writers: Urs-Daniel Douwes, Mattio Martinez, Andrea von Braun
Director: Daniel von Braun
TALENT SHOW
Writer: Matthew Baskott
Director: Claire Winter
WOODY
Writer/Director: Stuart Brown
2012 Competition Film List
NARRATIVE FEATURE
ALLEGIANCE
Writer/Director: Michael Connors
COME MORNING
Writer/Director: Derrick Sims
JUNCTION
Writer/Director: Tony Glazer
JUNK
Writers: Kevin Hamedani, Ramon Isao
Director: Kevin Hamedani
LAST STOP: SALVATION
Writer: Baris Pirhasan
Director: Yusuf Pirhasan
LIARS, FIRES, AND BEARS
Writer: Jeremy Cloe
Directors: Jeremy Cloe, Lundon Boyd
MAR DEL PLATA
Writer: Ionathan Klajman
Directors: Ionathan Klajman, Sebastián Dietsch
SPARROWS DANCE
Writer/Director: Noah Buschel
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
ELEMENTAL
Directors: Gayatri Roshan, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
FOUR HORSEMEN
Director: Ross Ashcroft
INFORMANT
Director: Jamie Meltzer
LAST DAY AT LAMBEAU
Director: Michael Neelsen
THE MISSING PIECE: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MAN WHO STOLE THE MONA LISA
Director: Joe Medeiros
CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON
Director: S. Leo Chiang
PLIMPTON! STARRING GEORGE PLIMPTON AS HIMSELF
Directors: Thomas Bean, Luke Poling
WHERE HAVE ALL THE MERMAIDS GONE?
Director: Nathaniel Kramer
COMEDY VANGUARD
BAD PARENTS
Writer/Director: Caytha Jentis
CUPID
Writer/Director: John Dion
DO OVER
Director: David Fabelo
Writer: David Fabelo, Taylor Allen
EX-GIRLFRIENDS
Writer/Director: Alexander Poe
THE BITTER BUDDHA
Director: Steven Feinartz
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT
Writers: Chioke Nassor, Dave Segal, Joel Clark, Adam Conover, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Director: Ben Popik
THE LAST MAN(S) ON EARTH
Writer/Director: Aaron Hultgren
THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING
Directors: Negin Farsad, Dean Obeidallah
MISSED CONNECTIONS
Writer: Kenny Stevenson
Director: Eric Kissack
PICTURES OF SUPERHEROES
Writer/Director: Don Swaynos
PASSPORT TO AFRICA
THE FADE
Director: Andy Mundy-Castle
FINDING MERCY
Director: Robyn Paterson
PUNK IN AFRICA
Writer/Director: Keith Jones, Deon Maas
RISING FROM ASHES
Director: T.C. Johnstone
UNWIELDY BEAST
Director: Bradon Loper
DARK MATTERS
BONEBOYS
Writer: Kim Henkel
Directors: Duane Graves, Justin Meeks
DEADBOX
Writer/Director: Richard Karpala
IT’S IN THE BLOOD
Writers: Scooter Downey, Sean Elliot
Director: Scooter Downey
SATURDAY MORNING MASSACRE
Writers: Jory Balsimo, Aaron Leggett, Jason Wehling
Director: Spencer Parsons
THE SPELL BOOK
Writer/Director: Robert James Haynes
VAMPIRA AND ME
Director: R.H. Greene
TEXAS INDEPENDENT
THE GIRL
Writer/Director: David Riker
SATELLITE OF LOVE
Writers: Jonathan Case, Will James Moore
Director: Will James Moore
SPRING EDDY
Writer/Director: George Anson
FAMILY FILMS
FLATLAND
Writers: Seth Caplan, Dano Johnson, Jeffrey Travis
Directors: Dano Johnson, Jeffery Travis
FLATLAND 2
Writer/Director: Dano Johnson
MURT RAMIREZ WANTS TO KICK MY ASS!
Writer/Director: Dan Lee
R.L. STINE’S THE HAUNTING HOUR
Writers: Billy Brown, Dan Angel
NARRATIVE SHORT
ÅRHUNDRADETS BROTT (DAMAGED ONES)
Writer/Director: Johanna Paulsdotter Löfstedt
ASAD
Writer/Director: Bryan Buckley
ATLANTIS
Writer/Director: Matthew Omstein
BUZKASHI BOYS
Writers: Martin Roe, Sam French
Director: Sam French
CORK’S CATTLEBARON
Writer/Director: Eric Steele
FRIDAY
Writer: Anna Symon
Director: Sebastian Rice-Edwards
INCIDENT AT PUBLIC SCHOOL 173
Writer/Director: Andrew Tilley
LA VITESSE DU PASSÉ (THE SPEED OF THE PAST)
Writer/Director: Dominique Rocher
MY LEFT HAND MAN
Writer/Director: Antonia Bogdanovich
PETER AT THE END
Writers: Robert Gibba, Whit Hertford
Director: Russ Lamoureux
PRAY
Writer/Director: Thelyia Petraki
YARDBIRD
Writer: Julius Avery
Director: Michael Spiccia
NARRATIVE STUDENT SHORT
BELLA FLEACE GAVE A PARTY
Writers: Evelyn Waugh, Leonora Lonsdale
Director: Leonora Lonsdale
BOOM BOX KIDS
Writer/Director: Taylor Gledhill
THE CASE OF THE MISSING GARDEN GNOME
Writer: Joe Swanson
Director: Alberto Belli
FRENCH QUESADILLAS
Writer/Director: Michael Lukk Litwak
HATCH
Writers: Christoph Kuschnig, Karl Goldblat
Director: Christoph Kuschnig
LISA
Writer/Director: Anna Zaytseva
MY NAME IS YOUR FIRST LOVE
Writer: Darren Anderson
Director: Rob Richert
PAYING FOR IT
Writer/Director: Lauren Lillie
THE TELEPORTED MAN
Writer/Director: Zach Endres
THE TREEHOUSE
Writer: A.J. Sheeran
Directors: A.J. Sheeran, Sam Shapson
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE BRONZER
Director: Peyton Wilson
THE DEBUTANTE HUNTERS
Director: Maria White
GOOD KARMA $1
Directors: Amy Laslett, Jason Berger
ILLEGAL
Director: John X. Carey
JEWPHORIA
Director: Randy Kagan
SEE THE DIRT
Directors: Chelsea Hernandez, Erik Mauck
UNRAVEL
Director: Meghna Gupta
ANIMATED SHORT
BUY BUY BABY
Writers: Adele Coburn, Gervais Merryweather
Director: Gervais Merryweather
FROM A TO B AND BACK AGAIN
Writer/Director: Andy Glynne
HEAD OVER HEELS
Writer/Director: Tim Reckart
JAMON (HAM)
Writer/Director: Iria López
PASTEURIZED
Writer/Director: Nicolas Villarreal
SLEIGHT OF HAND
Writer/Director: Michael Cusack
SNACK ATTACK
Writer/Director: Andrew Cadelago