CHECK OUT LAST YEAR'S LINE-UP :
GLAMOUR REEL MOMENTS
Room 10
The Trap
Blinders
Orchids
Good Morning Baby
Little Black Dress
“Room 10”
Starring Robin Wright Penn & Kris Kristofferson
Written by Andrea Buchanan
Directed by Jennifer Aniston & Andrea Buchanan
Frannie is a veteran nurse with a hardened heart and a crumbling marriage. It’s a typical night in the ER until an unexpected relationship with a patient challenges her to rethink her decisions and choices in life.
“The Trap”
Starring Jeanne Tripplehorn
Written by Anna Fricke
Directed by Rita Wilson
Falling into a trap could be the best thing that happened to you. Maggie’s journey of self-discovery begins with a shaky start when she pulls up to an address in a seedy part of town. But after an unforgettable night of opening up to unexpected possibilities, her life will never be the same.
“Blinders”
Starring Jamie Lynn Sigler
Written by Elisa Zuritsky & Julie Rottenberg
Directed by Carol Leifer
Alexa thinks she’s looking for love in the big city. But is she? With a nudge from a girlfriend, Alexa realizes that she needs to be more open to the romantic cues around her. So while riding the subway, she dives in headfirst, with surprising and amusing results.
“Orchids”
Starring Katherine Waterson & Alfred Molina
Written by Dane Charbeneau & Bryce Dallas Howard
Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard
Beatrice is an amateur photographer. Cliff is a wealthy middle-aged eccentric who’s searching for love. As they struggle to overcome their fears and insecurities, an unlikely romance blossoms between them.
“Good Morning Baby”
Starring Piper Perabo
Written by Danielle Lurie
Directed by Lisa Leone
Gabriella is a woman who is living in New York, having gotten a freelance job at a magazine for two months. She calls her fiance back home in her small town the day before she's set to come back home. As she leaves him a message on his machine, she checks her e-mail, only to find that he left her an e-mail saying that he met someone else, saying that the distance was too much for him.
“Little Black Dress”
Starring Rosario Dawson
Written and Directed by Talia Lugacy
Attending an important party, Kristy is faced with having to decide between playing to people’s perceptions or being herself. To wear that little black dress, revealing a tattoo or not.
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COMEDY #3: Dark comedy
Crazy Love
For F**k’s Sake
The Good Samaritan
Tiny Terrors of the Mind
The Blacksmith and the Carpenter
The Missionary Position
“Crazy Love”
Starring Robert Ashe Jr. & Brianne Van Cuyck
Written and Directed by William Van Cuyck
Charlie believes in love at first sight. From the moment his eyes fixed on Brenda, he knew she had to be his girl. Now, Charlie must overcome all obstacles on his way to winning Brenda’s heart.
“For F**k’s Sake”
Starring Zander Rice & Dikla Marshall
Directed by Glenn Cowan
Written by Cecil Castellucci & Glenn Cowan
Hank – he’s getting threats from his girlfriend, requests from his Nascar-lovin’ neighbor, and dammit, fantasy women in his head won’t shut up long enough for him to have a thought of his own. What’s a loser to do?
“The Good Samaritan”
Starring Isaac Wade & Brett Pearsons
Written and Directed by Peter Lazarus
The strange journey of Neil Gulbert - a campaign volunteer who compulsively attempts to rescue strangers from harm while making his way across town to secure the potential campaign job of his dreams.
“Tiny Terrors of the Mind”
Starring Tommy Smeltzer
Written and Directed by John Sudol
With the pressure of just wining a 'Cleo', the night before a career making or breaking presentation, award-winning ad-man, Jerry Maxwell finds his mind sadistically exposing all his deep-rooted fears and humiliations.
“The Blacksmith and the Carpenter”
Starring Robert Picardo
Written by Chris Redish & Roze
Directed by Chris Redish
Ishmael, a clueless, womanizing blacksmith, has no idea who his neighbor Jesus, the carpenter, really is. When Ishmael realizes he has agreed to make the nails for Jesus' cross, he must find a way out of his predicament.
“The Missionary Position”
Starring Matthew Joyce
Written by Matthew Joyce
Directed by Kevin Carpenter
A quiet neighborhood in San Diego is disrupted by the arrival of both Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons in a religious war that is a hilarious microcosm of a global issue.
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COMEDY: Strange tales
The European Kid
Rushers
Dog Run
Partially True Tales of High Adventure
Dealbreaker
“Dealbreaker”
Starring Arija Bareikis & Poorna Jagannathan
Written by Gwyneth Paltrow & Mary Wigmore
Directed by Gwyneth Paltrow & Mary Wigmore
The dating adventures of Fran, a 30-year-old New Yorker, and the many dealbreakers that can end a relationship.
“The European Kid”
Starring Ben Grinnell,Candace Snapp, & Kathy Colloton
Written by Erik Johnson & Ian Martin
Directed by Ian Martin
It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for Neil Adamski. Tonight his problem with gambling and his problem with fidelity come to a head. And at the dinner table of the O'Connell's no less - a seemingly picture perfect family who, by the end of the meal, will find themselves united by a newfound hatred.
“Rushers”
Starring Joey Boukadakis & Paul Boukadakis
Written and Directed by Joey Boukadakis
Two mid-twenties brothers pose as college students to crash Rush Week.
“Dog Run”
Starring Craig Difolco,Tom Bartos
Written by Scott Burkhardt & Caleb Johnson
Directed by Caleb Johnson
Laura gets cold feet when she discovers her fiance, Steve, has been encouraging his dog sleep around at the dog park. Both retreat to their best friends for guidance. Instead they find themselves lead even more astray.
“Partially True Tales of High Adventure”
Starring Johnny Sneed & Shannon Elizabeth
Written and Directed by Murphy Gilson
Charlie is a writer from Indiana trying to make it in Hollywood but to keep his dream alive he’ll have to rely on the natural talents of every Irish kid from the mid-west; a love of booze and gift for telling wild stories.
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COMEDY #2: Coming of age
Smooch
Truth or Dare
A Driving Lesson
The Relationship Theorem
Blue Suede Wings
“Smooch”
Starring Garrett Micheal
Written and Directed by Gabriel Michael
There's a time in every boy's life when it comes: that scary and unfathomable thing called love. This new sensation throws Danny's world of the backyard into frenzy. With the help of his crazy brothers can Danny stand up to this new challenge of love? Will he ever get the 'SMOOCH' he is looking for?
“Truth or Dare”
Starring Brennan Bailey & Mathew Vigil
Written by Vee Vitanza & Derrick Jefferson
Directed by Vee Vitanza
A coming of age film about two young best friends, Melborne and Wichalski, who spy on a girl at the beach as she sunbathes topless.
“A Driving Lesson”
Starring Elaine Bromka, Hannah Fordin
Lisa Shay, and Schuyler Press
Written and Directed by C. Fraser Press
Silence is broken on a quiet, country road when a psychologist, her adolescent daughter, a groundhog and an elderly couple collide.
“The Relationship Theorem”
Starring Brad Dodds & Manon Carrie
Written and Directed by Lori Johnson
A coming of age about a girl trying to us science to remove the emotions from love.
“Blue Suede Wings”
Starring Breuer Bass & Zach Hopkins
Written by Marian Yeager & Elizabeth Yeager
Directed by Marian Yeager
What would happen if you woke up to find the tooth fairy in your room? See what happens when 8 year old Lewis catches the thief of teeth, the tooth fairy . . .Except it's not exactly what he’s expecting.
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DRAMA/COMEDY #1: Different strokes
Wait
Blind Spot
Magnificent Max
The Vaudevillian
The Wine Bar
“Wait”
Starring Kerry Washington, Anna Chlumsky,& Debi Mazar
Written by Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky
Directed by Trudie Styler
Mistaken identity breaks the confidence of a waitress until another customer shares her theories on dating.
“Blind Spot”
Starring Andrew Davoli, Clare Carey, Sally Kirkland,
Terrence Evans, & William C. Mitchell
Written and Directed by Gianluca Galtrucco
A struggling novelist encounters an aging Hollywood Diva, a Jazz Musician, and a Vietnam Vet. These three characters will change his life forever.
“Magnificent Max”
Starring Charley Rossman
Written by Sebastian Davis
Directed by Jack Price
An uplifting coming-of-age / identity crisis dramedy revolving around the second
Coming of a 48-year old pro wrestling has-been.
“The Vaudevillian”
Starring Andrew Burlinson & John DiCrosta
Written by Joe Giannetti
Directed by Bryan Nest
A ventriloquist's relationship with his dummy is drained after they lose their job with a traveling vaudeville act. The ventriloquist realizes he is able to scam farmers for money, much to the dummy's dismay, and loses his conscience so that he can continue.
“The Wine Bar”
Starring Ryan Young, Seth Fisher,
Tessa Klein, and William Sadler
Written by Seth Fisher & Christian Remde
Directed by Christian Remde
When blue-collar Henry orders a beer in a snooty wine bar he offends everyone and has to defend himself and the woman sitting next to him.
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DRAMA #1: Self-discovery in a large world
The White Room
Ablution
Ashes Fall
Forgiveness
Suicide Club
“The White Room”
Starring Alex Frew, Zach Harris, & James E. Roberts
Written and Directed by Carsten Kurpanek
The White Room is a relationship drama with a supernatural twist. Grant walks in on his wife Dana and his best friend Adam. A shot is fired and the two friends find themselves in an infinite white room where past, present, and future melt into a decisive moment in which their fate is decided.
“Ablution”
Starring Lynn Cohen & Alberto Zeni
Directed by Dan Searle
Written by Alberto Zeni and Dan Searle
Ibrahim comes to Buenos Aires on a mission of death, destruction and martyrdom. But when he falls under the spell of a Jewish shopkeeper and her family, he begins to question the hatred and revenge he harbors in his heart.
“Ashes Fall”
Starring Chelah Horsdal & Michael Adamthwaite
Written and Directed by Eric Maran
An African relief shelter is the stage for a high-stakes drama involving a car bomber, a US Peacekeeper, and a female doctor, that asks the question: is vengeance the same as justice?
“Forgiveness”
Starring Barry McGovern
Directed by Barrie Dowdall & Jamie O’Neill
A boy promises his father that he will confront all those who signed warrant for his execution.
“Suicide Club”
Starring Alexander Polinsky & Jason Marsden
Written by Adam & Donovan Montierth & Jason Walters
Directed by Adam & Donovan Montierth
A suicide attempt is halted by a man that wants to helm him… do it properly.
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DRAMA/COMEDY #2: People are strange
Gnome (Glamour Reel Moments Short)
Universal Remote
Time Gentlemen Please
My Name is Wallace
What’s so Funny
The Grayed Escape
“Gnome”
Starring Lauren Graham
Written and Directed by Jenny Bicks
Amanda has lived her life by other people’s rules, until she meets a group of enlightened cross-dressers who take her on a day-long adventure, teaching her that she truly can live her life to it’s fullest.
“Universal Remote”
Starring Eileen Barnett & Peter Van Norden
Written & Directed by J. Richey Nash
After over 30 years, Liz and Charlie's marriage has become centered on nightly network programming... until their TV breaks! Now what? Stay tuned...
“Time Gentlemen Please”
Starring Ron Cook
Written by Zak Emerson & Daniel Gifford
Directed by Zak Emerson & Daniel Gifford
A man travels alone to a deserted island, towing his life behind him in a rowing boat. He sets up his 'flat-pack' pub and waits for his new life to begin. At first, all is dandy, but as time passes he is forced to confront a new set of problems that his new choice of lifestyle has generated.
“My Name is Wallace”
Starring David Lawrence & Leslie Ellis
Written by Bob Pondillo & David Lawrence
Directed by Bob Pondillo
A lonely, high functioning mentally challenged man falls in love with a 900 sex-line operator, and through that call, both find redemption.
“What’s so Funny?”
Starring Tony Tanner
Written by Tony Tanner
Maurice is an AIDS patient and is completely self-absorbed. Charlie is his buddy from the LA AIDS project. Maurice doesn't 'see' Charlie, doesn't even call him by the right name. All this played for laughs, saving the biggest laugh for last.
“The Grayed Escape”
Starring Dave Mikol, Garry Peters, & Rhonda Kulhanek
An affectionate comedy about an old man who plots his escape from a dingy nursing home, racing against a callous orderly and his impending mortality.
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THRILLER / HORROR: On the edge of your seat
The Janitor’s Office
The Makeable
Security
The Beast
Nightmare
The Fix
“The Janitor’s Office”
Starring Paula Giroday & Chris Walters
Directed by Karen Nielsen
Written by Calvin Field
Five teenagers try to escape the janitor’s office of their high school while there is a murderous rampage happening outside the doors.
“The Makeable”
Starring Simone Alex
Directed by Dag Shapshak & Mishka Kornai
Written by Shaun Carpenter
Becca, a diamond cutter, is caught between two lovers, while trying to cut a world-class stone. As she gets closer to the heart of the diamond, it only takes one wrong cut to lose everything..
“Security”
Starring Paul Spohr & Bianka Magyar
Written and Directed by Mark Edgington
A cache of encrypted documents is discovered in a park in Brooklyn, setting off a cat-and-mouse game between authorities and a shadowy cell.
“The Beast"
Starring Jeff Eveleth
Written and Directed by Alex DeMille
When an artist returns home upon his mother's death, he rediscovers the source of his inspiration and his childhood nightmares.
“Nightmare”
Starring Brad Ashten, Gary Hourani, & Jane Hajduk
Written by Devereaux Wilcox
Directed by Brent Nowak
A man battles schizophrenia and fights with fact and facade in an uncontrollable Nightmare.
“The Fix”
Starring Bob Burns, Mike Boland, & Ted McGuinnes
Written by Robert Burns
Directed by Matt Burns
Jimmy learns that his editor is not his friend, his story is not as it seems and the cost of telling the truth is higher than staying quite. The fix is in, but is it in for our hero?
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ANIMATED/EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC: Weird & Quirky
Startle Pattern
Coffeeee
Joyride
Dear Sweet Emma
Buttered Bread
2 in the AM PM
A Game of Pool
“Startle Pattern”
Written and Directed by Eric Patrick
The interior space of a puppet becomes increasingly reflective, revealing the artifice of his own creation.
“Coffeeee”
Written and Directed by .Nolan
A Day in the life of a coffee fanatic who can't quite function normally without a few pots. In this Classically animated short, things go from bad to worse as something as simple as getting a cup of coffee unexpectedly becomes a test of self control.
“Joyride”
Produced by Lori Cernak
Written and Directed by John Cernak
Don’t Tread on Me What “THE MAN” wants, “THE MAN” gets...and if you don’t pay attention it will all go by in the blink of a sound bite!
“Dear Sweet Emma”
Produced by Lori Cernak
Written and Directed by John Cernak
Unbeknownst to all, Emma has an uncontrollable dark side.
“Buttered Bread”
Written and Directed by Nelson Boles
A paranoid experimental fantasy.
“2 in the AM PM”
Written and Directed by JG Quintel
What happens when two teenagers are left alone to run a gas station on Halloween night? They feed each other candy... Filled with drugs.
“Intro” The Morning 40 Federation
Music Video
“A Game of Pool”
Directed by Ryan LeBoeuf
Playing pool against one’s self.
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DOCUMENTARY: New Orleans
CNN Documentary
New Orleans: Live from America
Swing Low
Through a Saint’s Eyes
“New Orleans: Live from America”
Produced and Directed by Bear Peterson
A Hurricane Katrina documentary filmed by a New Orleans filmaker before, during, and after this natural disaster. Delivers an unbiased, human portrayal of this American catastrophe.
Swing Low:Hope & Music Helping New Orleans Rise
Produced by Lindsay Fox
Directed by Lindsay Fox & Matthew Weddle
“Through a Saint’s Eyes”
Produced by Mark Campbell & Kevin McCabe
The 2007 New Orleans Saints inspiring run to the NFL playoffs, filmed by one of their own.
“Children of the Storm”
Produced by Michelle Rozsa
Directed by Soledad O’Brien
CNN experimented by giving some New Orleans students cameras and letting them interview themselves.
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DOCUMENTARY: People & Places
On Deaf Ears
Drowning River
Mad Mac and the Flat Ugly Snail
Grandma Goth
“On Deaf Ears”
Controversial Preacher in Santa Monica preaches to those along the 4th Street Promenade, stirring emotional responses against his “my way or the highway” beliefs.
“Drowning River”
Produced and Directed by ML Lincoln
When rising folk singer, Katie Lee, left Hollywood in 1954 and arrived in the untamed canyon lands of Arizona and Utah, her life changed forever. Featuring interviews with friends of Edward Abbey and David Brower's last footage of Glen Canyon, this short film tells the story of a drowned paradise.
“Mad Mac and the Flat Ugly Snail”
Produced and Directed by Bill Morris & Kate Bradbury
It is the story of New Zealand’s lucrative abalone industry seen through the eyes of one of its most colourful characters whose leadership changed it but whose ambition and excess eventually brought him down.
“Grandma Goth”
Produced and Directed by Deborah Hiestand
A documentary/short that 'digs up' the obsessive, death-related, collections of 64-year-old Suelynn Gustafson, who calls herself Grandma Goth. A tour through her coffin-filled, historic church, and her skeleton adorned costume shop is included.
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