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2008 Festival Winning Films

  • GRAND PRIZE WINNER: "Metamorphisis"
  • AUDIENCE AWARD: "The Red Wind"

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2008 Films

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By: Brian Frederedeck


The Laundry
“LAUNDRY” is a short dramedy written by ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED screenwriter Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Carribean 1-4, Shrek, Deja-vu). This short was made on film, and stars Margo Varga and Amber Dawn Lee who plays "Chrissy" our gum chewing hit woman who has a dirty laundering job to finish. When things fall apart, and it's found out she isn't who we thought, "Chrissy" looks for God to show her a sign, so that murder can stay out of the Laundry. When the "sign" happens it is up to Chrissy to figure out if it's indeed a true sign, or if it's just life as intended.


The Dream
by Lauren Sandoval Lauren is a promising talent. She just graduated from the Richard Lawson Studios. This is her Final Film Project.


2008 Films In Competition

A Bullet Don't Got No Name
An extraordinary documentary film that takes you the audience member front and center into the life of a young inner city youth...gang member, facing the perils of a nameless bullet...

Produced & Directed by: Sybil Harris
Edited by: B T Jackson
In Order of Appearance: Carnell Jackson, Mia Murray, Sybil Harris, Mrs. Carnetha Harris, Bubba Loc, Carmon Smith and the Students from Crenshaw High School.

 

Are You Sick?
A family man brings his family together to create a short film. The children's mother (his ex-wife) attacks him for making what she says is a "SICK FILM". The battle begins on whether or not they can finish the family project.

Written by: Russell Geary & Tatjana Boskin
Edited by: Russel Geary
Cast: Sheila Grenham, Tatjana Boskin, Andrew Geary, Mile Divovic, Christopher Geary, Russell Geary.

 

Bang Bang
Three people, one room, one question. Are you ready to pay the price for the actions you took?

Produced by: Jenna Lee
Directed by: Mary Thompson & Mitch Hara
Written By: Mitch Hara
Cast: Roz Cohn, Jeffrey Frost, Jenna Lee Lighting Design: David Bartlett

 

Metamorphosis
In a city of 10 million people, two strangers cross paths…

Writeen and Directed By: Kevin Brewerton
Produced By: Kevin Brewerton, Sasha Snyder, Jolie Oliver
Cast: Jolie Oliver, Sasha Snyder, Jennifer Huang, Matthew Shapiro, Liz Valente
Director of Photography: Jody Del Giorno
Editor: Jonathan Whittle-Utter
Costume Designer/Stylist: Susan Tierney
Camera Assistant: Anne Mayher
Grips: John Mac Kane, Efiz Pearson
Still Photographer: Jessica Rich
Music: Nude by Radiohead

 

The Letter Home
In a letter home to his father, USMC Captain Alun Edward Thomas deals with the reality of killing of a Japanese soldier in hand to hand combat on Guadalcanal in 1942. Based on an actual letter written by Capt. Thomas after the battle of Iwo Jima.

Director: Scott Ashby
Cast: Scott Ashby and Jorge Ortiz

 

The Red Wind
After having been wrongfully imprisoned for ten years, a former inmate is awarded $100 for every day he was incarcerated. He's now a very wealthy man with one thing on his mind: revenge.

Written and Directed: Stephen Carr
Produced by Stephen Carr and Michael Pistello
Director of Photography - Jad MeouchMusic - Brian Wilbur Grundstrom
Editor and Visual FX - Stephen Carr
Production Assistant - Jenny Polutan
Cast: Alexander Fazel Popeye V. , Lisle Wilkerson,Michael Pistello, Stephen Carr

 

Sweet N' Low
Have you ever met someone who said something that stuck with you?  When Lacey, a high school princess, is assigned a school project outside the comfort of Beverly Hills, she meets someone who teaches her the value of something seemingly insignificant.  Vanessa Mitchell creates a compelling story reminding us that the 'little' things shouldn't lose importance.

Written & Directed by: Vanessa Mitchell
Edited by: Rick William
DP: Mark Linthicum
Cast: Vanessa Mitchell, Erin Cathcart, Mark Provencher, Patrick Tiller, Alejandro Romero, Sterling Fergleson

Welcome to the Jungle
“Welcome to the Jungle” is a film about challenge and persistence. Gerald Lebreaux (Haile Ford) returns to his old neighborhood to teach middle school students, and quickly learns that the old neighborhood isn’t what it used to be. Undeterred by the challenge ahead of him, Gerald persists in his efforts to make a difference in the lives of the students, and ultimately learns that teaching is best accomplished one day and one student at a time.

Produced, Directed & Edited by: Haile Ford
Associate Producer/Writer: Harriet Dickey
Camera/Sound/ lighting: Mark Marabate.
Make-up: Alisa Sherrod
Cast: Haile Ford, Keith Davis, Joseph Andrew and Alisa Sherrod