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3:00-4:30PM
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1. Code Oakland (21:22) Documentary
This film examines the evolution of Oakland through the eyes of social entrepreneurs who are determined that youth of color not be left on the sidelines as Silicon Valley spreads across the Bay and into the home of the second largest black community in California. Watch trailer here. |
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2. Junked (11:00) Documentary
With the advent of digital, the art of film projection is being lost and the 35mm films are getting junked. Watch trailer here |
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3. Eleven minutes (6:23) Drama
Is it real or just in his head? The last 11 minutes in the life of a workplace shooter. Told by the director's own suicide note, used as the script for the film. Watch trailer here |
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4. Capsized (13:19) Drama
Using only a cell phone, a young bride-to-be must find a way to save her fiancée from drowning in a cargo hold of a capsized cruise ship. Watch trailer here. |
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5. Desk Job (17:48) Drama
A lonely insurance adjuster (Pat Healy) navigates an unrelenting cycle of hostile clients, demanding bosses, sinister emails, and a very bad performance review. |
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6. Chalk (22:40) Drama
Southern England, 1962. Unease descends upon a small British coastal town when a young woman, Margaret, returns from a two year stay at a psychiatric institution. Watch teaser here. |
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4:30-6.00PM
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1. Devil Makes Work (7:10) Horror
This is a visually dark and sinister short film illustrating the devil's twisted view of humanity; our hopes and dreams, life, love and struggle together with the sacrifices we make for success. Watch Trailer here. |
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2. Knock Knock (13:08) Horror
Val and her friends play a game that allows them to communicate with the dead. The Knock Knock Game turns any doorway into a portal to the hereafter, but the girls soon learn that are rules that should never be broken. Trailer for you is here. |
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3. Hush (6:45) Horror
A young woman baby sits a former professor's daughter. During the night she discovers a malevolent presence that has attached itself to the house. |
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4. Zerogon (4:02) Sci-Fi
A lonely creature on a lonely planet is addicted to computer generated imagery |
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5. The Stowaway (13:22) Sci-Fi
A stowaway is discovered on an emergency dispatch ship and must come to terms with the consequence of her action. |
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6. Gear (7:56) Sci-Fi
GEAR tells the story of Mazzy, a young girl fighting for survival in the back alleys of the city. She's pissed off some dangerous people, and needs a way out. |
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7. The Brain Hack (19:12) Sci-Fi
While testing a prototype brain-scanner, computer science graduate, Fallon, stumbles on a technique to induce temporal-lobe epilepsy; tricking the brain into hallucinating visions of God. Watch trailer here |
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Screenings
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6:30-8:00PM
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1. The Platinum Plan (5:10) Comedy
Crazy, crazy comedy. An incident... A policy... A strange seductive option... When Type-A Tamara experiences a serious bump in the road, it may be time to re-evaluate her afterlife insurance. Watch trailer here. |
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2. Knights of the Long Table (10:00) Comedy
King Arthur brings a glimmer of hope -- and a keen sense of design -- to a war torn kingdom. Watch trailer here. |
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3. SWAG (12:49) Comedy
SWAG is a short silent comedy film about identity. David, a dull, boring and insecure office worker is lacking excitement in his life. He sees a 'cool guy' on the tube wearing.... a baseball cap |
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4. Felt Help (10:56) Comedy
In a world that is NOT always PC (Puppet-ly Correct) ... Two Puppets will have to overcome discrimination and their own awkwardness to find love. |
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5. The Fallen Phoenix (5:19) Animation
The Fallen Phoenix' is the story of an established composer who struggles to write a masterpiece that pleases both himself and his sponsor. Ultimately, he realizes he has to choose between staying true to his art and pleasing those around him. |
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Awards Ceremony + Red Carpet
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All Nominated Artists are invited to Awards Ceremony:
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Best Director
Junked. Gus Berger 11 minutes. Tom Botchii The Looking Planet. Eric Law Anderson Knock Knock. Jeff Betancourt The Brain Hack. Joseph White Best Cinematographer Devil Makes Work. Nicholas Bennett Chalk. Alex Smith 11 minutes. Martin Moody Swag. Simon Elsbury Best Film Editor Knock Knock. Jeff Betancourt Desk Job. Cory Livingston 11 minutes. Tom Botchii Gear. Brett W. Bachman Best Actor 11 minutes. Rafael Siegel Devil Makes Work. Shaun Dooley Desk Job. Pat Healy The Stowaway. Brendan Fehr Swag. David Elms Best Supporting Actor Desk Job. Luis Villafranca (voice) Devil Makes Work. Sebastian Canciglia Swag. Mark Davison Knights of the Long Table. Andrew Burlinson Best Actress Chalk. Skye Bennett Hush. Alexandra Grace Gear. Charlotte Alexis White Knock Knock. Skyler Vallo Platinum Plan. Erica Rhodes Best Supporting Actress Knights of the Long Table. Meredith Bishop Chalk. Amber Anderson Desk Job. Heidi Schooler (voice) |
Best Costume Designer
Felt Help. Wendy Allamby Gear. Melody Brocious Knock Knock. Danielle Savre Stowaway. Nra Kudelka Best Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist Devil Makes Work. Robbie Drake, Paula Maxwell & Becky Hall Knock Knock. Jenelle Albert Chalk, Marianna Lazarowa. Suzanna Forrister-Beer & Rachel Coenen Best Production Designer Gear. Louis Joseph Comeau IV Devil Makes Work. Noam Piper The Brain Hack. Sets Appeal, Sophie Jacobs, Bridget Murton, Hela Dondertman The Stowaway. John Hewitt Best Screenplay Writer (of produced film) Code Oakland. Kelly Amis Junked. Gus Berger The Looking Planet. Eric Law Anderson Capsized. Brandon M. Freer & Alfredo Ochoa Jr. Best Sound Designer The Brain Hack. Jake Roberts & Barnaby Templer Capsized. John Capo The looking Planet. Alexandra Fehrman Best Composer Zerogon. John Mattiuzzi The Fallen Phoenix. Djiipu 11 minutes. LA Ndo Stowaway. Frederik Wiedman Best VFX Artist Devil Makes Work. Scott Simmonds, James Paul Hattsmith Terry Tsang, Eileen Chan, Caspian Graca da Silva Hush. Rob Hodgson Zerogon. John Mattiuzzi & Josh Planz Gear. Nathaniel Morgan The Platinum Plan. Chris Pickenpaugh |
At the Ceremony, we will announce:
Best Animation
Best Drama
Best Horror
Best Comedy
Best Documentary
Best Sci Fi
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Best Of The Festival
Best Of Jury
Best Of Audience.
Best Animation
Best Drama
Best Horror
Best Comedy
Best Documentary
Best Sci Fi
and
Best Of The Festival
Best Of Jury
Best Of Audience.