Friday June 3, 2011
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $99
FILMMAKERS RECEPTION & OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATIONS
This Opening Night Extravaganza includes numerous Celebrity Guests and:
- Mingle with the Stars and the world's most cutting edge Officially Selected Filmmakers at a Closed, Elegant, Extravaganza Cocktail Hour, with an array of complimentary fine hors d ’oeuvres/meals and deserts from Little Italy's Sambuca's and other fine Little Italy restaurants…and complimentary cocktails provided by Zyr Vodka, Alma Tequila, as well as Boylan Soda and Illy Coffee beverages.
THE GREAT FIGHT – Feature Film – 90min (special screening; non-competition)
Written & Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio; Directed by Sherri Kauk - New Jersey
Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Joyce Dewitt, Eric Etebari, Martin Kove, Angela Little, Michael Rivera, Thomas G. Waites, Jackie Martling, Rachael Robbins, Nina Transfeld, Felipe Dieppa, Frank Giglio, Miguel Jarquin Moreland, Suzy Kaye
Only 25 Autistic Savants in the world have prodigious skills...and his skill is fighting
Saturday June 4, 2011
12:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
LET IT BLEED – Short Film
Directed by Jeff Collins – New York
Aidan and Madison are young and in love. They have a dream existence, surrounded by close friends and all the excitement New York City can offer a vibrant young couple. But when a mysterious black box appears at Aidan's doorstep, his dream of marrying Madison and the very world he has built for them begin to unravel...
A CHANGED LIFE – Short Film
Directed by Chris Cullen – New Jersey
Rob Murphy doesn't have much to live for at this point in his life, so he has turned to drugs and many other addictions. One day out of the blue he is approached by a young teenage girl named Jessie who claims that he is her father. Jessie’s mother, who raised her by herself, is now suffering from cancer so Jessie wanted to meet her father before it is too late. At first the meeting was a shock to Rob and he wanted nothing to do with Jessie, but things start to change and Rob starts to have a new outlook on life when he realizes someone may care for him. Will Rob become a father to Jessie before it is too late?
PERRY ST. – Short Film
Directed by Antonio Padovan - New York
The film revolves around the stories of Ryan and his therapist Elaine, their love lives and their attempts to solve their problems.
THE ROBBER BARONS OF WALL STREET – Short Film
Directed by Mathew Meis – New York
A banker, refusing to return his bonus after a company bailout, is executed and thrown over the Bull Statue on Wall Street by his brother.
NICE TIE ITALIANO – Short Film
Directed by Evan Hart – New York
As Giuseppe prepares for the most important meeting of his life, he is stalled by his desire for perfection-- a stubborn bow tie and the nearly-as-perfect, mysterious beauty Gianna... This moment together tells the story of their past but the night will determine their future.
EVALUATION ON TANNING – TV Pilot
Directed by Eva Andersen – New York
A look at the historical, cultural, and political discourse on the issue of indoor tanning through the use of comedic impersonations.
12:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
DEATH BY MEDICINE – Documentary
Directed by Gary Null – New York
The film explores the dominant medical paradigm, the current health crisis, and a healthier, more holistic system. Based on Gary Null’s groundbreaking book with statistical evidence of hundreds of thousands of injuries and deaths due to conventional medicine, it looks at the pharmaceutical industry, drug reps, medical schools, medical journals and the absence of real medical science. It shows how the lack of oversight by our regulatory agencies, private insurance firms and lobbying influence upon our legislators is problematic.. The result is the proof that the American medical system is broken and it may be time to create a new medical paradigm.
2:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE LAIR – Short Film
Directed by Joe Rosario – New Jersey
A Plus Size Woman is unhappy with her looks and attitude. She is seduced by two beautiful angels (one good/one evil) in the hopes of scoring with hot club goers. Magically transformed, her new attitude is more than any angel can handle.
ALL GODS CREATURES – Feature Film
Directed by Ryan Charles & Frank Licata - New York
Jon Smith, a creature of habit, spends his days working as a barista at a local mom and pop coffee shop on the upper west side of Manhattan. When night falls, he is a creature of a different breed, succumbing to his urge to savagely kill the 'filthy' young women of the good city of New York. When Jon meets Delia, a good natured but troubled young woman on the run from her past, Jon is forced to confront something far more terrifying than anything he has ever before encountered in all the dark affairs of his life - himself. Brought to question his routine by the company of this mysterious and beautiful creature, Jon will examine the true nature of what it means to be a monster and ultimately discover that love is not only for a chosen few, but for all God's creatures.
2:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE – Feature Film
Directed by Joseph Pepitone & Carlos Duhaime – New Jersey
Eric Etebari, Jack Mulcahy
Michael Cheevers is a mailroom slacker who accidentally kills himself in a drunken, bizarre experiment gone wrong. He finds himself in Purgatory where the recently demoted St. Peter sentences him to work…in the mailroom. There, Michael encounters an eclectic group of co-workers, including his beautiful manager, Brooke Lynn Monroe. They develop a quick friendship, based on drinking, pulling pranks and a common enemy, Todd Levy. Todd is a real estate mogul who also happens to be Jesus’s agent and the driving force behind Jesus’s merchandising company. He plans on shutting down Purgatory and turning it into condos for rich “Heaveners” and sending everyone else to Hell.
4:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE LIFE ZONE - Feature Film (special screening; non-competition)
Written & Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio; Directed by Rod Weber - New Jersey
Lindsey Haun, Angela Little, Blanche Baker, Nina Transfeld, Eric Etebari, Martin Kove, Tara Buck, Thomas G. Waites, Eileen Fulton...and Robert Loggia
Three pregnant women are kidnapped from abortion clinics, with the intention to be held until they all give birth. A psychological thriller that cuts right down the middle in the think tank of pro-life versus pro-choice ideology...With a twist ending that will surprise all...
See the trailer here.
4:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE “A” PLATE – Feature Film
Directed by Terre Weisman – Massachusetts
Pricilla Barnes, Erika Smith, Julie Ann Emery
An unscrupulous young car salesman thinks he's found a way to take over his philandering boss' dealership and close the deal with the boss' beautiful daughter, but there is a price to pay when lies overtake love.
PERHAPS TOMORROW – Short Film
Directed by Sandy Garfunkel – New York
Annie has detached herself from her friends and her work, and seems desperate to find a connection with a world other than her own. She thinks there is only one path to resolution, but unexpectedly, her daily lunch routine becomes the key to making peace with the ghosts of her past.
6:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck -$11
THE GRAND THEFT - Feature Film (special screening; non-competition)
Directed & Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio; Written by Kenneth Del Vecchio and Blanche Baker - New Jersey
Blanche Baker, Thomas G. Waites, Nina Transfeld, Joe Rosario, Rachael Robbins, Michael Rivera, Eric Etebari...and Robert Loggia
A hilarious spoof of Kenneth Del Vecchio's novel, The Great Heist, and the film industry.
A FAREWELL TO ARM – Short Film
Directed by Phillip Snyder & Robert M. Snyder - New York
A Hemingway-esque spoof of manhood via a father-son arm wrestling challenge.
BOOR OF NO IMPORTANCE – Short Film
Directed by Joe Paul – New Jersey
It's a battle of the sexes when Anton Chekhov meets...Oscar Wilde? Two classic monologues meet in a head on collision.
6:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THROUGH THE ROOF- Documentary
Directed by Chris Theibert – New York
In January of 2010, the C.H.E.K Institute teamed up with the Challenged Athletes Foundation, Overstock.com and many other key sponsors to help assist the first female paraplegic athlete to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. On Sunday, January 31st, 2010, at approximately 5:30 PM, Erica Davis, a paraplegic since 2005, along with Tara Butcher, an amputee below the left-knee, reached the summit.
8:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE LAST GAMBLE – Feature Film
Directed by Joe Goodavage – New York
Steven Bauer, Sally Kirkland, John Savage, Nick Mancuso, Katherine Narducci, Johnny Williams
A gambler's life spirals out of control as he struggles to maintain his dignity.
DANTE'S WORLD
Directed by Kathrine Narducci - California
After getting the ill fated results from his doctor Dante is challenged by his faith and the power of letting go
NOBODY BUT HER –Short Film
Directed by Phillip Jordan Brooks – Louisiana
The terrifying story of 8-year old Greta and her abusive grandmother. After her grandmother's strange death, two detectives work to unravel the mystery by questioning the young girl, leading them to the shocking truth.
8:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ZERO PERCENT – Documentary
Directed by Tim Skousen – New York
For Zero Percent, the filmmakers were given rare access within the walls of the notorious
Sing Sing Correctional facility to follow the lives of several of society's
forgotten men as they experience the transformative power of education, while
going through a rigorous college program called Hudson Link-- with astounding
statistical results.
10:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
CALENDAR GIRL – Feature Film
Directed by Derek Lindeman – New Jersey
Gilbert Gottfried, Corbin Bernsen, Brian O’Halloran
Calendar Girl is a dark romantic comedy about Ari, a young woman whose poor taste in men may be the death of her when she tries to find love with her would-be killer. The elusive Calendar Girl killer has been terrorizing the city of Philadelphia, stalking and killing a different women each month in order to complete his morose calendar full of unwilling pin-ups. The year is nearly over, when a taunting letter to the press has Ari convinced that she's destined to be Miss December and she can't help but be a little flattered. Calendar Girl is a fun blend of mystery, horror, and comedy that's all about finding true love in a very inconvenient December.
EAT ME – Short Film
Directed by Rocco Nisivoccia Jr. – New Jersey
Like most people, Brady Toluca's world is a constant compromise. The hot tempered ex-solider must contend with a dead end job, a deceased personal life, and a world inhabited by rehabilitated zombies. But when Brady loses a promotion to an undead counterpart, he sets out to prove his suspicions of the former flesh eaters are justified.
10:00 pm – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
BOOLEY - Feature Film
Directed by Christian Grillo - Pennsylvania
Everyman Angus Booley has been pushed around his whole life, but recently it seems it has been happening more than usual. He suspects his wife of adultery, his job gets outsourced to India, and his daughter Rose is being bullied by the most popular girl in school. Finding salvation in a flamboyant self-help guru, Angus begins to turn his life around...by murdering all those who get in his way. He is the hammer...and they are the nails.
'Some killers are born, others are crafted'.
I KNOW – Short Film
Directed by Alex raskin – New Jersey
An off-beat take on David Lynch's song I Know. Horror? Murder? Exploitation? Watch and discover what YOU make out of it!
Sunday June 5, 2011
12:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
NEANDER JIN – Feature Film
Directed by Florian Steinbiss - Germany
A Neanderthal Man is found after an explosion. Beset by the maelstrom of modern society with its multitude of temptations, he finds a safe harbor in the garden shed of Barbara van Schmerling, a 23-year-old student of environmental planning. She takes him under her wing in order to save 'the last living testimony of former humanity and naturalness' from the corrupting influences of western civilization. But when her altruistic feelings turn to romantic ones, she is faced with compromising her ethics, or losing the only person- or primitive- she has ever truly loved.
PUPPENSPIEL – Short Film
Directed by Florian Hirschmann - Austria
A young woman strays through a child's room, in search of something uneasy to grasp. It makes her anxious, nervous, but she hopes that here it materializes. A man, also seeking something, wanders through the house. A little girl plays with a doll. What seems to be a peaceful play in perfect harmony becomes the despairing effort to deal with the violence she has faced and felt. In play, the experiences are lived through again in order to form an ally…an ally that knows and understands.
12:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
YANKEELAND – Documentary
Directed by Michael Gartland – New Jersey
Yankeeland is about the last year of the old Yankee Stadium and the first year of the new ballpark. The film documents the neighborhood's reaction to the construction of one of the world's most expensive athletic facilities in one of the United States' poorest congressional districts.
2:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ROCK DOVE – Short Film
Directed by Tommy Walsh, Christopher Burke – New York
Newly released ex-convict, Rodney Sinclair, returns to New York City to try and reconnect with his family. Hoping for a new lease on life, he is forced to visit the demons of his past, and face the truth about himself.
THE INTERVIEW – Short Film
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green – New Jersey
When Ty Bedford meets Wallace Landry, he is in for a treat when the interview takes one wrong turn after another. The film juxtaposes innocence and ignorance and the prejudices that underlie both.
OVER A CUP OF JOE – Short Film
Directed by Marla Hammons - California
Two old friends, who haven't seen each other since high school, are reuniting over a cup of coffee at a local café. They don't know it, but their lives have intersected. For both women, it's an unexpected discovery each will deal with in her own way.
MADCAP MABEL – Short Film
Directed by Dena Schumacher – New York
The funny and tragic story of America's original Queen of Comedy...'Madcap' Mabel Normand who, from being Hollywood's first party girl, went from Hollywood's biggest star to Hollywood's first victim of scandal.
PIPE DREAMS – Short Film
Directed by Ben Green – New York
34-year-old Alex lives his life within the narrow confines of his workplace, an aging smoking pipe manufacturing plant. Alex has a high functioning form of autism and when his boss hires Iris, a young undocumented worker from Ecuador, a connection is made that draws Alex out of himself and into the unpredictable world of possibility, disappointment and triumph.
2:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
MORTEM - Feature Film
Directed by Eric Atlan - France
Mortem is a thriller: the story of a young woman who defies her own death.
SKATE – Short Film
Directed by Diane Crespo -
As a young man in his Italian working class neighborhood in Brooklyn, Skate discovered his special gift -- to skate better than anyone he knew! But being good at the sport didn't cut ice with his friends until Skate became an Olympic ice-skating champion. After his success, Skate becomes a local hero, who aims to help others have a better life. Among those he befriends is Johnny, who takes care of his sick mother on disability. The teen is skeptical, doubts who Skate says he is, but by example, Skate proves that the world holds surprises Johnny couldn't imagine.
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
LIFES OF THE ARTISTS – Documentary
Directed by Ross Cairns - England
A Relentless Energy film which delves into the psyche of James Lavelle (UNKLE) and snowboarders Jeremy Jones and Xavier De La Rue, as they explore virgin territory, pioneering new routes within their respective disciplines.
A MAN WHO CAME FROM FRANCE – Short Film
Directed by Hiroshi Toda - Japan
Guillaume, a Frenchman, travels around Japan for shooting a documentary film with 16mm camera. One day, he hitchhikes and is picked up by a mysterious old man.
The old man is interested in his 16mm camera and they go on traveling in
friendship...
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE DESPERATE – Short Film
Directed by Ben Hur Sepehr - California
On a rainy night in a concentration camp a fearsome Nazi general is forced to plead with a condemned Jewish doctor to save his dying only son.
FINDING KALMAN – Documentary
Directed by Laurie Weisman – New York
Kalman, a mischievous Jewish boy and his 15 year-old sister, Anna struggled to escape from the Warsaw ghetto. He disappeared, but 60 years later, she recounts his story as we watch her daughter, Roz, create striking portraits from a photograph of Kalman. The act of painting transforms Kalman's image into a universal expression of love and loss.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
FRONTMAN – Feature Film
Directed by Ben Hyland – United Kingdom
When the former frontman of 'Stanley and the Knives' suddenly dies his old friends and band mates are forced back together after twenty-five years apart. Cracks soon start to appear in their relationships and it becomes clear why they split up in the first place. Frontman is a musical journey of five strangers, becoming friends for the second time.
SUS – Short Film
Directed By Tim Roberts - Australia
When a suspicious looking character enters a late night liquor store and starts stashing bottles of wine into his jacket, the clerk decides it's best to empty the cash register before the bloke holds it up. Then a cop enters the store minutes later for a packet of chips to find the clerk stashing cash from the register and the suspicious bloke stashing bottles of wine. He promptly deals with the situation although it's not until he's left the store that he realizes all may not be as it seems.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
O.B.A.M. NUDE - Feature Film
Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio; Screenplay by Kenneth Del Vecchio & Andrew Gause; Directed by Rod Weber - New Jersey
The first-ever satire about Barack Obama.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
VULNERABLE – Feature Film
Directed by Alan Lock - Australia
A young couple is driving home after a dinner party with their four year old daughter when they are run off the road by a pair of drunken teenagers and left to die. After three days without food, water or any chance of being rescued, a loaded gun under the driver's seat may be their only way out.
SCENT – Short Film
Directed by Darren Bolton - England
A quiet, sensitive and poignant film, Scent aims to explore themes of love, death and denial through a delicate observation of heart breaking, yet intriguing situations.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
BIG GUNS – Feature Film
Directed by Chris McDonnell – New Jersey
When the world's worst cop is fired he becomes the world's worst private detective. For reasons unknown he finds himself the target of every criminal in town. He must overcome his incompetence and several character defects to solve the case and save his life.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
SUGARBABY – Feature Film
Directed by Trisha Ray - India
The luck of three teenage street singers suddenly change when they are asked to take care of a little baby - they find themselves the target of two record producers, one drug cartel and the police force as they try to keep making a living as street singers and protect their friend's orphan niece while he is in prison.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
FREE MAN – Feature Film
Directed by Tarik Tanrisever – Turkey
This true story tells about a man's life who was a very influential philosopher that lived from 1877-1960. His name is 'Said Nursi' and he is originally Kurdish. But, he speaks perfectly Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. He wrote and compiled many books that had aimed to develop personal beliefs, the belief of faith, brotherhood, philanthropy, the loyalty of state, moreover, discovering the problems in Turkey; the reasons of weakness, poorness, ignorance, untutored, divisions in society, divergence, estrangement of ethics, religion. And to find the solutions of those problems… and his struggle for doing this toward a secret committee.
Monday June 6, 2011
2:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
WEBDULTERY – Feature Film
Directed by Charles Wahl - Canada
Fred and Deb's marriage isn't what it used to be; they love their son, they love each other, but their lives don't feel fulfilled. They look around at the lives of their friends, both single and married, and feel they are missing out. Deb has an anonymous online friend that she chats with that is in a similar situation to her and after a while, they begin to urge each other to cheat. Deb goes online to try and find the passion she misses and falls into a journey of adultery. The whole time she shares her experiences with her online 'friend', the one anonymous person she can talk too, and he shares his adultery with her...the only thing is, Deb's online friend, is Fred.
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
IN HER EYES – Short Film
Directed by Robert Smellin & Chris Smellin - Australia
April, a young war widow, is hoping to find stability and peace, but the wrong man returns home to her...
THE PROMOTION – Short Film
Directed by Cooper Andrews - Georgia
Believing her time for partnership at the firm has finally come, Amanda's world is rocked when an overheard conversation leads to self-doubt and her journey...to humility.
EL TORERO Y LA TORA – Short Film
Directed by Jon Jones - Florida
A young, penniless bullfighter loses his cape so he must find a replacement.
GOLD DIGGER – Short Film
Directed by Karen Lindholm-Rynkiewicz - Wisconsin
Five sisters, traveling by train to visit their father, must separate their idea of him from the real man.
ASLEEP IN CHILD’S PARK – Short Film
Directed by Heather Jones – Massachusetts
When a guilty conscience distorts reality, a bad decision becomes a life-changing mistake that is not easy to let go of. Asleep in child’s park is a short dramatic film written and directed by Heather Jones.
JACOB AND DEATH – Short Film
Directed by David Updike - Pennsylvania
Jacob Wright has reached the end of his rope. Recently divorced, mired in a dead-end bookstore job, without children, pets, or even plants to keep him company, he decides it's time to make an exit. Having failed at living, will he be any better at dying? Only one thing stands in his way: Death has high standards. Thus begins Jacob's journey from life to death and back again ... and again. Along the way, he meets a woman who wants to save his soul, a boy in search of a not-so-obscure 14th century Italian poet who just might hold the key to everything, and of course, Death himself - vigilant gatekeeper, fussy grammarian, stubborn adversary, and possibly the best friend Jacob will ever have.
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
BLINDSIDED – Feature Film
Directed by Daniel Buonsanto - California
Framed by the FBI and distraught by his girlfriend's murder, Marcus West has come home to rest and see old friends, but there is no rest for the weary. A final job passing phony stocks must be carried out, or he must pay with his life.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY – Short Film
Directed by Benjamin Levitt – New York
A family prepares for their extended family to visit for Mother's Day. Family members begin to arrive earlier than expected as chaos ensues for everyone.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
UNCLE MELVIN’S APARTMENT – Feature Film
Directed by Craig Weintraub – New York
Danny, a germaphobe from Chicago, travels to New York to meet with publishers about his new novel. A rejection, a fall and a broken leg land him in the care of his scam-artist Uncle who he hasn't seen in almost 10 years. It's also been about that long since his Uncle Melvin's apartment has last been clean.
ALMOST HUMAN – Short Film
Directed by Abraham Vilchez-Moran – Virginia
A woman wakes up on a beach with no memory of her past life, except that she is desperately looking for her missing son.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
NEW YORK 2006 – Feature Film
Directed by Paolo Frassanito – New York
Giorgio has just escaped Italy, his ex-wife, and, in his mind, the Communists. Now, he lives in Manhattan and he's ready for new romance: with George W. Bush.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE GIRL FROM THE NAKED EYE – Feature Film
Directed by David Ren – California
Jake, an ex-gambler trying to pay off a debt, finds work as a driver for The Naked Eye. The Naked Eye is a private gentleman’s club that fronts for a prostitution ring. Jake tires of chauffeuring around call girls and roughing up deviants that don't pay. Jake is stuck in this sad existence until he meets Sandy, an innocent misguided runaway with nowhere else to go. They form an unlikely bond and give each other the will to strive for a better life. When Sandy is found murdered, Jake searches all night to find out who killed the only person in the world who saw the good in him. Jake must survive the night while deciphering through lies, clues and his own true feelings about Sandy, The Girl from the Naked Eye.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE GREAT FIGHT – Feature Film (Encore screening; non-competition)
Written & Produced by Kenneth Del Vecchio; Directed by Sherri Kauk – New Jersey
Robert Loggia, Charles Durning, Joyce Dewitt, Eric Etebari, Martin Kove, Angela Little, Michael
Rivera, Thomas G. Waites, Jackie Martling, Rachael Robbins, Nina Transfeld, Felipe Dieppa, Frank Giglio, Miguel Jarquin Moreland, Suzy Kaye
Only 25 Autistic Savants in the world have prodigious skills...and his skill is fighting
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ATLANTIC CROSSING – Documentary
Directed by Dena Seidel – New Jersey
Atlantic Crossing: a Robot's Daring Mission is the story of a passionate team of scientists led by world-renowned oceanographer Scott Glenn, who make history by successfully navigating the first autonomous underwater robot across the Atlantic Ocean.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
THE DEAD CAN'T DANCE - Feature Film
Directed by Rodrick Pocowatchit - Kansas
A Native American comedy with zombies. Really.
Tuesday June 7, 2011
2:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
WHERE I BEGIN – Feature Film
Directed by Thomas L. Phillips – Mississippi
A decade after a tragic event, Jacob decides to return home to his small southern roots, only to find that the past is not really the past and that people may change but they never forget. His unexpected homecoming once again intertwines him with the family, friends and the town he left in his wake. Jacob searches for his way back home, but can you ever really go home?
SHAMS AND DELUSIONS- Short Film
Directed by Gerald Emerick – California
After serving time for his involvement in a high profile corporate scandal, Clyde Warren embraces the philosophy of Henry David Thoreau and lives in the wilderness only to be tracked down by ambitious reporters.
2:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
DER SANDMAN – FEATURE FILM
Directed by Peter Luisi - Switzerland
One fine morning, Benno finds sand in his bed. While he tries to ignore this at first, he soon must realize that he himself is losing the sand. Day after day the sand increases and soon his time literally starts running short. Finally he is left no choice but to ask the woman who runs the coffee shop under his apartment, Sandra, for help. Although Benno hates her with a passion, he has started having dreams about her every night. What could Sandra and the dreams have to do with the sand?
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
NINJAS IN THE SHED – Short Film
Directed by Jave Galt Miller - California
Ernie’s a farmer trying to make ends meet, but no matter how hard he tries he can’t bring
home enough corn to please his family and win the town’s annual harvest contest. And it
doesn’t help that a bully farmer keeps jacking his crops. But this year something magical
happens: two ninjas appear in his shed, and with their help he’ll reap his corn, best the
bully, and win the long-coveted “ Harvest King” crown. That is, if the ninjas don’t kill
everyone first.
CONTROLLED BURN – Short Film
Directed by Dan Van Wert - Pennsylvania
When Olivia Browning's husband, Hugh, is ravaged by Alzheimer's Disease, she must make a decisive choice regarding his right to die.
HEAVEN GARDEN – Short Film
Directed by Ari Candido Fernandes - Brazil
Tamar is a workman. He lives with his wife and daughters in a shantytown in SA Paulo. It’s pay day and Tamar's wallet is full. He is returning from work when a couple of burglars hop on the bus he is in and take all his money, which infuriates him. Some days later, Tamar spots one of the thief's, 'Lingual do Inferno', in a train station. Tamar chases her around the city until she meets her mate, 'Risk Sputnik'. Tamar carries a gun and decides to kill him, but when he shoots, the bullets don't come out..Tormented, he wanders around the city deep in the night with cruel thoughts and doubts.
LAB RATS – Short Film
Directed by Sam Washington – United Kingdom
Lab Rats tells the story of Zac, a desperately single and desperately penniless student who signs up for a bizarre psychological experiment for cash, where he meets the love of his life... Or does he?
THE DRIVEWAY – Short
Directed by Kevin McDermott - California
The Driveway takes place in 1971. It's about a twelve year-old boy named Henry, who's attempting to leave his driveway on his bicycle, but the neighborhood bully won't let him pass.
IT’S A MATCH – Short Film
Directed by Arnold Chun - California
A seemingly hopeless romantic in need of his soul mate resorts to online dating in search of his life long love. What he doesn't realize is that false advertisement is commonplace in the WWW. A romantic comedy more disaster prone than it is romantic.
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
SILVERLAKE VIDEO THE MOVIE – Feature Film
Directed by Matteo Rbaudo - California
Ben, a regular guy, on the verge of losing his video store, has one day to get a business partner before his lease expires. His day takes a turn for the worse, when his 'out of his league' girlfriend leaves a message, proclaiming 'We need to talk'. With no where else to turn for moral support, he opens up a Pandora's Box, when he seeks advice from the local flavor of the neighborhood, Silverlake.
BIDENTITY CRISIS – Short Film
Directed by Jana Mattioli – New York
Phil says he is bisexual, but his girlfriend Helen and the flamboyant waiter think otherwise.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
BURMA: AN INDICTMENT – Documentary
Directed by Jeremy Taylor – New York
Murder! Rape! Slavery! Torture! - part of the daily routine for the Burmese people. 'Burma: An Indictment' shows the inhumane conditions the gentle Burmese people suffer every day.
ADAM GETS A VASECTOMY – Documentary
Directed by Adam Blank – New York
Adam gets a vasectomy is the story of a man’s 30-day journey towards answering the questions: What did virility mean to him? What would happen to his testosterone levels? Would he still ejaculate? How much would it hurt? Would he regret this? He talks to his wife, to doctors, religious authorities and friends who have faced the same choice. In the process, he explores his connection to his family and the personal, medical, and social repercussions of this permanent reproductive solution.
A SHARED SPACE: LEARNING FROM THE MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL – Documentary
Directed by Brian Fuller – Michigan
A small Christian school in Hoboken, NJ is attracting attention for its progressive integration of fine arts, worship, and community service. The success of its intentional mission to the urban poor defies the economic model that typifies many private schools. But in an environment of insufficient funds, unattainable performance standards, and escalating drop-out rates, can any school make a difference? Can a curriculum infused with faith and art honestly and positively impact the lives of a diverse student body?
DILLI – Documentary
Directed by Rintu Thomas - India
Dilli is a moving collection of heartfelt interviews with Delhi slum dwellers. Its lens focuses on a group of dwellers, bringing to life the untold story of mass exodus of thousands who were bulldozed from their homes and transferred to a makeshift facade - Bawana without water, shelter or drainage, while the city was being beautified for Commonwealth Games 2010.
Dilli the city of dreams , is a universal story of millions of underprivileged around the world.
It holds up a mirror not only to India, but to every nation around the world, whose poor live forgotten under bridges, children go hungry, and fathers work thousands of miles from their families to provide. DILLI brings awareness. And awareness is the first step towards action.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
WEST SIDE GIRL – Short Film
Directed by Andrew Serban - New York
A devout Catholic up-and-coming female punk and lifelong resident of Manhattan's rapidly gentrifying Hell's Kitchen plots violent revenge against her landlord for evicting her in the middle of winter.
THE RETREAT – Short Film
Directed by Chelsea Marino - New York
When Onya decides to restart her mother's restorative retreat, she reaches out to her three childhood best friends for their help. During the week at the retreat, the four friends find it hard to keep recent secrets from each other and are forced to honestly view the power of their life choices.
GENERAL NUKE ‘EM – Short Film
Directed By – New Jersey
SWEET SWEET BABY – Short Film
Directed by Susan Hunt - New York
The memories of love between a nurse and her catatonic husband, and the night an old friend stops by for a visit.
IN THE NAME OF MY FATHER – Short Film
Directed by Matteo Ribaudo - California
It's been said that good fences make good neighbors. Nothing could be further from the truth in Matteo Ribaudo's film 'In the Name of My Father'. The film revolves around two pesky neighbors, one Irish and one Italian, and their bitter property line dispute.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ANDROID LOVE – Short Film
Directed by Lee Citron - California
In a future flooded with technology and sex, a synthetic romance ensues between one man and his pleasure droid.
THE REMY BURBEE MIX UP – Short Film
Directed by Alexander J. Cress – New York
A mockumentary style film that investigates how an inanimate objects actor thought he was mistakenly awarded bestactor at the Oscars.
USHER II – Short Film
Directed by Peter Tedone – New York
After everything he held dear was taken and destroyed, William Stendahl is ready to make his last stand. Only the young Officer Garrett stands in his way. Come and witness the fall.
FIVE APARTMENTS – Short Film
Directed by Thomas Siblo – New York
A well-dressed gentleman hunts for a Brooklyn apartment, while charming and distressing his potential roommates with anguish over his ex-lover. The unidentified protagonist's tale takes a new shape in every apartment: What might he be hiding?
SARINA’S SONG – Short Film
Directed by Angelique Litizia – New York
Set in the 1940's, 'Sarina’s Song follows the journey of a young woman who seeks to escape her aristocratic upbringing for a chance at true love.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
WALK A MILE IN MY PRADAS – Feature Film
Directed by Joey Sylvester - California
Tom Arnold, Mike Starr, Bruce Vilanch, Tom Archdeacon
Macho construction worker Tony Parisi proudly voted for Prop 8 (AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE). He takes great pleasure in ridiculing his gay co-worker, Steve Morris. That is until fate and a magic Christmas ornament step in to teach him a lesson. Two weeks before his wedding, Tony finds that he is suddenly gay, while Steve learns he has mysteriously turned straight. Now, Tony must scramble to 'straighten out' in time for his wedding... But, not before he walks a mile in Steve's shoes.
THIRD MAN IN THE RING – Short Film
Directed by Barbara Stolfi Maggio, James Maggio,Sr, Morgan Paul – New Jersey
Third Man in the Ring is inspired by the life of Teddy Martin, a poor boy who became a boxer and then a celebrated professional fight referee. Teddy was also a bookmaker, a loanshark and a Mob associate. Teddy may have been involved in some illegal activities but loved the sport of boxing and never influenced the outcome of any of the many bouts he refereed. This docudrama portrays how the Mob wreaks revenge when you refuse to play ball with them.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
GONZO MIAMI – Documentary
Directed by Jonathan Porcelli – New York
In the manner of George Plimpton's Paper Lion, and the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson, Director Jonathan V. Porcelli explores the booming Internet porn industry centered in Miami Florida that produces the genre of pornography known as GONZO PORN.
CELEBRITIES IN DISGRACE – Short Film
Directed by Elizabeth Searle – Massachusetts
Based on the novella heralded by The New York Times as 'an avalanche of sexual tension...a miniature masterpiece,' Celebrities in Disgrace is a harrowing account of one woman's quest for fame and a young man's sinister plan to give it to her. The film touches on timely issues like sex-texting scandals, student/teacher affairs, social media run amok-- plus the Harding/Kerrigan skate scandal. Already the film, which premiered at Woods Hole Film Festival, has drawn coverage from Boston's NPR radio and the Boston Herald. Stars Patrice Bunch and Julian Brand give electrifying performances under the direction of Matthew Quinn Martin (SLINGSHOT); script written by award-winning author Elizabeth Searle, whose TONYA & NANCY: THE ROCK OPERA drew national media attention. A sexy edgy tale of our times.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
GHOST THE MUSICAL – Feature Film
Directed by Will Jones – Pennsylvania
The Ravenwood Theatre is 100 years old. Its current owner is Anna Martin. Unable to pay the back taxes on the old theatre, the bank is foreclosing. However, Anna is about to get some help of the supernatural kind. From beyond the grave return the Ghosts of the Ravenwood Theatre! The theatrical specters and Anna team up to save the Ravenwood by staging a show to raise money to save the theatre. However, there is a problem. The entire cast of the show is, well, dead, and though Anna and Toby can see the spirits, will anyone else? Can they save the Ravenwood Theatre by convincing an entire to audience believe?
TELL-TALE – Short Film
Directed by Greg Williams - England
An ice-cold femme fatale and her apparently naive husband deny the crime they're accused of; the murder of a police informant.
Wednesday June 8, 2011
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
MOTHER’S HOUSE – Short Film
Directed by Davis Hall – New York
While emptying his late mother's rural home, Thomas and his wife, Catherine, discover increasingly disturbing secrets until the choice between memory and truth threatens to destroy them both.
PIECE – Short Film
Directed by Marcus Nash - California
An old cowboy lives alone in a desolate ranch house, burdened by the weight of his sordid past. When a young Latino comes seeking to avenge his father's death, the two men exchange redemption for revenge.
.12 – Short Film
Directed by Nic Beery – North Carolina
'12' is a short film about family. This family has a problem, and in the next twelve hours things will change irreversibly. Anything can happen between Midnight and Noon.
YITZI – Short Film
Directed by Joe Eckardt – New York
Narcissistic Latino actor Manny Ramirez finally gets his big break audition, and he couldn't be happier. But the arrival of a baby on his doorstep threatens to destroy his destiny of becoming a big soap star. Follow Manny as he tries to enlist the help of his unique family and friends in hopes of attaining his ultimate goal.
AGAINST THE WALL – Short Film
Directed by David Capurso – New York
In a futuristic city, a man and his girlfriend break into an abandoned hi-tech game park called Blockworld. They expect it to be an afternoon of fun of games, but Blockworld plays by its own rules....
SERGEANT SLAUGHTER, MY BIG BROTHER – Short Film
Directed by Greg Williams – England
Dan's decision to run away and join the French Foreign Legion has far reaching implications for his younger brother, Keith.
SISSY – Short Film
Directed by Bonnie Root - California
Sissy's mother, Bernie, dumps her with a family friend, Charlie, a struggling magician down on his luck. To make ends meet, Charlie takes a job touring schools on Indian reservations and brings Sissy along for the ride. When he makes Sissy his personal assistant he begins to impose responsibilities upon her that are beyond the abilities of a fourteen year old. When Sissy fails to live up to his expectations, Charlie finds other ways to make Sissy useful to himself.
4:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ANYWHERE, TX – Feature Film
Directed by Reynaldo Garza - Texas
Trapped, and berated by his parents on a daily basis, fifteen-year-old David escapes from home and embarks on a thrilling journey across the state of Texas to reach his destination, the beach. In his travels David encounters several different characters that help him grow out of his shelled life. Among them, a mysterious woman who talks David into giving her a lift, a gang of thieves with an unstable leader, and a self-proclaimed minuteman, hell-bent on defending the U.S border with his vigilante justice.
Filled with romance, suspense, and danger, Anywhere, TX is one boy's coming of age journey into manhood.
ODESSA – TV Pilot
Directed by Al Thompson – New York
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
KEEPING UP WITH THE DOWNS – TV Pilot
Directed by Andrew Spieler - California
Keeping Up With The Downs follows three brothers forced to coexist, after years of separation, amidst the harsh realities of life in Los Angeles.
WTFU – TV Pilot
Directed by Allison Lane - New York
'The Producers' meets 'Good Morning America' in this fast paced, seriously wrong comedy
DICKS – TV Pilot
Directed by Tom Archdeacon - California
Two adopted brothers with no police training decide to become private detectives. However, they soon learn that the best way to solve a crime is to be the one who committed it in the first place. With the help of their childhood friend, they capture their adventures on video, and display them on the internet in their own on line reality show. But, when a REAL case makes its way through their office door, the two men must scramble to figure out how to solve it.
THE CHOSEN – TV Pilot
Directed By Kris Brown – New York
400 years ago there was a great war, only The Chosen survived. The Chosen are the last living people on earth. They survived the deadly conflict because of their faithful dedicated to their god Sirk. In their most sacred of traditions the Head Elder must choose two teenage girls each year to be trained, educated and become part of the community elite. This is the only way they will be accepted by Sirk and join him in his great palace; becoming goddesses of their own. But only when the head Elder of the town selects his own daughter, Alice; Alice's grandfather, Samuel, must stop the tradition he spent his life protecting.
MUSE – TV Pilot
Directed by Bernard Etienne – New York
Thalia, the immortal and mythical 'Muse of Comedy' attempts to help a TV writer with his sitcom causing chaos in the process.
6:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
PATH TO PROLOGUE – Short Film
Directed by Christopher Piccione – New York
Set in NYC & NJ, this short film brings a new light to the 'typical' family drama through not so 'typical' characters.
TRACKS – Short Film
Directed by Kevin Settle – New York
Martin, a self-destructive amputee, reflects on his troubled youth while drifting through the harsh streets of Baltimore, constantly reliving the events of the day that changed his life forever. Tracks is a searing portrait that grips us, as layers of the past peel away to reveal the painful road map of one man's life.
CAFÉ CON LECHE – Short Film
Directed by Erik Peterson – New Jersey
The story's narrator moves to New York City six months after the death of his brother. The narrator's brother Jim died in a pedestrian auto accident. The narrator adjusts to city life but is haunted by Jim's last journal, which he wrote in the last four months before his death. This journal rests with Ina, the woman who witnessed the accident. The narrator decides to meet Ina and read the last words and thoughts of his deceased brother. The world that the narrator enters is more than he ever could have imagined. Once he opens the journal, his brother's words pour out and teleport him into a world that the he cannot exit.
KID WALKER – Short Film
Directed by Aaron Colusi – New York
Broke and out of work, Doug Bowdoin comes up with an original plan to make money. He's going to become a professional kidwalker - like a dogwalker, but for kids. There's only one small problem: he doesn't particularly like kids. However, while on a walk with his diminutive clientele, Doug meets Kelly, a cute, struggling artist who's selling her eggs to make money. The two twenty-somethings stumble towards a budding romance that will force them to rethink love, careers, and what it means to have, and to be, a kid.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
PHANTOM IMAGES – Feature Film
Directed by Matthew Doyle – New Jersey
Awash in the noise of memory and morphine, a dying filmmaker continues shooting his film after his funding is pulled.
8:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
AFTER THE FIRE – Documentary
Directed by Guido Verweyen - New Jersey
After The Fire tells the inspiring story of survival and friendship following the tragic Seton Hall university fire in NJ. It also follows the dramatic arson investigation of the two arsonists and a vast conspiracy to hide the truth.
ROGER’S NUMBER
Directed by Gianluca Cavaleri, Produced by Russell Terlecki – New York
After changing his phone number Rich begins to receive strange calls from people looking for a ’Roger’. Being utterly bored and tired of his day to day routine Rich gets bold and follows the leads of the mysterious messages and enters a new world.
MY FIRST TIME
Directed by Eytan Rockaway, Produced by Russel Terlecki – New York
My First Time is a dramatic short about a mysterious girl named Jasmine's (Nicole Trunfio) on a first date with Alex (Victoria Haynes). Jasmine has always had the curiosity, but never had the courage to pursue her inner desires...until now. When she meets Alex an experienced suitor, Jasmine immediately falls for her charm. But once they are alone together, Jasmine's instincts come into play and their life is forever changed.
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
LEFT BY THE SHIP- Documentary
Directed by Alberto Vendemmiati and Emma Rossi Lendi - Italy
What is your life like, when everybody can see that your mother was a prostitute and your father abandoned you?
10:00 p.m. – Cedar Lane Cinemas, Teaneck - $11
ITALY’S FORGOTTEN EARTHQUAKE – Documentary
Directed by Robert Corna; Narrated by Danny Aiello - Ohio
Italy's Forgotten Earthquake focuses on the 2009 earthquake in Italy, an earthquake that killed many and displaced more than seventy thousand people. Through this documentary, we hope to show the tenacity of the people of Italy and its surrounding towns to recover its historical and cultural legacy.
Thursday June 9, 2011
GALA AWARD CEREMONY TICKETS - $99
When: June 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm
Where: Cedar Lane Cinemas, 503 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, NJ 07666
One of the Nation’s Hottest Awards Ceremonies, this event features numerous Celebrity Guests and:
- Mingle with the Stars and the world's most cutting edge Officially Selected Filmmakers at a Closed, Elegant, Extravaganza Cocktail Hour, with an array of complimentary fine hors d ’oeuvres/meals and deserts from Little Italy's Sambucca's and other fine Little Italy restaurants...and complimentary cocktails provided by Zyr Vodka, Alma Tequila, as well as Boylan Soda and Illy Coffee beverages.
- Celebrity Award Presenters including Academy Award and Emmy winners and nominees.
- Lifetime Achievement Award Personally Accepted by legendary film star Carroll Baker (Academy Award nominee & Golden Globe winner; How the West was Won; Baby Doll; Kindergarden Cop).
- Live Award Presentations to the World’s Leading Independent Filmmakers and Actors.
- Clips from all Nominated Films in all Categories.
- All the Excitement and Glamour you see at the Oscars!
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