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VA Indie Film Fest Schedule!
Posted by: Ian – Feb 05, 2010
All of these films look entertaining, informative, or both. Personally, I'm the most excited about Meet Me in the Bottom and Trenches- an extremely important local cultural issue, and indie sci-fi!
DOCUMENTARIES
1pm - 3pm
The Colors of Veil
5 min 17 sec
Synopsis: The five-minute film presents the unconventional story of Kimberly King, a former US soldier who ultimately found her identity in Islam and in wearing the veil. King overcame her resulting isolation and unemployment to become a leader guiding others to bridge cultural and religious barriers in her community and around the world.
Director: Jehan Harney
Producer: Jehan Harney
Editor: Jehan Harney
Meet Me in the Bottom: The Struggle to Reclaim Richmond's African Burial Grounds
44 min
Synopsis: A documentary about African American burial grounds in Richmond.
Director: Shawn Utsey
Producer: Department of African American Studies, VCU
Editor: Shanika Smiley, Jennida Chase
Death
28 min 50 sec
Synopsis: Interviews with different perspectives on death and the afterlife.
Director: Alexander Germanotta
Producer: Matt Lively, Alexander Germanotta
Editor: Alexander Germanotta
Q&A Session with All Filmmakers
Session Winner and Audience Choice Award Announced
SHORT FILMS
3-5PM
Squashing Ticks
5 min
Synopsis: A couple of kids kill time and ticks on an isolated country road.
Director: Megan Holley
Producer: Kevin Hershberger
Screenwriter: Megan Holley
Editor: Patrick Gregory
Cast: Adian Schools, Kayleigh Bohn, Coby Batty,
Meredith Garrison
Posting
7 min 55 sec
Synopsis: A wife's revelation causes a husband to question the foundation of their marriage.
Director: Keith Jodoin
Producer: Bruce Milton, Keith Jodoin
Screenwriter: Keith Jodoin
Editor: Keith Jodoin
Cast: Frank Moorman, Kathryn Klvana
Any Sense in Cents
6 min 25 sec
Synopsis: What is a penny worth to you?
Directed, Produced, Written and Edited by: Aidan Keith-
Hynes, Kevin Eichenberger, Marco Duran
Cast: Will Tighman
Plink
8 min 42 sec
Synopsis: Ain't nobody around…
Director: J. Darin Wales
Producer: J. Darin Wales, Lyndabeth Bureau, Jean-Guy Bureau
Screenwriter & Editor: J. Darin Wales
Cast: Mark Atteberry, Kelley Davis
Santo Diablo!
18 min 18 sec
Synopsis: A comedy about a man slowly being driven mad by guilt and paranoia as he becomes convinced his roomates are trying to kill him.
Director: Shawn Hambright, Joey Tran
Producer: Shawn Hambright, Joey Tran
Screenwriter: Shawn Hambright
Editor: Joey Tran
Cast: Matt Hackman, Erin King, Chad Lewis, Deanna Lavery
Paperwise
3 min 35 sec
Synopsis: A pencil drawn stick figure comes to life and risks it all to save a friend.
Directed, Produced, Written and Edited by: Chris
Yeaton, Jared Carlisle
Q&A Session with All Filmmakers
Session Winner and Audience Choice Award Announced
FEATURES
5PM-10PM
Blue Ridge showing at 5pm
97 min
Synopsis: Sara falls for JT, an unstable young man who lives in a rural trailer park. Together they plan for a new life and dream of operating an amusement park ride.
Director: Vincent Sweeney
Producer: Vincent Sweeney
Screenwriter: Vincent Sweeney
Editor: Vincent Sweeney
Cast: Sean Gullette, Audra Glyn Smith, Eric Sweeney, Ellie St. John
Q&A Session with Audience for Blue Ridge
Trenches showing at 6:50pm
60 min
Synopsis: Locked in a grueling war on a backwater planet, two enemies find themselves abandoned by their own. They must put aside their differences and work together if they are to survive, and they better do it quick-they are not alone on this rock.
Director: Shane Felux
Producer: Shane Felux
Screenwriter: Peter Gamble Robinson, Ian Shorr
Cast: Aaron Mathis, Mercy Malick, Lev Gorn, Hong
Chau, Daz Crawford, Scott Nankivel
Q&A Session with Audience for Trenches
Mantra showing at 8pm
97 min
Synopsis: A graphic, unflinching depiction of six people's inner demons.
Director: Brian Wimer
Producer: Brian Wimer
Screenwriter: Brian Wimer
Editor: Brian Wimer, Stephen Thomas
Cast: Lora Lee Jones, Callisto Warner, Doug Bari, Bob
Dorsey, Trevor Przyuski, Brian Wimer
Q&A Session with Audience for Mantra
Session Winner and Audience Choice Award
Announced
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