A Few Brains More/114 min/2011/Director: Christine Parker/USA/ The journey of zombie Lily and Jack from Fistful of Brains continues in the 70s where they fight Dead Eye and his hippie hordes.

A Thousand Suns / 28 min / 2010 / Director: Stephen Marshall / USA, Ethiopia, Kenya / The story of the unique world view held by the people of the region of the African Rift Valley, a densely populated region of Africa with people who have been farming sustainable for 10,000 years.

Anakin’s Assignment / 22 min / 2011 / Director:  Candy Wilder / USA/ The Force Ghost of Anakin Skywalker is ordered to serve fourteen billion hours of community service.  He is assigned to Millie Bjorklund, a young woman from Earth who is a Star Wars fan and aspiring playwright.  Anakin finds her to be as rebellious and “snippy” as other women he’s known. . . 

Broken/5 min/2011/Director: Michael Ray Williams/ A young man's infatuation with a waitress sends him over the edge.

Chimerical / 75 min / 2011 / Director:  Andrew Misker / USA / Chimerical explores the life cycle of every day household cleaners and hygiene products to prove that thanks to our clean obsession, we are drowning in a sea of toxicity.

Cuentame / 14 min / 2011 / Director: Robert Greenwood / USA / Cuentame is a non-profit organization that unites the Latino activist community through media.  The movie featuring short video, docu-series, and interviews from the streets highlights issues from unjust immigration laws to features on Latino arts, music and film.

David VS. Monsanto / 65 min / 2010 / Director: Bertram Verhaag / USA / The story of how genetically manipulated seeds can blow across your garden without your knowledge and consent yet, a multi-national corporate group pay you a visit and file a criminal complaint against you for the illegal use of patented and genetically modified seeds.

Door Keepers International Ministry:  A Cultural Exploration / 10:24 min / 2009 / Director:   Susan Daly / USA / An immersion experience in a theatrical, emotional and dramatic cultural event, the culmination of a weeklong youth program at a small local apostolic church.

Dulce /15 min/2010/ Director: Ivan Ruiz Flores/USA/Sweet 

Earthdance - Short is Sweet, Vol. I / 2009 / Seventeen short films, a vision to unite the world in peace through the universal platform of music and dance.

Earthquake Mash Up / 5 min /  2009 / Director:  Glenn Rivera / Mashing up footage from Earthquake (starring Ava Gardner) and the Dicso Hit song, Earthquake by the Flirtations.

El Corte 20 / 13 min / 2010 / Director:  Marina Seresesky / Spain / Capi is the oldest gravedigger in the cemetery.  Used to working amidst the suffering of others and the jokes of his colleagues, there is only one person capable of taking him out of his daily routine.  Every month for the last couple of years he as waited for Marta to take flowers to the grave of her husband.  She is his last hope.

El Hojo del Mar/30 min/2011/Director: Roberto Aznar/Spain/Love Beyond Death, This is the story of a woman that, in order to save her son, will have to face her own fears.

Elk City’s 2010 / 5:26 min / 2011 / Director:  Peter R. Parlegreco / USA / Interpreting the song line “Where do you go after the show?” as a question about where humans go after they die.  The movie is a spiritual journey through a sort of afterlife.  Part 1 of a cycle.

Erase Una . . . El Western / 14 min / 2011 / Director:  Fernando Montano / Spain / Two legendary cowboys meet in a point to talk about old times and meet in a match marked by the pact between gunmen.  The wife of one of them tries to prevent this conflict without success.

Fabrica de Munches / 11 min / 2010 / Director:  Ainhoa Melendez / Spain / Anna works in a doll factory.  Her whole life revolves around performing mechanical motions to put in the dolls eyes  But a small change at her work changed her life forever.

Fairview St. / 110 min / 2009 / Director:  Michael McAllen / USA /  James Winton (M. McCallum) is coming home. Paroled after serving four years in prison for involvement in an armed robbery, which he took the fall for. He’s uncertain about his future with his young wife (Moore) and his father (W. McCallum), but he’s ready to start new. Once out, Jim is
 confronted by his old friend, Bobby Stone (Root) and his former life. When a murder occurs unbeknownst to Jim, he becomes the prime suspect hounded by two detectives (Bone/Hagedorn) determined to make him pay for his past. 

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home / 76 min / 2009 / Director: Anders Misker / This movie tracks a family’s consumption habits who keeps and weighs all their garbage for three months!  The film balances it’s light-hearted moments with its serious intent as we learn about the pollution costs of the stuff we buy.

Get Christie Love / 74 min / 1974 / Director: William A. Graham /  AGIFF5 takes a look at film genre “Blaxploitation”.  Blaxploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. These films were made specifically for an urban, black audience. The word itself is a portmanteau of the words "black" and "exploitation", and was coined in the early 1970s by the Los Angeles NAACP head, and ex-film publicist, Junius Griffin. Blaxploitation films were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul music and they featured a primarily black cast.  When Captain Casey Reardon (Harry Guardino) learns that notorious gangster boss Enzo Cortino (Paul Stevens) possesses a secret ledger which could potentially be used to bring him to justice and said ledger is supposedly within the possession of his girlfriend Helena Varga (Louise Sorel), Reardon sends a brash but known for getting results, spirited and spunky young black female detective named Christie Love (Teresa Graves) on undercover assignment hoping she will be able to get to the heart of what makes Helena Varga tick so Ms. Varga will be convinced to co-operate and with her aid and possibly that of Cortino's "ledger", the police will finally be able to bring down Enzo Cortino once and for all.

Growing It Here, Growing It Now / 28:30 min / Director: Daniel Smith / USA / a documentary about real food and the people who make it happen in community gardens.  It explores the knowledge, passion, and collaboration of gardeners, both young and old, who nurture and raise their own crops in an urban environment.  Of interest to anyone who needs to eat well.

Justice the Colt 45 Way/91 min/Director: William Drake/USA/ A tougher than nails sheriff hunts down the outlaws that killed his brother and his family exacting his justice the Colt 45 way.

Koch Brothers Exposed / 24 min / 2011 / Director: Robert Greenwood / USA / This film is a multi-media multi-platform creative campaign to expose the billionaire Koch brothers and the ways they harm our democracy.  From their hundreds of oil spills, to their efforts to dismantle any social net for working Americans, The Koch brother have launched a large network to attack our most crucial American values.

Loneliness/15 min/2011/Director: Christine Parker/USA/A young woman tries to cope with the sudden death of her husband and finds that not letting go can have devastating consequences.

Manual Practice Del Amigo Imaginario / 19 min / Director:  Ciro Altabas / Spain /

Fernando is a shy 27 year-old young man who receives the visit from an old classmate, Irate.  This arouses jealousy in his imaginary friend, Captain Kiloton, a superhero that had stood by his side since he was a kid, and who feels their friendship is now in jeopardy. . .

Mead/13 min/ 2011/ Director: Kirk Adam/ USA/ A documentary of making Mead with Brian John Mitchell.  Shot and edited on an iPad2.

Mixed Assumptions/15 min/ 2011 / Director: Michael Devereaux / USA / If life, we all have to make choices.  When the wellbeing of your family is involved, never assume you are making the sane choices as those closest to you.

My Father’s Garden / 57 min / 2010 / Director:  Miranda Smith / USA / An emotionally charged documentary about the use and misuse of technology on the American farm where agriculture has been transformed by synthetic chemicals; and, the story of two farmers united by their common goal of producing good food.

Paris France/Director: Lewis Mullen/22 min/2011/USA/Digital Images of Paris France from Phyllis Parrish’s Paris France visit in 2009 rendered with a musical background. 

The People’s Grocery / 9 min / 2010 / USA / In West Oakland, CA, where liquor stores have replaced markets, People’s Grocery is creating a healthy alternative, offering access to organic produce.  The story of regenerating a community.

Pollen Nation/25 min/2011/Directors: Singeli Agnew ( Joshua Fisher/USA/Pollen Nation follows the journey of one commercial beeker from the honey harvest on the High Plains to the warm winter-feeding grounds of California.  It also explores the history of homan interaction with bees, a story that reflects the development of agriculture.

Scorpion Episode 1: Lone Wolf / 15 min / 2011 / Director: Roger Paris / USA / Comedy Action web series.  A renegade cop is out to take the city’s bad guys down by any means necessary. 

So You Wanna Make Movie/2010/6 min/Short during the AGIFF4 workshop, let’s make a movie with Tony Murahan and Mitch Mitchell. 

The Son of the Sea / 25 min / 2010 / Director:  Roberto Aznar / Spain / Love beyond death, this is the story of a woman that in order to save her son, will have to face her own fears.

Star / 3 min / 2011 / Director:  Brian John Mitchell / USA / A musician running from his literal demons.

The Story of Cosmetics / 7 min / USA / The Story of Cosmetics examines the pervasive use of chemicals in our everyday personal care products from lipstick to baby shampoo.  Animated.

The Story of Stuff / 20 min / 2009 / USA / This animated film follows all our stuff from use to disposal.  a smart and funny film.

Timely / 20 min / 2011 / Director:  Jonathan Skies / Huxley (Nick Karner), an intrepid, young scientist from 1884, becomes stuck in present time after a miscalculation results in a train destroying his time machine.  Huxley must rely on the help of eleven-year-old Ian (Ethan Mohlmann), to rebuild his time machine before his time runs out.

The Vampire / 27 min / 2010 / Director:  Roger Paris / USA / A deranged psychopath goes on a Halloween killing spree. Loosely based on the crimes of serial killer, Richard Chase.

Vanishing of the Bees / 90 min / 2011 /  Directors: George Langworthy & Maryam Heiein / USA / Honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet. This film follows two commercial beekeepers as they strive to keep their bees healthy.

Watch Your Back / 4 min / 2011 / Director:  Alan Watkins / USA / Two men awaken in a storage locker.  There is a bomb with four minutes left.  Can they work together to get out in time?

Wolf Call / 12 min / 2010 / Director:  Rob Underhill / USA / In 1956, 14-year old Emmett Till had gone missing in Mississippi.  Later the boy’s mutilated body was found in a river.  William Bradford Huie of Look magazine sits down with two men acquitted for the boy’s murder to discuss the trial.  Not a word had been uttered outside a courtroom by them or their kin till now . . .

Zombie Cheerleading Camp / 82 minutes / 2008 / Director:  Jon Fabris / USA / When three teenage boys stumble upon a nearby cheerleading camp, they think their wildest dreams have come true.  But something mysterious is changing the cheerleaders, one by one becoming infected with a virus.  It will take teamwork to turn it around and fight, fight, FIGHT!

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Scroll down for workshop schedules, venue addresses, and synopsises.

Thursday October 7, 2010
7:30pm Kick Off Party-Lampe
We Love Our NC Filmmakers!
Long Lost Friend
The Job
Vlor: Watch Me Bleed
Benchwarmers
Falconry
The Project
Dream 

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Friday October 8, 2010
Lampe
6:00 PM Dead End Job
7:15 PM Economic Sense
Eight Lessons In Living Together
8:30 PM The Hagstone Demon 

Orchard
7:30 PM Friday Night Orchard Shorts! 
Shrimp Muffin 27:00
Optical 1 3:46
Still Life 5:00
Dream A Little Dream 7:30
33¢ 10:33
Ginger Bear, The 4:06
Day Before Yesterday 11:43
Dream 5:18
Patrick 33:20 

10:00 PM Bistro On Third - Ol' Blue Eyes Party
 
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Saturday October 9, 2010
Lampe
4:30 PM Brogden Shorts
Homebound
Morning After, The
Peanut Butter Cup
The Test
Bang
Move Cary

5:45 PM Orange Chicken Shorts
Synapsed
Project, The
Glimpse
One-Eyed Monsters
Long Lost Friend

6:45 PM Dead End Job
  
10:00 PM Midnight Ava's Midnight Stroll

Orchard House
4:00 PM Saturday Afternoon Orchard Shorts!
Long Life Friend
The Job
Vlor: Watch Me Bleed
Benchwarmers
Falconry
Partnership to build a Miracle

6:45 PM Saturday Night Orchard Shorts!
Heartless
Melting of the Globe: Jay Manley & His Sarawati Guitar
Spleen Of St. Louis
Intercambio
Ghost Guys
Economic Sense
Eight Lessons In Living Together

Neuse Little Theatre
7:00 PM Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners

Hasting House
10:00 PM Showboat Docking Party


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Sunday October 10, 2010
Lampe
10:10 AM Empty Space
Quench
  
12:10 PM The Pod 
Dream A Little Dream
  
2:10 PM The Deal
Robert 39

Neuse Little Theatre
1:00 PM The Ginger Bear
Mama And Damian

3:00 PM Ennismore Short Block 
Bonsai 
Day Before Yesterday 
Dream 
33¢ 
A Special Place
Patrick 
So you wanna make a movie? 
Monday Night Potter 
12 (sneek peek)

5:00 PM Film Panel Discussion.  Stop and have a 
chat with all the filmmakers, industry folks, 
movie theaters, etc. that are attending the AGIFF4.  

Jot down your questions, offer a suggestion, and get
the inside scoop to Independent Filmmaking.

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Workshops:
Saturday 2pm, Hasting House, Workshops:
- Teen Filmmaking Workshop with Mitch Lassiter and Tony Murahan

Info. should be posted h
Workshops are limited in seating space and sign up will be put out at the Lampe.  


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Venue Addresses:
Lampe Theater
105 North Third Street
Smithfield, NC

Orchard House
117 North Third Street
Smithfield

Bistro On Third
146 South Third Street
Smithfield

Hastings House
200 South Front Street
Smithfield 

The Hut (Neuse Little Theater) 
104 South Front Street 
Smithfield


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Film Synopsises:
12 / 8:12 min / 2010 / USA / Nic Beery / There’s a thin line between love

and hate. This a short film about a family that has a problem, and in the

next twelve hours things will change irreversibly. It all happens between

midnight and noon. / www.beerymedia.com



33¢ / 10:33 min / 2010 / USA / Jerry Taylor / As two girls search for loose

change, one discovers that happiness is a matter of perception. /

www.vimeo.com/user2119792




A Special Place / 18:40 min / 2010 / USA / Jochen Kunstler / When a con

couple hopes to take advantage of three mentally disabled, the surprises

begin. / web.mac.com/jochenkunstler  




Bang / 3 min / 2007 / USA / Rob Underhill and Dave Eckert / He is all charm.

She falls for him fast. His game is quick, calculated and brutal. 

/ www.robunderhill.com / Premiere




Benchwarmers / 2 min / 2007 / USA / Rob Underhill / Tough to make strong

choices in the field...when you’re sitting on the bench. /

www.robunderhill.com




Bonsai / 20 min / 2009 / Spain / Roberto Aznar / Living in fear, it’s not

living. / NC Premiere




Day Before Yesterday / 11:41 min / 2009 / Canada / Patricia Chica / Follow

the story of a woman suffering from total memory loss. Found unconscious in

the middle of the downtown Montreal strip, she was brought in by police who

proceed to interview her. Does she remember who she is and where she came

from? Can anyone else remember? / www.patriciachica.com 




Dead End Job / 65 min / 2010 / USA / William Lilly / Think you’ve made the

wrong career choice? Meet Robert Monroe. After being fired from his job at a

video game store, he is given an ultimatum by his girlfriend, Jenn; get a

real job or hit the road. With the help of his roommate, Jacob, he will

pound the pavement to find anything that will keep Jenn from leaving him. A

chance visit to the R & A office lands him a job that could just be the

death of him. A tongue-in-cheek dark comedy and first feature film from

writer/director William Lilly. / www.moridogmovies.weebly.com




Dead Ground (trailer) /2:04 min / 2010 / USA / Brian Wynn / Four young

adults break down on the side of the road after 2:00 am. THey are looking

for any means of help as their cell phones do not work and they are getting

pissed at each other. They wander upon a farm and strange things start

happening. Will they survive the night or will something destroy them? What

will they discover about their travels that night? 




The Deal / 4 min / 2007 / USA / Shelby Spillers, Rob Underhill, Aravind

Ragupathi / Some deals can’t be blown off. / www.robunderhill.com




Dream / 5 min / 2010 / USA / Joe Stauffer / A musician decides to follow his

dream on the road and realizes the consequences of his choices. His dream

became his reality. Was his reality a regret? / www.stwrongtonemedia.com




Dream A Little Dream / 7:30 min / 2010 / USA / Alan Watkins / A girl is

doing a school project on what people’s dreams are or were when they were

younger. We are taken through several people’s dreams. /

www4.ncsu.edu/~awwatkin




Economic Sense / 6 min / 2008 / USA / Rob Underhill / Sometimes the hardest

family choices comes down to what makes the most economic sense. /

www.robunderhill.com




Eight Lessons in Living Together / 47 min / 2010 / USA / Jim McQuaid / A

film about the pitfalls and pratfalls of one couple’s journey along the

bumpy path to living together. Roger and Tatum have just moved in together

and life is teaching them lessons about cleaning the apartment, getting a

dog, moving away from the family, and the depressing effects of the day job

on a couples’ friskiness. Insightful, bittersweet and hilarious, this film

will bring back memories for anyone who survived these challenges. /

www.eightlessons.com 

Empty Space / 13 min / 2009 / USA / Rob Underhill / Every morning Mike

wakes. Soon after, the voices in his mind wake too. Vivid recollections,

situations, and each scene he acts out on a bare stage: an act of filling

empty space with meaning. Empty Space is, in part, an adaptation of Mike

Wiley’s one man play, Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till, a true story that

chronicles the 1955 Mississippi murder trial and confession of the men

accused of the horrific slaying of 14-year-old Emmett Till. Mike Wiley plays

all the characters in this, his breakout film debut. / www.robunderhill.com




Falconry / 8:52 min / 2010 / USA / Suzin Daly / Falconry, one of the oldest

sports in the history of man is still practiced today. Meet Chip Gentry and

share his love of the sport and his birds. Falconry is more than just a

sport; it is a way of life. / www.suzindaly.com / Premiere




Gate Keeper / 8 min / 2009 / USA / Rob Underhill / The power to open or

close education opportunities in the United States post-9/11. /

www.robunderhill.com / Premiere




Ghost Guys / 3:40 min / 2010 / USA / Alan Watkins / A woman calls some

paranormal investigators over to her house to investigate strange noises

she’s been hearing.  This is a documentary style work for fiction. /

www4.ncsu.edu/~awwatkin / Premiere




The Ginger Bear / 4 min / 2009 / USA / Candy Wilder / A young girl and her

uncle find Christmas spirit when the ginger bear visits. 




Glimpse / 5 min / 2006 / USA / David Eckert / A glimpse into the world of a

killer. / www.robunderhill.com / Premiere




The Hagstone Demon / 96 min / 2009 / USA / Jon Springer / Drunken

ex-reporter Douglas Elmore finds himself entangled in a hyper-gothic web of

taciturn ghosts, naked Satanists, and hairless cats in this moody send-up of

60s Hammer films. Deep within the dilapidated brownstone under Douglas’ care

lurks a blonde succubus whose sexual overtures provide a welcome distraction

from the spectral visitations of his deceased spouse, and from the dead

bodies piling up in the hallways. Starring indie film icon Mark Borchardt

and cult actress Lung Leg, the film “achieves a weirdness reminiscent of

David Lynch and the classic Carnival of Souls...” IndyWeek. /

www.thehagstonedemon.com




Heartless / 9 min / 2010 / USA / Nick Kamer / A drug dealer must hide with

his mother to escape his would-be killers / www.prankfilms.com 

/ Premiere




Homebound / 8 min / 2008 / USA / Rob Underhill / Inspiration that became

reason, then notion, and ended without even a hint it was there. /

www.robunderhill.com




Intercambio / 15 min / 2010 / Spain / Antonello Novollino / In a quiet

country life spent according to the rhythms of the seasons, suspicion and

terror become the reigning lords of a small agricultural town as the

authorities confiscate the entire harvest. Inspired by real events from the

30s, how will the inhabitants manage to survive? /

www.noviceyoung.com/antonellonovellino




The Job / 1 min / 2011 / USA / Nick Kamer / A hapless man tries to hire a

hitman to kill his wife. / www.prankfilms.com / Premiere




Long Lost Friend / 6 min / 2010 / USA / Tony Murnahan / A young woman makes

a phone call to her best friend who she hasn’t spoken to in 6 months. As the

phone call continues, some important details are revealed about both women

on opposite sides of the phone. / www.imdb.com/title/tt1736031




Mama and Damian / 76 min / 2007 / USA / Kat Lehmer / Damian, a half human,

half bear adolescent poised for all the rebellion and trouble a new teen can

get into. His dominatrix mama is doing everything she can to keep him

sheltered from the big bad world, but as everyone knows, boys will be bears,

and bears will be boys. This film has everything: a Nazi, a talking toe, a

strip club, archetypes, and a sense of humor.




Melting of the Globe: Jay Manley & His Sarawati Guitar / 14 min / 2000   USA

/ Nic Beery / “Melting” brings together the making of a unique 21 string

instrument and the philosophy behind it. Jay Manley, Musician, Teacher,

Composer, tells the story of how the instrument came to be, first in his

imagination, then into reality by himself and Wes Lambe. /

www.beerymedia.com




Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners / 53 min / 2010 / USA / Martha Weeks Daniel /

This “cinema verite” style documentary follows 80-year old “Miss Nancy”

Raascoe teaching manners to rambunctious children in her 200-year old home

in rural North Carolina at a four-night summer sleepover camp like no

other...rich with Southern gentility and grace from a bygone era. She and

her non-traditional camp staff share the underlying meaning and purpose of

good manners. Each fall, she also minds the manners of 3rd graders at a

local public school. Both humerous and heartfelt, Miss Nancy’s endearing

spirit moves beyond traditional stereotypes of social class often associated

with etiquette. This is a film that will make you smile! /

www.missnancymindstheirmanners.com / Premiere




Monday Night Pottery / 38:47 min / 2009 / USA / Chelsea Wayant / In the

tradition of Wiseman and the Brothers Maysles, this film explores a group of

local amateur potters who meet every week as a haphazard, yet loving

community of artists.




The Morning After / 4 min / 2007 / USA / Rob Underhill / Last night was the

perfect date! Now, the morning after, it is up for interpretation. /

www.robunderhill.com / Premiere




Move Cary / 30 min / 2006 / USA / Rob Underhill / Move in, out, on. Move

Cary. / www.robunderhill.com




One-Eyed Monsters / 2 min / 2012 / USA / Nick Kamer / Two men discuss a male

organ…and other stuff. / www.prankfilms.com / Premiere




Optical 1 / 3:46 min / 2010 / USA / Brian John Mitchell / Optical feedback

experiment. / www.silbermedia.com / Premiere




Partnership to build a Miracle / 5:22 min / 2010 / USA / Nic Beery 

/ Partnership to build a Miracle is a collaboration between the Partnership

for Children of Johnston County, the Miracle League, and a rural community

to build its first ball field and play space for children of all abilities.

Filmmaker Nic Beery captures the vision and need to provide a healthy

outdoor lifestyle for all children and their families. The little stars of

this film spur a desire to join the cause. 




Patrick / 33:20 min / 2009 / USA / Ed Perkins and Griffin Kenemer / Do you

have time to buy a CD before the bus comes? Patrick is a story about how

tiny moments and decision can affect our lives and the lives of people we

love.




Peanut Butter Cup / 1 min / 2010 / USA / Brian John Mitchell / Two robots

talk about their screwed up relationship. / www.silbermedia.com 

/ Premiere




The Pod / 57 min / 2010 / USA / Nick Karner and Daniel McCabe / Paul and

Sarah are low-level technicians on the deep space exploration ship The

Eurydice. The ship explodes and the two find themselves the only survivors

in an escape pod built for one. There is no hope of rescue but there is an

unlimited supply of air, water, and food. Hell is other people. /

www.prankfilms.com / Premiere




The Project / 28 min / 2010 / USA / Paul J. Joseph and Jerry Taylor / Is it

mere curiosity? The project is so secret that nobody working on it knows the

whole story, only their small part. And they aren’t allowed to ask

questions. Neil Fulton, however, feels the need to know. Others on the team

had disappeared one by one. All were supposedly reassigned, but the details

are restricted. After Grimes, his supervisor, suffers a mental breakdown,

Fulton has one chance to get some answers. With a stolen access card, he

ventures into the heart of the project to see what Grimes had seen. In there

is the creature the chamber was designed to contain. The chamber he

designed. Is it just curiosity or something darker? Why would he follow in

Grimes’ footsteps down the mysterious corridors when he would most likely

share the same fate? On the other side of the final door is a mystery that

could drive anyone insane. / www.ncventure.com/theproject / Premiere




Quench / 98 min / 2008 / USA / Zack Parker / Photographed in the warm beauty

of a midwestern autumn, Quench tells the story of Derik, a young man

grieving over the recent death of a loved one. Finding no one to turn to,

Derik decides to abandon his current life at college to visit Jason. Best

friends since grade school, the two haven’t seen or spoken to one another in

three years. Once reunited, Derik soon realizes that Jason is no longer the

friend he once knew. Not only has he dramatically changed his external

appearance, but he is now a part of a mysterious group he calls “Family.” A

truly unique, stylish, and compelling film, Quench is sure to challenge,

unsettle, and enlighten any audience that is curious to step deep inside of

a world that lives right outside of their peripheral view. /

www.alongthetracks.com




Robert 39 / 39 min / 2008 / USA / Daniel McCabe / In a post-apocalyptic

world, the 38th clone of the human Robert must come to terms with his

inevitable replacement. / www.prankfilms.com




Shrimp Muffin / 27 min / 2010 / USA / Arianna Sykes / A witchy modern

romance. One winter weekend in an Atlanta neighborhood, a wannabe witch has

a crush on a lazy rock musician whose girlfriend is out of town, and who is

already being fancied by another. References the myth of Selene and

Endymion. / www.corybantes.tv / NC Premiere




Spleen of St. Louis / 7 min / 2010 / USA / Fred Wilder / Spleen of St. Louis

is a personal film that tells of the experience of a fatal traffic accident,

the loss of the filmmaker’s spleen, and his grandfather in the year 1969. /

East Coast Premiere




Still Life / 5 min / 2007 / USA / Rob Underhill / Heart captured and plated

in still-life fashion. / www.robunderhill.com / World Premiere




Synapsed / 8:11 min / 2010 / USA / Martin Newman / A young woman, Penelope,

attempts to figure out why her brain is intent on sabotaging her. 

/ www.darushka-4.com / Premiere




The Test / 12 min / 2007 / USA / Maciej Chichlowski, Rob Underhill, Aravind

Ragupathi / The many tests of a relationship. / www.robunderhill.com 

/ Premiere




Watch Me Bleed / 2:31 min / 2010 / UK / Michael Keech / Music video for

Vlor’s proto punk anthem “Watch Me Bleed.” / www.silbermedia.com / Premiere




Workshops




So You Wanna Make a Movie? 

Presented by Tony Murnahan and Mitch Lassiter

Teen participants will learn about the filmmaking process from start to

finish and produce a short video project that will be screened at the film

festival on Sunday.




Modern Productions on a Limited Budget

Presented by Paul Joseph

The tools of independent film making have changed. With HD video, film

resolution on video became possible as did the expectation of film

techniques. How does one go about planning a production in high definition?

What are the advantages of Blu-Ray? What’s the deal with those lens adapters

you hear so much about? Finally, how does one go about producing a modern HD

film on an independent film maker’s budget? It’s possible.




Hints on Fundraising

Presented by Martha Daniel

Martha will share her fundraising experience that helped finance her

documentary Miss Nancy Minds Their Manners.