Connecticut Film Festival 2008

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time rating title venue
Tuesday, May 20th
7:00 PM
The Flyboys
Rocco DeVilliers 2007 | Feature, Featured | 118 min.
  • Opening Night Reception
The Palace Theater
Wednesday, May 21st
2:30 PM
The Bet Collector
Jeffrey Jeturian | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 98 min.
 Public Library
2:30 PM
Shorts I Program
Short | 75 min.
  • Crickets | Karl Nevil
  • Spent | Boris Schaarschmidt
  • My American Neighbor | Irina Patkanian
  • Secret | Meredith Heil
  • Absolute Zero | Alan Woodruff
  • Ride of the Mergansers | Steve Furman
  • Red Balloon
  • Grand Wheel | Gavin Heffernan 2008
Heirloom Arts Theater
3:00 PM
Student Shorts Program
Shorts Programs | 75 min.
  • A Breath of Life | Anna Moot-Levin
  • Lucky Day | Adam Russell
  • Structures | Michael Rossetti 2008
  • The Father | Anthony Onah 2008
  • One Night Stand | Michaelangelo Covino
  • Mirror Mirror | Valerie Champagne
  • The Common Sense Farm | Kathleen Russell
WCSU Student Theater
3:45 PM
Midnight Clear
Dallas Jenkins | Feature | 60 min.
 All Nations Church
4:00 PM
Shorts II Program
Shorts Programs | 90 min.
  • Blind | Stephen Dest
  • Lunch Break | John W. McKelvey
  • Mr. Chen | Piers Marchant
  • Bring Me Joy | Debbie Howard
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:00 PM
Operation Lysistrata
Michael Kelly | Documentary | 84 min.
 The Palace Theater
4:30 PM
All For Free
Antonio Nuić | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 94 min.
 Public Library
4:30 PM
International Student Shorts
Shorts Programs
  • Rebel Song | Simon Arthur
  • Burundi Film Center
  • Heartless | Paul Dalio
  • The Honest Shepherd (Statocny Valach) | Lubomir Mihailo Kocka
  • The Ballad of Breaking George | Guershon Moreno 2007
WCSU Student Theater
4:30 PM
Industry Networking Events
Event, Networking | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
5:30 PM
Kids & Money Shorts Program
Shorts Programs | 90 min.
  • Kids + Money | Lauren Greenfield
  • Shikashika | Stephen Hyde
  • Child of Hope: Darfur Dreams of Peace
  • Mojado | Angela Trevino
  • Quamer
All Nations Church
5:45 PM
Radio Cape Cod
Andrew Silver | Feature | 72 min.
 The Palace Theater
6:00 PM
CT Filmmakers Program
Shorts Programs
  • Love & Class In Connecticut | Doug Tenaglia
  • Ed Meets His Maker | Laurance Sarezky
  • Glacier Bay | Douglas Moser
Heirloom Arts Theater
6:00 PM
Shorts On The Edge
Shorts Programs | 90 min.
  • Fast As You Can | Marcus Cohlan & Madeline Merritt
  • Call of Nature | Michael Stanmore
  • Leave You And Me | Dutch Doscher
  • Sympathetic Details | Benjamin Busch 2007
WCSU Student Theater
6:30 PM
Opera Jawa
Garin Nugroho | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 120 min.
 Public Library
7:00 PM
Kids & Money Fundraising Reception
Party | 120 min.
 Lebanon American Club
7:15 PM
The Entrepreneurs
Feature
 Heirloom Arts Theater
7:30 PM
War Eagle, Arkansas
Robert Milazzo | Feature | 94 min.
 The Palace Theater
9:00 PM
Informal Screening Reception for evening films
Party | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
Thursday, May 22nd
12:45 PM
Beyond the Call
Adrian Belic 2006 | Documentary, Featured | 82 min.
 The Palace Theater
1:15 PM
SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA
Kelly Nyks | Documentary | 78 min.
 Public Library
2:00 PM
Intimidad
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentary, Featured | 74 min.
 All Nations Church
2:00 PM
Welcome To Earth
Michael Mongillo | Feature
 Heirloom Arts Theater
2:30 PM
Luxury Car
Wang Chao | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 88 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
2:45 PM
Uncounted
David Earnhardt | Documentary | 80 min.
 The Palace Theater
3:30 PM
Your Future in Animation
Workshop - Track D | 90 min.
 Public Library
4:00 PM
CT Filmmakers Program
Shorts Programs
  • Love & Class In Connecticut | Doug Tenaglia
  • Ed Meets His Maker | Laurance Sarezky
  • Glacier Bay | Douglas Moser
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:00 PM
Charlie Obert's Barn
Kurt Kolaja | Documentary | 65 min.
 All Nations Church
4:15 PM
Let the Wind Blow
Partho Sen-Gupta | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 93 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
4:30 PM
American Stories I
Shorts Programs
  • Candy Corpse | Daron Ker
  • Carissa | David Sauvage 2008
  • Duckpin | David Teodosio
  • Santa Croce | Gavin Heffernan
WCSU Ives Concert Hall
4:30 PM
Industry Networking Events
Event, Networking | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
5:00 PM
Shorts V Program
Shorts Programs
  • A Driving Lesson | C. Fraser Press
  • Gandhi At The Bat | Stephanie Argy & Alec Boehm
  • A Little Night Fright | Mischa Livingstone
  • Safari | Catherine Chalmers
  • What I See When I Close My Eyes | Leslie Hope 2007
  • In Order of Appearance | Michael Ruscio
The Palace Theater
5:30 PM
Blinders
Donald Moss | Short | 53 min.
 Public Library
5:30 PM
Marriage Makes a Word of Difference
Fran Rzeznik | Documentary
 Heirloom Arts Theater
6:00 PM
Shadow of the House
Allie Humenuk | Documentary | 75 min.
 All Nations Church
6:00 PM
Green Shorts Program
Shorts Programs
  • Day of Fire | Tyler Cook
  • River Lab: Environmental Awareness for All Seasons | Charles M. Clemmons
  • Crude Substitute: The Folly of Liquid Coal | Molly O’Brien
  • eDump | Michael Zhao
  • Save Me | Jason Messina
WCSU Ives Concert Hall
6:30 PM
Last Stop for Paul
Neil Mandt | Feature, Featured | 83 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
7:00 PM
Shorts IV Program
Shorts Programs | 105 min.
  • For a Few Marbles More (Voor een Paar Knikkers Meer) | Jelmar Hufen
  • Plainview | Scott T. Jones
  • Through the Lens | Bobby Bowden
  • Path - A Hoboken/Manhattan Love Story | E.S. Frushtick
  • Silent Radio | Alan Arrivee
Public Library
7:00 PM
Paper Tiger
Hiroshi Toda 2008 | Feature | 84 min.
 The Palace Theater
7:00 PM
Blinders Fundraising Reception
Party | 120 min.
 Toscano's
7:30 PM
Blood Car
Alex Orr | Feature | 75 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
9:00 PM
Shorts III Program
Shorts Programs | 100 min.
  • Ode to Lost Love | Mischa Livingstone
  • Lullaby | Kevin Markwick
  • Evidence | Keith Schwalenberg
  • Still Center (Burical Pamintului) | Carina Tautu
  • The Recording | Annetta Laufer
  • Well-Founded Concerns | Tim Cawley 2008
The Palace Theater
9:00 PM
Informal Screening Reception for evening films
Party | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
9:30 PM
The Beverages
2008 | Feature | 83 min.
  • Long Distance Runaround
Heirloom Arts Theater
Friday, May 23rd
12:30 PM
Bunny Chow
John Barker | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 95 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
1:00 PM
Shorts III Program
Shorts Programs | 100 min.
  • Evidence | Keith Schwalenberg
  • Lullaby | Kevin Markwick
  • Ode to Lost Love | Mischa Livingstone
  • Still Center (Burical Pamintului) | Carina Tautu
  • The Recording | Annetta Laufer
  • Well-Founded Concerns | Tim Cawley 2008
Public Library
1:15 PM
The Other Side Of The Tracks
A.D. Calvo | Feature, Featured | 92 min.
 The Palace Theater
1:30 PM
Legal Woes of Being Creative (For Producers and Writers)
Workshop - Track A | 90 min.
 Womens' Center
1:45 PM
The Beverages
2008 | Feature | 83 min.
  • Bubble-Rama | Kevin Smith 2007
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:45 PM
Midnight Clear
Dallas Jenkins | Feature | 60 min.
 All Nations Church
2:15 PM
Kept & Dreamless
Vera Fogwill and Martín Desalvo | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 94 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
3:15 PM
Beyond the Script : Turning Yourself into a Marketable Screenwriter
Workshop - Track B | 90 min.
 St. James Church
3:15 PM
Careers In Film, Video, Music, & Interactive Media - Lateral Moves Into the Film/Digital World
Workshop - Track D | 90 min.
 Womens' Center
3:30 PM
Shorts II Program
Shorts Programs | 90 min.
  • Blind | Stephen Dest
  • Lunch Break | John W. McKelvey
  • Mr. Chen | Piers Marchant
  • Bring Me Joy | Debbie Howard
The Palace Theater
3:45 PM
Keepers of Eden
Yoram Porath | Documentary, Featured | 76 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
4:00 PM
La Americana
Nicholas Bruckman | Feature | 90 min.
 All Nations Church
4:00 PM
The Kite
Randa Chahal Sabbag | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 80 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
4:00 PM
Forfeit
Andrew Brendan Shea | Feature | 84 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
4:30 PM
Industry Networking Events
Event, Networking | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
5:00 PM
Post Production: Making Your Film Look—and Sound—Professional
Workshop - Track A | 90 min.
 Public Library
5:00 PM
Women’s Unique Vision in Film
Workshop - Track B | 90 min.
 Womens' Center
5:00 PM
Breaking In: How State Residents Have Found Entry-Level Work In The Connecticut Motion Picture Industry.
Workshop - Track D
 St. James Church
5:00 PM
American Stories I
Shorts Programs
  • Candy Corpse | Daron Ker
  • Carissa | David Sauvage 2008
  • Duckpin | David Teodosio
  • Santa Croce | Gavin Heffernan
The Palace Theater
5:30 PM
Beyond the Call
Adrian Belic 2006 | Documentary, Featured | 82 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
6:00 PM
Cartoneros
Ernesto Livon-Grosman | Documentary | 60 min.
  • The Recyclergy | Jeremy Kaller
All Nations Church
6:00 PM
Welcome To Earth
Michael Mongillo | Feature
 Heirloom Arts Theater
6:00 PM
Shut Up and Do It
Bruno Irizarry and Veronica Caicedo | Feature, Featured | 83 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
6:30 PM
Friday Night VIP Party (invite only)
Party | 120 min.
 Tarrywile Mansion
7:00 PM
The Promotion
Steven Conrad | Feature | 85 min.
 The Palace Theater
7:00 PM
Shorts V Program
Shorts Programs
  • A Little Night Fright | Mischa Livingstone
  • Gandhi At The Bat | Stephanie Argy & Alec Boehm
  • A Driving Lesson | C. Fraser Press
  • Safari | Catherine Chalmers
  • What I See When I Close My Eyes | Leslie Hope 2007
  • In Order of Appearance | Michael Ruscio
Public Library
7:30 PM
Grass Roots
Jeff Daniels | Documentary | 87 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
8:00 PM
The Other Side Of The Tracks
A.D. Calvo | Feature, Featured | 92 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
9:00 PM
Operation Lysistrata
Michael Kelly | Documentary | 84 min.
 The Palace Theater
9:00 PM
Informal Screening Reception for evening films
Party | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
10:00 PM
Friday Night Party for The Other Side of the Tracks
Party | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
10:15 PM
Shorts On The Edge
Shorts Programs | 90 min.
  • Fast As You Can | Marcus Cohlan & Madeline Merritt
  • Call of Nature | Michael Stanmore
  • Leave You And Me | Dutch Doscher
  • Sympathetic Details | Benjamin Busch 2007
Heirloom Arts Theater
Saturday, May 24th
11:00 AM
Creative Aspects to Working in HD ( for Producers, Directors, DPs)
Workshop - Track A | 90 min.
 Public Library
11:00 AM
Viral Marketing – Web 2.0 Indie Film Marketing on a Shoe String
Workshop - Track A | 90 min.
 St. James Church
11:00 AM
Monster Camp
Cullen Hoback | Documentary | 79 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
11:00 AM
Charlie Obert's Barn
Kurt Kolaja | Documentary | 65 min.
 The Palace Theater
11:00 AM
Alcatraz Reunion
John Paget | Documentary, Featured | 77 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
12:00 PM
The Custodian (El Custodio)
Rodrigo Moreno | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 93 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
12:45 PM
The Quietest Sound
James Vculek | Feature | 75 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
12:45 PM
Whirly Girl
Jim Wilson | Feature | 99 min.
 The Palace Theater
1:00 PM
Red One Camera Workshop
Workshop - Track C | 90 min.
 Public Library
1:00 PM
On Directing Actors: Creative Collaborations
Workshop - Track B | 90 min.
 Womens' Center
1:30 PM
The Fish Fall in Love
Ali Raffi | Feature, Global Lens 2008 Film Series | 96 min.
 All Nations Church
2:00 PM
The Flyboys
Rocco DeVilliers 2007 | Feature, Featured | 118 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
2:00 PM
Radical Jesters
Tim Jackson | Documentary
 WCSU Student Theater
2:30 PM
Making Trouble
Feature
 Heirloom Arts Theater
2:45 PM
Documentary Panel – Making Documentaries Happen, From Concept to Screen
Workshop - Track C
 St. James Church
2:45 PM
New Techniques in Cinematography: Master Class with Christo Bakalov
Workshop - Track B | 90 min.
 Womens' Center
3:00 PM
Samsara
Pan Nalin | Feature | 138 min.
 The Palace Theater
3:15 PM
Intimidad
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentary, Featured | 74 min.
 All Nations Church
3:30 PM
American Stories I
Shorts Programs
  • Duckpin | David Teodosio
  • Candy Corpse | Daron Ker
  • Carissa | David Sauvage 2008
  • Santa Croce | Gavin Heffernan
Public Library
4:00 PM
Brave New West
Doug Hawes-Davis & Drury Gunn Carr | Feature | 80 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
4:00 PM
Mr. Laughs – A Look Behind the Curtain
Gregory Principato | Documentary | 68 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
4:30 PM
Financing Film Projects – Incentives, Equity, and International Coproductions
Workshop - Track A
 Public Library
4:30 PM
Finding Music for Your Film: Original Scoring and Music Supervision
Workshop - Track A | 90 min.
 St. James Church
4:30 PM
Industry Networking Events
Event, Networking | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
5:00 PM
The Jesus Guy
Sean Tracey 2007 | Documentary | 66 min.
 All Nations Church
5:00 PM
SPLIT: A DIVIDED AMERICA
Kelly Nyks | Documentary | 78 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
5:30 PM
American Stories II
Shorts Programs
  • Not a Period Correct Gun | Hillary Lavin
  • All Day Long | Andrew Semans
  • The Church of the Good Thief | Michael Raab
  • The Library | Travis Laughlin
  • What Ana Left Behind | Catherine Rios
  • The Last Shovel Maker | Jack Ofield
Public Library
6:00 PM
Honk For Peace
Corey Boutilier | Documentary | 70 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
6:00 PM
Radio Cape Cod
Andrew Silver | Feature | 72 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
7:00 PM
Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)
José Padilha 2007 | Feature, Featured | 101 min.
 WCSU Ives Concert Hall
7:00 PM
Americanizing Shelley
Lorraine Senna | Feature | 90 min.
 The Palace Theater
7:30 PM
Shorts Animations
Shorts Programs
  • Betrothed | Emily Sheskin
  • Eudaimonia | Jude Shingle
  • The Power of Suggestion | Gerald Guthrie
  • L'amie De Zoé | Danny Robashkin & Matthieu Roussel
  • Bottled | Jian Lee
  • Dancing Chickens of Ventura Fabian | Nina Hasin
  • Glimpse
  • Whole Truth | Gerald Guthrie
  • Simulacra | Tatchapon Lertwirojkul
  • Fantasia in Bubblewrap
  • First Memories | Soo Hee Han
  • Red Princess Blues
Public Library
8:00 PM
War Eagle, Arkansas
Robert Milazzo | Feature | 94 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
8:00 PM
Uncounted
David Earnhardt | Documentary | 80 min.
 WCSU Student Theater
9:00 PM
Saturday Night Film & Industry Bash
Party | 120 min.
 The Palace Theater
9:00 PM
Elite Squad Reception
Party | 120 min.
 Delicious Bread Bakery
9:00 PM
Informal Screening Reception for evening films
Party | 120 min.
 Two Steps Downtown Grille
Sunday, May 25th
10:00 AM
Industry Awards Brunch
Party | 120 min.
 Amber Room
11:45 AM
American Stories II
Shorts Programs
  • All Day Long | Andrew Semans
  • Not a Period Correct Gun | Hillary Lavin
  • The Library | Travis Laughlin
  • The Church of the Good Thief | Michael Raab
  • What Ana Left Behind | Catherine Rios
  • The Last Shovel Maker | Jack Ofield
The Palace Theater
12:00 PM
Two Angry Moms
Amy Kalafa 2007 | Documentary | 85 min.
 Heirloom Arts Theater
1:30 PM
Shorts I Program
Short | 75 min.
  • Absolute Zero | Alan Woodruff
  • Crickets | Karl Nevil
  • My American Neighbor | Irina Patkanian
  • Ride of the Mergansers | Steve Furman
  • Secret | Meredith Heil
  • Spent | Boris Schaarschmidt
  • Red Balloon
  • Grand Wheel | Gavin Heffernan 2008
The Palace Theater
2:00 PM
Shorts Animations
Shorts Programs
  • The Power of Suggestion | Gerald Guthrie
  • Bottled | Jian Lee
  • Whole Truth | Gerald Guthrie
  • First Memories | Soo Hee Han
  • Betrothed | Emily Sheskin
  • Fantasia in Bubblewrap
  • Dancing Chickens of Ventura Fabian | Nina Hasin
  • Simulacra | Tatchapon Lertwirojkul
  • Eudaimonia | Jude Shingle
  • Red Princess Blues
  • L'amie De Zoé | Danny Robashkin & Matthieu Roussel
  • Glimpse
Heirloom Arts Theater
3:15 PM
From the 50 Yard Line
Doug Lantz | Feature
 The Palace Theater
3:45 PM
Shorts IV Program
Shorts Programs | 105 min.
  • Through the Lens | Bobby Bowden
  • For a Few Marbles More (Voor een Paar Knikkers Meer) | Jelmar Hufen
  • Plainview | Scott T. Jones
  • Path - A Hoboken/Manhattan Love Story | E.S. Frushtick
  • Silent Radio | Alan Arrivee
Heirloom Arts Theater
5:00 PM
The Pack
Alyssa Rallo Bennett 2008 | Feature | 100 min.
 The Palace Theater
6:30 PM
Sunday American Cancer Society Fundraiser
Party | 120 min.
 The Palace Theater