Connecticut Film Festival 2009

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Tuesday, June 2nd
5:00 PM
VIP Reception – Get on the list
Party | 120 min.
Plaid Design
7:30 PM
TiMER
Jac Schaeffer | Opening Night | 99 min.
The Palace Theater
9:15 PM
Opening Night Party
Party
The Palace Theater
10:00 PM
Trashed on Fiction, The Field Recordings
Music Performance
  • Trashed on Fiction
  • The Field Recordings
Cousin Larry's
Wednesday, June 3rd
3:00 PM
Meat the Truth
Jorchen Riester | Features, Green, Meaty | 73 min.
The Palace Theater
3:30 PM
Shorts: Animation
Shorts Program | 65 min.
  • Bamiyan | Patrick Pleutin
  • El Relojero (The Clockmaker's Revelation) | Paula M. Froehle
  • Bumble Beeing part 1: "The Butterfly Effect" | Billy Blob
  • Bumble Beeing part 2: "The Quantum Creep" | Billy Blob
  • High Hopes | Steve Hofstetter
  • Sally Takes The Lead | Christen Smith 2008
  • Skylight | David Baas
  • Kokanee - How Far Would You Go? | Ryan Landels
  • The Future Is Calling | Ryan Landels
  • The Cave: An Adaptation Of Plato's Allegory In Clay | Michael Ramsey
  • The Heart Of Amos Klein | URI KRANOT, Michal Pfeffer 2008
Public Library
3:45 PM
Shorts: Between Reality & Fiction
Shorts Program | 108 min.
  • Bronx Princess | Yoni Brook
  • Larry (The Actor) | Eric Poydar and Brett Portanova 2008
  • Talkin' Water | Shannon Sonenstein
All Nations Church
3:45 PM
Nuclear Climate Change
Summers Henderson 2008 | Features, Green | 55 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
4:30 PM
Shorts: Vassar Docs
Shorts Program | 76 min.
  • New Uke City | Clyde Folley
  • Baller Education | Eliot Weisberg
  • Riding Tall: A Horse Connection In The Hudson Valley | Caitlin Mae Burke
  • Mi Bomba, Tu Bomba | Geri Cosenza
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
4:30 PM
Boogie
Radu Muntean | Dysfunction, International, Narrative Features | 102 min.
The Palace Theater
4:45 PM
A Jersey Christmas
James Villemaire, Eric Weber 2008 | Features, Narrative Features | 85 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:45 PM
Fugue
Grant Rosenmeyer 2008 | Narrative Features, Student - High School | 52 min.
Public Library
5:00 PM
Shorts: The Funny Edge of Shorts
Shorts Program | 99 min.
  • My Deer Friend | Andrew Dean Cherry 2008
  • Gamers | Richard Dobbs
  • Tick Tock | Dan Cooperbey
  • Balls | Patrick Davin
  • In Heroic Fashion | Alexander Tucker
  • Superglue | Billy Duberstein
WCSU Student Center Theater
5:30 PM
Industry Networking
Networking Event | 90 min.
Two Steps Downtown Grille
6:00 PM
Shorts: Man's World
Shorts Program | 71 min.
  • One Nothing | Todd Harter
  • Empire | Alex DeMille
  • Armed Defense | Irina Patkanian
  • Les Vulnerables | Brent Jorgen Perlmutt 2007
  • Happy New Year | K. Lorrel Manning
Public Library
6:00 PM
Searching For The 4th Nail
George Eli | Documentaries | 52 min.
** Note: runs tonight All Nations Church at 6:15
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
6:15 PM
Marathon Beirut, For The Love Of Lebanon
Deborah Harse | Documentaries | 73 min.
** Note: Location change ! City Hall Meeting Room
All Nations Church
6:30 PM
Courting Condi
Sebastian Doggart | Condilove, Documentaries | 107 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
6:30 PM
No Kidding Me Too With Joey “Pants” Pantoliano - Fundraiser For Mental Health
Party | 60 min.
The Palace Theater
7:00 PM
Examined Life
Astra Taylor 2008 | Documentaries | 88 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
7:30 PM
No Kidding, Me Too
Joe Pantaliano | Documentaries, Mind Games
The Palace Theater
7:45 PM
Shorts: Woman's World
Shorts Program | 77 min.
  • Mind The Gap | Kristal Williams-Rowley
  • Night Owl | Cat Tyc
  • Familiar, Milwaukee | Emma L.P. Lundberg
  • Umbrella | Cat Tyc
  • The Pilgrim | Elizabeth Page 2008
  • Self Defense | Sarna Lapine
Public Library
7:45 PM
Greetings From Havre De Grace
Mark Scalese | Anywhere In America, Short Films | 26 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
8:30 PM
A Deal Is A Deal
Jonathan Gershfield | Narrative Features
Heirloom Arts Theater
8:30 PM
Boxing Day
Francis Abbey | Narrative Features | 86 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
9:00 PM
Cold Waves
Alexandru Solomon | Documentaries, International | 108 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
9:15 PM
Sita Sings The Blues
Nina Paley 2008 | Narrative Features | 82 min.
The Palace Theater
9:30 PM
Shorts: On the Edge
Shorts Program | 75 min.
  • Cochran | James P. Gannon
  • Stolen Youth | Leon Chambers 2007
  • The Beneficiary | Theodore Melfi
  • Crescendo | Pierre Terrade
  • The Cowboys Are Not Afraid To Die | Anne Laure DAFFIS, Léo MARCHAND
Public Library
10:00 PM
Blue!
Music Performance, Sub Rosa Party Mix
Cousin Larry's
Thursday, June 4th
1:00 PM
Shorts: Bicycle Films
Shorts Program | 150 min.
  • Lucas Brunelle | Lucas Brunelle
  • Park(ing) Day | Matthew Passmore
  • Recycle A Bicycle | Marcus Burnett
  • Balorda | Luca Bedini/Marco Brandoli
  • Jim's Lines | Patrick Trefz
  • BikeCar | J.T. Fountain
Danbury Arena Rm 203
2:20 PM
How Animators Cheat at Math
It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
2:45 PM
Shorts: Men & Women Collide
Shorts Program | 73 min.
  • Restless | Clay Hoadley
  • Look At Me | Alex Lugones
  • Ethan And Jane | Joohyun Lee
  • The Housetaurant | Dustin Schell
  • True Beauty This Night | Peter Besson
  • HUG | Khary Jones 2008
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
3:15 PM
Must Read After My Death
Morgan Dews 2007 | Documentaries, Dysfunction, Funky Dysfunctionality | 76 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
3:30 PM
More Than Skin Deep: Skin Cancer In America
Stanley Kozma | Documentaries | 57 min.
Public Library
3:45 PM
The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March
Ryan Wong | Green | 52 min.
  • E-Dump | Ryan Wong
Ives Manor
3:45 PM
Crude Independence
Noah Hutton 2009 | Documentaries, Green | 71 min.
The Palace Theater
4:00 PM
Celtx: One Stop Pre-Production
Apps for All (Free Software), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
4:00 PM
Game Design Workshop
Get Started (Basics), Let’s Play! (Games) | 180 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
4:00 PM
Extending Your Film into the Virtual World
Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics), It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 203
4:15 PM
Begging Naked
Karen Gehres 2007 | By Choice Or By Design, Documentaries, Features, Mind Games | 70 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
4:45 PM
Dubble
Eric Alexander | International, Narrative Features | 104 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:45 PM
I Need That Record! The Death (Or Possible Survival) Of The Independent Record Store.
Brendan Toller 2008 | Documentaries | 78 min.
Public Library
5:00 PM
Shorts: Vassar Docs
Shorts Program | 76 min.
  • New Uke City | Clyde Folley
  • Baller Education | Eliot Weisberg
  • Riding Tall: A Horse Connection In The Hudson Valley | Caitlin Mae Burke
  • Mi Bomba, Tu Bomba | Geri Cosenza
All Nations Church
5:00 PM
Invisible Girlfriend
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentaries, Mind Games | 74 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
5:00 PM
Writers Guild Of America – CTFF Awards Ceremony - Invite Only
Party | 120 min.
Tarrywile Mansion
5:15 PM
No Unwounded Soldiers
Rebecca Abbott | Documentaries | 73 min.
Ives Manor
5:15 PM
The Day After Peace
Jeremy Gilley | DAZE, Documentaries | 82 min.
The Palace Theater
5:40 PM
Using AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) to Make Your Web Pages Sparkle
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
5:45 PM
Pitching Man (Baseball)
Craig Davidson | Documentaries | 56 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
6:30 PM
Shorts: Animation
Shorts Program | 65 min.
  • Bamiyan | Patrick Pleutin
  • El Relojero (The Clockmaker's Revelation) | Paula M. Froehle
  • Bumble Beeing part 1: "The Butterfly Effect" | Billy Blob
  • Bumble Beeing part 2: "The Quantum Creep" | Billy Blob
  • High Hopes | Steve Hofstetter
  • Sally Takes The Lead | Christen Smith 2008
  • Skylight | David Baas
  • Kokanee - How Far Would You Go? | Ryan Landels
  • The Future Is Calling | Ryan Landels
  • The Cave: An Adaptation Of Plato's Allegory In Clay | Michael Ramsey
  • The Heart Of Amos Klein | URI KRANOT, Michal Pfeffer 2008
Public Library
6:30 PM
Shorts: The Funny Edge of Shorts
Shorts Program | 99 min.
  • My Deer Friend | Andrew Dean Cherry 2008
  • Gamers | Richard Dobbs
  • Tick Tock | Dan Cooperbey
  • Balls | Patrick Davin
  • In Heroic Fashion | Alexander Tucker
  • Superglue | Billy Duberstein
Ives Manor
6:30 PM
Bar De Zi And Other Stories
Corina Radu | Documentaries, International | 57 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
6:45 PM
A Walk Into The Sea
Esther Robinson | Documentaries | 75 min.
  • 575 Castro St. | Jenni Olson 2008
Heirloom Arts Theater
6:45 PM
Talking to Walls
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
7:00 PM
A Georgetown Story
John E. Mayer | Anywhere In America, Documentaries | 52 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
7:00 PM
August Rush
Kristen Sheridan | Narrative Features | 114 min.
The Palace Theater
7:45 PM
Shorts: The Opinionated Bunch
Shorts Program | 80 min.
  • The Order | Paul Dalio
  • First Time Long Time | James Demo
  • Free Lunch | Rick Curnutt 2008
  • Swing Vote: What Side Are You On? | Rebecca Pelletier
Public Library
8:00 PM
Up The Yangtze
Yung Chang 2008 | Documentaries, International | 93 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
8:00 PM
Dylan Connor
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
8:30 PM
The Baker
Gareth Lewis | Narrative Features | 85 min.
Ives Manor
8:30 PM
Throw It Down
John E. Maher | Anywhere In America, Documentaries | 88 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
8:45 PM
London Betty
Thomas Edward Seymour | Narrative Features | 80 min.
  • Huang Shan | Andrew Geller 2008
Heirloom Arts Theater
9:30 PM
HomeLand
Chris C. Young | Narrative Features | 93 min.
The Palace Theater
9:30 PM
Paper and Sand
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
9:30 PM
Informal Industry Gathering
Networking Event
Two Steps Downtown Grille
10:00 PM
Hierosonic, Failure's Art + guests
Music Performance
  • Hierosonic
  • Failure's Art
Cousin Larry's
10:00 PM
Dave Kardas Band, Baby Dragon + guests
Music Performance Block
  • Dave Kardas Band
  • Baby Dragon
Ale House
11:00 PM
These are Powers
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:00 AM
Los Debutantes
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 30 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:30 AM
Ghostie
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 30 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:00 AM
Open Star Clusters
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:30 AM
Satanized and Hot Guts
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 30 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
Friday, June 5th
11:00 AM
Motion Capture: Why it Doesn't Work
It’s Alive! (Animation) | 60 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
11:00 AM
Flash Fly-By (aka. Flash Basics)
Get Started (Basics), It’s Alive! (Animation), Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
** Note: Venue change: Now at the Danbury Ice Arena
Danbury Arena
11:00 AM
Multimedia Collaboration Tools That Rock
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics) | 60 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
11:00 AM
The Art and Business of Music for Games
Let’s Play! (Games), Name That Tune (Music), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Polish American Club
11:00 AM
Master Class in Screenwriting with James V. Hart
Screenwriters Track
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
11:35 AM
Save the Screenwriter!
Screenwriters Track | 90 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
11:35 AM
Vocalist Workshop
Music Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
12:40 PM
Post Mortem: Ninjatown: So cute, it just might kill you!
Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
12:40 PM
Critter Creation 101
Get Started (Basics), It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 203
12:40 PM
Free Software Video Editing and Subtitling
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
1:10 PM
Legal Primer for Producers
Producers Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
1:10 PM
The Dealmakers
Producers Track | 90 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
1:10 PM
JVC Presents Their New ProHD Solid State Camcorders
Filmmakers' Production Track | 90 min.
Public Library
1:10 PM
Songwriter Round
Music Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
1:45 PM
Michel Rae Driscoll
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
2:00 PM
Shorts: Melancholy Corner
Shorts Program | 65 min.
  • Old Days | Matthew Shapiro
  • Beautiful Hills Of Brooklyn | Ragnar Freidank
All Nations Church
2:15 PM
Legal Primer for Composers
Music Track | 135 min.
Danbury Music Center
2:20 PM
Going Viral
Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
2:20 PM
Critter Creation 201
It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 203
2:20 PM
Easy-to-Use Multimedia Downloading Tools
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics) | 60 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
2:20 PM
Music Demo Derby
Name That Tune (Music) | 120 min.
Polish American Club
2:45 PM
Distribution-Nuts and Bolts
Producers Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
2:45 PM
Self-Promoting for Musicians, Screenwriters, and Filmmakers – Without Leaving Home!
Producers Track | 90 min.
Lebanon American Club
2:45 PM
Producing an HD FILM
Filmmakers' Production Track | 90 min.
Public Library
3:00 PM
Meg Hackett
Mel's Mix, Music Video | 30 min.
Library Plaza
3:15 PM
Fixer: The Taking Of Ajmal Naqshbandi
Ian Olds | Documentaries | 84 min.
Ives Manor
3:15 PM
Queer Duck: The Movie
Mike Reiss 2008 | Connecticut Filmmaker | 73 min.
The Palace Theater
3:15 PM
Beauty Of The Fight
John Urbano | Documentaries | 69 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
3:30 PM
Shorts: Past & Present
Shorts Program | 91 min.
  • No Wind, No Waves | Julian Anthony Higgins 2008
  • Les Paradis Perdus/Last Illusions | Helier Cisterne
  • Morse Collectors | David Cooke
  • 15-40 | Christian Bagger 2007
Heirloom Arts Theater
3:30 PM
Brian Dolzani (Solo)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
3:45 PM
Shorts: Between Reality & Fiction
Shorts Program | 108 min.
  • Bronx Princess | Yoni Brook
  • Larry (The Actor) | Eric Poydar and Brett Portanova 2008
  • Talkin' Water | Shannon Sonenstein
WCSU Student Center Theater
3:45 PM
Meat the Truth
Jorchen Riester | Features, Green, Meaty | 73 min.
Public Library
4:00 PM
Developing an Online Presence
Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
4:00 PM
Digital Storytelling (Machinima)
It’s Alive! (Animation) | 60 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 203
4:00 PM
Completely Free Animation with Blender
Apps for All (Free Software), It’s Alive! (Animation), Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
4:00 PM
Shorts: Fictional Playground
Shorts Program | 75 min.
  • Tuesdays Are Orange | Cuyler Bryant
  • Found On Road Dead | Justin Tores
  • Black Ice | Hickman Katie
  • Mask | John Logan Pierson
  • Heartland | Brian Paccione
  • The Brick Wall Bubble Gum Girl | Benjamin Rutkowski
All Nations Church
4:20 PM
A New Age in Distribution: Streaming Download and Viral Marketing
Producers Track | 90 min.
St. James Church
4:20 PM
Intellectual Properties Law for Writers and Producers
Screenwriters Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
4:20 PM
What Film Composers Do
Music Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
4:20 PM
Panasonic HPX 2700 Demo
Filmmakers' Production Track | 85 min.
Public Library
4:30 PM
Lara Herscovitch
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
4:45 PM
A Walk Into The Sea
Esther Robinson | Documentaries | 75 min.
  • 575 Castro St. | Jenni Olson 2008
The Palace Theater
4:45 PM
The Holy Modal Rounders... Bound To Lose
Paul Lovelace, Sam Wainwright Douglas | Narrative Features | 87 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
5:00 PM
Monsters from the Id
David Gargani, Delete David Gargani 2008 | Documentaries, Features | 71 min.
Ives Manor
5:00 PM
Gerald Goode (Trio)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
5:15 PM
Barking Water
Sterlin Harjo | Narrative Features, Native American | 85 min.
  • Ancestor Eyes | Kalani Queypo
Heirloom Arts Theater
5:15 PM
Shorts: Woman's World
Shorts Program | 77 min.
  • Mind The Gap | Kristal Williams-Rowley
  • Night Owl | Cat Tyc
  • Familiar, Milwaukee | Emma L.P. Lundberg
  • Umbrella | Cat Tyc
  • The Pilgrim | Elizabeth Page 2008
  • Self Defense | Sarna Lapine
Public Library
5:30 PM
Random Lunacy
Victor Zimet, Stephanie Silber 2007 | By Choice Or By Design, Documentaries | 60 min.
All Nations Church
5:30 PM
Industry Networking
Networking Event | 90 min.
Two Steps Downtown Grille
5:40 PM
From Snapshot to Art with Adobe Photoshop
Get Started (Basics) | 60 min.
Polish American Club
5:40 PM
Making 3-D Movies Using Free Software
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
5:40 PM
Disruptive Marketing - CANCELLED!!! :(
Get Connected (Online), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
6:00 PM
ArleneWow!
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 120 min.
Library Plaza
6:00 PM
Testimony
Razvan Georgescu | Documentaries, Mind Games | 90 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
6:30 PM
Boxing Day
Francis Abbey | Narrative Features | 86 min.
Ives Manor
6:30 PM
Dubble
Eric Alexander | International, Narrative Features | 104 min.
The Palace Theater
6:30 PM
Remnants Of A War
Jawad Metni 2008 | Documentaries | 76 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
6:30 PM
Jim Wolf (4-piece)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
7:00 PM
Shorts: Men & Women Collide
Shorts Program | 73 min.
  • Restless | Clay Hoadley
  • Look At Me | Alex Lugones
  • Ethan And Jane | Joohyun Lee
  • The Housetaurant | Dustin Schell
  • True Beauty This Night | Peter Besson
  • HUG | Khary Jones 2008
Public Library
7:00 PM
Henry O!
Ziad Hamzeh 2008 | Documentaries | 71 min.
All Nations Church
7:00 PM
24-Hour “Cup-O-Joe” Guerrilla Filmmaking Competition
Special Program
Two Steps Downtown Grille
7:15 PM
West Of Pluto
Henry Bernadet, Myriam Verreault | Narrative Features | 95 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
8:00 PM
Melissa Mulligan (Solo)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
8:00 PM
Moral Kombat
Spencer Halpin | Documentaries | 85 min.
Polish American Club
8:15 PM
Garbage Dreams
Mai Iskander 2009 | Documentaries | 83 min.
Ives Manor
8:15 PM
The Baker
Gareth Lewis | Narrative Features | 85 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
8:15 PM
The Road To Empire
Michael Sibay | Narrative Features | 94 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
8:15 PM
“Fados” and After Party!!
Party
** Note: Theater opens @8:15, Film @8:30, Party@9:45
The Palace Theater
8:30 PM
Shorts: Man's World
Shorts Program | 71 min.
  • One Nothing | Todd Harter
  • Empire | Alex DeMille
  • Armed Defense | Irina Patkanian
  • Les Vulnerables | Brent Jorgen Perlmutt 2007
  • Happy New Year | K. Lorrel Manning
Public Library
8:30 PM
Fados - FILM ONLY
Carlos Saura 2007 | International, Narrative Features | 88 min.
** Note: Film ONLY
The Palace Theater
9:00 PM
Fog Warning 2008
Christopher Ward | Narrative Features | 103 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
9:30 PM
Mike Falzone & The Peppermint Trick (4-Piece)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 90 min.
** Note: Free Show
City Center Danbury Green
10:00 PM
White Knuckle Rodeo, Planeside, Amalgama
Music Performance Block
  • Amalgama
  • White Knuckle Rodeo
  • Planeside
Cousin Larry's
10:00 PM
Trevor Jude Smith +Lion's Teeth
Music Performance Block
  • Trevor Jude Smith
  • Lion's Teeth
Ale House
11:00 PM
Tim Fite
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:00 AM
Amanda Bloom
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 30 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:30 AM
Toby Goodshank (of the Moldy Peaches)
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 45 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:15 AM
Schwervon!
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance
Heirloom Arts Theater
Saturday, June 6th
9:45 AM
Little Miss Dewie: A Duckumentary Fundraiser Vegan Brunch (9:45am and 11am shows)
Mira Tweti 2008 | Duckumentary, Short Films | 30 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
10:00 AM
Writer's Bootcamp
Screenwriters Track | 120 min.
** Note: Postponed due to scheduling conflict.
St. James Church
10:00 AM
Home Made Album - I Can, But Should I?
Music Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
10:00 AM
“The Simpsons” Backstage Tour
General Audiences
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
10:15 AM
Little Miss Dewie - Vegan Brunch
Party | 105 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
11:00 AM
Digital Media for All
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), On Your Side (Advocacy) | 60 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
11:00 AM
Virtual Worlds Marketing
Get Connected (Online), It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
** Note: In Ice Arena, 1 Independence Way
Danbury Arena Rm 203
11:00 AM
The Life of an Indie Game Developer
Get Connected (Online), Let’s Play! (Games), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Polish American Club
11:00 AM
Fagbug
Erin Davies | Narrative Features | 83 min.
  • The Dark Side Of The Rainbow: The Price Of Inequality | Chas Kirven
Heirloom Arts Theater
11:00 AM
Jaago Aids
Mira Nair, Vishal Bhardwaj, Santosh Sivan, and Farhan Akhtar | Narrative Features | 71 min.
The Palace Theater
11:00 AM
Little Miss Dewie: A Duckumentary Fundraiser Vegan Brunch (9:45am and 11am shows)
Mira Tweti 2008 | Duckumentary, Short Films | 30 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
11:30 AM
Shorts: The Funny Edge of Shorts
Shorts Program | 99 min.
  • My Deer Friend | Andrew Dean Cherry 2008
  • Gamers | Richard Dobbs
  • Balls | Patrick Davin
  • In Heroic Fashion | Alexander Tucker
  • Superglue | Billy Duberstein
  • Tick Tock | Dan Cooperbey
Public Library
11:35 AM
Great Audio-Recording Techniques
Filmmakers' Production Track | 90 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
11:35 AM
Great Shooting Effects with Christo Bakalov
New Filmmakers track | 90 min.
** Note: Christo Bakalov demo.
Public Library
11:35 AM
Producing Documentaries for TV and other Established Markets
Filmmakers' Production Track | 90 min.
St. James Church
11:45 AM
Shorts: Melancholy Corner
Shorts Program | 65 min.
  • Old Days | Matthew Shapiro
  • Beautiful Hills Of Brooklyn | Ragnar Freidank
Ives Manor
12:00 PM
Drum Clinic with the World's Fastest Female Drummer
Music Track | 60 min.
Danbury Music Center
12:30 PM
Canvas
Joseph Greco | Narrative Features | 101 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
12:30 PM
Shorts: The Opinionated Bunch
Shorts Program | 80 min.
  • The Order | Paul Dalio
  • First Time Long Time | James Demo
  • Free Lunch | Rick Curnutt 2008
  • Swing Vote: What Side Are You On? | Rebecca Pelletier
WCSU Student Center Theater
12:40 PM
Interactive Sound Development
Get Connected (Online), Let’s Play! (Games), Name That Tune (Music) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
12:40 PM
Why You Can't Control a Movie with a Joystick
Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
12:40 PM
Introduction to Video Sharing
Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics) | 90 min.
** Note: In Ice Arena, 1 Independence Way
Danbury Arena Rm 203
12:40 PM
Educating Children Through Gaming
Get Connected (Online), Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
Polish American Club
12:45 PM
Sita Sings The Blues
Nina Paley 2008 | Narrative Features | 82 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
1:00 PM
Garbage Dreams
Mai Iskander 2009 | Documentaries | 83 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:00 PM
Living Is Winning
Linda Burns | Sports - Team | 107 min.
Ives Manor
1:00 PM
Nicole Thompson (Solo)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
1:10 PM
Ramping up to a Larger-Scale Production: Unions Talk to Filmmakers and Crew
Producers Track | 90 min.
Public Library
1:10 PM
Screenwriting 101 – Basic Elements of a Marketable Screenplay
Screenwriters Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
1:10 PM
Managing Your Music Career
Music Track | 90 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
1:10 PM
Hollywood is Dead - What's Next?
Producers Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
1:30 PM
Shorts: Men & Women Collide
Shorts Program | 73 min.
  • Restless | Clay Hoadley
  • Look At Me | Alex Lugones
  • Ethan And Jane | Joohyun Lee
  • The Housetaurant | Dustin Schell
  • True Beauty This Night | Peter Besson
  • HUG | Khary Jones 2008
Public Library
1:30 PM
Daria Musk (duo)
Music
City Center Danbury Green
2:00 PM
Grandma Has A Videocamera
Tania Cypriano | Documentaries
  • Without Papers | Florencia Krochik, Gabriel Sanchez
WCSU Student Center Theater
2:15 PM
Bonnie Lee Panda (Solo)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
2:20 PM
Interactive Artist Fundraising 101
On Your Side (Advocacy), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
2:20 PM
Picture Magic: The Art of Digital Manipulation
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Started (Basics) | 90 min.
** Note: In Ice Arena, 1 Independence Way
Danbury Arena Rm 203
2:20 PM
People, Places and Play
Get Connected (Online), Let’s Play! (Games) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
2:20 PM
New Media Frontiers
Get Connected (Online), Let’s Play! (Games), On Your Side (Advocacy) | 90 min.
Polish American Club
2:30 PM
Remnants Of A War
Jawad Metni 2008 | Documentaries | 76 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
2:30 PM
Tulpan
Sergey Dvortsevoy 2008 | Narrative Features | 100 min.
The Palace Theater
2:45 PM
The 10th Gear Jettride: 3800 Miles To A Cure
Anthony Geathers | Documentaries, Green | 57 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
2:45 PM
Creative Financing on a Shoestring
New Filmmakers Track | 90 min.
** Note: tes
Public Library
2:45 PM
Comedy is Hard…But Not Impossible
Screenwriters Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
2:45 PM
The Evolving Music Industry
Music Track | 90 min.
Danbury Music Center
3:00 PM
Shorts: Fictional Playground
Shorts Program | 75 min.
  • Tuesdays Are Orange | Cuyler Bryant
  • Found On Road Dead | Justin Tores
  • Black Ice | Hickman Katie
  • Mask | John Logan Pierson
  • Heartland | Brian Paccione
  • The Brick Wall Bubble Gum Girl | Benjamin Rutkowski
Public Library
3:00 PM
Seth Adam (duo)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
3:30 PM
Ken Safety
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
3:45 PM
Invisible Girlfriend
David Redmon, Ashley Sabin | Documentaries, Mind Games | 74 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
4:00 PM
Copyleft and the War on Sharing
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), On Your Side (Advocacy) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 202
4:00 PM
Ludic Learning in the Digital Age & The Cyberspace Transformation of Education Today
Let’s Play! (Games), On Your Side (Advocacy) | 90 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 201
4:00 PM
ABCs of CGI
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics), It’s Alive! (Animation) | 90 min.
** Note: In Ice Arena, 1 Independence Way
Danbury Arena Rm 203
4:00 PM
Marketing: Games, Music, Film and Social Media
Get Connected (Online), Name That Tune (Music), On Your Side (Advocacy), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 90 min.
Polish American Club
4:00 PM
Crude Independence
Noah Hutton 2009 | Documentaries, Green | 71 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:00 PM
4th Annual MS Benefit
Music Performance Block | 480 min.
  • Jon Chapman
  • Mantyhose
  • Marc Huberman
  • Brian Grosz
  • John Kaz
  • Neil Boys Beach Diamond
  • Mo' Niklz
  • Joe Roberto & Poverty Hash
  • Baby Dragon
  • Zelazowa
  • The_Arsonaut
  • The Lippars
  • Dan O
  • D_Cyphernauts
  • Henchmen
  • Odei
Cousin Larry's
4:00 PM
Awards Cook Out
Party | 120 min.
Palace Walk
4:15 PM
Cayman Went
Bobby Sheehan | Narrative Features | 91 min.
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
4:20 PM
Structuring Financing for Producers
Producers Track | 90 min.
Public Library
4:20 PM
Distribution 101
New Filmmakers Track | 90 min.
Womens' Center
4:20 PM
Cinematic Lounge: 2009 Spotlight on Romanian Cinema
Filmmakers' Production Track | 90 min.
Public Library
4:30 PM
Beauty Of The Fight
John Urbano | Documentaries | 69 min.
The Palace Theater
4:30 PM
Freezer Burn
Charles Hood 2007 | Features | 94 min.
Ives Manor
4:30 PM
Kicking Daisies (4-piece)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
4:45 PM
Shorts: Between Reality & Fiction
Shorts Program | 108 min.
  • Bronx Princess | Yoni Brook
  • Larry (The Actor) | Eric Poydar and Brett Portanova 2008
  • Talkin' Water | Shannon Sonenstein
Public Library
5:00 PM
Welcome (trio)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Library Plaza
5:30 PM
The Curse Of Micah Rood
Alec Asten | Connecticut Filmmaker | 35 min.
  • Shutting Down | Clarke Smith
Heirloom Arts Theater
5:30 PM
Courting Condi
Sebastian Doggart | Condilove, Documentaries | 107 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
5:45 PM
Experimental Electronic Music 101 - Danbury's Burnkit 2600
Let’s Play! (Games), Name That Tune (Music) | 45 min.
Danbury Arena Rm 203
6:00 PM
Random Lunacy
Victor Zimet, Stephanie Silber 2007 | By Choice Or By Design, Documentaries | 60 min.
Ives Manor
6:00 PM
The War Boys
Ron Daniels | Narrative Features
City Hall Meeting Room 3rd Floor
6:00 PM
King For a Day (Trio)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
City Center Danbury Green
6:00 PM
Filmmaker Awards Ceremony
General Audiences
** Note: Free - first come gets a seat
The Palace Theater
6:30 PM
Brian Jarvis
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 90 min.
Library Plaza
6:45 PM
Keynote Address - Eric Zimmerman: "In the Future, Everyone will be a Game Designer"
Apps for All (Free Software), Get Connected (Online), Get Started (Basics), It’s Alive! (Animation), Keynote, Let’s Play! (Games), Name That Tune (Music), On Your Side (Advocacy), Sell, Sell, Sell! (Marketing) | 60 min.
Polish American Club
6:45 PM
Shorts: Past & Present
Shorts Program | 91 min.
  • No Wind, No Waves | Julian Anthony Higgins 2008
  • Les Paradis Perdus/Last Illusions | Helier Cisterne
  • Morse Collectors | David Cooke
  • 15-40 | Christian Bagger 2007
Heirloom Arts Theater
7:00 PM
Children Of Invention
TZE Chun | Closing Night, Narrative Features | 86 min.
** Note: Theater opens @7, Film starts @8 & party after
The Palace Theater
7:00 PM
Fugue
Grant Rosenmeyer 2008 | Narrative Features, Student - High School | 52 min.
Public Library
7:30 PM
Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams (Trio)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 90 min.
City Center Danbury Green
7:30 PM
A Deal Is A Deal
Jonathan Gershfield | Narrative Features
Ives Manor
7:30 PM
The Road To Empire
Michael Sibay | Narrative Features | 94 min.
WCSU Student Center Theater
8:15 PM
Shorts: On the Edge
Shorts Program | 75 min.
  • Cochran | James P. Gannon
  • Stolen Youth | Leon Chambers 2007
  • The Beneficiary | Theodore Melfi
  • Crescendo | Pierre Terrade
  • The Cowboys Are Not Afraid To Die | Anne Laure DAFFIS, Léo MARCHAND
Public Library
8:45 PM
Bomb It! - The Global Graffiti Documentary
Jon Reiss | Documentaries | 93 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
9:30 PM
Caravan of Thieves (4-piece)
Mel's Mix, Music Performance | 90 min.
City Center Danbury Green
9:30 PM
Closing Night Party
Party
** Note: for “Children Of Invention”
The Palace Theater
10:00 PM
Positive Mental Trip, The Terryl Lee Band
Music Performance Block
  • Positive Mental Trip
  • The Terryl Lee Band
Ale House
11:00 PM
Deer Tick
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:00 AM
Sidewalk Dave
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance | 60 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
1:00 AM
Sarianna and the Swell
Heirloom Mix, Music Performance
Heirloom Arts Theater
Sunday, June 7th
11:00 AM
The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March
Ryan Wong | Green | 52 min.
  • E-Dump | Ryan Wong
Public Library
11:00 AM
Shorts: Man's World
Shorts Program | 71 min.
  • One Nothing | Todd Harter
  • Empire | Alex DeMille
  • Armed Defense | Irina Patkanian
  • Les Vulnerables | Brent Jorgen Perlmutt 2007
  • Happy New Year | K. Lorrel Manning
Ives Manor
11:30 AM
Must Read After My Death
Morgan Dews 2007 | Documentaries, Dysfunction, Funky Dysfunctionality | 76 min.
The Palace Theater
12:00 PM
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Cathy Randall | Family | 92 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
12:30 PM
Bar De Zi And Other Stories
Corina Radu | Documentaries, International | 57 min.
Public Library
12:45 PM
The Holy Modal Rounders... Bound To Lose
Paul Lovelace, Sam Wainwright Douglas | Narrative Features | 87 min.
** Note: Now at Ives Manor
Ives Manor
1:00 PM
The Magistical
John Cernak, Danny Oakley 2008 | Animation | 84 min.
The Palace Theater
1:45 PM
Autistic-Like: Graham's Story
Erik Linthorst | Short Films | 50 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
2:00 PM
Testimony
Razvan Georgescu | Documentaries, Mind Games | 90 min.
** Note: Now at the Library
Public Library
2:45 PM
Shorts: Woman's World
Shorts Program | 77 min.
  • Mind The Gap | Kristal Williams-Rowley
  • Night Owl | Cat Tyc
  • Familiar, Milwaukee | Emma L.P. Lundberg
  • Umbrella | Cat Tyc
  • The Pilgrim | Elizabeth Page 2008
  • Self Defense | Sarna Lapine
Ives Manor
3:00 PM
Heart Of Stone
Beth Toni Kruvant | Documentaries | 84 min.
The Palace Theater
3:00 PM
HomeLand
Chris C. Young | Narrative Features | 93 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
3:45 PM
Cold Waves
Alexandru Solomon | Documentaries, International | 108 min.
Public Library
4:30 PM
Shorts: The Opinionated Bunch
Shorts Program | 80 min.
  • Free Lunch | Rick Curnutt 2008
  • Swing Vote: What Side Are You On? | Rebecca Pelletier
  • First Time Long Time | James Demo
Ives Manor
4:30 PM
The Order
Paul Dalio | Short Films | 15 min.
Ives Manor
4:30 PM
"Heart of Stone" Reception
Party
The Palace Theater
4:45 PM
Boogie
Radu Muntean | Dysfunction, International, Narrative Features | 102 min.
Heirloom Arts Theater
4:45 PM
Trouble The Water
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal 2008 | Documentaries | 96 min.
The Palace Theater
5:30 PM
Barking Water
Sterlin Harjo | Narrative Features, Native American | 85 min.
  • Ancestor Eyes | Kalani Queypo
Public Library
7:00 PM
24 Hour Filmmaker Contest Party
Party
** Note: Cup 'O Joe Contest Awards
Heirloom Arts Theater
7:00 PM
E-8 (Echelon 8)
Joe Valenti 2009 | Suspense
The Palace Theater
Monday, June 8th
9:00 AM
Interactive Only Day Pass for Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Interactive only
** Note: Good for one day only
City Center Danbury
9:00 AM
5-event Pass. Good through June-7.
Film & Interactive
** Note: Can buy any day until June 8th.
City Center Danbury
9:00 AM
10-event Pass. Good through June-7.
Film & Interactive
** Note: Can buy any day until June 8th.
City Center Danbury
9:00 AM
All Access Pass. Good through June-7.
Film & Interactive
** Note: Can buy any day until June 8th.
City Center Danbury
9:00 AM
Blue Plate Special Pass. Good through June-7.
Film & Interactive
** Note: Can buy any day until June 8th.
City Center Danbury