OCEAN
PARK
USA, 2002, Digital, 101 min. (West Coast
Premiere, DWF 2002)
Writer/Dir: David Warfield, Prods: Eric Liekefet, David Warfield
Cast: Kenneth Hughes, Alexandra Wilson, Jonathan Aube, Marcus Dean Fuller,
Michael Des Barres
Sex, murder and videotape in Dogtown. When a down-on-his luck actor
is drawn into a blackmail scheme, things go very wrong. Moral codes are
bent and finally broken, with unexpected and tragic consequences.
THE
OLIVIA EXPERIMENT
USA,
2012, HD, 90 min.
(WORLD
Premiere, DWF 2012)
Writer: Alexandra
Komisaruk |
Dir: Sonja
Schenk
|
Prods:
Alexandra
Komisaruk, Sonja Schenk | Cast: Skye Noel, Kyle More, Brett Baumayr, Jen
Lilley, Michelynne McGuire, Dan Gordon, Barbara Lee Bragg
Olivia
is a frustrated 27-year-old Gender Studies graduate student who’s
beginning to suspect she’s an asexual. While dating and courtship
rituals fascinate her in her studies, in real life she has yet to experience
sex, let alone mutual attraction.
Spurred by her academic advisor’s suggestion she “live a
little”, Olivia accepts her friend Felisha’s offer to try
sex with her own boyfriend, Julian. With the help of a lesbian camerawoman
and an encouraging roommate, Olivia sets out to film her first sexual
encounter. But in this comedy of sexual disorientation, the results
of "The Olivia Experiment" are completely unexpected.
ONE
DAY LIKE RAIN
USA, 2007, Super16, 87 min. (DWF 2008
- GRAND JURY AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION)
Writer/Dir: Paul Todisco • Prods: Jeff Beard, Paul Todisco, Chris
Aronoff
Cast: Samantha Figura, Marina Resa, Jesse Eisenberg, Trevor Zacharias,
Dalton Leeb, William P. Benz, Marisa Petroro
A mystical coming-of-age story set in American suburbia. Driven by
a desire for meaning and to channel her teenage angst, Gina devises a
metaphysical experiment designed to save humanity from their self-destructive
ways. Her best friend Jennifer agrees to participate and as a result experiences
a heightened state of consciousness. But this blissful state soon turns
dark as Jennifer faces the consequences of meddling with forces she doesn't
understand. Gina vows to quit before effecting humanity on a global scale,
but is encouraged to continue by her mentor Ian, a mysterious man who
seems to be aware of all of Gina's activities. This film is reminiscent
in tone of “Donnie Darko” and David Lynch.
OPIE
GETS LAID
USA, 2006, Super16, 80 min. (DWF 2006)
Writer/Dir:
James Ricardo • Prod: Heidemarie Fuentes
Cast: April Wade, Ute Werner, Jesselynn Desmond, James Ricardo, Samantha
Turk, Gina Devettori, Mark Wood, Heidemarie Fuentes, Hutchi Hancock, Ellen
Hughes, Peder Fedde, Michael L. Connelly, Chris Mitchell, Rob Lanza
A
dark comedy about the world’s biggest loser and he ends up dating
and mating three very different women at once.
OR
FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE
USA, 2000, 16mm, 92 min. (West Coast Premiere,
DWF 2001)
Writer/Dir: Kenneth August, Prods: Dave Greenberg, Ty Treadway, Ken August
Cast: Ty Treadway, Keith Coogan, Pepper Carlson, Chris Coyne, Sean Mitchell,
Michael Kagan
Four friends reunite for their best friend’s wedding, only to
discover that he is marrying a religious zealot. Believing their old friend
has been brainwashed, they kidnap him and attempt to de-program him before
his wedding.
ORGIES
AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
USA, 2008, HD, 82 min. (WORLD Premiere,
DWF 2008)
Writer/Dir:
Brad T. Gottfred • Prods: Jessica Brody, Lindsay Wray, Houston King
Cast: Brad T. Gottfred, Lindsay Wray, Peter Stormare, Katherine Carlson
Illuminating the inner and outer life of Baxter Goode, a man
trying to find an ending to his book (about a sex obsessed stick figure
searching for a portal to the three dimensional world) even as his father,
a best selling Christian author, tries to stop him. His life is further
complicated by his search for the 'one', a woman he is sure will liberate
him from his long addiction to orgy fantasies. Both of these pursuits
are somehow connected to God, who may or may not be a stick figure, and
Baxter's lesbian roommate, who may or may not be imaginary.
