FORGIVEN
USA, 2007, 35mm, 20 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2007)
Dir: Pete Vander Pluym • Writers: Pete Vander Pluym, Mark Parry • Prod: Arunmani Palani
Cast: Rita Renee, Jon Thomas, Roger Smith, Chris Osbrink, Mel Carpenter

Mrs. Bell is in the depths of depression and contemplating suicide after 8 years without her son, Bobby. Bobby was killed in the car he loved by his best friend Danny who was driving. Danny went to prison and after 8 years has just gotten out on parole. Part of his parole agreement is to make amends with the people he hurt. He must now confront Mrs. Bell.

FORTUNE'S FOOL
USA, 2001, 35mm, 25 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2001)
Writer/Dir/Prod: Joshua Lear

Two college buddies find themselves at odds over a girl they’re both in love with. The predicament escalates into jealous rage and an interrogation that threatens to destroy the friendship.

FOR YOU MY LOVE: A STAGE PLAY
USA, 2008, DV, 6 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2008)
Writers: Billy Scott, Tyler Brooks • Dir: Tyler Brooks • Prods: Billy Scott, Tyler Brooks
Cast: Jason Rath, Amie Donegan, Tyler Brooks, Billy Scott, Bill Funke

What happens when your love for your art get's in the way of art? Deke Dugan Theatre Foley Master brings his passion to the Ventura Court's Theatre latest production.

FOXY LADY, WILD CHERRY
CANADA, 2000, 35mm, 21 min. (West Coast Premiere, DWF 2001)
Dir: Ines Buchli, Writer/Prod: Marlene Rodgers, Cast: Natasha Greenblatt, Nina Shock, Todd Duckworth, Jack Nicholsen

Thirteen-year-old Leah faces a strained weekend with her estranged father, Dan. The tension is broken when Leah's brash friend Karen and Dan's buddy Ray begin a playful flirtation. Leah notices her father's response to Karen, and begins to test her own sexuality. Dan's reaction forces Leah to reckon with the power of her body and the mixed messages she is receiving about her sexuality.

THE FROLIC
USA, 2007, Super16, 20 min. (US Premiere, DWF 2007)
Dir: Jacob Cooney • Writers: Brandon Trenz, Thomas Ligotti • Prods: Jane Kelly Kosek, Jade DeCosta, Dennis White • Cast: Michael Rielly Burke, Maury Sterling, Jennifer Aspen, Kailey Swanson, Robert Manning Jr., Adam Edgar

A prison psychologist returns home from his last day of work, an early retirement brought about by prolonged exposure to his latest subject, a serial killer_known only as JOHN DOE, who preys upon children. As he reviews videotapes of his sessions with the killer, we see Doe as a psychotic Peter Pan who describes his murderous actions (which he calls “Frolicking”) as a way of “freeing” the children from their drab, earthly confines. It is not until it is too late that David realizes Doe has one more Frolic planned…with David's own daughter Colleen.

THE FUNERAL...AGAIN!
CANADA 2008, 16mm, 11 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2008)
Writer/Dir: Matt West • Prod: Michael Alexander Dobbin
Cast: Dave Templin, Eric Bollman, Barbara Gray, Mary Jane Chisolm, Bruce Nicol.

Charlie Habberstock was 56 when he died for the first time. Otherwise a rather unexceptional man, he went on to die three more times, much to the chagrin of his wife, his friends and neighbors.

FUZZY CONNECTIONS
USA, 2010, HD, 19 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2011)
Dir: Jason Weissbrod | Writers: Jeff Lorch, Sean Goodman | Prods: Jason Weissbrod, Jeff Lorch, Sean Goodman | Cast: Jeff Lorch, Sean Goodman, Danna Brady, Alejandra Cejudo

Clarence. A sex-crazed drug addict. Schmiddy. A heart-broken innocent. In one day, these two best friends will encounter crazed groupies, a dog in a zoo, a lion in a jungle, and a pythagoream theorem. A severe test of friendship. A quirky dark comedy. Will they be able to let go of fear and find love in this fuzzy world?