QUADRUM
USA, 2003, HD24, 85 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2003)
Dir: Thomas Edward Hale, Writer: Racheal Howard, Prods: Thomas Edward Hale, Ira Azulay, Cast: Jason Factor, Heather Fox, Mark Huegelmann

A feature that explores the boundaries of moral character in a psychological journey about Wes, a suffering insomniac struggling to accept his fate. His untimely demise has left a restless soul holding on to a collection of past memories, searching for the truth. Will Wes find eternal peace or will his soul wander forever searching for the answer?

RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE
USA, 1999, 16mm, 80 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 1999)
Writers/Dirs: Drew Bell & Jefferson Langley, Producers: Drew Bell, Jefferson Langley, Esteban Powell, Alex Solowitz
Cast: A.J. Buckley, Esteban Powell, Alex Solowitz, Brian Klugman, Rainbow Borden

RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE is a fast paced action film-noir directed at the awareness of violence in youths despite socio-economic backgrounds. When a young man new in town, Chris Donds, is drawn into the scene of Los Angeles after dark, he confuses his morals and beliefs for absolution and opportunity...the life that dreams as fast as it lives.

RANDOM SHOOTING IN LA
USA, 2000, Digital, 91 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2002)
Dir: Jeffrey Delman, Writers: Don Morgan, Jeffrey Delman, Cathryn de Prume, Jon Bastian, Sam Ingraffia, Matt Keener, Babs Lindsay, Prod: Matt Keener
Cast: Cathryn de Prume, David Hussey, James Castle Stevens, Adam Gersh, Milt Kogan, Matt Hannigan, Jennifer Massey, Dale Godboldo, Jane Connelly, Peter Simmons, Jack McGee

"Random Shooting in LA" is shot entirely from the POV of a video camera that comes to LA with a family of tourists and is abruptly stolen in a carjacking; then fenced, sold, traded and wagered, making its way through a wide succession of owners and situations. Capturing stories and incidents large and small… from thrill-seeking teens out for a night of rowdy fun… to a married couple's blundering attempt at home-porn… through incidents of unrequited love and brutal violence… the camera takes us on a gritty urban odyssey before reaching its ultimate conclusion of cruel betrayal and unexpected grace.

READY, WILLING AND ABLE
USA, 1998, 35mm, 84 min. ( DWF 1999)
Dir: Jenni Gold, Writers: Pete Bauer & Jenni Gold, Producers: Jeff Maynard & Jenni Gold
Cast: Christopher Templeton, Rus Blackwell, Steve DuMouchel, Isaac C. Singleton, Jr., Mike Kalvoda, Kevin Weiler

A fast paced action thriller full of exciting and never-before-seen stunts. Christopher Templeton stars as Samantha (Sam) Martin, a CIA agent who is retired from service after she is injured in the line of duty. Although Sam now must use a wheelchair, she is determined to continue her career as a special agent. She discovers an intricate conspiracy and becomes entangled in a web of deception, corruption, and murder!

REALITY CHECK
USA, 2001, HD, 88 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2002)
Dir: Rafael Zelinksy, Writer: Brent Askari, Chum Langhorne, Prods: John Langley, Maggie Langley, Elie Cohn
Cast: Vanessa Christel Campbell, Natalia Cigliuti, Timothy Lee DePriest, Nate Dushku, Kym Hoy, Kalil Kane, Courtney Peldon, Sticky Fingaz

“True Livin”, the popular reality-based TV show that deposits a disparate group of seven twenty-somethings in a luxuriously appointed mansion and chronicles how they interact and clash, is in a ratings slump…for now. Brock, the show’s newly hired, overzealous producer, plans to raise the stakes. Taking “the show” in a new direction, the kids are dropped at a remote house, miles from civilization. In a effort to turn up the show’s heat, Brock, in true puppetmaster fashion, does everything in his power to push the kids’ buttons and provoke them to fight, have sex, or break down. With the discovery of a crew members’ mutilated body, tensions are exacerbated. Accusations fly. Loyalties are severed. All in the name of ratings.

REUNION
USA, 2005, 35mm, 110 min. (DWF 2006)
Writer/Dir: Sheila Marie Norman • Prod: Penny Styles McLean
Cast: Carolyn Owens, Trisha Mann, Dickie Wrightsel, Sid Burston, Dominiqua Lint, Micah Marie

A cold-hearted professor suffering from kidney failure, attends a family reunion to approach her estranged sister for a transplant. However, unresolved conflict from their catastrophic childhood remains. At great emotional expense, CeCe must confront demons of her past to find forgiveness and healing. Struggling with vulnerability, Dominique must do some soul searching to address personal shortcomings in order to save her own life. Colorful relatives attending the reunion in Hot Springs, Arkansas add color and controversy to the affair. Mounting tensions erupt when Aunt Clara, the family matriarch, reveals a shocking secret, shaking the family tree to its roots.

RIFFED
USA, 2000, 35mm, 88 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2001)
Dir: Lorenzo Gabriele, Writers: Lorenzo Gabriele, Francisco Lorite, Producers: Francisco Lorite, Lorenzo Gabriele, Andre Martin
Cast: Francisco Lorite, Rochelle Bostrom, Sean Cullen, Elizabeth Canavan, Stanley Harrison, Marilyn Sanabria, Cordell Stahl

riffed \’rift\ adj; [slang: derived from the acronym for Reduction In Force]: dismissed from employment; syn: CANNED, BOOTED, CHUCKED, 86’D, AXED, KISSED OFF, OUSTED, SACKED, BOUNCED, DROPPED, FIRED. Sex, Donuts and Counter-productivity....Just another day at the office. Spencer, Mitsuko, Justine, Sydney and Ben will do it all, even turn on each other, to save their mind-numbing jobs at GLOBAL CORP., as Mr. Hackman, a Re-Engineering Facilitator for the corporate giant, makes them jump through the hoops of his twisted logic, in the pursuit of efficiency. That is, until the five bottom-rung employees are pushed way, way too far. Even for them.

ROGUES
USA, 2003, Digital, 96 min..(West Coast Premiere, DWF 2004)
Writer/Dir: Laurel Moje Wetzork • Prods: John Wetzork, Laurel Wetzork • CoProd: Debbie Bolsky, Catherine Lane
Cast: Ann Tyler Allen, John Herzog, Yeni Alvarez, Larrs Jackson, Courtney Halverson, Michael-Patrick Berner, Reggie DeMorton, Scott Crawford, James Rich, Dan Cook, Marc Hart, Ann Berry, Scott Bartlett

The result of an old CIA-mind control experiment gone bad, multiple-personality Felice Quick is on the loose and headed for choir teacher Sam Blacker. With FBI agents on her trail, crazy Felice’s different personalities take Sam on an emotional journey of dark and twisted mind games. The threads of child abuse and old murders weave a tapestry of mystery and Sam’s peaceful afternoon turns into a soul-shattering night. Rogues, based on one of Wetzork’s plays, is a dialogue-rich, character-driven story—those looking for car chases, gun battles, special effects and explosions—should look elsewhere.

ROSES (RELEASED AS 'CONFESSIONS OF A FLORIST')
USA, 1998, 35mm, 110 min..(DWF 1999 - GRAND JURY AWARD)
Writer/Dir: Frank Patterson, Producer: Karchi Perlmann
Cast: Leslie France, Wayne DeHart, Sylvia Miles, Glenn Shadix

Secrets abound in a small southern town, and most of them seem to revolve around Rose, a timid florist.
In this comedy/drama Rose turns to a recently paroled murderer, Willyum, to help her dispose of her “problem.” Circumstances oblige Willyum to help Rose, who in turn helps Willyum win back the love of his estranged family. Exploring themes of love, life, death, and redemption, ROSE’S is a hilarious, dark and romantic tale about two unlikely allies dealing with an unusually unnerving situation.

SAM & JOE
USA, 2003, Digital, 93 min. (Los Angeles Premiere, DWF 2004)
Writer/Dir: Jason Ruscio • Prods: Evan Astrowsky, Jeffery Zarnow, Amy Greenspun
Cast: Petra Wright, Michael T. Ringer, Jeffrey Donovan and Gina Philips

A heart-wrenching story of an abusive relationship. It’s a familiar theme, but one of the unique qualities that sets this film apart, is that the couple in question share barely a moment of screen time. Instead, this tragedy is revealed through parallel action, voice-over and their relationships with others. This is a performance piece in the purest sense. The camera, which is almost entirely hand-held, will often linger on the close-up for more than a minute. This approach provides the kind of intimacy reminiscent of John Cassevettes, or Ingmar Bergman.

SAMMYVILLE
USA, 1999, 16mm, 103 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 1999)
Dir: Christopher Hatton, Writers: Christopher Hatton & David Drayer, Producer: Jian Hong Kuo
Cast: Chase Masterson, David Drayer, Lyle Schwarz, Paul Wadleigh, Dick Rois, Doug Sadler, David Jean-Thomas

Based on an actual ‘outlaw’ town hidden deep in the forests of Oregon, its legendary proprietor, Sammy, who governs the community by virtue of a six-shooter, and who is Law unto himself. The story follows a determined social worker on the trail of a kidnapped child and an enigmatic drifter with a hidden past, who together place their lives in peril to uncover the dark secrets of the mysterious backwoods community of Sammyville.

SAY I DO
USA, 2003, Digital, 89 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2003)
Dir: Ron Vignone, Writers: Ron Vignone, Joe Forte, Prods: Vignone, Joe Forte, Tricia Linklater
Cast: Ben Koldyke, Pamela Moore Somers, David BelAyche, Rebecca Rosenak, Samuel Bliss Cooper

Ben and Sydney set out to have the perfect wedding. They just never planned on it being by the side of the road. A film about the journey to happily ever after and the detours along the way, SAY I DO will leave you asking the most important questions about love and tying the knot.

SCOTTISH TALE
USA, 1997, 16mm, 82 mins..( DWF 1998 - BEST SCREENPLAY)
Writer/ Dir: Mack Polhemus, Producer: Ann Boehlke
Cast: Jack Betts, Marcia Rodd, Sandy Kenyon, Josiah Polhemus, Ann Boehlke, Joe Myles

The story of a young man’s consuming struggle between loyalty to his brother and passionate love for the woman his brother is going to marry. Sounds like the makings of a tragedy? Not at all, this oddball comedy, oh-so-loosely based on Macbeth will charm you with it’s endearing characters, witty dialogue and deadpan humor and including an obviously stuffed skunk, pot-imbibing parents and twin cops who take new age writing classes.

SCREAM QUEEN
USA, 2003, Digital, 86 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2003)
Writer/Dir: Tatiana Bliss, Prods: Tatiana Bliss, Jeff Roe, Abel McHone
Cast: Liz Lavoie, Nipper Knapp, Jason Boegh, Christopher Neiman, Steve Paymer, Bill Birch, Maury Sterling

A timeless fairy tale about a B-Horror movie actress, Dana Lewis, who’s tired of playing cheerleaders in straight to video movies. Dana dreams of being a serious actress and she’s thrilled when she’s offered the starring role in an independent feature. But, Dana’s ‘big break’ turns out to be a huge ordeal when she discovers the director of the movie is also her biggest and nerdiest fan. Under contract, Dana is forced to work on location in the Mojave Desert where she finds a lot more than she bargained for, including crazy friends, drugs, love and self-respect.

SCREENPLAY
USA, 1997, 16mm, 83 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 1999)
Dir./Producer: Adam Winston, Writers: Daniel Suarez & Adam Winston
Cast: David Coburn, Sean Gavigan, Kathryn Morris, Kristopher Lindquist

A struggling screenwriter hijacks an agent at gunpoint. A humorous look at the volatile love-hate relationship between writers and agents.

THE SECOND DEGREE
USA, 2003, HD, 93 min. (Southwest Premiere, DWF 2004)
Writer/Dir: Randall Gifford • Prod: Andrew Scott Bryner
Cast: Henry Phillips, Maggie Rose Fleck, Andrew Davids, James Sauer, Allison Barcott, Gena Poniatowski

An innocent game of "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" spins out of control and sends a young slacker in pursuit of adulthood, real human connections, and the beacon that is Bacon. In the abstract, the journey seems easy, but in reality he encounters many complications, the biggest being: The Second Degree.

SENSITIVE JOHNSON
USA, 2002, Digital, 90 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2003)
Dir: Wayne Hackett, Writer: Chris Valenti, Prods:Chris Valenti, Gwen Klemann
Cast: Chris Valenti, Nori Jill Phillips, Vince Jolivette, Sean Michael Allen, Kimberly Liebe, David Garrett, Paul Molinaro, Gerry Katzman, Richie Magallanes, Laura Milar, Joshua Gassman, Jim Caretta, Susan Han, Ian Harris

A romantic comedy about a tenderhearted musician who finally lands a date with the girl of his dreams, but he gets so excited, his performance is over before the show ever starts. Scott Johnson is a premature ejaculator. He’s been longing for a date with Jen for many years. All of his songs express his love for her. But not that this tragedy has struck, he must conceal his humiliating dilemma and quickly fix the problem. Sensitive Johnson is a comedy about overcoming inabilities, insecurities, and intimidations, even when things start to get sticky.

SHADOW GLORIES
USA, 2001, 35mm, 106 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2001 - GRAND JURY AWARD)
Dir: Ziad H. Hamzeh, Writer: Marc Sandler, Producers: Paul F. Harron, Ziad Hamzeh, Marc Sandler
Cast: Marc Sandler, Sarah Rachel Isenberg, Linda Amendola, Michael Denney, Jason Moscartolo

As a kickboxer, Simon Penn's brutal win-at-any-cost tactics fed his bloodlust and need to be number-one. Now middle-aged, he's desperate to redeem his tortured soul and win back his true love, Jenny, the wife he abandoned for his dream of becoming a fighting hero. Along the way, he's teaching the lessons of his baptism by fire in the school he's built with CJ Keyes, a fiery female kickboxer. Kindred spirits, she convinces Penn to help her go professional in the full-contact fighting arena. But doing so becomes a balancing act on a razor's edge between Penn's old life and his new. And the tragic price offered up this time comes at the highest of human costs.

SHATTERED DAY
USA, 2005, HD, 89min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2005)
Writer/Dir: Serge Rodnunsky • Prods: Serge Rodnunsky, Stacey Scheller
Cast: Michael Rubenstone, Stacey Scheller, Melina Madsen, Rebecca Meyer, George Williams, Jermaine V. Hatley, Matt Baron, Octavian Miles, Dalia Phillips, Declan Joyce, Jennifer Lynn Evans, Stevie White, Marlon Dunlap, John Reno, Lisa Catera

A bank robbery is about to take place. We follow everyone involved in the robbery, the bank manager, the security guard, the robbers, the tellers, up to the moment when guns start blazing on the botched attempt. In the flurry of bullets we suddenly flash back and follow each of their twisted lives - everyone is jaded by greed and willing to betray their friends and lovers to keep from getting caught. In this fast paced action thriller we find every moment counts and nothing is what it seems on what will be a Shattered Day.

SHELF LIFE
USA, 2004, HD, 93min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2005 - GRAND JURY AWARD 2005)
Writer/Dir: Tamar Halpern • Prods: Tamar Halpern, Elizabeth Leifer, Robin Muir
Cast: Betsy Brandt, Elisa Bocanegra, Joe Smith, Ryan Spahn, William Jones, Holgie Forrester, Bonnie J Kirk, Jordan Halpern, Michael McTaggert

NIKKI REYNOLDS, a recovering drug addict, shelves books and the head librarian, BETTY BONHAUSER, can’t stand her. The more territorial Betty becomes, the more Nikki enjoys her work, including interactions with children during story time and attention from RONALD, the sweet, nerdy assistant librarian. As Nikki blossoms in her new-found stability, Betty regresses. Like a paranoid chess game, each woman makes moves intended to threaten or deflect the other’s actions, upping the ante on their ridiculous antics. As Nikki and Betty hash out their complaints to a mediator, the fiery truth of their war-torn demise rises from the ashes of their confessions.

SHIFTED
USA, 2005, DIGITAL, 88min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2006)
Dir: Michael Madison • Writers: Linda Nelson, Michael Madison • Prod: Linda Nelson
Cast: Michael Madison, Jeris Lee Poindexter, Rhino Michaels, Vanessa Johansson,
Bridget Brookman, Jill Wagner, Frankie Ray, Hector Hank, Chic Daniel, Toledo, Paul Wong, Keith Wyffels, Matthew Menger, Aaron Trainor, Joe Marich, Robert Rusler, Mark Wyrick, Alex Padilla, Joshua Benton,
Buddy Daniels Friedman, Joanna Fiore, Laura Ulsh, Magda Rivera

When the SEC shuts down the company he works for, David finds himself stranded in LA. It’s only a few blocks from the fast lane to Skid Row. Nelson Madison Films presents a look at living on the fringe in its first dramatic feature. Caught in the center of a corporate scandal, David gets to re-assess his shifting perspective on what’s important in life. An ensemble case, with a rich mix of character actors and new talent touches on many relevant issues facing contemporary society. SHIFTED features the music of Neal Casal (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals), Hazy Malaze and Joan Wasser.

SHRINK RAP
USA, 2003, Digital, 80 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2003)
Writer/Dir: Doug Cox, Prods: Shawn Simons, Kyle T. Heffner, Doug Cox
Cast: Linden Ashby, Eddie Daniels, Kyle T. Heffner, Richard Kind, Priscilla Barnes, Celeste Yarnall, Cain DeVore, Adam Weiner, Carol Androsky

Bartender Dennis Shipley is studying to be a therapist, so he can help others. He gets his chance when a "B" movie actress hires him for a surprise birthday party she's throwing for her soap opera actor boyfriend. When Dennis arrives at their Malibu mansion, he sees that the couple has everything.. including a lot of problems. Determined to turn their lives around, Dennis vows that he won’t go home until he helps them. The fact that he doesn’t know what he’s doing doesn’t stop him.

SHTEPS
USA, 2002, 35mm, 93 min..(West Coast Premiere, DWF 2002)
Writer/Dir: Jeff Wolfman, Prods: Jeff Wolfman, Greg Argarin
Cast: Yvette Tucker, Gabriel Williams, Michael Genovese, and introducing The Asparaguys

Kyle McLaughlin (not the actor), but the young, aspiring, dancer has a dream, a dream to win the prestigious “Wasp Knuckle Dance Championships”, known the world over as the underground Olympics of ballroom dancing. And Kyle just might do it. After all he has the talent, training and drive to win, but he also has a problem. A problem facing thousands of our kids today. He is hooked on “mouth guards”, a new and powerfully enticing drug, spreading like wildfire through the youth of our nation.

SHUT YER DIRTY LITTLE MOUTH
USA, 2001, DV, 75 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2001)
Dir: Robert Taicher, Writers: Gregg Gibbs, Robert Taicher, Prod: Jeff Maynard
Cast: Gill Gayle, Glenn Shadix, Robert Musgrave

After many harrowing nights of being forced to listen to their non-stop harangues, Pete and Ray’s neighbors decided to record the goings-on for posterity. These recordings soon took on a life of their own. The tapes were sold to fans around the world and even spawned a play. Best described as “Waiting For Godot” meets “The Odd Couple” in hell, the story follows Pete and Ray as they wander the streets in search of vodka. SHUT YER DIRTY LITTLE MOUTH is a bittersweet slice of urban Americana for sure.

SIGNED IN BLOOD
USA, 2006, DIGITAL, 92 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2006)
Writer/Dir: Jim Menza• Prods: Jim Menza, John Oberg, Trish Delaney
Cast: Johnnie Oberg, David Storrs, Kelly Walker, Willow Atkinson, Amy Lyndon, Jim Menza, Pete Punito, Jerrod Haarstad, Darcy Fowers, Zeke Jenkins, Eric Clark, Morgan Brown, Mary Dignan, Laura Niles, Jessica VerBerg, Joel Black

In this comedy/horror, two brothers, desperate to shoot their new horror script, borrow money from a drug lord. After the money is stolen, one of the brothers goes insane and starts to kill actors on film in order to come up with a believable finished product. It isn’t long before life starts to imitate art.

SINKHOLE
USA, 2004, 35mm, 98 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2004)
Writer/Dir/Prod: Paul Schattel
Cast: Bryan Marshall, Robin Spriggs, J.R. Hooper, Kelly O’Neal, Caitlin Rose, Patrick Green

Jason Griffin, an ex-high school teacher with a questionable past, grinds out a meager living at the landfill in a small Southern town. But when he discovers the dead body of a battered young woman, he is thrown into a sinister small-town underworld he never dreamed existed. Soon Jason finds himself caught between the twisted charms of a rural underground crime ring and his own dark desires.

SIRENS OF THE 23RD CENTURY
USA, 2003, 35mm, 86 min..(DWF 2003)
Writer/Dir: Jennifer M Kroot, Prods: Jennifer M. Kroot, Rachel Klyce, Lewis Gillian, Tina S. Kroot
Cast: Omewenne, Trevor Hale, Richard Harder, Felecia Faulkner, Paul D’Addario, Rachel Klyce

A neoclassical, sci-fi, fairytale satire set in the 23rd century after modeling and cosmetics have been outlawed by a fascist, government regime called The Men’s Plainness Advocacy. A small, feminine group of Beauty Renegades fights back led by a fearless and epic Amazon. Things get ugly when the Amazon falls in love with a runaway Princess who is promised to marry a tyrannical Congressman.

SISTER SMILE
ITALY, 2001, 35mm, 95 min..(Southwest Premiere, DWF 2002)
Dir: Roger Deutsch, Writers: Roger Deutsch, Francesca Terrenato, Prod: Neo Film
Cast: Ginevra Colonna, Antonio Salines, Simona Caparrini, Francesca Bianco

The film tells the true story of Janine Decker, the Belgium singing nun “Soeur Sourie”, from a very personal point of view.

SIXES AND THE ONE EYED KING
USA, 2006, DIGITAL, 100 min. (WORLD Premiere, DWF 2006)
Dir: Ray Nomoto Robison • Writers: Ray Nomoto Robison, Patricia Snyder • Prods: Rebecca Geear, Ray Nomoto Robison
Cast: Nicole Strykowski, Scott Ford, Grace Thorsen, Tamara Barrus, Scott McEnroe, Gabe Recos, Bob Armstrong, Juan Salles, Alexia Stingley, Tom Daniella, Chance Larsen, Orion Bradshaw

This modern day tragedy follows six suicidal contestants as they participate in a reality internet service which allows subscribers to wager on the outcome of a series of Russian Roulette style games. One by one the contestants are eliminated in their effort to win the game and become an instant multi-millionaire. The web service is strictly for international high rollers who love the thrill of life and death competition. But trouble begins when a subscriber recognizes one of the contestants as his missing cousin.

SMACK
USA, 2001, 35mm, 80 min..(West Coast Premiere, DWF 2001)
Writer/Dir: Vaughn Verdi, Prods: Shawnee Ogebjer, Michael McGarry, Vaughn Verdi
Cast: Joe Pesce, Ashleigh Myer, Erik Wolford, Erika Amato, Shannon Beaty, Ronta Longmire

SMACK is a quirky, bizarre tragicomedy love story of the underbelly of American pop culture. We are trapped in the moment with a drug dealer named Ralph. The single perspective of a lost, desperate soul longing for escape but not knowing it. Pathetically void of self-esteem and hopelessly in love with the idea of a woman and a life different from what he has, yet blind to any possibilities for a change. Through his life and constellation of acquaintances we encounter a world that we can only thank our stars is completely foreign to most of us.

SONATA
USA, 2004, HD, 89 min..(West Coast Premiere, DWF 2004)
Writer/Dir: Boris Undorf • Prods: Boris Undorf, Ryan Vernon, Daniel Applegate
Cast: Nicole Du Port, Annie Scott Rogers, Gabriel Diamond , Timothy Halpin

Megan lives inside a seemingly perfect fairy tale, an isolated world created by her mother. Notorious for her children’s stories, author Samantha Fergus takes great care to safeguard her daughter and “finest creation” from any outside influence. In a prison dominated by her mother’s grim imagination, Megan’s childlike understanding of the world begins to clash with her blossoming desires as a woman. When she receives a letter from an admirer she’s never met, a mysterious presence begins to invade the women’s sheltered existence. As the mystery unravels, the line separating fairytale from reality fades away with terrifying results.

STRAIGHT RIGHT
USA, 2004, HD, 89 min..(DWF 2000)
Writer/Dir: Boris Undorf • Prods: Boris Undorf, Ryan Vernon, Daniel Applegate
Cast: Nicole Du Port, Annie Scott Rogers, Gabriel Diamond , Timothy Halpin

Megan lives inside a seemingly perfect fairy tale, an isolated world created by her mother. Notorious for her children’s stories, author Samantha Fergus takes great care to safeguard her daughter and “finest creation” from any outside influence. In a prison dominated by her mother’s grim imagination, Megan’s childlike understanding of the world begins to clash with her blossoming desires as a woman. When she receives a letter from an admirer she’s never met, a mysterious presence begins to invade the women’s sheltered existence. As the mystery unravels, the line separating fairytale from reality fades away with terrifying results.

STRING THEORY
USA, 2002, Digital, 95 min. .(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2002 - AUDIENCE AWARD)
Dirs: Jacob Freydont-Attie, Joshua Milrad, Writer: Jacob Freydont-Attie, Prod: Joshua Milrad
Cast: Rico Anderson, Carmen Mormino, Janine Venable

STRING THEORY is magical-realism, a fairytale set in the real world. STRING THEORY is about God, love between strangers, addiction, disease, the most powerful hallucinogen on the planet, eleven dimensional physics, and surfing. STRING THEORY is about our need to find meaning in the postmodern wasteland of contemporary society.

STUEY
USA, 2003, 35mm, 108 min..(West Coast Premiere, DWF 2003)
Writer/Dir/Prod: A.W. Vidmer
Cast: Michael Imperioli, Renee Faia, Michael Nouri, Joe LaDue, Steven R. Schirripa, Pat Morita

Some people have a gift for science. Some people, a gift for art. Stu Ungar had a gift for cards. Based on true events, STUEY tells the story of a prodigy whose life-long need for action overshadowed the genius that brought him to the pinnacle of the poker world, and ultimately destroyed him.

STUFF
CANADA, 1999, Digital, 87 mins..(Southwest Premiere, DWF 2000)
Dir: James Dunnison, Writers: James Dunnison, Rebecca Dunnison
Producers: James Dunnison, Roma Khanna (Co-Prod.)
Cast: Max Danger, Maureen Burgoyne, Sandra Guerard

A black comedy about a 22-year-old punk kid named Philip who accidentally murders his overbearing hypochondriac mother, gets struck on the head by an antique ring and becomes enmeshed in a mystical thrill-ride related to the power of the aforementioned ring.

SUPERGUY: BEHIND THE CAPE
USA, 2002, HD, 75 min..(WORLD Premiere, DWF 2002)
Writer/Dir: Bill Lae, Mark Teague
Prods: Bill Lae, Tim Peyton, Mark Teague, Mike Ziemkowski
Cast: Mark Teague, Charles Dierkop, Katherine Vincent, Elizabeth Jaeger-Rydall

What if there really was a Super Hero? What if he didn’t grow up in the best of families? What happens after the parades? Through news clips, interviews, commercials, appearances, file footage, and releases from SG, Inc., we go behind the scenes and take a long, hard, unforgiving look at society’s reaction to this phenomenon. SuperGuy is not perfect, and he cannot live up to expectations. From being compared to Superman to not being able to be everywhere and save everybody, his life becomes a super mess. His only true arch enemy turns out to be the American Public, as they all but crucify him for “Doing Good.”