Day 1: Festival Opening Night

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A Special Presentation of Student Awards, followed by a screening of Student Award-winning films and Spotlight Finalists.

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Vodka and Women

Directed by Xavier Tatarkiewicz ((310) 903-8636)
Narrative DVCProHD
Running Time, 19 min, 45 secs
When Stefan (a depressed accountant) suspects his girlfriend is cheating on him he decides to visit his neighbor (a retired prostitute) for advice.

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Desert Wedding

Directed by Alexandra Fisher ((310) 948-5936)
MFA Thesis Film DVCProHD
Running Time, 13 min, 0 secs
The story of a “bridezilla” named Marissa, whose driver is hit by a passing truck on the way to her wedding.

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Warrior Queen

Directed by Hezekiah Lewis ((610) 213-4371)
MFA Thesis Film 35mm
Running Time, 22 min, 0 secs
“Warrior Queen” tells the true story of an African Queen named Nana Yaa Asantewaa and the events that led her to rise up in arms against the British in the early 1900’s.
Student Award Winner: Best Sound Design

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Movement

Directed by Alex O’Flinn and Mikiko Sasaki ((773) 318-7099)
Documentary Digital BETACAM
Running Time, 21 min, 0 secs
Movement is a personal documentary, that follows the story of Alex O’Flinn, a graduate film student at UCLA, as he for the first time discusses and explores a rare movement disorder that he was diagnosed with 25 years ago.
Student Award Winner: Best Documentary

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Jake

Directed by Noel Diaz de Rivera ((650) 270-3318)
Narrative 16mm
Running Time, 11 min, 16 secs
Two brothers deal with the absence of their household cat.

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Movie Night

Directed by Avital Shalev
Narrative DVD
Running Time, 11 min, 47 secs
An unforeseen notice will change the daily routine and life of a despairing old man in a small agricultural community in Israel.

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From the Core

Directed by Adriana Montenegro ((310) 804-3407)
MFA Thesis Film DVCProHD
Running Time, 18 min, 30 secs
In the painful aftermath of her grandfather’s death, Alicia, a twenty five year old woman travels back in time from the present to 1933 to save her grandfather, Antonio, who is trapped in a well during the Bolivian-Paraguayan Chaco War.

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Empire

Directed by Alexander DeMille ((516) 398-3104)
Narrative DVCProHD
Running Time, 15 min, 0 secs
A troubled young man seeks violent retribution against a prominent conservative TV pundit.