thursday april 25 2:00 to 4:00 flight 655 · “film talks” meet a panel of filmmakers and actors...

Thursday April 25 2:00 to 4:00

Flight 655 5 minutes

The Story of Iran Airways Flight 655 with 293 passengers which wastargeted by an American Warship during Iran-Iraq War.

Writer / Director: Saeed MayahyDirectors: Hamid Jamali, Saeed MayahyProducers: Hamid Jamali, Saeed Mayahy

Country of Origin Iran

Songs From The Deep 9 minutes

A radio astronomer and his AI colleague seek to reestablish contact with a distant alien civilization from an isolated SETI listening outpost in coastal Florida. When conventional methods fail, they discover the power of Earth's other voices to link our two worlds.

Writer / Director / Producer: Grey Gowder Starring: Ken Daniel, April Consalo, Grace Secor

Country of Origin USA

Gelato 12 minutes

The 20th Century was still young when Italian mountaineers conquered Germany with a sensation: gelato! Tiny stalls developed into beautiful ice cream shops. But suddenly sunny days of childhood turned intodark years of war. The love story between Rosa and Paolo ended before the seventh summer had even started… Up until little Molly decides to take matters into her own hands almost 60 years later.

Writer: Kai RönnauDirector / Producer: Daniela OppStarring: Béatrice Barth, Astrid Schulz, Aliyah Obid, Tobias Schaller, Marit Persiel

Country of Origin Germany

Mart to Art: A Repurposed Life 27 minutes

This project will discuss the transformation of the Leigh Banana Case Company (LBCC) commissary from a small company store to an icon in the community of Barnwell, South Carolina. Formerly located in the swamps of the Savannah River Site (SRS), the small store played a vital role in supporting the lumber mill and the Leigh community. The Commissary was relocated during the tumultuous period of the SRS's construction and has since been a mainstay in its current location. Through interviews with former LBCC workers, members of the Leigh community, historians, and the building's current owner, it is the hope the �lm will illustrate the importance of historic preservation and the need for saving our collective heritage.

Director / Producer: George Wingard


The Burnt Church: An Exploration of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease 36 minutes

The ruins of Pon Pon Chapel of Ease, located in Colleton County, South Carolina, are nearing their 300th anniversary and are in dire need of preservation. This �lm discusses the chapel’s history, preservation attempts, and memories of those whose life has been touched by these amazing ruins with the hopes that more people will learn of one of South Carolina’s hidden treasures.

Director / Producer: George Wingard


Thursday April 25 4:15 to 5:15“FILM TALKS”

Meet a Panel of Filmmakers and Actors from around the World.They Discuss Their Personal Stories of Life Behind and In Front of the Camera.

What It Means to be a Filmmaker in 2019 and The Future of Motion Picture.Finishing with a Q&A


Longhand 6 minutes

A hard of hearing woman struggles to realize her dream of being accepted into the military, while her partner questions her capacity to love.

Writer / Director: John MarcucciProducers: John Marcucci, Amanda Richer, Jack Yan ChenStarring: Amanda Richer, Jesse LaVercombe

Country of Origin Canada

Wonderwall 7 minutes

Almost all of us have lost a loved one and have grieved. A youngman lost his beloved, she was the most amazing girl in the entireworld for him, and this calamity e�ected him severely. Grief �lled hisbeing completely, and coping with it was extremely hard. His futuredepends on him dealing with these feelings, and trying to explainthis as part of his life cycle was completely futile. It’s easy to talkabout when it doesn’t concern you.This burden can't be carried on forever, especially if you’re youngand have your whole life ahead of you. You need to let it go andreinvest your emotional energy. A lot of people think that moving onis disrespectful and a betrayal of the loved one who was lost. Butthis is not true. Our loved ones take a special place in our heart andno one could ever replace them.Grief breaks hearts, love heals them. This universal power of life is a counterbalance to the death of the ones we loved. While loving them and keeping special memories of them in our heart we make them live forever, but at the same time our duty before them is to live and give ourselves a chance to be happy.

Director: Alexander Denysenko Starring: Oksana Slyzhuk, Vasily Pimenov

Country of Origin Ukraine, Poland

Je N’Ai Pas Tue Jesse James 18 minutes

In a French non-western setting, Jesse James is preparing a new bank robbery, after many months of inactivity. But his lifelong partner Bob Ford has more stable projects with his �ancée Cynthia. A weak man more than a coward, Bob just can't tell Jesse. But will he go as far as killing him? What if the story of Jesse James and killer Bob Ford was just a glori�ed expression of an unlikely vision of masculinity?

Writer / Director: Sophie BeaulieuProducer: Martin BerléandStarring: Tcheky Karyo, Patrick d’Assumçao, Florence Thomassin,Eric Guérin

Country of Origin France

Goliath 85 minutes

David's and Jessy's love is put to the test when Jessy unintentionally gets pregnant. The thought of becoming a father causes David to panic. Later, when they are attacked in the train and David is unable to protect his girlfriend, David's fear of not being man enough is con�rmed. In desperation, he starts to inject steroids. David develops aggressive traits and becomes a threat to his girlfriend and the unborn child.

Writers: Dominik Locher, Ken Zumstein, Lisa Brühlmann Director: Dominik LocherStarring: Sven Schelker, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, José Barros

Country of Origin Switzerland


You Go To My Head 115 minutes

In a desolate stretch of the Sahara, a mysterious car accident leaves a young woman lost and alone. Jake, a reclusive architect, �nds her unconscious. He drives her to the nearest doctor, to discover that she's su�ering from post-traumatic amnesia. Intoxicated by the woman’s beauty, Jake claims to be her husband. He names her Kitty and takes her to his remote desert home to recuperate. As Kitty struggles to come to grips with who she is, Jake invents an elaborate life they can share – the life he has always yearned for. Little by little, Kitty begins to fall in love with him. But when shreds of her past begin to surface, Jake increasingly lives in fear of losing the love of his life.

Writers: Dimitri de Clercq, Pierre Bourdy & Rosemary RicchioDirector / Producer: Dimitri de ClercqStarring: Del�ne Bafort, Svetozar Cvetković, Arend Pinoy

Country of Origin Algeria, Egypt

Thursday April 25 10:15pm to.... California Pizza Night (For Filmmakers and All Access Pass Holders only)

Friday April 26 12:00 to 2:00

Nena & Dave Stewart “Be My Rebel” 4 minutes

Children dream of what they will be as adults and adults dream about their childhood. But sometimes, when orderly life becomes paralyzed in routine, adults need the inner child to bring about change: "Be My Rebel", the �rst collaboration of the two music legends Nena and Dave Stewart, premiered at Nenas 40th anniversary on stage. The accompanying video by Oscar-nominated �lmmaker Virgil Widrich transfers the story into a dreamlike, glass mirror world that is powered by Dave Stewart at the controls of his classic modular synthesizers. At the typewriter: Nena as an annoyed bookkeeper, who threatens to disappear soon with her �ower dress in her �ower wallpaper. But the inner dialogue works in both directions and soon takes e�ect: rebellion changes the past – and thus also the future.

Writer / Director: Virgil WidrichProducers: Philipp PalmStarring: Nena Kerner, Dave Stewart, Annika PrevrhalCountry of Origin Germany

The Tra�c Separating Device 15 minutes

A tra�c separating device is installed in the middle of Stockholm. It is supposed to keep normal cars away and only let buses pass. It turns into a disaster as normal cars continue to go there and hundreds of cars get destroyed every week. Tragic and funny situations occur and we follow the whole mess of human failures.

Writers: Johan Palmgren, Julian Antell, Mattias GrosinDirector / Producer: Johan PalmgrenStarring: Georg Tökös, John Wick and others

Country of Origin Sweden

Duality 11 minutes

After years of being in an abusive relationship and isolated from her friends and family, a woman develops a split personality to con�de in.

Writer / Director / Producer: Sheikh ShahnawazStarring: Sharni Tapako-Brown, Nisaro Karim

Country of Origin United Kingdom

Isabelle 80 minutes

A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.

Writer: Donald MartinDirector: Robert HeydonProducers: Donald Martin, Ronald HeydonStarring: Amanda Crew, Adam Brody, Zoë Belkin



AKA 17 minutes

Aka’s tribe of bottlenose dolphins crosses paths with a lone sailor in the equatorial mid-Atlantic ocean, exciting Aka because he wonders if his tribe has found a descendant of the long-lost, ancient Sea Kings of Atlantis. When the unimaginable happens, their fates become intertwined, leaving the dolphins with a life-transforming decision to make. This timeless, captivating story reveals an almost-forgotten legend and inspires a call to action—in audiences of all ages—to honor and protect the oceans.

Writer / Director / Producer: Julia F. MannStarring: Craig Wolf, Elliot Sudal, Alex Jenks, Julia F. Mann, Jim Syoen


The Caterer's Reckoning 20 minutes

When you have what you think is a howling hangover, you can be slow on the uptake. At the precise moment Richard and Janice discover a dead body behind the sofa, the caterer arrives to collect the hired tables after the previous night’s party. Trying to keep the corpse a secret from him and his strange little helpers becomes increasingly di�cult... until the penny drops.

Writer / Director: Jonah JonesProducer: Jaye L. SwiftStarring: Alison Lenihan, Rob Stradling, Kerry William Mills

Country of Origin Wales

Menuett 11 minutes

For Charlotte (Senta Berger) it is like any other Sunday, until the doorbell rings and a stranger (Thomas Thieme) surprises her with an exceptional demand.

Writers: Felix Karolus, Wolfgang AichholzerDirector: Felix KarolusProducers: Felix Karolus, Manu S. ScheidtStarring: Senta Berger, Thomas Thieme, Marlene Morreis, Nara Knop�e


The Cave, Who Was Here Before Me? 16 minutes Film maker Brady Brandwood stumbles upon a hidden cave in Badin, North Carolina, but when he climbs deep inside and explores he discovers something left by somebody before him, in the 1970's,... and likely even way before that. This short adventure documentary is a fun trip from the present,… into the past.

Director/Producer: Brady BrandwoodSubject: Brady Brandwood

Country Of Origin USA


Whistler's Mother 17 minutes

The artist James McNeill Whistler spent years trying to capture the essence of his mother for his most famous work of art—not to create a masterpiece but to save his mother from possession by the Baba Yaga, an evil Russian witch. This historical �ctional short is the directorial debut of screen-writer Robbie Robertson who was the 2018 recipient of the SC Indie Grants program sponsored by the SC Film O�ce and Trident Technical College to support indigenous �lmmakers.

Writer / Director: Robbie RobertsonProducers: Robbie Robertson, Lorie Gardner and Brad JayneStarring: Jennifer Christa Palmer, Barbara Hawkins-Scott, Bryce Harper, Stephanie Dunnam, Samuel R. Moody, Gabriel Manak, Jared Carter

Country Of Origin USA

Kuchenhimmel 8 minutes

The bakeress Maria sells a new kind of cookie in her bakery kuchenhimmel. She observes how the cookie brings people closer.

Writer: Thomas GerlachDirector: Petr EreminProducer: Thomas Gerlach

Starring: Rebecca Lara Müller, Rebecca Hammermüller, Benjamin Ahlmeyer, Bella Enderlein Emilia, Hasan Abdulla, Maria Müller, Lilly Schwope, Julian Scharmacher


Wolves Unleashed - Against All Odds 89 minutes

Wolves Unleashed – Against All Odds, is the next �lm in the award-winning series which follows world renowned animal trainer, Andrew Simpson. This time his journey takes him to China, where he and his team are given the di�cult task of raising and training wild Mongolian wolves, for the Chinese blockbuster �lm ‘Wolf Totem’

Director/Producer: Andrew SimpsonSubjects: Andrew Simpson, Sally Jo Sousa

Country of Origin Inner Mongolia China

About Steven 3 minutes

Steven's reason to ride.

Writer / Director: Monty ScholzProducers: Daniela Kampka and Phil JankeSubject: Steven Akkersdijk

Country of Origin Spain


Relicious 9 minutes

An intellectual dress style man is shopping at the supermarket. After he bought the essential goods, he moves toward the refrigerated section to choose the yogurt to buy. The man realizes with amazement that each one of the yogurt cups has stamped on it the name of a religion instead of the yogurt brand...

Writer: Ra�aele PalazzoDirectors: Ra�aele Palazzo, Eugenio Villani Producer: Eugenio VillaniStarring: Ra�aele Palazzo, Manolo Elia, Maryan Pasar

Country Of Origin Italy

Easy 4 minutes

‘Easy’ is the music video for the 2nd release from Country/Americana artist Julie Gribble’s latest album ‘What If’. Julie has a unique writing style that transforms her songs easily into mini movies on the big screen. This enjoyable style of storytelling through music paired with her beautiful voice make ‘Easy’ a powerful mini movie.

Writer / Performer: Julie Gribble

Director: Brady Brandwood


Stroke Of Midnight 13 minutes

Keeping up appearances in the sphere of high society, whilst tolerating mutual in�delity - provided it’s kept secret - seems to be the only thing left sustaining Elizabeth’s and Leonard's marriage. But when celebrating New Year’s Eve in the Swiss Alps, their loveless pact is broken. On returning home from a party to their luxury chalet the accusations start to �y. This is surely the end of their relationship - unless one of them is prepared to pay a very high price...

Writer / Director: Niclas Ribbarp Producers: Sara Hagno and Henrik NormanStarring: Sara Hagno, Henrik Norman

Country of Origin Sweden and Switzerland

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 83 minutes

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack celebrates the undeniable connection between music and �lm, and features some of the biggest names in movies and music, Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thorton, Jon Cryer, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Corey Feldman and more. The right song at the right moment can help guide the audience's emotions and better convey the director's vision. Hear from the actors and musicians that created this fantasyland for us, and take a behind the scenes and songs that have provided the soundtrack to our movie-going lives.

Writer / Director: Chris McDanielProducers: Chris McDaniel, Craig KuranzSubjects: Kevin Bacon, Billy Bob Thorton, Jon Cryer, Huey Lewis, Kenny Loggins, Corey Feldman


Friday April 26 9:45 till The Brass Tap After Party with New South Brewery

Featuring A Live Performance by The One and Only Julie Gribble(For Filmmakers and All Access Pass Holders only)

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