2011 Ohio Independent Film Festival

2011 Ohio Independent Film Festival Schedule

Wednesday, May 18, 7pm - Shorts Program 1, Beachland Ballroom

The Way It’s Played
Shripriya Mahesh
TRT:7:00
USA

The card game is the highlight of the week for Georgia, Marilyn, Norma, and Ruth. More than a social gathering. What happens when a highly functional member of the group begins to falter?

Casualties
Michael Sepesy & Ted Sikora
TRT: 28:00
USA

After receiving a mysterious package following his return home to his family and haunted by memories of the mother and child he accidentally shot while on patrol, and Iraq war veteran must overcome the ghosts of his past.

The Game
John Cohen
TRT: 7:00
Australia

The games couples play – a pair of furry leopard print handcuffs, a hidden key, and the worst time for your in-laws to make a surprise visit.

If You Listen....
Tiffany Ann Laufer
TRT: 5:00
USA

If you listen you can hear the voices of the planet.

Touch
Jen McGowan
TRT: 11:00
USA

Sometimes the most personal connection in your life occurs with a complete stranger.

GU YEO-RUM-EUI BA-DA ( A Scene at the Sea)
Jaehee Lee
TRT: 22:00
South Korea

A father and son, roles now reversed as one becomes the caretaker of the other, execute a delicate dance at the edge of the sea.

Bitch, Get Out of the Bathroom
Adam White
TRT: 4:00
USA

In an apartment with three female roommates, one bathroom and an ancient holy wishing stone – be cautious what you say.

Good Boy
Blake Ritson, Dylan Ritson, Ben Manley
TRT: 9:00
United Kingdom

A dog show with a difference, in which six couples compete to be ‘Best in Show’.

The Philosopher
Cyril Deleye
TRT: 17:00
France

A successful man decides to strip himself of all material objects in order to attain a clear, pure mind for thought and philosophy.

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Wednesday, May 18, 9:30PM Beachland Ballroom

Land of the Free
Brandon Marx
TRT: 23:00
USA

With forced smiles in daylight - the truth about the girl next door is revealed.

Close-Up
Jose Cruz, Jr.
TRT: 85:00
USA

After falling off the wagon due to a drug addiction, a once aspiring Actor tries to rekindle his career, win back his estranged wife and daughter, and stay clean during the Holidays. He soon finds himself immersed in a deep kinship with a kindred spirit, a young woman he nicknames Freebird. She shows him how to stand up, discover himself and move on with his life over the course of one day on New Years Eve.
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Thursday, May 19, 7pm Beachland Ballroom

Breaking Through The Clouds: The First Women’s National Air Derby
Heather Taylor
TRT: 90:00
USA

The inspiring story of 20 women who raced across America in 1929. Amelia Earhart and 19 other women defied convention by racing across the sky to compete in the first Women's National Air Derby. With just a compass and road map to guide them, they navigated through rough weather, mechanical failures, public scrutiny and rumors of sabotage. Wearing breeches and goggles during the day and ball gowns in the evening, these aviators challenged stereotypes by proving women could be independent, competitive, self-sufficient, intelligent, graceful and above all, really good pilots.
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Thursday, May 19, 9pm Shorts Program 2 - Beachland Ballroom

Clemency
Joseph Albanese
TRT: 18:00
USA

A reporter confronts a sadistic killer who takes her on a terrifying thrill ride she will never forget.

Cage Shift
Philip Bache
TRT: 12:00
USA

One of the world's greatest magicians is kidnapped. He is asked to reveal the secrets to his well-known 'Cage Shift' illusion or suffer the eight-millimeter consequences.

The Prophet of Lake Erie
Jake McGee
TRT: 28:00
USA

A down & out guitar player starts feeling earthquakes in Cleveland, and comes to believe it's from mining beneath Lake Erie. Can he save the city from total destruction?

The Tell-Tale Heart
Jeff Yanik
TRT: 22:00
USA

A re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tale of terror set in the1940s. Jonathan Parker is trying to conceal a terrible secret during a game of poker with a group of prominent members of a small Midwestern town.

Una Carrerita, Doctor (A Doctor’s Job)
Julio O. Ramos
TRT: 10:00
Peru / USA

In order to financially support his ill mother, caring ER physician Ramon Moran has to drive a taxicab in the streets of Lima (Peru), a city that constantly challenges his pride and work ethics.

The Handyman
Jay Johnson
TRT: 10:00
USA

What do you do with a dead body? 'The Handyman' knows. Inspired by the true story of Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, 'The Handyman' is a glimpse into the daily life of a psychopath responsible for the death of 11 women found on his property.

Round on Both Sides
Marquette Jones
TRT: 17:00
USA

Janice “Niecy” Bridges struggles to get her life together. Time is running out on both her dream of becoming a supermodel as well as her opportunity to be a good mother.

In that Moment
Shripriya Mahesh
TRT: 5:00
USA
A living statue and a park visitor share a moment of intimacy in the heart of New York's Central Park.
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Friday, May 20, 7PM (Shorts program 3) - Arts Collinwood

The Games I Made Up
Mary Twohig
TRT: 3:00
USA

A short animation about the childhood tendency to create imaginative games by using the world around us.

The Anchor
Luke Daniels
TRT: 15:00
United Kingdom

Throughout fifteen years of drinking in his local pub, The Anchor, factory worker Nigel is happier helping others than himself. He gradually loses his ambition and passion for life. A shadow of his former self, Nigel is finally given a taste of redemption and true happiness, an encounter with an old friend, fifteen years too late.

Tree of Forgetting
Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino
TRT: 9:00
Argentina / USA

The world's shortest short story takes a detour to a place where time is a forking path of possibilities leading to the same eventuality, the past.

The Absence
Alex DeMille
TRT: 29:00
USA

A corporate bureaucrat is sent to a mysterious town, where he confronts the devastating consequences of his work and must choose whether to continue to obey his messianic boss.

Ela Velo Me Ver
Essi Rafael
TRT: 17:00
Brazil

Delcides waits for Tatiane. They will spend an afternoon together, for the first time. A chance to talk, to know each other, without anybody else around. However, hidden by the seemingly inoffensive conversation, there is a world of feelings. Anxiety. Shyness. Insecurity. Fear. Until the sunset, a relationship can be born. It all depends of a kiss.

The Birds Upstairs
Christopher Jarvis
TRT: 8:00
USA

Frustrated attempts to bear children overwhelm the lives of an aristocratic, avian couple in the early nineteenth century.

Between the Shadows
Zac Petrillo
TRT: 23:00
USA

A damaged homeless veteran named Kansas attempts to pay off drug debt when he encounters a teenage runaway with a scarred past of her own.

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Friday, May 20, 9PM - Arts Collinwood

Street Hassle
Roger Davidson
TRT: 30:00
USA

Martin, a male prostitute, sits down with an interviewer to discuss his life. Through a series of flashbacks, we find out about his many betrayals. In a final twist, the root and reason of his profession is discovered, leaving Martin no choice but to confront the man he has become.

Currency
Brad Rosier
TRT:85:00
USA

Several lives are witnessed over the course of 80 years. Currency is a simple story about the complex questions we all ask.

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Saturday, May 21, 1pm – Arts Collinwood

One Revolution
Amanda Stoddard
TRT: 84:00
Tanzania / USA

'I felt like this was my one chance'. One Revolution opens as dawn breaks atop Africa's tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. Briefly, glimpses of the mountain frame Chris Waddell as he transfers to his specially designed handcycle.
If he makes the summit the world will know his message, if he fails he will be just another guy in a wheelchair.

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Saturday, May 21, 3pm Shorts Program 4 (Ohio Shorts) –
Arts Collinwood

Life Beyond Death
Julian Cicone
TRT: 18:00
USA

One Human Connection, is better then none.

S.W.I.M.
Matthew Brunson
TRT: 10
USA

Blindness and suffocation are set adrift in a sea of color.

Pyromance
Taylor Trimarchi
TRT: 6:00
USA

A young and lonely boy resorts to unconventional methods in order to make connections.

Somewhere in France
William Johns
TRT: 23:00
USA

Somewhere in France a French partisan is wounded and ends up in an American field hospital attended by a beautiful nurse. She restores his hope and desire to live, but in the end his life is not what it seems.

Holly Hype
Amber Cecil
TRT: 6:00
USA

Holly Hype has a unique perception of the world around her. When circumstances are uneasy, Holly's reality is projected through an exaggerating eye.

Through the Woods, Alice
Jason Shea
TRT: 5:00
USA

A small tale of experimental wonder.

The Walk
Damon M. Smith
TRT: 7:00
USA

A boy waits impatiently as his father travels a long way to deliver some pretty heavy news.

There’s Something About Goldie
Clarence Gaines IV
TRT: 12:00
USA

Selina shares the good and bad memories of her first car as she prepares to replace it within the next few days.

The Approach
Joshua Fry
TRT: 8:00
USA

Mixing live action and CG animation, The Approach juxtaposes elements of past experiences with the weather, the Ohio landscape, and the sea, creating an emotional and personal response to these forces and exploring their sublime qualities.

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Saturday, May 21, 5pm – Arts Collinwood

Fighting For Answers

Adan Garcia
TRT: 46:00
USA

This is the story of three families in the small town of Clyde, OH. Each has struggled with an as yet unexplained childhood cancer.

Locked Out
Joan Sekler
TRT: 60:00
USA

LOCKED OUT is a David vs. Goliath story revealing how 560 unionized miners in the desert town of Boron, California faced off against their employer, Rio Tinto, a giant British-Australian multinational mining corporation, and won their rights to decent wages and benefits after being locked out of their jobs for 107 days and replaced by scabs. This is an inspiring story about a struggle of unionized middle class workers standing up to corporate greed.

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Saturday, May 21, 7pm – Arts Collinwood

Murder Machine!
Rich Yarber
TRT: 84:00
USA

'Sometimes obsession can be taken too far.' A psychotic drifter arrives in a small town and engages in a series of premeditated killings that serve to lure the town sheriff into a face to face duel to the death. The prize? The indisputable title of Murder Machine, the ultimate killer.
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Saturday, May 21, 9pm – Arts Collinwood

The Hellsworth Haunting
Justin Ciminero
TRT: 50:00
USA

Laurie Hill gets a chance at a reporting job and takes on a murder case. She goes undercover at the mysterious Hillsworth Hall hoping to learn why suspect Steven Zabar killed two people and then himself. With help from paparazzo Jack Carter, she discovers the truth behind the killings and inadvertently unleashes a horrific curse.
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ARTS COLLINWOOD / OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
FILM SERIES begins this fall:

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

BEATBOXING – THE FIFTH ELEMENT OF HIP HOP
Klaus Schneyder
TRT: 55:00
It was in the late 70s that a youth culture evolved in the poorer parts of New York which combined several disciplines under the name of Hip Hop. Apart from the four classic elements of Graffiti writing, DJing, Breakdancing, and Rapping, the musical side of this culture was enhanced by a fifth element called 'Beatboxing'.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

ZOMBIE DEAREST
David Kemker
TRT: 85:00
Unemployed comedy writer Gus Lawton pushes his wife Deborah too far and finds himself chasing her across the country to the run-down house of her childhood. Faced with the choice of losing her or living by her plan, he gets busy fixing up the old place... starting with the septic tank. Just when he reaches his limit, Gus digs up the one thing he needs... a zombie (David Sparrow) who will do anything he says... for now anyway.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

SUBPRIME
James Repici
TRT: 80:00
Ill-equipped for the riches to come, a young mortgage broker's personal life mirrors his experiences in a volatile and corrupt industry.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

THE PILL
J. C. Khoury
TRT: 83:00
Worried that he has gotten the free-spirited Mindy pregnant after an unprotected one-night stand, Fred feigns romantic interest and sticks by her side for twelve hours to make sure she takes both doses of the morning-after pill.