SHORTLIST EVENING #1

MONDAY, APRIL 7TH, 2008
7:30 P.M. SCREENING - AFTER PARTY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
ArcLight Hollywood

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15-40

One plays for pride, the other his life.

Producer: Doug Shaffer
Director: Christian Bagger
Screenwriters: William Schneider and Ian Simpson
Cinematographer: Helle Jensen
Editor: Scott Jacobs
Production Designer: Amber Kenneson

 

PENNY DREADFUL

Penny must protect her sisters from their increasingly deranged father following the disappearance of their mother.

Producer: David Freid
Director/Screenwriter: Todd Sullivan
Cinematographer: Daniel Herman
Editor: Karoliina Tuovinen
Production Designer: Maya Sigel

 

DEAD MAN'S HOUR

A hitman back from the grave is intent on finding his killers—even if they're closer to him than he thinks.

Producer: Shalena Oxley-Butler
Director: Nathan Kitada
Screenwriters: Daniel Casey and Polly Walter
Cinematographer: Scott Mei
Editor: Karoliina Tuovinen

www.deadmanshour.com

 

NIŅA QUEBRADA

A teenage girl runs away from her family in Mexico to follow the love of her life to Los Angeles. Unbeknownst to her, he has different plans.

Producer: Diana Romero
Director: Jen Kleiner
Screenwriters: Daniel Klein and Jen Kleiner and Diana Romero
Cinematographer: Mike Williamson
Editor: Rob Buttermilch

www.myspace.com/ninaquebrada

 

TRACKS OF SAINTS

When you love someone, the hardest thing is... letting go.

Director/Screenwriter: Nathan Atkinson
Cinematographer: Liz Hinlein
Editor: Hunter Venable

 

GREEN

A simple groundskeeper of a football field must protect the green grass he passionately cares for from the brutal destruction of the football team at any cost.

Producer: Stacie Gediman
Director/Screenwriter: Boris Schaarschmidt
Cinematographer: Ali Moghadas
Editor: Julia Franklin

www.borisschaarschmidt.com
www.green-themovie.com

 

DE PURA CEPA

A man returns to his homeland of Puerto Rico after 60 years and learns that his past has more to do with his present than he ever imagined.

Producer: Jaewoo Kim
Director/Screenwriter: Javier Colon Rios
Cinematographer: Viggo Knudsen
Editor: Tyler Earring
Production Designer: Rachel Payne

www.depuracepafilm.com

 

 

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