DAYTIME -
Wednesday, April 21st -

To be Held at Hosted by:  VILLA COFRESI                     

11:15 am - KABAMIR –  GERMANY – 13 min. – Thriller - R
   Abandoning the harsh family life with his single mother in an imagined fairy tale world, an introverted boy makes a horrific discovery in the family house’s attic. His fantasy monster is for real – and hungry!

DARK CLOUDS –  UNITED KINGDOM– 2 min. – Animation - R
   Dir. Peter Szewczyk - A serene rainforest is ravaged by an industrial menace.

   Filmmakers Ayala and Fallshaw follow Fetim Sellami, a Saharawi refugee, to North Africa for a reunion with her mother. Mother and child were separated when Sellami was a toddler. But the UN-sponsored reunion reveals a secret which spirals the film into a dark world the filmmakers could never have imagined.

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12:45 pm - RIPPLE EFFECT  –  PUERTO RICO / USA –8 min.Comedy / Drama PG-13
   by the Swider Brothers - In this science fiction themed romantic comedy, a visitor from the future saves a hapless man's life and changes his destiny in the process.  Filmmaker in Attendance.

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1:00 pm - GHOST SOLDIER  – USA – 15 min. – Drama - PG-13
   Dir. Allan Tsao -

From an underground Iraqi prison, an Asian-American soldier fights despair by remembering a promise he made to reunite with his childhood girlfriend, digging deeper and deeper into his memories to find the courage and the strength to save his own life and that of another American soldier, Misha.  Filmmaker in Attendance.

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1:30 pm  EN TUS MANOS  – Columbia – 27 min. – Drama - PG-13
USA PREMIERE- In the vicious slums of Colombia, where prosperity is dictated by brutality, a conflicted kid seeks membership in a brutal gang, with the hope of one day having the power to determine his own destiny.
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2:00 pm   TOXIC ORANGES  – USA  – 18 min. – Mockudrama - PG
     Dir. Stephan Littger  - A homeless orange seller on Wall Street  obtains short-lived success and fame after inventing a clever credit system for his clients - until the system collapses because of an unfortunate problem with his orange supply.  
Filmmaker in Attendance.
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SUNDANCE 2010 BLOCK OF FILMS
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2:30 pm -  ONE SQUARE MILE OF EARTH  – USA – 13 min. – Animation - PG -13 - Sundance 2010
   Dir. Jeff Drew - Bill the bunny is a struggling novelist who has never actually written anything, much to the chagrin of his perfectionist life partner, Gary the frog. Thad the bear is a hopeless romantic who can't find the right words to express his feelings for the scandalous and alluring Lucy the goat. And Leon the hippopotamus—one of the coolest and hippest guys in town—has struck up an unlikely friendship with a down-on-his-luck high-school sociology teacher, Pedro the mouse.
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PATROL  – USA – 18 min. – Drama - PG -13 - Sundance 2010
  A man pretends to be a policeman to impress his six-year-old son.
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THE VISITORS – USA – 6 min. – Drama - PG -13- Sundance 2010
  Dir. Samina Akbari - Nisa keeps her boyfriend a secret from her family. As mice invade their apartment, she is forced to face what she’s really hiding from.

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3:15 pm - SUCCESSFUL ALCOHOLICS – USA – 25 min. –
Dark Comedy - PG-13 - Sundance 2010
  Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts - Drake and Lindsay are successful alcoholics who may need to rethink their definition of "success."

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3:45 pm - CANDYMAN – USA – 75 min. –
Documentary - PG-13 - Slamdance 2010
  Dir. Costa Botes - Candyman tells the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from LA, who in 1976 had a once in a lifetime epiphany and came up with the concept of Jelly Belly jellybeans.   The movie is all about both sides of the American dream. It tells how Klein lost his beans, but kept his soul.