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Film Festival 2009 Line-Up

  • Friday- 7:30pm

      Route 30Three interconnecting stories from the backwoods of South central Pennsylvania. An Amish woman, a Bigfoot and a Gettysburg tour guide headline the three stories.
      Director John Putch 88min

  • Saturday Morning- 10am

      Beep BeepAfter Arrow Johnson walked out the door his wife Twy went into action. She began to paint walls, lamps, TVs, padlocks and keys. The car in the driveway????
      Directors Kay Rhoads and Patrick Gouran 9 min
      Knock Knock Who's ThereWade can't afford to pay his rent. Fortunately he can afford a couple bags of weed for himself and his landlord. Unfortunately, those bags won't be easy to get.
      Directors Adam and Evan Beamer 9 min
      MotionA spinning top is spun and several everyday actions become interconnected through the power of editing. Then it all starts to go wrong….
      Foreign Film, UK,
      Director Robin Whenary 4:30 min
      Thick as ThievesOn his way home from work, a successful banker is mugged-sort of
      Director Marshall Rimmer 8:21 min
      Waiting for the Sky to FallTonight, Dan and Carla are just two lonely people in an even lonelier world, but when two ships don't pass in the night, the impact can be deadly.
      Director Marc Wiskemann 8:30 min
      Slow RiverA man, despondent over the death of his wife, is pulled back to life and love through a best friend.
      Director Rand DeFord, 13:08 min
      Grapes: The Story of an Aspiring Serial KillerGrapes is a dark comedy about a young aspiring serial killer. The film analyzes the scary humor behind the ambitions of a bright yet troubled college student.
      Director Jake Hull 71 min

  • Saturday Afternoon-2pm

      A Good Night's SleepJosh, after driving all night, pulls into a hotel looking for some rest. But between a grumpy desk clerk, some over amorous neighbors, and a rather sinister eavesdropping, it will be no easy task.
      Iowa Filmmaker- Iowa City,
      Director Patrick White 20 min
      Less is MoreThis video is part documentary, part music video, showing a typical recording session by a Nashville, TN studio on music row.
      Directors Randy DeFord and Adam Shephard 7:03 min
      The Shadow's ThoughtsThe diary of a murder is discovered.
      Iowa Filmmaker- Muscatine, Director Steven Bieber
      Only LoveA tragicomedy about a Dictator, a Rebel, and Love.
      Director Lev Polyakov 15 min
      Eastern CollegeFour college roommates spend their last summer in their small college town.
      Director James Francis Flynn 105 min

  • Saturday Night- 7:30pm

      SpeedlandRyan Landis, 24, returns to North Carolina after a 10 year absence to visit his ailing grandfather, a former moonshine runner and racer. There he starts to follow in his grandfather's footsteps and rekindles an old love, only to discover a shocking secret, which hits close to home.
      Director Leora Chai 64 min

  • Sunday-1pm

      Only LoveA tragicomedy about a Dictator, a Rebel, and Love.
      Director Lev Polyakov 15 min
      Dream RidersFather and son try to (re)create a relationship-ten years after a divorce-in outlandish fashion: a summer long dream ride across America…4,000 miles- on bicycles- with no previous experience.
      Director William S. Roulston 90 min

  • Sunday Afternoon 3pm

      Return to StolowiczeIn 1940 Irena was deported from her small village in Eastern Poland. She never returned. Nearly 70 years later her grandson returns to the village, Stolowicze.
      Director Marek Dojs 9 min
      Without PapersWithout papers chronicles the lives of two illegal immigrants attending college in Los Angeles as they struggle to overcome their undocumented status.
      Director Florencia Krochick 13:46 min
      Songs for DaddyA woman who needs to travel to pursue her music career must decide what to do with her father who is suffering from early Alzheimer's.
      Director Randy DeFord 9:33min
      Frogs and SnailsAt the birth of his 2nd son, the filmmaker questions his readiness to be an example of masculinity to his children.
      Director Marek Ryszard Dojs 21 min

  • Sunday Evening- 4:30 pm

      A Friend Indeed- The Bill Sackter StoryEmerging from 44 years in an institution, Bill Sackters' whole life would change through an unlikely friendship with a young college student Barry Morrow. Witness Bill's incredible transformation into an international hero for people with disabilities, in this inspiring real-life documentary about hope, compassion and the power of friendship.
      Iowa Filmmaker- Iowa City, Iowa.
      Director Lane Wyrick 90min