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World Premiere – SXSW 2015 Official Selection – Short of the Week 2015 A short film by Samuel Aaron Bennett Starring Renée Felice Smith CREW Written and Directed by Samuel Aaron Bennett Produced by Rachel Kiri Walker and Renée Felice Smith Cinematography by Samuel Aaron Bennett Editor – Samuel Aaron Bennett Composer – Samuel Aaron Bennett Production Manager – Michelle Skinner Special Effects Make-up – Stacey Hummell Art Dept – Steven Manganaro Casting by Renée Felice Smith Sound Mix / Design by Jon Rick and Samuel Aaron Bennett Visual Effects – Emil Karlsson and Samuel Aaron Bennett Score Recordist – Will Whatley Grip / Gaffer – Austin Michaels Titles – Kristin Cardo Still Photographer – Raymond Liu CAST Naomi – Renée Felice Smith Adam – Peter Cambor Flight Attendant – Natasha Loring TV Narrator – Linda Hunt Elevator Guy – Owain Rhys Davies Office Lady – Mary Gillis Office Guy – Daniel Halden Bartender – Chris Gabriel ER Lady – Mary Heiss Nurse – Mary Klein Flight Attendant #2 – Chloe Farnsworth SONGS Bones by Swear and Shake Pop Song by Johnnie Lee Jordan Sun Love by Gloomfeather Call It Evil by Gospels SPECIAL THANKS VER Rentals in Glendale, Johnny Healy, Anthony Gigante, Victor Hammer, Alina Landry-Rancier, Adam McHeffey, Ani Avanessian, W Hotels, Brian Crimmins, Nathan Heleine, Nick Robins-Early, Jessi Prois, Ruth Bennett, Houston Hospitality, Mark Houston, Nathan Byrne, Dylan Steinberg, Eric Christian-Olsen, Consi Bennett, Paul Bennett, Josh Wilmott, Film Independent, Joel Bennett, Kim Jackson, Niki Polyocan, Alex Marans, Mike Summers, Danne Woo

A Conversation With Walter Murch Locarno dressed as San Francisco, Piazza Grande that extends itself to look like Union Square. When you’re facing Walter Murch and a Revox, you know right away that something unique is coming. Sounds, reverberations, knowledge, insights. The rest is silence. Walter Murch recieved the Vision Award – Nescens. directed by Niccolò Castelli concept Alessandro De Bon Niccolò Castelli Lorenzo Buccella Editor Lorenzo Buccella Cinematography Riccardo De Giacomi Sound Design Riccardo Studer Boom Operator Vittorio Castellano Graphic Design Davide Grampa Music from The Conversation Produced by Pardo Live Festival del Film Locarno 68° Festival del film Locarno 5 – 15 | 8 | 2015 http://www.pardo.ch Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1PvuRfP… Twitter: http://twitter.com/FilmFestLocarno Shot on Sony PXW-FS7, August 12, 2015

Animation: Mike Pelletier Music: Robot Repair Composer: Josh Hawkins Executive Producer: Doug Darnell http://bit.ly/1Pv2pdR http://bit.ly/1Pv2nmj The motion capture data used in this project was obtained from mocap.cs.cmu.edu. The database was created with funding from NSF EIA-0196217.

“Knife-like, Flower-like, Like Nothing at All in the World” – William Saroyan An animated abstract-narrative set to a lush full orchestra composition by Duncan Thum (also entitled “Blue”). While a man’s past experience needs to be surgically removed, somewhere a woman takes bath and contemplates delicate & pleasurable kinds of pain… Tis all Blue. Here u go Dunc. Thanks for all the music.

Growing up gay in the South, a high school girl seeks the help of a therapist to come out to her family and friends in this hilarious and touching coming-of-gay story. Audience Award – Best Dramatic Short Film, OutFest 2014 Audience Award – Best Women’s Short Film, Out on Film, ATL 2014 Audience Award – Best Short Film, ImageOut: Rochester LGBT Film Festival 2014 Best Alumni Short Film Award, Emerson LA Film Festival 2014 Jury Award – Best Short Film, Out Film CT 2015 Written by: Quinn Marcus Directed by: Drew Van Steenbergen Produced by: Andrew Merki, John Pouliot, Maytal Zchut Cinematography by: Matthew Figler Edited by: Joe Castellano Sound Design & Mix: Paul Gleeson Featuring Music by: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper Camera Operator: Daniel Muchnik Gaffer: Jeffrey Taylor Sound Recordist: Joseph Fiorillo 1st Assistant Camera: Louis Weissman Script Supervisor: Manuel Jaquez Make-up Artist: Natalie Johnson Grips: Will Culick, Josh Cubas, Ryan Von Drasek Post Coordinator: Chris Kiernan Coloring by: Gavin Rosenberg Flame Artist: Keith Crago Assistant Editor: Peter Judge Stills Photographer: Markysha Clarke Social Media Coordinator: Dominique Banas Art Production Assistants: Michelle Caron, Jessica Silva Camera Production Assistant: Chris Hunt Set Production Assistants: James Pouliot, Chris Richardson, Caitlin Nolfi // Official Selection // 2014 / Outfest / Los Angeles, CA 2014 / NewFest / New York, NY 2014 / OutFest Best of Fest 2014 / Los Angeles, CA 2014 / Out on Film, ATL Film Festival / Atlanta, GA 2014 / Dayton LGBT Film Festival / Dayton, OH 2014 / Emerson LA Film Festival / Los Angeles, CA 2014 / Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival / Albuquerque, NM 2014 / Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival / Seattle, WA 2014 / ImageOut: Rochester LGBT Film and Video Festival / Rochester, NY 2014 / Ft. Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival / Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2014 / Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival / Rehoboth, DE 2014 / OUTrageous! Santa Barbara LGBT Film Festival / Santa Barbara, CA 2014 / Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival / Indianapolis, IN 2015 / Desperado Film Festival / Phoenix, AZ 2015/ QFest St. Louis / St. Louis, MO 2015 / Queer Media UK Film Festival / Manchester, England 2015 / Mardi Gras Film Festival / Sydney, Australia 2015 / 25th Melbourne Queer Film Festival / Melbourne, Australia 2015 / Pride Film Festival / College Station, TX 2015 / The Alhambra Theater Film Festival / Evansville, IN 2015 / Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival / Toronto, Canada 2015 / 6th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival / Mumbai, India 2015 / Goldman Sachs – 2015 Pride Month Screenings / New York, NY 2015 / Out on Film CT Film Festival / Hartford, CA 2015 / 10th Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival / Tel Aviv, Israel 2015 / Reel Affirmations Film Festival / Washington, DC 2015 / Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival / Tokyo, Japan 2015 / qFLIX Philadelphia Film Festival / Philadelphia, PA 2015 / 20th North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival / Durham, NC 2015 / Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival / Long Island, NY 2015 / Short of the Week © Car Ride Home Productions

This is compilation of hyperlapse videos that I shot over the course of the past 2 years. I spent a lot of time scouting for locations, waiting for the perfect conditions, and catching the beauty of the city. Lighting is important. Sunrises, sunsets; transitions from dawn to day, and from dusk to dark. I used a lot of self-developed tricks and techniques in both the shooting and editing processes – it took a lot of time and passion to make this video. The music that I used is a wonderful ODESZA (http://odesza.com/) remix of a PRETTY LIGHTS (http://bit.ly/1WLu8wl) track entitled ONE DAY THEY’LL KNOW. There is plenty of beautiful music on this album that you can find here http://apple.co/1PHkHJu It was hard to find the right music, but this amazing track matched perfectly with my idea for the video. Some of these clips, as well as many more, are available for licensing. You can check out my collection here http://bit.ly/1WLu9jS For all questions and inquires; email me: vlgoesla@gmail.com Thank you and enjoy! vadimla.com

What started as the DC Downhill Club (DCDC) has grown into DC Drain and Clean – a group of skateboarders from the Washington, DC area who have made it their mission to seek out backyard pools to drain and skate – making unique friendships along the way. Shot on Red Epic Dragon, Leica R lenses and Duclos 11-16mm. Plus a few shots on the Scarlet. Special thanks to Anthony and the DCDC crew for allowing us to document their work. Produced by RUN RIOT FILMS Directed and Edited by CHRIS TUSS Cinematography – DAVE ADAMS Additional Cinematography – BRIAN STANSFIELD Aerial Pilot – BRYAN HARVEY Additional Audio Recording – JOSIE SWANTEK Production Assistants – KYLE BILLER, EMMA ASHER, KATIE BRYDEN Color Correction – SAM GURSKY, Irving Harvey Sound Design / Mix – ROB FRITTS, Shine Creative Music – MUSIC BED, CHUCK FAY, HOLDFAST

Watch our full film series for ICP at: http://bit.ly/1EaqfLH The fundamentals of warfare are changing in the United States. Pilots, sitting in a shipping container in Nevada, are waging war all over the world using drones that can stay in the air for days at a time. Their bombs represent an increasingly significant part of the United States global war on terror, and it’s being done largely in secret. The details and reasonings for these strikes are classified, kept away from the scrutiny of the media. Tomas van Houtryve wanted to find a way to visualize this war. “If we don’t ever see who are victims are, then that empathy never kicks in. I want there to be a permanent visual record of the dawn of the drone age, the period in American history when America started outsourcing their military to flying robots,” said van Houtryve. In order to create this record, van Houtryve sent his own drone into American skies. “I decided to attach my camera to a small drone and travel across America to photograph the very sorts of gatherings mentioned in strike reports from Pakistan and Yemen – weddings, funerals, groups of people praying or exercising. By creating these images, I aim to draw attention to the changing nature of personal privacy, surveillance, and contemporary warfare,” said van Houtryve.

Written & Directed by: Matt Ingebretson Director of Photography: KR Blair-Henderson Cast: Richard Bain, Jen D’Angelo, Josh Fadem, Matt Ingebretson, Esther Povitsky, Anna Seregina, Jake Weisman Edited by: KR Blair-Henderson Sound Design & Mix by: Joey Izzo Sound: Joshua Blackburn Assistant Camera: Jacob Frye Produced by: Matt Ingebretson & KR Blair-Henderson Music: Kanonenfutter by 2 Zimmer Gefüge (purchase music here: http://bit.ly/1NK2EkO)

Our most ridiculously labor-intensive animation ever! The traditional Passover folk song rendered in embroidermation by Nina Paley and Theodore Gray. These very same embroidered matzoh covers are available for purchase here: http://bit.ly/1Joxi3k Music: Chad Gadya sung by Moishe Oysher with the Abraham Nadel Chorus (circa 1955?), in Aramaic and Hebrew