Ava Gardner Film Festival

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.....The 2nd Annual AGFF was a huge success.
Attendance records were broken, sleep patterns were broken, the bank account was broken, we enjoyed 94 films, we ate, we drank, we partied into the wee hours of the morning and we all had a blast!!!!
Schedule for the Ava Gardner Film Festival
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Ava Gardner Museum
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7:00pm “Lost and Found in Mexico” will screen at the Ava Gardner Museum as the opening film and will be followed by the Kick Off Party at the Filmmakers Lounge.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
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Ava Gardner Museum
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12:30pm On the Beach
5:30pm Documentary Shorts
Twenty Seven Stories
Knitting Lessons
Luck of a Foghorn
Somebody’s Gonna Get their Head Kicked in Tonight
Boardman Ave
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Lampe Building
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12:45pm Mozambique
2:15pm The Three Brunos
4:00pm Welte Orchestrion Demo By John Lampe
5:00pm Narrative Shorts
Yung Mun-E
41 Seconds
Sadie’s Waltz
Earthquake: The Remix
Nocturene
The David Long Story
The Chase
7:45pm The Creek
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Third Street Theater
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2:30pm
Narrative Shorts
Voir
Cuticles
Laster’s Art Shack TV
A Guide to Self Improvement in 2040
Health Nutz
4:30pm Medieval Spain
6:00pm The 4th Dimension
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Town Hall Park
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8:00pm Night of the Iquana
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Friday, September 26, 2008
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Ava Gardner Museum
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2:30pm Earthquake
5:30pm Animated Shorts
Spent
Freak Box
The Old Man and the Stairs
The Texas Chainsaw President
Veterinarian
Lost Kisses 2 “The Truth! I can’t remember the truth”
XO 2 “Protecting Ethel”
Worms 1
Prometheus’ Garden
Planning Ahead
9:30pm The Six Degrees of Helter Shelter
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Third Street Theater
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1:30pm Workshop with Donna Bailey-Taylor Publicity and Marketing
2:30pm Workshop with Chris Johnson Working with Downtown Develop Groups for film projects
4:00pm Narrative Shorts
Veronica Always
Life’s a Beach
This Bus Every Day
wait…
Isabel
For a few Marbles More
7:30pm Coffee Culture USA
11:00pm Late Night with Evan & Garthe
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Lampe Building
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3:00pm Experimental/Abstract Shorts
Bruise
Tour/Tower
Halo
TB TX Dance
5:00pm Arizona Seaside 7:00pm Fishbowl
9:00pm Nobody
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Town Hall
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6:00pm On the Beach
8:15pm Monster Camp
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Masonic Hall
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7:00pm Flamenco Party
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
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Gandolfo's Deli
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7:00 – 10:00 am Filmmakers Breakfast, Gandolfo’s Deli
10:00 am-4:00 pm Art Marketplace North Third Street Enjoy local artists and a chance to buy art and fine crafts produced in Johnston County and the regional area.
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Ava Gardner Museum
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1:30pm The Night of the Iguana
6:45pm Donovan Slacks
11:00pm Wrap Party & Awards Flicker will receive the AGFF Film Achievement Award, Creative Artist Award announced along with good food, wine and music.
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Third Street Theater
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11:00am Workshop with Jessica Meadows Grants & Grant Writing
12:30pm Workshop with Christine Parker Indie Filmmaking
2:00pm Workshop with Angela Lawson Internet 2.0 and Social Networking
3:30pm Workshop with Brian Wynn Compositing
5:30pm The Coffee News Guy Sitcom TV Pilot
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Lampe Building
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1:00pm Narrative Shorts
The Lonely Bliss of Cannonball Luke
Walking Nero Nero
Panic Attack
The Road
Interrogation
One Night Stand
Getting A Head in the Movie Biz
Cold Turkey
Deconfliction
Armistice
3:00pm Flicker Retrospective
Hot Dog Man
The Gibbering Horror of Howard Ghromely
Strip Mall Trilogy
Metacarpus
The Green Grass of Twilight
Melt
A Day’s Work
Archer House
Cold
5:00pm THE PIKME-UP
7:00pm Clang Quartet & Armor of God
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Howell
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1:15pm Documentary Shorts Teaching Sword: Samurai of the South
The Murphey School
Among Garbage & Flowers
Sam the Dot Man MacMillan
Raleigh Road
3:00pm Lost and Found in Mexico
4:30pm The Siamese Connection
6:30pm Earthquake Howell Theatre
8:30pm Access of Evil
8:30pm Fistful of Brains
41 Seconds What do you do when your girlfriend tells you your best friend kisses better than you? (d. Rodney Swell, Netherlands, 2006, 4m)
4th Dimension, The The 4th Dimension is a meditative examination into the mind of an introverted genius who obsesses to solve the complexity of time. The 4th Dimension explores the dark and lonely world between dreams and reality. (d. Director Tom Mattera & Dave Mazzoni, US, 2006, 82m)
A Day's Work What was a simple job escalates into a violent misunderstanding in this heart-stopping drama involving an American family and the three immigrant day-laborers they hire to help them move. (d. Rajeev Dassani, US, 2008, 17m)
Access of Evil The legacy of Bush. (d. Clyde Forrester, US, 2008, 4m) NC PREMIER
Among Garbage & Flowers A doc that explores the "Trashman Psyche" by following two trashman from Williamstown, New Jersey (d. Jeff M. Giordano, US, 2005, 24m)
Archer House Eighteen-year-old future journalist Sam Archer has always been the black sheep in her traditional Southern family, but when she decides to go undercover during rush in the very sorority that her mother and sister have been pushing her to join, Sam finds herself in the middle of a strangely alluring world full of teacups, skits and sisterhood. (d. Dina Gachman, US, 2007, 17m)
Arizona Seaside Elena, a young factory worker from Kazakhstan, with Nashville dreams, is duped by a wannabe pimp & oddball gangster & through a comedy of errors she crosses paths with a sweet con man moonlighting as a Robin Hood for stray animals but both being on the run from gangsters they end up at Arizona Seaside, a rundown motel. (d. J Pil Pilegaard, US, 2007, 98m) NC PREMIER
Armistice Los Angeles 1961, Gene Donaldson...war is over or so he thought until he come face to face with the Gestapo interrogator responsible for the deaths of many of his comrades. (d. Ryan Mooney, US, 2008, 28m) NC PREMIER 2007
Armor of God A documentary portrait of improvisational noise musician and spiritual performance artist Scotty Irving. This film will follow a live performance by Clang Quartet. (d. Jim Havercamp & Brett Ingram, US 2001, 11m)
Boardman Ave 2007 Mississippi Gulf Coast town, Bay Saint Louis, was severely hit in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina. (d. Julie Van Shooten, US, 2007, 7m) WORLD PREMIER
Bruise Bruise is a video art piece that uses public domain footage to portray domestic violence.(d. Black Godfrey, US, 2008, 3m) Student Film WORLD PREMIER
Chase, The Tables are turned as two boys stalk the girl of their desires as we find out who is really in control and who is playing whose game in this psychological thriller. (d. Vic Alexander, US, 2008, 40m) WORLD PREMIER
Coffee Culture USA Filmmakers Julie & Kenneth Van Shooten combine their love for visiting coffee houses & travelling & have created his documentary from their travels to unique coffee houses plus an exclusive interview with the “Grandfather of Gourmet Coffee” Alfred Poet.” (d. Kenneth Van Shooten, US, 2008, 67m) WORLD PREMIER
Coffee News Guy Sitcom-TV Pilot Darnell & his wife, Corrie, own & operate Coffee News, a small weekly newspaper and Darnell find himself visiting psychics, doing contests with the paper, talking with frustrated readers and almost anything to keep and make his life, wife and paper successful. (d. Sam Post, US, 2007, 23m) FILM FESTIVAL PREMIER
Cold This film was shot on one roll of super 8 film, March 25, 2006 in Singapore. (d. Norwood Cheek, US, 2006, 3m)
Cold Turkey When court order AA meetings fail to do the trick, Stanley receives some... special attention. (d. Kyle Splieiss, US, 2007, 19m) NC PREMIER
Creek, The 85:00 min Erik Soulliard Its the 5th anniversary of Billy’s death & his 6 friends are forced back to together by the ghost of Billy & they return to the Creek, the place where Billy accidentally died. (d. Erik Soulliard, US, 2007, 85m) NC PREMIER
Cuticles Cuticles is a meditation on how grief begets intimacy. (d. US, 2006, 12m) Student
David Long Story, The A DIY filmmaker who is fed up with second rate talent decides killing the talent is the only way to get his movie as intense as he would like. (d. Tony Murnahan & Dustin Lewis, US, 10m) WORLD PREMIER
Deconfliction Deconfliction delves into the mind of Tina Highland, an individual struggling to make peace with his conflicted gender identity; a conflict that Tina believes may have been caused by the Cold War itself. (d. Edward Tyndall, US, 2006, 13m)
Donovan Slacks A 1920s hospital patient (re)discovers the terrible secret of his past-determined to break free and win the woman he loves, the man silenced all his life leads an uprising against the government. (d. Kivmars Bowling, UK, 2007, 96m) NC PREMIER
Earthquake The 1974 Universal disaster epic, starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and Genevieve Bujold. (d. Mark Robson, US, 1974, 123m)
Earthquake Remix The 1974 Universal disaster epic, "Earthquake" starring Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and Genevieve Bujold is blended with the 1983 dance floor hit, "Earthquake" by The Flirtations - produced by Ian Anthony Stephens and Winston Sela. This track is quite a tribute along with the film and still moves along well with those classic synthesized strings and a pounding energy. (d. Glenn Rivera, US, 2008, 4m) WORLD PREMIER
Evan And Gareth, Late Night with. Variety screening of their best shorts. Evan and Gareth met at Emerson College. They began performing together and instantly realised what they had: serious drinking problems. After spending some time in the far east (boston) recovering, they connected with their spiritual sides and now live in Los Angeles and are considered "hilarious." Gareth spends his days sitting by his favourite pond, whittling wood and wondering "what's it all about?" Evan takes yoga and eats odd pasta dishes. Comedy Central has offered them very little money to do a TV show and they jumped!
Fishbowl Combine the angriest hot dog in the world, a small little blackwater town, the trials and tribulations of Tammy and Catfish Charlie, a meditative look at personal identity and you have a dramatic comedy that mixes live-action and animation. (d. Ed Gendron, US, 2007, 4m)
Fistful of Brains The town of Shadowhawk is over run with the undead after a mysterious snakewater salesman comes into town and starts selling his magical elixir. (d. Christine Parker, US, 2008, 90m) WORLD PREMIER
Flicker Retrospective Flicker is a completely non-commercial, grassroots entity that was started in NC in the 90s by Norwood Cheek. Flicker has been an asset for the indie film community. Flicker will receive the AGFF Film Achievement Award on Saturday night at the Wrap Party. (d. Jessye McDowell, Worldwide, 90m)
For A Few Marbles More Four ten–year-olds are kicked out of their favourite playground by two aggressive drunkards, but after they realise their their parents are not going to help them, there’s only one solution, they have to find a way to get the toughest boy in the neighbourhood to help them. (d. Jelmar Hufen, Netherlands, 2006, 11m)
Freak Box Freak Box is a stop-motion satire of the lulling evils of television. (d. Brett Ingram, US, 1999, 2m)
Getting a Head In the Movie Biz Bill realises getting a "head" is a lot harder than he thought! (d. Christine Parker, US, 2008, 20m) NC PREMIER
Gibbering Horror of Howard Ghormley, The In the pulp tradition of weird fiction, and old time radio horror serials, a man while bicycling through the countryside, finds a strange key that soon unlocks a horrifying realisation. (d. Steve Daniels, US, 2005, 13m)
Green Grass Of Twilight As a single time-lapse shot of cemetery headstones progresses to night, we are surprised to see the occupant step out to mow the grass and prepare for anticipated morning guests. (d. Ritchie Sherman, US, 2007, 8m)
Guide to Self-Improvement in the year 2040, A This movie takes a look at people’s obsession with superficially and plastic charisma (d. Tom Honeycutt & Humairia Areefa, US, 2008, 4m) Student
Halo Enter the world of imagination and strangeness in this tales that go twisted and beyond our normalises. (d. Richard Everington, US, 2005, 7m)
Health Nutz An obsessive health enthusiast get on his roommates nerves while trying to get him to eat healthier. (d. Derrick Wheeler, US, 2008, 5m) Student
Hot Dog Man One day, a statue of a giant hot dog appeared downtown; now all everybody wants to do is talk about it. (d. Jim Haverkamp & Joyce Ventimiglia, 2007, 6m)
Interrogation Interrogation is a Kafkaewque look at what normally would be a very logical process. (d. Erik Soulliard, US, 2004, 8m) WORLD PREMIER
Isabel A man contemplates the strange apparitions of a six year-old little girl. (d. Shawna Baca, US, 2007, 4m) NC PREMIER
Knitting Lessons Meet the Yarn Queen--Mary Stowe is a store owner, pattern designer, sales rep, and accomplished speed knitter. (d. Mary M. Dalton, US, 2007, 10m)
Laster’s Art Shack-TV, The Movie Folk Artist grabs a video camera and starting documenting what is happening in his life and shares some funny moments with us. (d. C. M. Laster, US, 2007, 22m)
Life's A Beach What happens if America takes just a little too much? (d. Suzan Beraza, 2007, 6m) NC PREMIER
Lonely Bliss of the Cannonball Luke, The A human cannonball named Luke returns home to a small town in Pennsylvania to launch himself back into the lives of an ex-flame, Hannah, and her daughter, Elise. (d. Levi Abrino, US, 2007, 11m)
Lost and Found In Mexico Have you ever gone on vacation and wondered what it would be like to give up your fast-paced American life for a simpler one, more connected with nature and with yourself? (d. Caren Cross, Mexico, 2007, 53m)
Lost Kisses 2 The Truth! I Can't Remember the Truth! A stickman faces the meaning of life when a childhood friend dies. (d. Brian John Mitchell, US, 2006, 5m)
Luck of A Foghorn A docuentrary journey into the mind of animator Bruce Bickford and behind the making of his film, Prometheus’ Garden. (d. Brett Ingram, US, 2008, 28m) FILM FESTIVAL PREMIER
Medieval Spain (d. Jorge A. Borda. 2001, 54m)
Melt A stop-motion fiesta of popsicles. (Rob Koegler, Nicole Triche, Amy Waller, US, 2008, 3m)
Metacarpus Take a closer look at the world’s oldest tool. (d. Nicole Triche, US, 2006, 8m)
Monster Camp Take a rare and fascinating glimpse into the world of live-action role playing, or "LARPing," a real-life version of "World of Warcraft" where gamer stereotypes are simultaneously shattered and confirmed. (d. Cullen Hoback, US, 2007, 78m)
Mozambique (d. Jorge A. Borda, 1997, 54m)
Murphey School, The A short documentary exploring the history of Raleigh’s historic Murphey school and the construction of Burning Coal Theatres new performance space. (d. Nick Karner, US, 2008, 17m)
Night Of The Iguana, The A frocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life Starring Ava Gardner. (d. John Huston, 1964, 118m)
Nobody Jerry Bell, a heartbroken, small town steelworker, leaves home one day in an inflatable canoe & never returns but while on his journey down 4 rivers, Jerry finds freedom & grace until his life catches up to him & his journey to the sea take a tragic turn. (d. Lance Murphey & Alan Spearman, US, 2007, 67m)
Nocturne 3:00 min Director Jason Vosburgh An anti-hero drama James O’Grady commits murder as an act of revenge, or self preservation, you be the judge. (d. Ryan Mooney, US, 2008, 3m) WORLD PREMIER
Old Man & the Stairs, The Follow in the footsteps of an Everyman as he endures a few of life’s pitfalls during his journey to find some comfort at the end of the day. (d. Peter R. Parlegreco, US, 2008, 6m)
On the Beach The residents of Australia after a global nuclear war must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months. Starring Ava Gardner (d. Stanley Kramer, US, 1959, 134m)
One Night Stand 3 activities, 2 romantic hopefuls, but only 1...one night stand....a short spoof on dating shows. (d. Alexandra Wolf, US, 2008, 6m)
Panic Attack Panic Attact is a portrait of one man’s battle with Panic Anxiety Disorder. (d. Brett Ingram, US, 2000 13m)
PIKME-UP, THE Come with us on a ride back to the late 1980's in Los Angeles to see a wickedly independent coffee-house that hosted both celebrities and some of the most creative folk in Los Angeles before Starbucks, the internet and mass use of cellphones. (d. Andrew P. Crane, D. Scott Hessels & P. James Keitel, US, 2006, 71m) NC PREMIER
Planning Ahead This film is about the importance of planning ahead. (d. Ed Gendron, US, 2006, 71m) NC PREMIER
Prometheus' Garden A wild clay-animated universe loosely inspired by the Greek Myth of Prometheus a Titan who stole fire from the gods’ and made the first humans out of clay. (d. Bruce Bickford, US, 1988, 28m) NC PREMIER
Raleigh Road Raleigh Road is a short documentary that focuses on the community-oriented aspect of a drive-in theatre in Henderson, NC. Student 9:32 min Director Blake Godfrey WORLD PREMIER
Road, The A group of seemingly random people help Karma along, passing through many hands. (d. Owen Thomas, US, 2008, 6m)
Sadie's Waltz A young woman trapped in a home destroyed by tragedy suffers her father’s tyrannical abuse until a strange vision inspired by a comic book advertisement shows her an unexpected path to liberation. (Edward Tyndall, US, 2006, 15m)
Sam McMillan The Dot Man This documentary follows self-taught artist Sam McMillan at work and play in his Winston-Salem, North Carolina gallery and his home. Much of Sam’s art is functional, and he is known for his bold painting with enamels, his use of primary colours, his “trademark” dots, and scenes that often feature animals, country settings, Winston-Salem, or New York City. (d. Mary M. Dalton, US, 2002, 15m)
Siamese Connection, The A feature-length documentary that explores the living history of Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Thailand, who settled in the North Carolina foothills during the Antebellum South, married two local sisters and raised 21 children. (d. Josh Gibson, US, 2008, 75m)
Six Degrees of Helter Skelter, The A doc. that walks in the footsteps of the Manson Family and their victims, with the complete story of the Tate/LaBianca murders told through modern-day visits to the original California locations where everything went down. (d. Mike Dorsey, US, 2008, 90m) WORLD PREMIER
Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight A documentary that explains the ignorance, stupidity and even sometimes necessity of violence. (d. Derrick Wheeler, US, 2008, 11m) Student
Spent A dark stop-motion tableau of chaos, control, and destiny featuring an unlikely cast of puppets. (d. Brett Ingram & Christina Clum, US, 1994, 7m)
Strip Mall Trilogy A series of three city symphonies that attempt to liberate color, sound, and form from the sprawling consumerist landscape of post-modern America. (d. Roger Beebe, US, 2001, 8m)
TB TX Dance A cameraless animation, made entirely on a black & white laser printer, with the background dots doubling as a soundtrack as they pass before the exciter lamp 26 frames after you see them in the image. (d. Roger Beebe, US, 2007, 3m)
Teaching Sword: Samurai of the South, The The Teaching Sword is short documentary that explores the martial art form known as Kendo and follows a small Kendo group in Charlotte, NC who practice this martial art. (d. Preston Campbell, 2008, 9m) Student WORLD PREMIER
Texas Chainsaw President, The An animated satire about the President, Texas, and a Chainsaw. (d. Richard Wilkie, US, 2007 3m)
Three Bruno's, The In 2005, two bands (Rollerball and Ovo) toured Italy & Sidoenia & Shane de Leon followed them with his camera & shares live music footage & interview with the band and the band members. (d. Shane de Leon, US, 2008, 54m) WORLD PREMIER
This Bus, Every Day A film about life, reflection, and the meaning our memories can bring to our lives. (d. Todd Tinkham, US, 2008, 45m)
Tour/Tower The epiphany of a 3-year old child in a sandbox at the base of the Eiffel tower, perhaps a slightly older version of Brakhage’s crawling baby in his field of grass: if you can stop looking at the Tower for just a second, there’s an incredible visual world waiting to be discovered. (d. Roger Beebe, US, 2008, 5m) NC PREMIER
Twenty Seven Stories A fly on the wall observation of a competition from teams around the world as they compete and pitch their business ventures ideas in the Wake Forest University Graduate (D. Jeff M. Giordano, US, 2007, 24m)
Veronica Always Ellit’s wife died in 2006 & he missed her greatly, but later he becomes friends with Laura in his assisted living home & she combines one memory & one dream & together, the possibilities are endless. (d. Nic Berry, US, 2008, 10m)
Veterinarian A veterinarian routinely goes on house calls to treat sick animals and he is able to save most, but one time he arrives too late and the animal dies, and that breaks the veterinarian's heart, however, one night the animals that he has treated come to him in a dream and the vet receives love and forgiveness only to learn his hear has healed. (d. Signe Baumane, Latvia, 2007, 17m) NC PREMIER
Voir A young woman, Jane Milton, awakens to a nightmarish environment and is forced to respond to the harsh realities surrounding the multiple dimensions of voyeurism. (d. Jason E. Flynn, US, 2007, 11m)
wait... A reclusive poet unveils the truth behind her writing upon investigating noises in her attic. (d. Meg Lansaw, US, 2007, 20m) WORLD PREMIER
Walking Nero Nero takes his typical walk through downtown and a park in this animation from photographs. (d. Robert Bodnar, US, 2008, 2m) WORLD PREMIER
Worms 1 Surrealism & conspiracy in the style of Kafka & Lovecraft. (d. Brian John Mitchell, US, 2007, 5m)
XO 2 Protecting Ethel A reformed hit man tries to be a good man; but things don't quite work out. (d. Brian John Mitchell, US, 2007, 3m)
Yung Mun-E A rapper makes a fool of himself on a one-on-one interview. (d. Shane Petty, US, 2008, 5m) Student WORLD PREMIER
Venues
Ava Gardner Museum
325 E. Market Street
Smithfield, NC
Filmmakers Lounge
The Yoga Connection
108-B South Third Street
(Side Entrance)
Gandolfo’s Deli
224 East Market Street
Smithfield, NC
The Howell Theatre
141 South Third Street
Smithfield, NC
Lampe Building
North Third Street Entrance
Smithfield, NC
Masonic Lodge
115 North Second Street
Smithfield, NC
Third Street Theater
South Third Street
Smithfield, NC
Town Hall
350 East Market Street
Smithfield, NC
Town Hall Park
350 East Market Street
Smithfield, NC
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Looking forward to meeting and seeing you at the AGFF 2008!
Thanks
Kirk Adam
Executive Director, AGFF