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2008 Festival Screening Schedule
By day
June 25th, 2008
June 26th, 2008
June 27th, 2008
June 28th, 2008
Awards Gala Ceremony
Presenters
Judges
Ticket Information
PHILATIX A – General Admission Per Show: Adult $8.00, Children under 12, free
PHILATIX B - Day Pass to all events for one day: Adult $10.00, Children under 12, free
PHILAPASS - Week Pass to all events during Festival Week including Awards Ceremony:
Adult:$65.00, Children under 12, free
All Ticket discounts are 50% for Seniors, Students w/ID and any Group of five (5) or more.
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Gala Awards Ceremony
Independence Visitor Center Ballroom, 2d Level
Saturday, June 28,2008, Reception, 7:00pm, Awards Ceremony, 8:00pm.
TICKETS: $55.00pp. Seniors’, Students w/ID, Groups will receive 50% discount based upon availability.
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Presenters
Robert X. Golphin,
actor (“The Great Debaters”)
Dan Rush, actor(“Law & Order”);
Johnnie Braxton, Producer,WPVI-TV 6ABC;
Don & Cherries Patterson, Producers/Hosts, “Impact,” GW Cable, Columbia, SC;
Charlotte Serrano, Producer/Host, TELEMUNDO.
Jena Ferguson, CEO, JLF PRODUCTIONS, Inc., New York, NY, Mistress of Ceremony
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Judges
Marc A. King, III, President, Jurors Panel; Susan Corbin, Creative Affairs, WPVI-TV 6ABC; Matthew Kiehl, Film Writer
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2008 Festival Screening Schedule
MONDAY – June 23, 2008: Market Screenings, PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA & INDIA.(Festival Committee and Distributor Representatives only.)
DOWNTOWN MARRIOTT HOTEL
1201 Market street
TUESDAY - June 24, 2008: Administrative Day, Meeting of the Board of IAMPTP (International Association of Motion Picture & Television Producers, Inc.),
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Venue: Independence Visitor Center (6th & Market St)
WEDNESDAY – June 25, 2008
4:00pm PROGRAM I – Young Filmmakers Forum, Section 1. Philadelphia High School Students, 2007/2008.
Synopses: Short Subjects…dramas, documentaries, music videos.
4:30pm: “Rich From Within” USA, 2007, 90:00, color, FEA
Director: Kenya Cagle, CAGLEVISION, Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Synopsis: A poignant story of a homeless man who achieves fame and fortune as a Hip-hop star.
6:10pm: “Multiply by Six Million” USA, 2007, 24:00, color, SH
Producer/Director, Evvy Eisen, EVVY EISEN & KELLY HENDRICKS Point Reyes Station, CA,
A composition of original photographs,narratives and music, to portray survivors caught in a web of hatred and their courage born of these most desperate circumstances.
6:40pm PROGRAM II –“Liberty, Friends and the Pursuit of Education,” USA, 2008, 39:00, color, DOC
Synopsis: This documentary takes us back in time, to the Pennsylvania countryside telling a story of the famed “underground railroad,” through the eyes of present day students at CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY, to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, visiting those places which were instrumental in the Underground Railroad
7:30pm: “Aging Gracefully,” USA, color, 2:00, SH
Director, Roz Fulton, DIRECT EXPOSURE, Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: A television commercial highlighting games and Seniors’ lifestyles.
7:40pm: “You’re Rejected”, INDIA & USA, color, 87:00, FEA
Director, M. Parthihan, VENILLA FILMS, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Synopsis: George, a self-appointed “Soldier of Christ” has embarked on a tortured, personal quest to investigate lifestyles that disgust him and rejected by God.
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Venue: African American Museum in Philadelphia (701 Arch Street)
THURSDAY – June 26, 2008:PROGRAM I
5:00pm: -“Critical Condition,” USA, color, 82:27, DOC
Producer/Director, Roger Weisberg, PUBLIC POLICY PRODUCTIONS, Inc., Palisades, NY
Synopsis: “Critical Condition” paints a disturbing and gripping portrait of what happens when you’re sick and uninsured in America.
6:30pm: “A Mother’s Will,” USA, 2008, color, 2:30, DOC
Director, Jomo Kenyatta, JOMO KENYATTA PRODUCTIONS LLC, South Plainfield, NJ
Synopsis: A documentary work-in-progress about a plane crash that killed all but a mother and her surviving child and how they trekked through the jungles and mountains of GUYANA, South America, to safety.
6:45pm: Visual Effects and Animation Presentation from FANTASY II PRODUCTIONS, Inc., USA, color, 11:00 SH
Producer/Director, Zeb Stokes, 12TH HOUSE PRODUCTIONS, Inc., Havertown, PA
Synopsis: This film visits the studios of Academy Award-winning special effects director, Chris Warren and his staff, in Hollywood, CA,
discussing how various technical and creative skills are acquired and mastered for employment in the Motion Picture and Television Industries.
7:00pm “Life Isn’t Fair,” (2007 PHILAFILM Honorable Mention Award and “Audience Choice pick”), USA, 2007, 90:00, FEA
Producer/Director, Derrell Lawrence, HEADLINER ENTERTAINMENT, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: Ricky returns to South Philly with a positive outlook on “Life.” Not only will he receive a monetary settlement from the accident which took his family but he also finds an unexpected love, Crystal. (Jakai Bishop, from America’s Next Top Model). With a promising future in front of him, join Ricky as he celebrates his twenty-first birthday.
8:30pm: “Casting Call,” USA, 2008, color, 20:00, ST
Director, Ben Foster, BEN FOSTER FILMS, LLC, New Castle, DE
Synopsis: A comedy about what people go through to make it in Show Business.
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Venue: Independence Visitor Center (6th & Market St)
FRIDAY – June 27, 2008:4:00pm: PROGRAM I
“Still Bittersweet,” USA, 2007, color, 142:00 FEA
Director, Troy Nixon, TAZZNIX PRODUCTIONS, Pottstown, PA
Synopsis: A young man goes to college and joins a fraternity. However, the fraternity turns out to be what he didn’t expect. He’s on the verge of losing family and friends.
6:30pm: “Self-inflicted,” USA, 2008, color, 25:00, SH
Producer/Director, TUMMY TEE PRODUCTIONS, Paulsboro, NJ
Synopsis: “Self- inflicted” will make you reflect on the choices you make when life becomes tough and the consequences faced, in light of the hasty decisions that can be made.
7:00pm: PROGRAM II “Justice for Her", USA, 2008, color, 90:00, DOC
Producer/Director, Aginah Carter-Shabazz, SULEMAR FILMS & COMPANY, Inc. Philadelphia, PA
Synopsis: “Justice for Her” is a documentary about a mother’s journey to prove her daughter’s innocence in the face of The Death Penalty.
8:35pm: Young Filmmakers Forum, Section II. Philadelphia High School students, 2007/2008.
Synopses: short subjects, dramas, music videos.
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8:55:pm: “Not Enough Night, “ USA, 2007, color, 7:44 EXP
Producers/Directors, Dan Boord & Luis Valdovino, Department of Fine Arts, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder, CO
Synopsis: A swan song for bygone hipsters who longed for more “life” than suburbs, shopping malls and the lonely existence of the solitary consumer.
SATURDAY – June 28, 2008:
1:30pm: “Thug Kidz,” USA, 2008, color, 90:00, FEA
Producer/Director, Kenya Cagle, CAGLEVISION, Brooklyn, NY
Synopsis: Young people coping with life at their level of existence, find creative ways to address the scourge of violence and apathy in the “Hood.”
3:10pm: “Highway 191,” USA, 2008, color, 30:00, SH
Producer/Director, Chris Anastas, PARRA FILMS, Los Angeles, CA
Synopsis: A unique thriller from an interesting perspective, set in the desert Southwest U.S.
3:35pm: “Run It,” USA, 2008, color, 125:00, FEA
Producers/Directors, Evangelos & George Giovanis, VAGO PRODUCTIONS, Los Angeles, CA
Synopsis: Two thugs, a substitute teacher and a young student get tangled up in crimes that unexpectedly bind them together in an unforgiving day.
5:40pm: “Uncovered” USA, 2007, color, 18:19, DOC
Producer/Director, Roger Weisberg, PUBLIC POLICY PRODUCTIONS, Palisades, NY
Synopsis: A poignant profile of the medical, financial and emotional impact of caring for uninsured children.
Competition Legend: FEA (Feature Film); SH (Short Subject); DOC (Documentary; EXP (Experimental); ST (Student); HM (Honorable Mention)
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