The Paramount Theater
1300 Ocean Ave.
Asbury Park, NJ

Thursday March 22nd 4:00pm
Screening for kids after school clubs

Friday March 23rd 10:00am
Screening and Hands on Workshop for School Children

Friday March 23rd, 7:00pm
Paramount Theater
Opening Reception and Cocktail Party
Featuring Coppola Sophia Sparkling Wine as well as Diageo Smirnoff Flavored Vodkas, Hors D’oeuvres (graciously donated by your neighborhood Shop Rite World Class Kitchens, Live Music by “The Debbie Willis Jazz Ensemble” & Cash Bar available for mixed drinks.
$20.00
**Includes first screening event


Friday, March 23rd
8:30pm - 10:30pm
Screening Event #P1

Title: Once Upon a Christmas Village
Category: Animation Short
Running Time: 15 Minutes
Premiere Status: Premiere in New Jersey
Director: Michael Attardi
Screenwriter: Michael Attardi
Produced By: Michael Attardi
Executive Producer: Joseph Anselmo
Music by: Michael Attardi & Dani Donadi
Address:  11 Walada Avenue  Port Monmouth, NJ 07758
Phone: 732-495-7974 or 848-218-9009 Cell
Email: michaelattardi@aol.com
Synopsis: Santa Claus is having the worst night ever as he has a near miss with Air Force One and loses his magical pocket watch that stops time. The watch falls to earth and lands in a chimney then into a Christmas tree. Under the Christmas tree is a beautiful stained glass village with several happy village people. The magic of the watch brings to life the villagers as we meet the Mayor, School teacher, Baker, Butcher and lovers, Troy and Noelle. When an unexpected toy arrives (Dragasaurs) and wrecks havoc in the village, Troy is accidentally taken (by the Christmas train) to the back off the tree. Better known as the dark side, this is where a hidden gift, Sir Evil Medieval and his castle are opened. Troy learns that Sir Evil and his henchmen are going to melt down the village people in the Suzy bake set (a gift next to the castle). Troy warns the village only to be caught by Sir Evil. Troy defeats the evil villain with the help of the Christmas train. Troy and Noelle finally share a kiss and Santa finds his lost magical watch. This proves that the spirit of Christmas was saved with Loves first kiss. This is a romantic musical animated comedy.

Title:  sing Now or forever hold your peace
Category:  Feature
Running Time: 1hr 35min
Premiere Status:
Director: Bruce Leddy
Screenwriter:  Bruce Leddy
Address:  BLIPinc 558 10th St. Santa Monica, CA 90402
Phone/Fax: 310-393-2100
Email: blipinc@gmail.com
Synopsis: A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite fifteen years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives have progressed-and in some cases regressed- since their college heyday..
Cast: Molly Shannon, Chris Bowers, David Harbour, David Alan Basche, Elizabeth Reaser, Mark Feuerstein, Reg Rogers, Rosemarie Dewitt, Sandy Chaplin


Saturday, March 24th
Noon - 2:00pm
Screening Event #P2

Title:  Fetch
Category:  Animation
Running Time:  1min 15sec
Premiere Status:  US Premiere
Director:  Dana Dorian
Screenwriter:  Dana Dorian
Produced By:  Sam McCarthy
Address:  Axis Animation,36 Washington St. Pentagon Business Centre,
Glasgow, G3 8AZScotland, UK
Phone/Fax: +44 141 572 2802
Email: dana.dorian@axisanimation.com
Website: www.axisanimation.com
Synopsis: Colin takes his dog Cumberland to the park for a game of fetch, but Cumberland has other ideas.

Title:  Twenty
Category:  Music Video
Running Time: 7min
Premiere Status
Director:  Sue Turner-Cray
Screenwriter:  Renee Ridgeley
Produced By: 
Address:  TURNER-CRAY,INC
5745 Hill Oak Drive
Los Angeles, CA, 90068
Phone/Fax: 213-400-2721
Email: turnip21@pacbell.net
Synopsis: 'Twenty' is a music video which follows the return of a soldier form Iraq, however as the story unfolds it reveals a very different conclusion.
Cast: Aidan Delgado, Robert Cray

Title:  Angela's Decision
Category: Short
Running Time: 48 Minutes
Premiere Status: It's only shown at one festival in Alabama last week, so
would be East Coast and/or NJ premiere.
Director:  Mat King
Screenwriter:  Gena Ellis
Produced By:  Kate Croser, Mat King
Address:  Film is Australian (however my address, the screenwriter and
submitter is 782 Highland Drive, Madison,  AL. 35758
Phone/Fax: (256) 527-9354 cell or home (256) 325-8824
Email:  ggellis@knology.net
Website: www.angelasdecision.com
Synopsis:  Her boyfriend returns home from the army with unwelcome news.
Her friends face their unplanned lives and dead-end jobs with resignation.
Her mother refuses to face her own demons.  Defined by Australia's desolate
landscape and her bleak future, Angela makes a decision that changes her
life forever. 
Starring: Rhiannon Owen, Xavier Samuel

Title: Between Iraq and A Hard Place
Category:  Feature Documentary
Running Time:  64 Minutes
Premiere Status: 
Director:  Rex J. Pratt
Screenwriter:  Rex J. Pratt
Produced By:  Rex J. Pratt and James Michael Pratt
Address:  457 Camino Talavera Santa Barbara, Ca. 93117
Phone/Fax: 805-967-0532
Email:  rpratt@cox.net  
Website: www.betweeniraq.com
Synopsis:  What happens when a young man or woman goes to war and sees death, killing, and tragedy and experiences fear on a daily basis? Do they return home the same? Of course not. Can the changes be reversed, altered or the effects reduced? We hope so.
Are we doing enough as a Country and people to help our returning troops heal in body, mind and spirit? The answer is not clear but emerging information would lead us to believe that more can and needs to be done. Much more.
** We will be filming a love letter to send to our troops after the screening!


Saturday, March 24th
2:45pm - 4:45pm
Screening Event #P3

Title:  Windows Masks & Doors
Category:  Short Animation
Running Time: 04 min : 33 sec
Premiere Status:
Director:  Sarah Orenstein
Address:  36 Cambridge Drive, Allendale, NJ, 07401
Phone/Fax: 2016383960
Email:  sarahorenstein@gmail.com
Synopsis: In an old radio a conductor tunes a medley of tracks revealing masked players hidden.

Title: Lapis Exillis
Category: Feature Documentary
Running Time: 2hr
Premiere Status:
Director: Gavin Wince
Screenwriter: Louis Parry
Address:  Fire Stone Documentaries CA, 92648
Phone/Fax: 714-383-0969
Email:  gavinwince@yahoo.com
Synopsis: A multi-national intelligence adviser/code-breaker deciphers the 250-year-old encoded inscription on the Shepherds Monument in Staffordshire England, linking it to an ancient stone artifact retrieved from North America in 1743. Visiting New York, Britain, and France, this documentary covers the mystery, murder, and mayhem surrounding the history of this stone artifact.
Cast: Louis Parry


Saturday, March 24th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Screening Event #P4

Title: The Accidental Activist
Category:  Short Film
Running Time:  14min
Premiere Status:  World Premiere
Director:  Andrew Hunt
Screenwriter:  Andrew Hunt
Produced By:  Andrew Hunt
Address:   210 E 75th Street, Apartment 1A , NY 10021
Phone/Fax: 917 558 2374
Email:  mail@tu-meke.com
Website:  www.accidentalactivistfilm.com
Synopsis: June is a shy thirty-something who lives at home with her parents. She has a goldfish named Romeo and an addiction to romance novels... June has never been in love. With her latest pile due back today she sets off for the Library; how could a simple trip across the city go so wrong… and yet so right!?
Cast: Jane McCarry and Gavin Mitchell

Title: Club Soda 
Category: Short
Running Time:  23:00
Premiere Status: East Coast Premiere
Director: Paul Carafotes 
Screenwriter: Paul Carafotes 
Produced By: Paul Carafotes
Address:  8306 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills, 90211
Phone/Fax: 213-389-3239/323-465-1243
Email: fotez@sbcglobal.net 
Website: www.myspace.com/clubsodathefilm 
Synopsis: ”The Kid" Leaves Boston for New York with dreams of becoming an actor. There he is befriended by a group of barflies who offer their own brand of advice to help the "young Brando from Boston" He steals money from the bar  which brings him into conflict with his new friends causing him to re-evaluate his life, forcing him to make some tough choices and changes.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Steven R. McQueen

Title:  Park
Category:  Comedy
Running Time:  86 minutes
Premiere Status:  Northeastern Premiere
Cast: William Baldwin, Ricki Lake, Cheri Oteri, Treach
Director:  Kurt Voelker
Screenwriter:  Kurt Voelker
Produced By:  Dana Jackson
Address:  1111 N. Larabbee #20, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Phone/Fax: 310.351.2372, 323.255.8453
Email: danajackson16@yahoo.com
Website:  parkthemovie.com
Synopsis:  Ian wants love.  Krysta wants money.  Dennis wants sex, and Peggy wants revenge.  Claire wants Peggy.  Nathan wants to be naked.  Meredith, Babar, and Sheryl all want Nathan, and April wants to die. After this, you'll never look at your local municipal park quite the same way again.


Saturday, March 24th
8:00pm - 10:00pm
Screening Event #P5

Title: Gone
Category:  Music Video
Running Time: 02 min : 52 sec
Premiere Status: Asbury Park premier
Director:  Andrew Watson
Produced By: Diana Bald
Address:  177 Riverside Ave., # 1177, Newport Beach, CA, 92663
Phone/Fax: 949.351.6903
Email: madmuse@comcast.net
Synopsis: Bill Madden brings the worlds of film and music together with a metaphorical environmental warning alert. This compelling video raises questions, fusing art, social commentary, and music to spark debate on what it means to be alive and grapple with the consequences of environmental change.

Title: Osama Bin Laden Goes to New Jersey
Category:  Homegrown Short
Running Time:  4:25
Premiere Status:  Asbury Park Premier
Director:  Adrian Alfonso
Screenwriter:  Adrian Alfonso
Produced By:  Adrian Alfonso
Address:  6119 Highland Pl. W.N.Y., NJ 07093
Phone/Fax: 248-875-3182
Email:  Ripvanessa2tara@aol.com
Website:  myspace.com/eydrien
Synopsis:  Osama bin Laden gets lost in New Jersey and gets stopped by 3 good friends

Title:  Lady Like
Category:  Short
Running Time: 06 min: 03 sec
Premiere Status: Asbury Park Premier
Director:  Melissa McClinton
Screenwriter: Safiya Songhai
Produced By: Melissa McClinton
Address: Mpirefilms, New York University, 75 Third Ave, Level C3New York, NY, 10003
Phone/Fax: 202.257.0707
Email: mpirefilms@yahoo.com
Synopsis: A devout Muslim woman and a daring exhibitionist form an uncommon friendship when one of the women finds herself in a compromising situation with a peeping tom.

Title:  Say Can You See
Category: Animated Short
Running Time: 6:19
Premiere Status: NJ Premiere
Director:  Tony Caio
Screenwriter:  Tony Caio
Produced By:  Tony Caio
Address:  DMA Animation 89 Fifth Ave. Suite 500, New York, NY  10003
Phone/Fax: 212-463-7370
Email:dma@dma-animation.com
Website:  saycanyousee.com
Synopsis: An improbable witness experiences New York City from atop the Empire State Building during a time of extraordinary change.  Day to night, light to dark, and the pathos of the American spirit is explored through historic events.

Title: Christmasland
Category: Home Grown Short
Running Time: 19 min: 55 sec
Premiere Status:
Director:  Hossein Keshavarz
Produced By: Bent Jorgen
Address: Marakeshfilm, 171 Devon Road, Colonia, NJ, 07067
Phone/Fax: 9173751629
Email: hokesh@hotmail.com 
Synopsis: They hate us. But we love America.
Cast: Ali Reza, Ingrid Uribe, Jacqueline Anatamarian, Lauren Berlin

Title: Al Quarem
Category:  Feature
Running Time: 1:22
Premiere Status:
Director: Affandy Yacoob
Screenwriter: Affandy Yacoob
Produced By: Ajmal Yourish
Phone/Fax: 6462069156
Email: herbiehormone@aol.com
Synopsis: When tragedy strikes, understand that the real war is within....
Cast: Affandy Yacoob


Sunday, March 25th
Noon - 2:20pm
Screening Event #P6

Title: The Last Speakers
Category: Documentary
Running Time: 56 minutes
Premiere Status: East Coast Premiere
Director: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller
Screenwriter: Daniel A. Miller
Produced by: Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller
Address: Ironbound Films, Inc. PO Box 441 Garrison, NY 10524
Phone/Fax: 845.424.3700/845.424.3753
Email: miller@ironboundfilms.com
Website: www.lastspeakers.com Synopsis:David and Greg are linguists trekking through the swamps of Southwest Siberia in pursuit of the few who know a centuries-old language. A surprising twist reveals the forces that wipe out languages. The Last Speakers circles the globe to meet the people who are fighting back.
Cast:Q'orianka Kilcher narrates. She learned Virginia Algonquian, a language not spoken for more than two centuries, for her role as Pocahontas in Terrence Malick's The New World.

Title:  Dark Water Rising:  The Truth About Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues
Category:   Documentary
Running Time:  64 minutes
Premiere Status:   New Jersey
Director:   Mike Shiley
Screenwriter:  Mike Shiley
Produced By:  Kim Upham
Address:  1123 SE 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR  97214
Phone/Fax:  503-231-7658
Email:   mike@shidogfilms.com
Website:   www.DarkWaterRising.com
Synopsis:  Over 50,000 dogs and cats were left behind in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  This forced separation created America’s first-ever major animal rescue.
 A dedicated and compassionate group of volunteer rescuers and animal welfare groups from around the world risked their lives to sledgehammer down doors and brave toxic floodwaters in a truly heroic effort to save nearly 10,000 animals.


Sunday, March 25th
2:30pm - 4:30pm
Screening Event #P7

Title: Sideshow
Category: Student Animation
Running Time:  5:00 min
Director:  Lisa LaBracio
Screenwriter:  Lisa LaBracio
Produced By:  Lisa LaBracio
Address:  607 W 139th St # 1C New York NY 10031
Phone/Fax: 908.240.8677
Email:  LLaBracio@gmail.com
Synopsis: "Sideshow" is a story of the tragedy of love.  Through the
precious memories of a circus clown, the fleeting quality of love
unfolds along with the story.

Title: The History of Opera
Category: Animation
Running Time: 6 mins
Premiere Status: New Jersey
Director: Bob Mataranglo
Screenwriter: Bob Mataranglo
Produced By: Bob Mataranglo
Address: 106 Lincoln Lane Avon by the Sea NJ 07717
Phone/Fax: 732-239-7257
Email: bobmatar@hotmail.com
Website: www.bobmataranglo.com
Synopsis: A satirical view of the history of opera with voice over by George Hansel and Diva Terri Thomas.

Title: The Able’s House is Green
Category: Narrative Short
Running Time: 12:46
Premiere Status: NJ Premiere
Director: Duncan M. Rogers
Screenwriter:  Duncan M. Rogers
Produced By:  Duncan M. Rogers and Chris Freilich
Address:  38 Burroughs Way
Phone/Fax: 973-953-7033
Email:  Duncan@freshwater-films.com
Website:  www.freshwater-films.com
Synopsis:  When two friends reunite on the lake of their youth, things are not as they once were. The Ables House is Green explores the idea of change and our resistance to it, and examines the “straw that broke the camel’s back” theme and how something seemingly insignificant can be a watershed for great change.
Cast: Duncan M. Rogers, Neil McGarry

Title: "The Tournament”
Category:  Feature
Running Time: 1 : 38
Premiere Status: New Jersey Premiere
Director: Eugene J. Celico
Screenwriter: Eugene J. Celico
Produced By: Nick Puccio
Address: 460 Nocturn Way - Toms River, NJ - 08755
Phone/Fax:(732) 841-6678 /(732) 370-4304
Email: nickpuccio@aol.com
Synopsis: In Westerly, RI they take the game of Bocce seriously. The Annual 'Father & Son Tournament' is about to take place and young Albi wants nothing more than to be in it with his father Joe. Both struggle through their own infernos. Joe's a tormented working man trying to make ends meet. He's difficult to live with and grows more abusive to his family each day. Albi's home life is falling apart, and to make matter's worse, three young punks want to see that Albi doesn't get into the Bocce Tournament. Will Joe and his son be able to connect with each other through their mutual love of the game? Pasquale the Barber and Crazy Benny add a lighter side to the film.