AMPLIFIER
Canada
21 mins. Studio Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

In the future, a shared addiction to bio-technology haunts the lives of a new mother and, 25 years later, her grown daughter. A government agent tries to end it ... one way or the other.

Director/Writer: Glenn Forbes
Producers: Glenn Forbes, James Fairhart, Irene Spadafora
Director of Photography: Tony Wannamaker
Editor: Colm Caffrey
Cast: Brigette Morrison, Jenn Winter, George Morris, Richard Baccari, Brittany Smith, Irene Spadafora, Miriam Erlichman, Rhoda Kopstein, Alec Saidak, Chris Allen, Gabe Bettio, Todd Morgan, Michael Posthumus, Lily Pat

THE BOTTOMLESS CUP
United States
14 mins. Paramount Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Falling asleep at the wheel, Carl pulls over at an all-night diner which quickly changes from a rest-stop to the scene of a Kafkaesque nightmare when the waitress and diner regulars insist he finish his "bottomless" cup of coffee.

Director/Writer: Paul Bonner
Producer: Stephen MacGillivray
Director of Photography: David Samuel
Editor: Laurel Cobble
Cast: Paschal Fowlkes, Aysha Quinn, Jonathan Smit, Jonathan Schaefer, John McPherson, Donald Fleet Jr.

BOXES
United States
23 mins. Studio Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

Boxes is the story about a repressed man's battle with his innermost thoughts and desires. The main character, Frank, tries to hold onto everything dear to him, and eventually it comes back to haunt him.

Director/Writer: Todd Smolar
Producer: Frank Gencorelli
Director of Photography: Brett Albright Editor: Scott Meyer Cast: Steve Brady, Hope Arthur, Joey Shea, Cody Ross Pitts, David Zhonzinsky, Leny Levy, George Speilvogul, Pete Barker, Teri Black

DAMNED IF YOU DO
United States
17 mins. Paramount Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Damned If You Do is about Alfie, a hapless fellow who makes a deal with the devil and finds himself up against the clock to break all 10 commandments in a matter of minutes.

Director/Writer: James Zeilinger
Producers: S. Robiner, N. Lundell
Director of Photography: Andrew Sobkovich
Editor: David Kippen
Cast: Jonathan Slavin, Vanessa Dorman, Allan Murray, Robert Phelps, M.J. Sawyer, Paul Keith, Ken Hanes, Chausey LeBron, Barbara Stuart, Scott Lowell, Ashley Clayton

DAVE'S BLIND DATE
United States
22 mins. Paramount Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Dave's Blind Date is a romantic comedy about a guy on a blind date. He just doesn't believe in love. By the end, does he change his mind?

Director/Writer/Producer: Matthew Alper
Director of Photography: Robert LaBonge
Editor: David Crowther
Cast: Richard Speight Jr., Margot Demeter, Lola Glaudini, Morgan Weisser, Loisette Geiss, Joshua Dotson, Buck Kartalian, Judith Jordan

DICKORY DOCK
United States
24 mins. Paramount Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

A letter arrives. Colonel Boodle will be murdered by one of his servants by 1:00 a.m. on his birthday. Confined to his bed, Colonel Boodle constructs a crafty plan to stop the murderer, whoever that may be, all from the shadows of his bed.

Director/Producer: Cary Cremidas
Writer: Dean Carpentier
Director of Photography: Cary Cremidas
Editor: Cary Cremidas
Cast: Geordie Prodis, Krista Lindgren, Aaron Robinson, Brian Ruff, George Wayland, Scott Bowers, Earl Johnson, Michael Mann

DILLINGER IN PARADISE
United States
15 mins. Paramount Theater, 5:00 p.m., Aug 7.

A hapless team of indie filmmakers struggle (and flounder) as they attempt to make a movie about legendary bank robber John Dillinger -- only to discover that life truly does imitate art.

Director/Writer: John Henry Richardson
Producers: Katy Wallin, John Henry Richardson
Director of Photography/Editor: William H. Molina
Cast: Maria Conchita Alonso, Susan Kussman, Dennis Madden, Susan Pereira, John Henry Richardson, Charles Klausmeyer, Angie Everhart, Lee Tierney, Erin Beaux, Gary Graham, Neil Delama, Bo Gray, Jeff Schubert, John Content, Zale Morris, Andrew Villaverde, Peter Fitzpatrick, Dean Howell, Kimberly Rowe, Robert Ruth, Matt Tallackson

EVERYDAY
United States
29 mins. Paramount Theater, 2:00 p.m. Aug. 7.

Set in a small town in Minnesota in February of 1959, Everyday is the story of three high school boys who want to be Buddy Holly & the Crickets. On the day of their band's first performance, they hear that Buddy Holly died in a plane crash in Iowa.

Director: Tracy Allen Davey
Writers: Janelle Ramaker, Tracy Allen Davey
Producer: Janelle Ramaker
Director of Photography: Ken Glassing
Editor: Michele Gisser
Cast: Stephen Collins, Andrew Keegan, Patrick Renna, Charlie Carr, Larry Heying, Ellia Vierling, Abbey Masters, Jim Shermerhorn

FIDEL
United States
12 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Fidel tells the story of a 14-year-old mutt and his master Alberto, a Cuban widower. At the vet, Alberto learns that Fidel has cancer and is advised to put him to sleep. Unable to accept the vet's advice, Alberto embarks on a long psychological journey of sadness and denial, as he refuses to believe that his only friend in a tough, desolate city is terminally ill. Observing the physical agony of his best friend, however, Alberto realizes he has to start thinking beyond his own fear of being alone.

Director/Writer: Marta Ibarrondo
Producer: Gabriella Stollenwerck
Director of Photography: Christopher Norr
Cast: Jose Rabelo

THE FOOL
United States 8 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

Your basic seven-minute tragic comedy musical.


Director: Jon Farhat
Writer: Clete Keith
Producer: Christopher Keith
Director of Photography: Donald McCuaig, CSC
Editor: Jon Farhat
Cast: Clete Keith, Javier "Elvis" Mora

THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
United States
23 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

A young American and his dog Hank are trapped in a village in a foreign land -- a tiny village in crisis facing a rabies epidemic. He can help, but is the price too high? A man, a dog, a village, a choice ....

Director: Christopher Nixon
Writers: Jeannie Neill Silberkraus, Christopher Nixon
Producer: Jeannie Neill Silberkraus
Director of Photography: Kris Denton
Editor: Mark Yoshikawa
Cast: J.D. Garfield, Carlos Rivas, Joe Rodriguez, Daniel Bahimo Rey, Al Cruz, Martina Hernandez, Sheila-Sheila, Monika Ramirez, Ralph Rangel, Genesis Rodriguez, Victoria Cunningham, Heather du Toit, Hank, Emmett

MOVING EMILY
United States
16 mins. Studio Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

Moving Emily profiles the disintegration of a family on moving day. To handle these harsh realities, eight-year-old Emily escapes into her own fantasy world and characters.

Director: Deborah Shames
Writer: Gailee Walker
Producers: Deborah Shames, Kathryn Seitz
Director of Photography: Richard Kooris
Editor: Robert Brakey
Cast: Wendie Malick, Harry Groener, Angela Paton, David Booth, Amanda Barthel

MUTT
United States
6 mins. Paramount Theater, 2:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

"The Dogpound," a canine comedy club, welcomes fledgling comedian Jerry Mutt to the stage.

Director/Writer/Animator: Kirby Atkins
Producers: Eric Vignau, Tom Turpin, Will Vinton

PARADOSIS
United States
11 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Paradosis is the tale of an old man who loses his prized and precious nutcracker to his grandson. One day, Tommy Hogan is visited by his grandson Stoyko. During the visit, Stoyko takes his grandfather's nutcracker. Once realizing that Stoyko and the nutcracker are gone, Tommy takes off to chase after him. It is this chase that provides the trial in which the fate of Tommy's nutcracker is decided. Will he get it back or will it be lost forever?

Director/Writer/Producer: Trev Jenkins
Director of Photography: Chandler Griffin
Editor: Trev Jenkins
Cast: James Zehner, Christopher Nelson, Jan Thrasher, Sean Banton, Adam Winkler, Blake Kimball, Daniel Sheenan

QUID PRO QUO
New Zealand
22 mins. Studio Theater, 4:30 p.m., Aug. 8.

A man is caught in bed between two women. Beneath him, under the bed, crouches the mistress who inveigled her way into his home. Beside him, the wife who appeared unexpectedly starts behaving in a most undomesticated way. When love becomes a competition, who wins?

Director: Simon Mark-Brown
Writer: Tim Wilson
Producer: Neil Stichbury
Cast: Nick Eynon, Stephanie Paul, Liz Garneau

RAZOR'S EDGE
United States
14 mins. Paramount Theater, 7:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

Texas-USA. Mid-nineteen fifties. A day of rippling heat haze softens into a visually deceptive evening. A larger than life barber dominates a fearful customer with hypnotic dexterity, as he trims, lathers, shaves and talks too much.

Director: Lorenzo Benedick
Writers: Allen George Duck, Lorenzo Benedick
Producer: Stephane Mitchell
Director of Photography: Allen George Duck
Editor: Fernanda Rossi
Cast: Tom Mardirosian, Gerrit Vooren,

SOME COMMON THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO CORPSES
United States
17 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

A bereft and disoriented woman meets a quirky mortician who lovingly prepares bodies for burials and helps aimless souls over to the other side, only to find she is the one who must "cross-over."

Director/Writer: Molly O'Brien
Producer: Trista Callander
Director of Photography: Alex Buono
Editor: Shannon Leigh Olds
Cast: Ivan Basso, Jennifer Aspen, Jeff LeBeau, Ashley Grace Wicklund, Rosina Pinchot, April Lee Sherertz

SPLINTER
United States
40 mins. Studio Theater, 4:30 p.m., Aug. 8.

Hilarious dark comedy celebrating those who bravely defy convention and seek to redefine the boundaries of love.

Director/Writer:Lisa Plettinck
Producer: Jon Shigematsu
Director of Photography: Tony Garcia
Editor: Lisa Plettinck
Cast: Pauline Tannous, Carol Kline, Aaron Buckwalter, John Cirigliano, Gina Francis, Nitro

VEND
United States
22 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

Vend is a narrative film about Carl Burndecker, a hyper-punctual medical research technician who reaches the outer limits of his impossibly rigid schedule. Carl's schedule is more than just a framework to better organize his life. Carl's schedule is his life. At least it was. Until Carl bought a soda ... that almost always requires change.

Director: Scott Edelstein
Writer: Eric Normington
Producers: Eric Normington, Scott Edelstein
Director of Photography: Jordan Valenti
Editors: Brennan Parks, Eric Normington
Cast: Tom Griffin, Larry Bogad, William Wesley, Harlan Wallach, Robert Smith, Doug McDade, Scott Erlinder, Doug Frank, Bradley Quirk, Lauren Flans

WAR OF THE ANGELS
United States
27 mins. Studio Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 7.

Bad Voslau, Austria, March 1945. With the imminent fall of Nazi Germany as a backdrop, a young, recently recruited Nazi radio specialist, Lieutenant Sterbens, experiences a right of moral passage few war stories tell. The complexities of patriotism, obedience, initiation and the struggle for reason are examined in this delicate moving piece.

Director/Writer: Jim Sonzero
Producers: Stavros Merjos, Dawn Iacino, Jim Sonzero
Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss
Editor: Bob Mori
Cast: Michael Massee, Matthew Carey, Thomas Tofel, Zeljka Gortinski, Marisa Guterman, Douglas Lewis, Doug Kruse

THE WINDOW
United States
18 mins. Paramount Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

The Window is the story of a young woman who has retreated from the world to observe life from the window of her apartment. Through this window, she sees a young man who slowly breaks down her defenses. Only after she has fallen in love, does she discover he is using her for a more sinister purpose.

Director: Armen Titizian
Writer: Wendy Williams
Producers: Armen Titizian, Massah Gonzales, Patrick Armstrong
Director of Photography: Aaron Kahn
Editor: Asim Matin
Cast: Adoni Maropis, Susan Ziegler, Sally Ben-Tal, Louis Pastore, Sandra Allen, Wil Edan

THE WITHERED ARM
United States
17 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 8.

An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's tale about loss, retribution and the supernatural.

Director/Writer: Jennifer Cox, based on the short story by Thomas Hardy
Producer: Henry Sidel
Cinematographer: Antonio Tatum
Editor: Myron Kerstein
Cast: Pamela Holden Stewart, Alexander Goodwin, Zandy Hartig, Raynor Scheine, David Van Tieghem, Ann Marie Pigott, Heather Cottrell