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10th Annual Hollywood
Film Festival® & Hollywood Awards®
October 18-23, 2006
2006 Hollywood Film Festival Program
Screenings at ArcLight Cinemas, 6360 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
NOTE: ArcLight Cinemas sells tickets by program title. For Feature Films and Documentaries the program title is the title of the film. The program title for Short Subjects is listed in blue with each Short Subject's film listing. Knowing the program title will help you when you order tickets.
*All films subject to change and/or cancellation without notice.
Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
2006 Winners
FEATURE FILMS
48 SHADES
Australia
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 100 min.
Based on the acclaimed Australian novel 48 Shades of Brown, this coming-of-age story is about 16-year-old Dan who moves in with his 22-year-old aunt and her beautiful roommate when his parents move to Geneva.
Director: Daniel Lapaine Producer: Robert Marsala
Writer: Daniel Lapaine Cast: Emma Lung, Richard Wilson, Robin McLeavy
AMERICAN SCARY
United States
9:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 92 min.
American Scary is a look at the nation's tradition of horror hosting, from Zacherley to A. Ghastlee Ghoul. Follow this American folk art form from its glamorous beginnings, through repeated waves of popularity, to its scrappy resurgence and survival in the age of cable access and the Internet. American Scary looks to remind people how much fun local TV could be again.
Director: John E. Hudgens Producers: John E. Hudgens, Sandy Clark Writers: John E. Hudgens, Sandy Clark Cast: John Zacherley, Ernie Anderson, Maila Nurmi
ARC
United States
9:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 113 min.
Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, ARC is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict, who embarks on a quest to find a missing child in the hope of redeeming his eroding character.
Director: Robert Ethan Gunnerson Producers: Jennifer Schaefer, Jim Sharon Writer: Robert Ethan Gunnerson Cast: Ken Howard, Peter Facinelli, Raina-Simone Moore, Alex Sol, Mel Harris
BICKFORD SHMECKLER'S COOL IDEAS
United States
9:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 80 min.
Patrick Fugit stars as Bickford in this sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll comedy about a young man who has hidden himself away in a world of brain-melting, intellectually grandiose ideas. When his book of "cool ideas" is stolen by sexy, hedonistic Sarah (Olivia Wilde), Bickford is forced to get "outside of himself" to get it back. Ultimately, Bickford's story is one of an indomitable spirit triumphing over tragedy.
Director: Scott Lew Producers: Andrew Miano, Lloyd Segan, Michael Caldwell, Richard Hutton, Jeremiah Samuels, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz Writer: Scott Lew Cast: Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Fran Kranz, John Cho, Cheryl Hines, Matthew Lillard
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY*
United States
6:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 145 min.
Born on the Fourth of July is the story of Ron Kovic's life -- growing up in Massapequa, New York, joining the Marines, going to Vietnam, getting shot, finding himself wheelchair bound, and eventually starting a new life as an antiwar activist.
Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho Writers: Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic, based on the book by Ron Kovic. Cast: Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Caroline Kava, Abbie Hoffman, Oliver Stone, Tom Berenger, Rob Camilletti, Sean Stone
BUSS TILL ITALIEN (ROAD TO ITALY)
Sweden/Italy
1:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 90 min.
Choir leader Ylva is on a bus heading for Italy along with her choir. The choir members all have different reasons for going on the trip, but most of them want to escape the dullness of their everyday lives. Ylva is definitely one of them but Erik and Ruben are intent on adventure.
Director: Daniel-Lind Lagerlof Producers: Daniel-Lind Lagerlof, Malin Lagerlof Writer: Malin Lagerlof Cast: Adam Palsson, Karl Linnertorp, Livia Millhagen
CALLBACK
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 82 min.
The time has come for actor Jake Bannon to prepare for his final call. He must turn his journey inward and let his character lead the way. It is his last desperate attempt for success when all else has failed. Jake's gonna be a Star ... Dead or Alive.
Director: Christopher Glatis Producers: Ted Collins, Tony Serdarusich Writer: Christopher Glatis Cast: Richard Eden, Katie Barnes, Lou Alegria, Scott Satenspiel, Cheryl Dent, Mick Page, Fred Toma, Rhonda Lord, Amy Block, Michael McLafferty
CARBABES
United States
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 88 min.
Ford Davis, a recent college graduate, must grow up in order to save his father's car business. His coworkers, the heartwarming and irreverent CarBabes, rally to overcome a takeover by the neighboring mobile-home empire, Hamper's Campers. Impossible? Not if you're a CarBabe.
Directors: Nick Fumia, Chris Wolf Producers: Ben Rekhi, Liz Destro, Blake Dirickson Writers: Blake Dirickson, Nick Fumia, Chris Wolf Cast: Ben Savage, Blake Clark, Donnell Rawlings, Jon Gries, David Shackelford, Marshall Manesh, Carolina Garcia
CATCH A FIRE
United States
5:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday.
A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman (Tim Robbins) and a young man (Derek Luke) who carries out solo acts against the regime.
Director: Phillip Noyce Producers: Tim Bevan, Liza Chasin, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Robyn Slovo Writer: Shawn Slovo Cast: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Robert Hobbs
DARK RIDE
United States
9:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 94 min.
After two young twin girls are viciously slaughtered in an amusement park attraction, the "Dark Ride" is shut down. Many years later, a group of thrill-seeking college students trespass, only to be stalked and murdered by the same madman. Horror fans of Jason, Freddy, and Jigsaw ... it's time you met Jonah.
Director: Craig Singer Producer: Chris M. Williams Writers: Craig Singer, Robert Dean Klein Cast: Jaime-Lynn Sigler, Patrick Renna, David Rogers, Alex Solowitz, Andrea Bogart, Jennifer Kelly Tisdale
DEVIL'S DEN
United States
9:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 84 min.
Two Spanish fly smugglers decide to test their product at a gentlemen's club, only to find that the women are not quite human. Throw in a female assassin, an armed and dangerous monster hunter, and a legendary Japanese swordsman, and all hell breaks loose at the Devil's Den.
Director: Andrew Quint Producers: John Duffy, Mitch Gould Writer: Mitch Gould Cast: Kelly Hu, Devon Sawa, Ken Foree, Steven Schub
EASTER BUNNY, KILL! KILL!
United States
11:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 91 min.
Nicholas is a special boy who is obsessed with Easter. Remington is a bad man left in Nicholas's charge. After a night of abuse at the hands of Remington and his sadistic friends, an Easter Bunny-masked killer takes revenge on the boy's tormentors.
Director: Chad Ferrin Producer: Trent Haaga Writer: Chad Ferrin Cast: Timothy Muskatell, Charlotte Marie, Ricardo Gray, David Z. Stamp, Trent Haaga
EL MASCARADO MASSACRE
United States
11:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 80 min.
Alfonse, an amateur movie director, and his crew and beautiful cast are driving to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to shoot a low-budget film. They get lost and happen upon a hidden ghost town called La Sangre de Dios, which is known for its spine-tingling legend about an insane Mexican wrestler, El Mascarado (The Masked Man). El Mascarado begins a horrifying game on his own, and one by one the cast and crew are stalked, beaten, and maimed in a series of horrifying death matches. The few left alive must figure out how to beat the wrestler at his own game ... or die trying.
Director: Jesse Baget Producer: Jake Schmidt Writer: Jesse Baget Cast: Rey Misterio, Irwin Keyes, Leyla Milani, Adam Huss, Jeremy Radin, Margaret Scarborough, Zack Bennett
FLICKA
United States
By Invitation Only
7:30 p.m. Oct. 18, Wednesday.
Young Katie (Alison Lohman) claims a wild horse as her own in an effort to prove to her father (Tim McGraw) that she is capable of one day taking over the family ranch.
Director: Michael Mayer Producers: Rodney Ferrell, Kevin Halloran, Erin Lindsey, Gil Netter Writers: Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner, based on the novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara Cast: Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello
FLUSHED AWAY
United States
3:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday.
From the teams behind the Oscar®-winning hits Shrek and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, comes the computer-animated comedy Flushed Away. In this new comedy set on and beneath the streets of London, Roddy St. James (Hugh Jackman) is a pampered pet mouse who thinks he's got it made. But when a sewer rat named Sid (Shane Richie) -- the definition of "lowlife" -- comes spewing out of the sink and decides it's his turn to enjoy the lap of luxury, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the loo for a dip in the "whirlpool." Roddy's plan backfires when he inadvertently winds up being the one flushed away into the bustling world down below. Underground, Roddy discovers a vast metropolis, where he meets Rita (Kate Winslet), a streetwise rat who is on a mission of her own. If Roddy is going to get home, he and Rita will need to escape the clutches of the villainous Toad (Sir Ian McKellen), who royally despises all rodents and has dispatched two hapless henchrats, Spike (Andy Serkis) and Whitey (Bill Nighy), as well as his cousin -- that dreaded mercenary, Le Frog (Jean Reno) -- to see that Roddy and Rita are iced ... literally.
Directors: David Bowers, Sam Fell Producers: Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Cecil Kramer Writers: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Shane Richie, Jean Reno
HEAVENS FALL
United States
2006 WINNER - BEST FEATURE FILM
7:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 104 min.
Based on the true story of the 1933 Scottsboro retrial of nine black hoboes accused of assaulting two white women on a train in Alabama, Heavens Fall is the story of the quest for justice and marked history as one of the most volatile trials to take place in the segregated South.
Director: Terry Green Producers: Wade W. Danielson, Gloria Everett Writer: Terry Green Cast: Timothy Hutton, David Strathairn, Leelee Sobieski, Anthony Mackie, Bill Sage
JAM
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 90 min.
Charging across a blazing rural highway, a dog causes a collision. Cars stop, tensions mount, and frustrations escalate. With no relief in sight, five groups of travelers confront their fears while exploring family, friends, and their futures in this dramatic and comedic adventure.
Director: Craig Serling Producers: Craig Serling, Dianne Burnett Writer: Craig Serling Cast: Alex Rocco, Amanda Foreman, Amanda Detmer, Christopher Amitrano, Dan Byrd, David DeLuise, Elizabeth Bogush, Gina Torres, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jonathan Silverman, Julie Claire, Mariah O'Brien, Marriane Jean-Baptiste, Tess Harper, William Forsythe
JIMMY 9 LIVES
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 95 min.
Los Angeles filmmaker Larry Torro set out to make a short film about his New York Italian family. It gradually turned into a documentary on the secret and violent world of his aging Mafioso uncle (Jimmy "9 lives" Sario), a high ranking member of a well-known East Coast crime family. Torro would spend the next eleven months with Jimmy as his guide. As he descended further into their world, he would witness something so chilling, it would alter the course of both their lives forever.
Director: Larry Torro Producers: George Litto, Larry Torro Writer: Larry Torro
MARCUS
United States
11:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 76 min.
'Tis the season to eat, drink, and die merrily. A troubled young man returns home for Christmas in an attempt to reconcile with his estranged sister. Her alleged boyfriend shows up and turns the holiday dinner into a dark, disturbing night of violence and terror.
Directors: Rich Robinson, Bob Hardison Producer: Damon Chang Writers: Rich Robinson, Bob Hardison Cast: Scoot McNairy, Ross Kurt, Marc Rose, Samantha Shelton, Jade Dornfeld, Frankie Ingrassia
ONE WAY
Germany
1:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 114 min.
About to be married into a legacy of power and money, a star advertiser is blackmailed by his fiancee's brother into giving false testimony in a rape trial. To protect his prestigious life, he helps with this calculated plot, only to suffer the consequences of his lies in a brutal downfall.
Director: Reto Salimbeni Producers: Til Schweiger, Tom Zickler, Ingo Vollkammer, Klaus Dohle, Uwe Reppegather, Shannon Mildo Writer: Reto Salimbeni Cast: Til Schweiger, Michael Clarke Duncan, Lauren Lee Smith, Sebastien Roberts, Eric Roberts, Stefanie von Pfetten
PLATOON*
United States
5:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 120 min.
Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam War film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, and Forest Whitaker. The story is loosely based on Stone's experiences as an army combat infantryman in Vietnam, and was written by him upon his return as a counter to the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Sound, Platoon was also nominated twice for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Willem Dafoe and Tom Berenger), Best Cinematography, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
Director: Oliver Stone Producer: Arnold Kopelson Writer: Oliver Stone Cast: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Forest Whitaker
PLAYED
United States/United Kingdom
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 88 min.
The London underworld is filled with despicable characters. After eight years in prison after being set up, Ray Burns is back to settle the score. Can he take his victim out and come out on top? Or is he just being "Played"?
Director: Sean Stanek Producers: Mick Rossi, Nick Simuneck Writers: Mick Rossi, Sean Stanek Cast: Anthony Lapaglia, Gabriel Byrne, Joanne Whalley, Mick Rossi, Patrick Bergin, Val Kilmer, Vinnie Jones, Patsy Kensit
SALVADOR*
United States
3:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 123 min.
Salvador is a 1986 film which tells the story of Richard Boyle, an American journalist in El Salvador covering the story of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero. While trying to get his Salvadoran girlfriend out of the country, he becomes entangled with both leftist guerillas and rightist military. Despite its serious subject matter, Salvador is presented as a political thriller through the eyes of Boyle. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (James Woods) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Many critics believe this to be among Oliver Stone's best films, and in recent years it has had a comeback in terms of critical acclaim.
Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Oliver Stone, Gerald Green Writers: Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle Cast: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, Juan Fernandez, Jose Carlos Ruiz
SHUT UP AND SING
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 95 min.
A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 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.
Director: Bruce Leddy Producer: Bruce Leddy Writer: Bruce Leddy Cast: David Harbour, Molly Shannon, Mark Feuerstein, Reg Rogers, David Alan Basche, Elizabeth Reaser, Sandy Chaplin, Rosemarie Dewitt, Chris Bowers
SPECIAL DEAD
United States
11:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 83 min.
When a zombie plague infects Camp Special Dude, a dude ranch for the mentally handicapped, a ragtag band of campers and counselors struggle to survive the night. It is a stampede of blood, babes, and gore as some "very special" people show that they can kick some serious undead ass. Not for the squeamish or easily offended.
Director: Thomas L. Phillips Producers: Thomas L. Phillips, Jared Tweedie, Jason Brubaker, Gia Natale, Owen Simmons, Sean Simmons, Carl Storm Writer: Jared Tweedie Cast: Amy Wade, Anthony Rutowicz, Gia Natale, Haneka Haynes, Jah Shams, Jason Brubaker, Larrs Jackson
UNREST
United States
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 85 min.
When a first-year medical student is haunted by the spirit of her cadaver, she learns the cost of medical school could be her life.
Director: Jason Todd Ipson Producers: Jason Todd Ipson, Julio Bove, Adam Lebovitz Writers: Jason Todd Ipson, Chris Billett Cast: Corri English, Scot Davis, Joshua Alba
WIL
Australia
2:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 82 min.
Wil finds himself in a dead-end accounting job where the rhythm of repetition is the soundtrack to his life. Wil, a visually rich, light-hearted, philosophical tale, explores things we think about constantly: money, relationships, family, identity, and what makes us truly happy.
Director: Jeremy Weinstein Producer: Don Linke Writer: Paul Kooperman Cast: Matt Dyktynski, Evelyn Krape, Max Gillies
WORLD TRADE CENTER*
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 125 min.
Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone tells the true story of the heroic survival and rescue of two Port Authority policemen -- John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno -- who were trapped in the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, after they went in to help people escape. The film also follows their families as they try to find out what happened to them, as well as the rescuers who found them in the debris field and pulled them out. Their story shows how the best in people rose above the tragic events of that day.
Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Moritz Borman, Debra Hill, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher Writer: Andrea Berloff Cast: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
2006 Winners
DOCUMENTARIES
BUY THE TICKET, TAKE THE RIDE: HUNTER S. THOMPSON ON FILM
United States
By Invitation Only
7:30 p.m. Oct. 19, Thursday. 82 min.
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Nick Nolte, features interviews with Hunter's inner circle of family and friends, but the thrust of the documentary is focused on the manner in which his life often overlapped with numerous Hollywood celebrities who became his close friends.
Director: Tom Thurman Producers: Tom Thurman, Christopher Black, Michael Ruggiero, Stephan Shelanski Guests Include: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), Bill Murray (Where the Buffalo Roam), Sean Penn, John Cusack, Hunter's wife Anita, son Juan, former Senators George McGovern and Gary Hart, Tom Wolfe, William F. Buckley, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, Ralph Steadman, amd others.
THE EMPIRE IN AFRICA
United States
2006 WINNER - BEST DOCUMENTARY
5:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 87 min.
The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone 15 years ago wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country with bombs, executions, torture, rigged elections, and manipulation of the international media.
Director: Philippe Diaz Producer: Philippe Diaz Narrator: Richie Havens
HARNESSING SPEED
United States
5:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 77 min.
Journey across three continents with Oscar®-winning filmmakers and actors as they confront a 200-ton gimbal, an explosive re-creation of the DMZ, and high-speed shoots aboard a Nimitz class U.S. aircraft carrier to achieve the highly visual summer action film Stealth.
Director: Todd Grossman Producers: J.M. Kenny, Marc Pitre Writer: Todd Grossman Guests Include: Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Joel Hynek, Rob Cohen, Josh Lucas
THE HIP HOP PROJECT
United States
3:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 88 min.
The Hip Hop Project is the dynamic and inspirational story of a group of New York City teenagers who transform their life stories into powerful works of art, using hip hop as a vehicle for self-development and personal discovery.
Directors: Scott K. Rosenberg, Matt Ruskin Producers: Matt Ruskin, Scott K. Rosenberg Guests Include: Chris 'Kazi' Rolle, Christopher 'Cannon' Mapp, Diana 'Princess' Lemon, Bruce Willis, Russell Simmons, Doug E. Fresh, Sway
I SOLDATENS FODSPOR (IN A SOLDIER'S FOOTSTEPS)
Denmark
1:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 89 min.
Steven, a former child soldier in Uganda and a refugee in Denmark, receives news that his missing son is not dead, but now himself a child soldier. Steven determines to free his son, but things go terribly wrong, and suddenly Ugandan government representatives arrive in Copenhagen to stop our film.
Director: Mette Zeruneith Producer: Lise-Lense Moller Writer: Mette Zeruneith Cast: Agnes Ndugga, Frances Ndugga, Steven Ndugga
RADIOPHOBIA
Spain/United States/Ukraine
3:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 56 min.
A group of survivors return to Chernobyl's radioactive Zone to reconcile their past with the ruins of the present. In the Zone, we will also meet many of the Zone's peculiar inhabitants.
Director: Julio Soto Producers: Julio Soto, Juan Dakas Writers: Alex Mendibil, Julio Soto
RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH
Germany
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 88 min.
Over the last 40 years, divergent conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy have captured the imagination of people the world over. Now, for the first time, compelling facts supporting a new scenario have been uncovered: Lee Harvey Oswald was a weapon-for-hire in the ultimate round of a deadly duel between John F. and Robert Kennedy vs. Fidel Castro.
Director: Wilfried Huismann Producers: Heribert Blondiau (WDR), Jun Furukawa (NHK) Writers: Wilfried Huismann, Gus Russo
STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK
United States
7:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 85 min.
Strong Enough to Break is a new documentary about multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated artist Hanson's three-year struggle with their former record label. With the music industry in the aftermath of corporate mergers, deregulated radio, and an uncertain future, this rarely seen before insider perspective becomes a commentary on the state of the music business and the challenge to balance art, commerce, and independence.
Director: Ashley Greyson Producer: 3CG Records Cast: Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, Zachary Hanson
UGANDA RISING
Canada/Uganda/United States
3:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 82 min.
For children who have never known peace, the fight for hope never ends. Uganda Rising chronicles the 20-year civil war raging in Northern Uganda between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army.
Directors: Jesse James Miller, Pete McCormack Producer: Alison Lawton Writer: Pete McCormack Guests Include: Noam Chomsky, Mahmood Mamdani, Samantha Power
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Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
2006 Winners
SHORT SUBJECTS
NOTE: ArcLight Cinemas sells tickets by program title. For Feature Films and Documentaries the program title is the title of the film. The program title for Short Subjects is listed in blue with each Short Subject's film listings. Knowing the program title will help you when you order tickets.
AFTERLIFE
Australia
(PROGRAM TITLE = PLAYED)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 9 min.
A female flight attendant on a transpacific flight asks the question: "What would you do with the last five minutes of your life?" And answers it in the worst-case scenario.
Director: Dean Francis Producer: Justin Davies Writer: Rozlyn Clayton-Vincent Cast: Lisa Hensley, Eliana Donna, Matthew Walker
AMERICAN DREAMS
Holland
2006 WINNER - BEST SHORT SUBJECT
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 10 min.
In 1962, a young Russian family traveled to the West to realize their American dream, not knowing that they were about to change history forever.
Director: Eelko Ferwerda Producers: Michel Smit, Marcel Visbeen Writers: Eelko Ferwerda, Marcel Visbeen Cast: Victoria Koblenko, Tijn Docter
THE CHAMP
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 11 min.
Awakened from death by a mad scientist, a former boxing champ must search an old barn and his tired memories to discover the real reason for his resurrection.
Director: Joshua Martin Producer: Jesse Carlson Writer: Joshua Martin Cast: Richard Varga, Marco Khan, Geoffrey Gould, Erika Smith
DANNY BOY
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 11 min.
A young man walks into a grocery store and is confronted by a stranger who asks him for a favor. He agrees, only to find out that the favor may cost him more than he is willing to pay.
Director: Guy Noland Producers: Leslie Lepage, Guy Noland Writer: Guy Noland Cast: Clint Howard, Gabriel Damon, Mike Grief
DEADLY TANTRUM
United Kingdom
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 5 min.
Meet Geoffrey -- he's angry, he's stupid, he's got a power saw!
Director: Michael Mort Producer: Michael Mort Writer: Michael Mort Cast: Robert Pearce, Simon Prichard, Bethan Witcomb
THE DOERS OF COMING DEEDS
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = RADIOPHOBIA)
3:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 23 min.
During World War II, a group of friends, all members of the Hitler Youth, come across a Jewish family fleeing from Hitler's "final solution." Their friendship will be put to the test when duty and honor begin to conflict.
Director: Jerry Buteyn Producer: Jerry Buteyn Writer: Jerry Buteyn Cast: Tyler Blackburn, Steve Holm, Dan Benson, Tino Struckmann, Jason Gerhardt
THE DUMBBOMB AFFAIR
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 8 min.
Prior to an important meeting, two corporate lackeys revel in recounting a lurid, half-seen tale. They soon come to realize that some secrets have unforeseen repercussions, and some stories are better left untold.
Director: David Gottlieb Producers: David Gottlieb, Erik Cho, Brook Howell Writer: David Gottlieb Cast: Shane Callahan, Ross Merrick
EXISTENCE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = WIL)
2:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 27 min.
Everybody dies ... every single one of us. In an instant, life and perception end; years of memories vanish. Will you recognize that moment? Or will you carry on, seamlessly transitioning to a new reality? Vincent has transitioned, but he is unaware of his new place in the world. As he travels deeper into the afterlife, his fate becomes painfully clear ... there is no escape.
Director: Anthony Leonardi, III Producer: Todd Makurath Writer: Anthony Leonardi, III Cast: Max Baker, Matthew McGrory, Jonathan Davis
FACILITY 4
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 16 min.
Two Soviet soldiers must escape from a bio-weapons bunker when an accident occurs, facing them with the very weapons their government has engineered.
Director: Colter Freeman Producer: Colter Freeman Writer: Colter Freeman Cast: Nikolai Tereschenko, Sasha Kaminsky, Staas Yudenko, Dina Sirotkina, Casey Wedding, Mark Feigin
THE FALLING MAN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HARNESSING SPEED)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 12 min.
A waiter sent down from Windows on the World Restaurant to the 103rd floor cannot find the Canter-Fitzgerald employee who placed the order, nor anyone else. It's 9:41 a.m., September 11, 2001.
Director: Kevin Langdon Ackerman Producers: Kevin Langdon Ackerman, Rob Sanford, Rick Ojeda Writer: Kevin Langdon Ackerman Cast: Rick Ojeda, James Chako, Sarah Zoe-Canner, Steve Oliva
GUESS WHO I SAW TODAY?
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 3 min.
A 1950's housewife tells her husband all about her trying day and the unexpected person she ran into. Shot in a single three-and-a-half-minute take, and set to the classic Nancy Wilson tune of the same name, Guess Who I Saw Today? is a musical rendering of a repressed marriage.
Director: Abe Sylvia Producer: Abe Sylvia Writer: Abe Sylvia Cast: Alaine Kashian, Aleks Pevec, Bill Szobody
HAPTICS
India
2006 WINNER - BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT
(PROGRAM TITLE = HARNESSING SPEED)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 6 min.
Welcome to the future! In this disturbing metaphorical tale, machines are efficient, humans are slothful, and realities are virtual. Can it be far away, or is it already upon us?
Director: Mayur Deshpande Producer: Jay Zaveri Writers: Noella Menon, Santosh Kale Cast: Francis Dorsemaine, Noella Menon
HOLLYWOOD'S HEART
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 12 min.
How well do you know your friends? Your colleagues? Your loved ones? When young screenwriter George Wells begins to unravel the truth about his friends, he finds himself a pawn in a murderous industry that wants to consume his dreams. Will George conquer his dreams or die trying?
Director: Andreas Wigand Producers: Andreas Wigand, Francie Wasser Writer: Andreas Wigand Cast: Andreas Wigand, Holly Hawkins, K.C. Gleason, Turen Robinson, Zack Stewart
IT CAME FROM BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 11 min.
Man treads on dangerous ground while trying to tame the atom, but power-mad General Williams doesn't care -- it's his last day at Pearl Lake Weapons Range anyway. His reckless detonation of a nuclear bomb unleashes an eight-legged terror bent on revenge.
Director: Douglas Bankston Producers: A.E. Butler, Douglas Bankston Writer: Douglas Bankston Cast: Tommy Wilson-O'Brien, Stephen Pizzello, Abby Wills, Richard Pushkin, David E. Williams
THE JANITORS
Canada
(PROGRAM TITLE = CARBABES)
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 13 min.
When a video conference connection is left on in the boardroom, a reclusive old night janitor meets a young cleaning lady on the other side of the world.
Directors: Daniel Arnold, Matthew Kowalchuk Producer: Clinton Carew Writers: Daniel Arnold, Matthew Kowalchuk Cast: William B. Davis, Medina Hahn
JUST VISITING
Canada
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 8 min.
Members of a Canadian family visiting the United States find themselves in a situation that threatens to ruin them. Attitudes about race, class, and country are suddenly instrumental in negotiating an agreement with the gravest of stakes.
Director: Jeff Stephenson Producers: Don MacOdrum, Melanie Donkers Writers: Jeff Stephenson, Raoul Bhaneja Cast: Raoul Bhaneja, Shawn Doyle
KASTING
United Kingdom
(PROGRAM TITLE = PLAYED)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 3 min.
Kasting presents Monica, an actress auditioning for a part to die for. She sees it as her chance to achieve stardom.
Director: Alyosha Saari Producer: Rodolfo Coloma Writer: Alyosha Saari Cast: Monica Bertei, Toor Mian
LA SACOCHE PERDUE (THE LOST BAG)
France
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 14 min.
A merchant forgets his bag full of gold in a church. A bourgeois goes into the church to pray. He discovers the bag. He does his best to find the rightful owner of the bag.
Directors: Catherine Buffat, Jean-Luc Greco Producer: Laurent Pouvaret Writer: Jean-Luc Greco Cast: Lionel Monier, Michel Parot
LIES
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = CALLBACK)
7:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 3 min.
With dance by "Rize's" Lil' C and a driving song about the Ku Klux Klan by artist Angela Luna, Lies conceptually suggests that hatred and intolerance are taught to our children, and explores the irony that as a race most of our earliest roots lie in Africa.
Director: Sarah Elgart Producers: S. Tobin Kirk, Sarah Elgart Cast: Angela Luna
MAN INTERRUPTED
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 5 min.
When an ordinary guy thinks he's alone, what won't distract him from taking care of business?
Director: Allen Mezquida Producer: Allen Mezquida Writer: Allen Mezquida Cast: Joey Altruda, Adrea Lang
MASTER KOWALSKI
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 16 min.
A young actor gets more than he bargained for when he approaches Hollywood's hottest and strangest acting guru to help him prepare for the audition of his life.
Director: Julian M. Kheel Producer: Brett Halsey Writers: Brett Halsey, Julian M. Kheel Cast: Brett Halsey, Jarrad Paul, Scott Perry
MORIR, DORMIR, SONAR (TO DIE, TO SLEEP, TO DREAM)
Spain
(PROGRAM TITLE = BUSS TILL ITALIEN (ROAD TO ITALY))
1:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 20 min.
Maria suffers from insomnia. Something is watching over her and she must be awake. She tries to keep on her daily routine like nothing is happening or everything was just a dream. Isn't it ... ?
Director: Miguel del Arco Producer: Aitor Tejada Writer: Miguel del Arco Cast: Ana Wagener, Blanca Apilanez, Mirian Montilla
MY MOTHER'S HAIRDO
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 20 min.
A tragic accident leads to the improbable meeting of a country mother and a citified gay hairdresser in this 1960's fairy tale about the mysteries of fate and the redemptive power of the bouffant.
Director: Abe Sylvia Producer: Abe Sylvia Writer: Abe Sylvia Cast: Barbara Rush, Jonathan Slavin, Joyce Van Patten
THE NARCISSIST
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 20 min.
When a doctor of psychology gets too close to her patient, it puts her inside the most demented mind that she has ever encountered.
Director: Ulysses Brown Producer: Ulysses Brown Writer: Ulysses Brown Cast: Daphnee Duplaix-Samuels, Tiffany Lowery
NEWS JUNKIE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 8 min.
News Junkie is a dark and funny commentary about the American news media, told through a young woman who has become addicted to 24-hour cable news networks. This satirical film touches on subjects ranging from the Laci Peterson murder to the Michael Jackson trial and the Middle East.
Director: Mike Dorsey Producers: Lloyd Bryan Adams, Mike Dorsey Writer: Mike Dorsey Cast: David Fickas, Heather Conforto
OLD DOG
United Kingdom
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 9 min.
The problem with life is that it's all about making choices. For three dysfunctional brothers, the consequence of their choices is Sal -- a dark and menacing feminine presence, the embodiment of their brotherly conscience -- who pursues them and mocks them, until one by one they are forced to face their choices and themselves.
Director: Arran Bowyn Producer: Ian Wilson Writers: Arran Bowyn, David Soul Cast: David Soul, Sean Brosnan, Olegar Fedora, Stephanie Langton
RICHARD
Australia
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #1)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 4 min.
Meet Richard, an ordinary man striving to keep his head up in the face of adversity.
Director: Mick Elliott Producer: Mick Elliott Writer: Mick Elliott Cast: Dale Dawson
ROSE
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #3)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 34 min.
Rose is a rural American fairy tale about a little boy's seven-year friendship with the ghost of a murdered teenage girl haunting his local woods.
Director: Hoku Uchiyama Producer: Michael Silberman Writer: Hoku Uchiyama Cast: Kathryn Robinson, Phillip Rogers, Blaine Miller
SADIQ
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAMM #3)
3:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 12 min.
Tensions escalate when two American soldiers escorting an Iraqi prisoner to a detainee camp become lost and eventually forced to decide his fate.
Director: Sean Mullin Producers: Sean Mullin, Mitchell Gutman Writer: Sean Mullin Cast: Zach McGowan, Danny Bruckert, Laith Nakli
SHEEP MAN
New Zealand/United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 16 min.
Jeff Richards plays Jonathon Snackwell, a bewildered nature lover who gets more than he bargained for as he spends the last eight days of his life living with domesticated sheep in New Zealand.
Director: Ron Eigen Producers: Jeff Richards, Ron Eigen Writers: Jeff Richards, Ron Eigen Cast: Jeff Richards
SHORN
Australia
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 10 min.
It's shearing time at the woolshed in the harsh Australian outback. The shearers' pace is fierce but the sheep are stirring and trouble is afoot. When the woolshed bully disappears during the annual bush dance, a mystery begins. Who's the strange city vet and what's up with the sheep?
Director: Martha Goddard Producer: Veronica Wain Writer: Veronica Wain Cast: Gemma Gailey, Peter Adams, Anthony Standish
SMATKA: WRONG LOVE
Germany
2006 WINNER - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
(PROGRAM TITLE = BICKFORD SCHMECKLER'S COOL IDEAS)
9:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 4 min.
SMatka: Wrong Love is the most outrageous music video ever made. See dominatrices, latex geishas on stilts, rubber maids, fetish ponies, a devil midget, and an S/M penguin. Real people -- authentic, but stylish and self-ironic. A latex carnival that questions the moral standards of the audience. "Fetish goes Pop."
Director: Gero von Braunmuehl Producer: Gero von Braunmuehl Writer: Gero von Braunmuehl Cast: Tiffany Black, Susan Swayland, Simon Rose, Xandra the Rubberdoll, Fetish Vampire, D.N.A.
STATIONERY
United Kingdom
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 4 min.
A paper chase: young, zealous, and inexhaustible, Stapler just loves chasing paper. But Stapler is about to learn a hard fact of life: office supplies never last.
Director: Jason Fairley Producer: Jason Fairley Writer: Jason Fairley
SUPERSTRING -- IF YOU WANT IT
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = CARBABES)
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 4 min.
Caught within the confines of the mind, If You Want It paints the portrait of a girl who has imprisoned her own hopes, her own dreams, within a cell of the mind. Watching herself in a screen for which she cannot change, she is aware that she has put herself in this place, as we all have a tendency to do. But what she really wants is on the outside. She wants to put back the pieces of the puzzle of her realized self -- her realized dream -- and break free from the bounds that she has put on herself.
Director: Tod Campbell Producer: Brenda Taylor Cast: Julie Lange, Kell Curtis, Miguel Fair
TAKE A GOOD LOOK
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF SHORTS PROGRAM #2)
5:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 3 min.
Alyson's "Take a Good Look," set to beats created by Grammy Award-winning producer Hex Hector, takes the audience on a fun-filled musical journey to find happiness and love.
Director: Ryan Gruzen Producers: Lucas Solomon, Alyson Garrett Writer: Alyson Alyson Cast: Alyson Alyson
THICK
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = RENDEZVOUS WITH DEATH)
1:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 10 min.
Two soldiers stranded in a bitter mountain winter must work together to outwit their enemy and stay alive.
Director: Benjamin L.W. Pierce Producer: Benjamin L.W. Pierce Writer: Benjamin L.W. Pierce Cast: Bryan Wusetenberg, Brace Harris, Ian Crossland
WANING MOON
Switzerland/United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = RADIOPHOBIA)
3:00 p.m. Oct. 20, Friday. 21 min.
Michael can't cope with the sudden death of his girlfriend Diane. His best friend Patrick comes to help, but he soon understands that something is wrong. Michael tries to explain what really happened until the terrible truth comes out.
Director: Luca Colombo Producers: Luca Colombo, John J. Kelly Writers: Ian Clark, Wil Ramos Cast: Ana Cristina De Oliveira, Steve Sandvoss, Vincent Kartheiser
WATCHER
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 19 min.
Watcher is a retelling of the classic "Monster in the Closet" story with a twist.
Director: Eli J. Sasich Producer: Jack Allred Writer: Eli Sasich Cast: Christine Elder, Kareena Brennen, Morgan Lund
WHITE LABEL
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = JAM)
7:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 10 min.
White Label introduces an experimental audio drug into the social milieu of downtown Los Angeles. Witness how it unfolds.
Director: Tenzin Phuntsog Producers: Hillary Cutter, Todd Sines, Jay Gira Writers: Aaron Blazedell, Tenzin Phuntsog Cast: Carey Woodworth, Colin Kim
THE WOLF
United States
(PROGRAM TITLE = I SOLDATENS FODSPOR (IN A SOLDIER'S FOOTSTEPS))
1:00 p.m. Oct. 21, Saturday. 7 min.
This animated short film is a dark story of a man locked in conflict with a wolf. Sadly, the insight he gains from this battle offers no redemption from the grief he feels over the death of his son.
Director: Neal Sopata Producer: Neal Sopata Writer: Neal Sopata
X-MASS
United Kingdom
(PROGRAM TITLE = HFF HORROR SHORTS PROGRAM)
11:00 p.m. Oct. 22, Sunday. 25 min.
What happens when The Dead come for Christmas dinner? Find out in X-Mass -- "You never get what you want."
Director: Scott Flockhart Producer: Jon Hayes Writer: Scott Flockhart Cast: Jordan Calvert, Lesley Coleman, Ross Boatman
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Feature Films - Documentaries - Short Subjects
2006 Winners
2006 Hollywood Film Festival Program
Screenings take place October 18 - 22 at Arclight Cinemas
6360 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
Note: "The Hollywood Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Festival" takes place Friday, October 20, Saturday, October 21, and Sunday, October 22, starting at 9:00 PM.
Note: Screenings subject to change and/or to cancellation without notice.
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