BAT CITY
United States - World Premiere
5 mins. Paramount Theater, 4:00 p.m., Aug. 5, Sunday.

This animated drama follows the trials and tribulations of a musical fruit bat who seeks companionship in the upward reaches of a hostile inner city. His failures and successes on the friendship front are echoed in the weeping and jubilance of his violin strings.

Director/Animator/Writer/Editor: Bob Deaver

F8
WINNER - BEST ANIMATION
United States - U.S. Premiere
13 mins. Paramount Theater, 9:00 p.m., Aug. 4, Saturday.

This animated film is set in the distant future, when an unstoppable alien power has genetically altered the entire population of a planet to serve as a labor force. Amidst this prescribed fate, one individual manages to break into a face vault, to steal a particular identity, and attempts a daring escape.

Director/Producer/Director of Photography/Editor: Jason Wen
Writers: Howard Wen, Jason Wen

HOOD
Germany - U.S. Premiere
29 mins. Paramount Theater, 3:00 p.m., Aug. 4, Saturday.

There is a secret world beneath the surface of everything, even a familiar story. Based on the tale of "Little Red Riding Hood," Hood is about growing up and finding fulfillment in a world ruled by abstinence and seduction.

Director/Writer: Sylvia Dahmen
Producers: Anne & Stefan Schesch
Cinematographer: Christof Oefelein
Editor: Anja Pohl
Cast: Elaine Lüttich, Brigitte Antonius, Juliane Köhler, Julian Weigend

IN THE BEGINNING
United States - World Premiere
4 mins. Studio Theater, 1:00 p.m., Aug. 4, Saturday.

A journey into creation.

Director: Raul Perena
Producer: The Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking

THE KILLING MACHINE
United States - World Premiere

15 mins. Studio Theater, 3:30 p.m., Aug. 5, Sunday.

A film about a TV repairman who builds a robot that he hires out as a killer. This is a first film for director Kurt Vanzo.

Director/Writer/Producer: Kurt Vanzo
Director of Photography: John R. Bonner Jr.
Editor: Sam Logan
Cast: Osman Soykut, James Kayten, Burke Morgan, Harvey Shain, Dennis Curry, Colleen Lonardo, Lisa D. Watson, Tony McCarthy, Melonie Angel