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Darkest Before Dawn (2010)

Actors: James Cork (actor), Mario Macan (actor), Leah Stipic (director), Leah Stipic (editor), Garry Jenkins (actor), Leah Stipic (writer), Rosalind De Aragues (producer), Amy Newton (actress), David Symington (producer), Helen Saunders (miscellaneous crew), Susanna Tennant (miscellaneous crew), Andrew McDonald (actor), Laila Pyne (actress), Alex Fraser (miscellaneous crew), Suzy Milburn (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Inspired by real people, debut filmmaker Leah Stipic brings us 'Darkest Before Dawn': a thought-provoking, experimental short film. Combining live and animation in a graphic novel style, this tour-de-force is visually stunning, surreal and dream-like. The film tells the story of a heroin addict on the brink of losing himself to his addiction. As dusk falls upon the city he meets others who have also fallen on hard times and decides to fight for a second chance as he realises that oftentimes, one needs to fall into the darkest depths of the night before seeing the light at dawn.

Not Fare (2010)

Actors: Terry Traynor (editor), Terry Traynor (miscellaneous crew), Terry Traynor (producer), Terry Traynor (actor), Terry Traynor (director), Killarney Traynor (writer), Killarney Traynor (writer), Marie Schwab (actress), Chris Donnelly (actor), Frank Duran (actor), Tj McAndrew (actor), Dave Paustian (actor), Ruthe Laliberty (actress), Matt Anderson (actor),

Righteous Black Fist of the Disco Buddha (2009)

Actors: Jae Greene (actor), Jae Greene (producer), Jae Greene (writer), Christopher A. Ryons (producer), Christopher A. Ryons (editor), Christopher A. Ryons (director), Mohammed J. Ali (actor), Raymond H. Blong (actor), Orathay Dethluxay (actress), Mitzie Greene (producer),

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Indestructible (2009)

Actors: Joe Pisciotta (writer), Joe Pisciotta (editor), Joe Pisciotta (director), John Trapani (actor), Michael Bienvenu (actor), Christie Miró (actress), Kelly Gray (actress), Robert Kan (actor), Bianca Vinas (actress),

Plot: Tania sits alone. She reflects on her life these past few months. Her husband Sonny was killed in the Afghan War. Her baby sister ran away for good this time to have the boyfriend's baby. Her father had a heart attack as a result. And now the one thing that was keeping Tania sane, her job, is gone. Depressed and alone until she meets the Runaway

Poet of the Swingin' Blade (2007)

Actors: Catero Colbert (composer), Catero Colbert (actor), Desean Terry (actor), Jerome Hawkins (actor), James E. Hurd Jr. (writer), Trip Davis (actor), James E. Hurd Jr. (director), James E. Hurd Jr. (actor), James E. Hurd Jr. (producer), Derek Shaun (actor), Julius Noflin (actor), Ebony Perry (actress), Jon Caliguiri (actor), Jon Caliguiri (composer), Carlin Smith (actress),

Plot: American history tells us Slavery ended in 1865. But deep in the swamps and pine forests of Florida and Georgia, over half a million Blacks were held in debt servitude until the 1970's. More than 100 years after the last cotton plant was plucked by an unpaid Black hand, turpentiners tapped the longleaf pines, harvesting pine gum fourteen hours a day, but earning less each week than they were forced to spend on food and clothing in the company store. "The onliest way out is to die out," says a seasoned worked in "Poet of the Swingin' Blade," Bannister and Hurd's poetic look at the extraordinary lives of the Blacks enslaved by debt peonage, but freed by their stories, songs, rootwork, and magic. Based on dozens of interviews with surviving centenarian turpentiners and the memories of Hurd's own grandfather, Jake, "Poet of the Swingin' Blade" is a rich spoken word poem, full of dreams and wonders and hard realities. Part history lesson, part poetry, part American Folklore and all inspiration, "Poet of the Swingin' Blade" is blues drama. Its magic is the wit and tenacity of the turpentiners, truly poets of the swingin' blades that carved the faces of the pines in the deep South.

Hang On, Saint Christopher (2007)

Actors: Chris Ricci (writer), Chris Ricci (actor), Chris Ricci (director), Chris Ricci (editor), David Pontillo (actor), David Pontillo (producer), Maya Murphy (actress), Maya Murphy (actress), Joshua Corey (miscellaneous crew), Stephen Krock (writer), Stephen Krock (actor), Jacob Ritley (actor), Jason McAllister (actor), George Lois (miscellaneous crew), Naomi Stockwell (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Chris is a Saint who's no longer wanted. As the Patron Saint of Travel, he was kicked out of the Catholic canon but refuses to go away. The man who can get you anywhere still knows where the best Thai is and still wants to help. In upstate New York, the land of Route 9's, he finds a gas station attendant with an excellent sense of direction but nowhere to go. Denton doesn't want any help. Frustrated and worried by having to justify his very existence for the first time, Chris is determined to prove they have more in common than Denton thinks. Chris will bend time and space to show the exotic world is not so far away: you can get there from here. There may even be dancing.

Future War (1997)

Actors: Forrest J Ackerman (actor), Robert Z'Dar (actor), David Huey (producer), David Huey (writer), Glenn Hoeffner (actor), Daniel Bernhardt (miscellaneous crew), Daniel Bernhardt (actor), Mel Novak (actor), D.W. Kann (actor), K.Y. Lim (producer), Angela Cornell (actress), Dom Magwili (writer), Dom Magwili (writer), Tom Richards (actor), Jeff Frey (actor),

Plot: A race of evil cyborgs kidnap humans from Earth's future to use as slaves, and take dinosaurs from the past to use as trackers. One of their slaves, the Runaway, escapes and makes his way to present-day Los Angeles. There he must fend off the cyborgs and their trackers, the police, and the government, befriended by a prostitute-turned-nun who runs a halfway house.

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