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PROGRAM
Awards Ceremony + Red Carpet
Meet Awarded Filmmakers: actors, animators, producers.
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 3:00PM-5:00PM
Sal's Comedy Hole
7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 (parking info)
This year we Award Independent Filmmaking Supporters: Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo and Fred Willard
Awards Ceremony + Red Carpet
Meet Awarded Filmmakers: actors, animators, producers.
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 3:00PM-5:00PM
Sal's Comedy Hole
7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 (parking info)
This year we Award Independent Filmmaking Supporters: Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo and Fred Willard
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Screenings + Q&A with filmmakers
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5PM-9.30PM Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3PM-7.30PM Sal's Comedy Hole 7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 Click image below for PARKING info 
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Saturday, Feb 21, 2015
5:00PM-9:30PM Sal's Comedy Hole 7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 5:00PM-6:30PM Short Animation Category 1. Fetch (2m, U S A) dir. by Lee Crowe 2. Double occupancy (Zweibettzimmer) (9m, Germany) dir. by Fabian Giessler 3. Sumer (10m, UK) dir. by Alvaro Garcia 4. Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like (40m, U S A) dir. by Dominic Polcino Q&A with filmmakers Tickets for this block only, click here 6:30PM-8.00PM, Short Drama Category
1. Money Box (5m, U S A) dir. by Muzappar Osman 2. Fatum (21m, Poland) dir. by Radoslaw Pietruczuk 3. Memoir of an Honest Voice (16m, U S A) dir. by Aloaye Omoake 4. Oren (16m, U S A) dir. by Tahyna Tozzi 5. Date to the Cinema (4m, USA) dir. by Giovanni Ferrari 6. Cassandra (14m, France, U S A) dir. by Guy-Roger Duvert Q&A with filmmakers Tickets for this block only, click here 8:00PM-9:30PM Short Documentary Category
1. Hand Job (9m, U S A) dir. by Josh Miller 2. Poet against prejudice (27m, U S A) dir. by Faiza Almontaser 3. Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic (22m, U S A) dir. by Mwita Chacha Q&A with filmmakers Tickets for this block only, click here 
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Hollywood Short Film Festival is pleased to announce Awarded Artists.
Best of The Festival & Jury Grand Prize will be announced on Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Feb 21, 3:00PM. Audience Award will be announced on Sunday, Feb 22 after last film 8:00PM 
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Sunday, Feb 22, 2015
3:00PM-7:30PM Sal's Comedy Hole 7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 3:00PM-4:30PM Short Comedy Category 1. Flaws (6m, United Kingdom) dir. by Paul Winter 2. Lure (4m, U S A) dir. by Kyle Robinson 3. Help (7m, New Zealand) dir. by Andrew Cooper 4. Summer of Tom (29m, France) dir. David Lueza 5. Zom (8m, U S A) dir. by Adam Loder 6. The Good Neighbor (11m, South Korea, U S A) dir. by Taeho Kang 7. MetaphorMoses (11m, United Kingdom) dir. by Gary Ogin Q & A with filmmakers. Tickets for this block only, click here 3:00PM-4:30PM Short Comedy Category1. Flaws (6m, United Kingdom) dir. by Paul Winter2. Lure (4m, U S A) dir. by Kyle Robinson3. Help (7m, New Zealand) dir. by Andrew Cooper4. Summer of Tom (29m, France) dir. David Lueza 5. Zom (8m, U S A) dir. by Adam Loder6. The Good Neighbor (11m, South Korea, U S A) dir. byTaeho Kang7. . MetaphorMoses (11m, United Kingdom) dir. by Gary OginQ & A with filmmakers. Tickets for this block only, click here 4:30PM-6:00PM Short Drama Category (part 2)
1. Who You Are (4m, U S A) dir. by Roger Hill 2. In Touch (4m, U S A) dir. by Seri DeYoung 3. Seaman (9m, USA)dir by Kazim Karaismailoglu 4. The Beggar and the Road Kid (8m, U S A) dir. by Ryan Caldwell 5. Borderline (10m, Italy) dir. by Luca Tobia Forcignano Serri 6. Carry On (16m, China, U S A) dir. by Yatao Li 7. Two and a Quarter Minutes (7 min, USA) dir. by Joshua Ovalle 8. Dad (17m, Russian Federation) dir. by Alexey Sparrow Q & A with filmmakers. Tickets for this block only, click here 6:00PM-7:30PM Short Drama Category (part 3)
Sunshine - we govern we (4m, U S A) dir. by Yannis Zafeiriou Hush (6m, USA) dir. by Michael Kehoe Hyena´s Blood (29 m, Spain) dir. by Nicolas Caicoya Father & Son (39m, U S A) dir. by Deka Brothers Hardy (17m, U S A) dir. by Nello DiGiandomenico Q & A with filmmakers Tickets for this block only, click here Audience Award Notification
End of Festival
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Screenings- Detailed Program
Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5PM-9.30PM Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3PM-7.30PM Sal's Comedy Hole 7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Parking Info, click here |
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Sat, Feb 21, 2015, Program 1
Animation 5:00-6:30PM |
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Fetch
(2m, U S A) dir. by Lee Crowe |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5:00PM (Animation Category)
A boy takes his excitable pup to the park for a game of fetch, but the doggie is tempted by a maelstrom of games! |
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Double Occupancy Zweibettzimmer
(9m, Germany) dir. by Fabian Giessler |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5:02PM (Animation Category)
Two old men share a hospital room, in which the window is the only connection to the outside world and thus becomes a highly demanded resource. "Double Occupancy“ is a parable about the greed of man - an animated intimate play about the power of imagination and illusion. 61st Columbus International Film+Video Festival, USA 2013 Best Animation, 46th Worldfest Houston, USA 2013 – Gold Remi Award. 128 Festivals, 21 Awards |
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SUMER
(10m, UK) dir. by Alvaro Garcia |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5:12PM (Animation Category)
All animal and plant species perished decades ago. All that remains is one small group of humans who attempt to resist the hostility of the external environment from SUMER, the last city in the world. A young boy, Hermes, suddenly sees something that grabs his attention...Trailer: http://vimeo.com/sumermovie/trailer |
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Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like (40m, U S A)
dir. by Dominic Polcino |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 5:22PM (Animation Category)
The universe has a plan for you; but what if it's a BAD plan? A philosophical & comical animated journey of a single guy in L.A. in search of true love. Told with a dry wit, a lush soundtrack, and topnotch comedic performances. Starring Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, and Fred Willard. Trailer: http://lovesickfool.com/trailer.html |
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Approx 6:00PM-6:30PM
Q & A with Animation Filmmakers
Q & A with Animation Filmmakers
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Sat Feb 21, 2015, Program 2
Drama 6:30-8:00PM |
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Money Box
(5m, U S A) dir. by Muzappar Osman |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 6:30PM (Drama Category)
Money, greed and human nature prevail in this captivating short. Trailer on vimeo. https://vimeo.com/106277109 |
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FATUM
(21m, Poland) dir. by RADOSLAW PIETRUCZUK |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 6:35PM (Drama Category)
During the night journey on a long-distance train Adam meets a mysterious man who will change his life forever...Watch trailer: http://youtu.be/KAfLSNQsfNE |
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Memoir of an Honest Voice
(16m, U S A) dir. by Aloaye Omoake |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 6:56PM (Drama Category)
When the Sierra Leonean civil war broke out in the 90s, Mariatu Kamara, a 16 year old local farm girl is abducted from her village by armed rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). She and other hostages go through harrowing experiences. Mariatu sees as other hostages were tortured and killed. Watch trailer: https://vimeo.com/117430158 |
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OREN
(16m, U S A) dir. by Tahyna Tozzi |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 7:12PM (Drama Category)
Short Synopsis: Oren, follows the journey of a young woman dealing with the tragic loss of her fiancé and her road to recovery through the accidental oracle in a homeless man named Oren. Here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNU_wIVeMSU |
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Date to the Cinema (4m, USA)
dir. by Giovanni Ferrari |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 7:28PM (Drama Category)
What could he be thinking? Like a guide through a secret forest, Date to the Cinema leads the audience through the complex and sensitive world of a young man, Demian, at his very first date with a woman, Cecile. Date to the Cinema explores the fascinating behavior in males and it shares some of the most frustrating, funny insights of the inner workings of the male mind. |
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Cassandra (14m, France, U S A)
dir. by Guy-Roger Duvert |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 7:32PM (Drama Category)
Two thieves try to infiltrate a medieval besieged city in order to retrieve an artefact. But when they are saved by a monk who mistakes them for mercenaries come to help the city, choices have to be made. What you do defines who you are, but the consequences define who you will become...Watch trailer & behind the scenes: https://vimeo.com/67983534 |
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Approx 7:45PM-8:00PM
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
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Sat Feb 21, 2015, Program 3
Documentary 8:00PM-9:30PM |
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Hand Job (9m, U S A)
dir. by Josh Miller |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 8:00PM (Documentary Category)
Hand Job takes an in-depth, behind-the scenes look into the grueling, high-stress, and rarely seen profession of male hand modeling. We follow renown hand model, Erik Thomas Layne, as he applies his well honed skills on set of a big-budget commercial production, and in the process, we gain great insight into what kind of man it takes to handle the pressures of such a demanding… "art”. Documentary or Mockumentary? You decide. Watch trailer: https://vimeo.com/109016698 |
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POET AGAINST PREJUDICE
(27m, U S A) dir. by Faiza Almontaser |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 8:10PM (Documentary Category)
(Documentary Category)Faiza (17) faced vicious bullying because of her Islamic identity when she moved to Brooklyn from Yemen and shows us her courageous journey from victim to activist. Trailer: Trailer: http://www.bykids.org/unitedstates-trailer.php (Documentary Categor |
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Powerful Medicine:
Simply Magic (22m, U S A) dir. by Mwita Chacha |
Screening: Saturday, Feb 21, 2015, 8:37PM (Documentary Category)
Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic gives voice to those who are often marginalized in many societies. It is a documentary about self-discovery and resilience told through the voices, faces, and hands of incredible individuals who struggle with some of life's most difficult challenges. |
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Approx 9:00PM-9:30PM
Q & A with Documentary Filmmakers
Q & A with Documentary Filmmakers
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2nd Day of Festival
Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3PM-7.30PM Sal's Comedy Hole 7356 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038. Parking Info, click here |
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Sun Feb 22, 2015, Program 4
Comedy 3:00-4:30PM |
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FLAWS
(6m, United Kingdom) dir. by PAUL WINTER |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:00PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
(Documentary Category)Heart-warming mesmerising and warmly funny. Flaws holds a mirror up to our innermost private worlds: snap judgements petty bigotry and embarrassing song choices. Trailer: http://youtu.be/T9WzwAmATns |
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LURE (4m, U S A)
dir. by Kyle Robinson |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:06PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
An innocent evening out on the town with a plan changing event. Now a determined man must retrieve what belongs to his lady from the unseen perils of downtown. |
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Help
(7m, New Zealand) dir. by Andrew Cooper & Nicola Peeperkoorn |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:10PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
Greg is a nerdy but likeable older gentleman who likes to help people with their weird and colorful problems. Support groups are king and he is their leader every night of the week now. He does it to ease them of the strain of addiction, from the laughable to the strange, the silly to the truly disturbing. Greg does not judge them but smiles as they reveal their inner most ramblings and stories from the other side of normal. Eventually he begins to wonder if he is leading them, or drowning in them, is he helping them or becoming them? |
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Summer of Tom
(29m, France) dir. by David Lueza |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:17PM (Comedy Category)
Tom, English musician, arrives in Paris to compose his first film score. But his neighbor Lola, a french actress whom he fall in love with and Stan, her ex boy-friend who settles in her flat won't help him at all... A bilingual French-British comedy, mixing Rear Window and Something about Mary. Watch trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10NQIsmgvzw(Comedy Category)(Comedy Category) |
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ZOM (8m, U S A)
dir. by Adam Loder |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:46PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
Two teenage skateboard punks befriend an unusual zombie while wandering post apocalyptic Los Angeles. As their friendship blossoms, the trio stumbles upon a cure to the zombie outbreak. |
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The Good Neighbor
(11m, South Korea, U S A) dir. by Taeho Kang |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 3:54PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
(Comedy Category)A sarcastic proud American guy works at night as a security of the USA immigration department, and he sleeps during the day. One morning, a new naive intrusive Chinese neighbor girl, who has just immigrated to the USA, keeps coming to ask him for getting some groceries whenever he tries to sleep. Finally, he decides to get rid of her. |
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MetaphorMoses (11m, United Kingdom)
dir. by Gary Ogin |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:05PM (Comedy Category)(Comedy Category)
Moishe Schmoitoc wakes on the morning of his interview for medical school to find himself transformed into an Hassidic Rabbi. His mother is frantic and takes him immediately to see the doctor. His sister Rachel on the other hand, quite likes the idea and considers it a blessing. Rather than showing any signs of recovery Moishe’s behaviour becomes more religious which begins to take its toll on the family. As the rearranged interview date fast approaches his parents are desperate to find a cure. Trailer: http://vimeo.com/74286437 password: metagary |
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Approx 4:15PM-4:30PM
Q & A with Comedy Filmmakers
Q & A with Comedy Filmmakers
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Sun Feb 22, 2015, Program 5
Drama Part 2 4:30-6:00PM |
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Who You Are
(4m, U S A) dir. by Roger Hill |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:30PM (Drama Category)
The beautiful plaintive song "Who You Are" by UK's Roger Hill and Rick Tiger from Nashville narrated in sand by world famous artist Ilana Yahav |
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In Touch (4m, U S A)
dir. by Seri DeYoung |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:34PM (Drama Category)
An exploration of romance in the digital age, and what it means to truly connect |
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HUSH (6m, USA)
dir. by Michael Kehoe |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:38PM (Drama Category)
A young woman Regan, babysits Irene, an 8 years old girl, during a severe storm. Regan falls asleep curled up on the couch downstairs, unaware of the sinister happenings upstairs. WINNER of 15 Awards (Click here for Complete List and Press Release) |
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The Beggar and the Road Kid
(8m, U S A) dir. by Ryan Caldwell |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:44PM (Drama Category)
An old hobo's begging territory is threatened when a young vagabond hitchhikes into town. Watch Behind the Scenes Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOy-K2aLqYo&list=UUE0vW5ubDpNDUqHn-k4G2qw |
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Borderline
(10m, Italy) dir. by Luca Tobia Forcignano Serri |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 4:52PM (Drama Category)
Borderline is an exasperated and disturbing short film about a young woman looking for her identity. In a maze of mirrors every image is constantly changing and split in half. Who is the main character in front of the mirror? In a reflections’ game, her search changes and we lose track of her. Every borderline that divides and unites the psychological life and the physical one disappears: we are lost. Watch trailer: http://vimeo.com/lucaforcignano/borderlinetrailer |
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Carry On
(16m, China, U S A) dir. by Yatao Li |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 5:05PM (Drama Category)
During the brutal withdraw of Japanese forces at the end of WWII, a Chinese father does whatever he can to save his daughter. Watch trailer: https://vimeo.com/93177542 |
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Two and a Quarter
Minutes (7 min, USA) dir. by Joshua Ovalle |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 5:18PM (Drama Category)
What goes through one's mind in the two-and-a-quarter minutes it takes on average for a person to drown? |
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Dad (17m, Russian Federation)
dir. by Alexey Sparrow |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 5:25PM (Drama Category)
He had everything one can dream of-great work, nice house, beautiful wife and dearly beloved daughter. Till one day tragedy had changed his reality into the continuously repeating nightmare, which final he can not change. |
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Approx 5:45pm-6:00pm
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
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Sun Feb 22, 2015, Program 6
Drama Part 3 6:00PM-7:30PM |
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Sunshine - we govern we
(4m, U S A) dir. by Yannis Zafeiriou |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 6:00PM (Drama Category)
Girl in a blindfold, is lost in the woods. Depression and fear surround her every step. Intuition and feminine energy are her guides as she struggles to find her path, stumbling along the way. She is carefully being watched by her own demons and by her creativity, which is camouflaged as a deadly foe (played by James Duval). In the end, redemption and salvation come in the form of love and acceptance of who she really is inside. And along with that, comes the elusive sunshine. |
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Seaman (9m, USA)
dir by Kazim Karaismailoglu |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 6:04PM (Drama Category)
The first blow, creation, life… humanity, our human condition is so fragile, so tender, so miserable, it tries to grasp and hold the beauty of the sea, the invisibility of the wind and its power. But it all fades away, or better, is blown away by our anchored desires. See how this Seaman deals with this, by blowing and pumping back his reality. Watch trailer: https://vimeo.com/117691788 |
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Hyena´s Blood
(29 m, Spain) dir by Nicolas Caicoya |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 6:13PM (Drama Category)
We are in 1973. A corrupt cop helps the new born DEA to burn down the poppy fields in Mexico. Trailer: http://www.nicolascaicoya.com/spots/?tubepress_video=96730914&tubepress_page=1 |
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Father & Son
(39m, U S A) dir by Deka brothers |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 6:42PM (Drama Category)
(William and Jake, a father and son exorcist team make their way through a desolate city in order to free a young girl from demonic possession. As the night unfolds, Jake grows increasingly frustrated with his father's methods and confronts him, breaking their special bond and threatening the 'business.' Trailer: http://youtu.be/YudtfkS6d6M |
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HARDY (17m, U S A)
dir. by Nello DiGiandomenico |
Screening: Sunday, Feb 22, 2015, 7:21PM (Drama Category)
When the private detective, John Hardy, and his family are robbed and disgraced by tweakers he bails them from jail to seek vengeance. |
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Approx 7:45PM- 8:00PM
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
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Audience Award Notification
End of Festival
Q & A with Drama Filmmakers
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Audience Award Notification
End of Festival