Local Shorts 6 Friday, July 25
Session 2 Program:  Starting at 8:30 pm at The Lobo Theater   (Some material in session 2 is not suitable for younger audiences).


Weekend
  by Tyler Kent

Sam and Audre, a young married couple, have reached a crossroads in their relationship. They spend a weekend hashing out the new boundaries of their marriage. A process made difficult because they communicate only through involved role playing games.

Other Festivals/Awards:  Fear No Film Festival (6/26/08-6/29/08)



GetSome.com
  written by Jennifer Fox and Sam Bice
    directed/edited/produced by Jeff Hudson

What can happen when you lie about your age on an internet dating site.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.

Killing Snakes
  by Martina Amende and Rick Del Castillo

A tongue in cheek spaghetti western telenovela about drugs, women, money, and polo.

Website: KillingSnakesMovie.com
free mpeg "Emerald Fields" from the soundtrack

Other Festivals/Awards:  Cannes, Winner:  Gold Award "Best Short Film", "Best Score" Park City (1/2008), Finalist:  Moondance Film Festival 2007, Official Selection:  Santa Cruz Film Festival, written up in the Albuquerque Journal (12/2006)













Girl Alone
  by Stephen Hall
  directed by Cary Brooks

Two girls lay with a 'spirit board' on a lazy, summer afternoon.   They receive a scary message.  One sees it as an exciting game.  The other becomes frightened.  Or is she?

Website:  facesproject.org/girlalone

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.





Breaking and Entering
  by Courtney Angermeier (Herr Direktor)
 
A boy breaks into a woman's house, much to her chagrin.  She has to get him back to his parents.

Other Festivals/Awards:  Santa Fe Film Festival

Alternate
  by Matt Stanasolovich

    A young man falls asleep while reading philosophy and has an
intense nightmare, from which he cannot escape. His dream
becomes reality, or does it?

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.











Rump Rangers  Romp
  by James E. Blackburn

James E. Blackburn has been making shorts movies for the last 4 years. He is currently in preproduction on his first feature length movie. For more info on James, please visit him on the web at: www.myspace.com/jamesmovies.


A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.




Life is Gross
  written by Benny Torres and Izaak Long
    directed/edited/produced by Jeff Hudson

Music video of the teenage view that life is truly gross.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.

Dunes of Doom
by Earth Spirit

A 10-minute, partially-animated dramatic re-enactment based
on a true tragic tale about a Tourist who sets off for a morning hike in
White Sands, NM and becomes lost among the miles of gypsum sand dunes.

Other Festivals/Awards:  NM Showcase (May 18,08)


Parker the Zombie Slayer
  by Nicole Plog
   JMS 2008
Parker and his friends, Doug and Zach get ready for the upcoming zombie invasion.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.
Thursday
  by Michael Bovee
  
A short film about existence designed to let the viewer take what they want from it.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.







View From My Window
  by Karen Cunningham
  
A medley of stills and clips set to music.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.




Doll Wars
  written by Emma Ramos
   directed/edited/produced by Jeff Hudson

War on the toy shelves between doll gangs.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.
My Wife is a Zombie
  by Monica Winter Vigil
  
A psychological drama disguised as horror.
Website:  MyWifeIsAZombie.com
Other Festivals/Awards:  SF Indiefest;  "Another Hole in the Head" 6/5/08
Checkmate Virus
  by James E. Blackburn

James E. Blackburn has been making shorts movies for the last 4 years. He is currently in preproduction on his first feature length movie. For more info on James, please visit him on the web at: www.myspace.com/jamesmovies.


A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.




Nineteen
  by Matt Stanasolovich

    A serial killer toys with a young, inexperienced detective during the interrogation, reliving his most recent murder.

A Local Shorts 6 Premiere.














In The Wake
  by Craig Strong

    Noe Hebert is a Hurricane Katrina survivor who is relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He has lost everything-- his home, his culture, and his soul.  disconnected and isolated in a dry and rugged land, Noe struggles to reconnect to world that no longer exists.

Other Festivals/Awards:  San Diego Black Film Festival (1/23/08), Winner: "Best Humanitarian Short Film" at Sedona International Film Festival (2/23/08), Athens International Film Festival (4/25/08), Tuscon Food and Film Festival (1/15/08).