Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival

                 2012 Schedule

 
 
SATURDAY June 2nd 2012 SCHEDULE Short Film Block One 10 am to 12 pm   I Am Rupert Caldwell (13m, U S A) Narrative Short
Submitted by Garrett Lee Rupert wakes up in a hospital with a wheelchair and no memory. After his wife Kathy brings him home, Rupert has trouble reconnecting with his old life. THE COUCH (10m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Rubens Marinelli Neto 10-year-old boy doesn't understand why the people don't talk to him during his mother's funeral. Suddenly he notices a strange character among the guests changing his perception about death. Give Up The Ghost (18m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Jeffrey Hersh Chris was part of a ritual with his friends to meet once a year at the train tracks where their friend Jono died. However, this year he's the only one who shows up. Together, with the ghost of Jono, they will visit each of the friends and find out why they didn't show. Mind thinks Heart knows (12m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Michael Reisch Through his great fear of commitment and intimacy, Roy locks himself out of his apartment, out of his life. Easy Street (24m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Russell Greene A young, Southern lawyer goes to New York for a job interview with the country's most eccentric and intimidating Federal Judge. Dream Lover (15m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Mattson Tomlin The story of Selene, a good dream who becomes self aware, and makes the conscious decision to evolve into a nightmare. Who I Am (4m, U S A) Music Video
Directed by: Dawn Young Music video shines a light on an increasingly prevalent and heart breaking disease in which the victim gradually forgets personal history, how to function in society and how to survive. 'Who I Am' is performed by Jon Pousette-Dart and Jaime Kyle The Game (5m, Poland) Animation
Directed by: Marcin Janiec Somewhere between life and death a thrilling chess match takes place. The stake is high - a gateway to the world of living. And the sole referee of this exciting tournament is a figure no one wish to meet in their path. 1986  (3m, U S A) Music Video 
Submitted by: Tony Reames 1986 is a song off of the Jahah project Nostalgia RED. The song features The Lex and is inspired by events that took place in 1986. Murgi Keno Mutant  (15m, Bangladesh) Animation
Directed by: Nayeem Mahbub In the near future, Bangladesh is terrorized by killer mutant chickens. A team of kung-fu fighting chefs must hunt the killer chickens in order to keep chicken on their menu. 12:30 pm to 4:45 pm Feature Films 12:30 pm Erroll Garner - No One Can Hear You Read (52m, U S A) Feature Documentary 
Directed by: Atticus Brady  A music documentary chronicling the life and career of this jazz legend Erroll Garner. 1:35 pm Ordinary Joe (79m, U S A) Feature Documentary
Directed by: Carlo Gennarelli Meet Joe Sciacca, a beer drinking, blue-collar roofer and Vietnam War veteran from Long Island, New York. Contrary to appearances this 'Ordinary Joe' has a life purpose that proves to be anything but mundane. Driven by complex motives, Joe annually returns to Vietnam, traveling its back alleys and country roads seeking out the poor, diseased and disabled, delivering to them his own brand of aid and hope. 3:10 pm Donkey Love (84m, Canada) Feature Documentary 
Directed by: Daryl Stoneage Funny, shocking and controversial, Donkey Love is a documentary that introduces the unknown tradition of Colombians having sex and falling in love with donkeys.   Short Film Block Two 5pm to 6:40pm 1937 (18m, Russian Federation) Narrative Short
Directed by: Svetozar Golovlev A young couple is going to a village somewhere outside Moscow to baptize their child secretly. Dream (16m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Patrick Altema A depressed student and his struggle to get over his girlfriend. Given experimental pills to help curb his depression-induced insomnia He dreams of himself in another place and time. Three Guys and a Couch (22m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Adam Ward Three Guys and a Couch is a comedy based in Los Angeles about three guys who are struggling to make ends meet and are forced to rent out the couch in order to keep from being evicted from their apartment. EL OSO (7m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Sam Sero A film about the greatest male prostitute of our generation. AFTER-SCHOOL SPECIAL (10m, U S A)  Narrative Short A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an Indoor playground in this slice-of-life film. Office Romance 2.0 (10m, United Kingdom) Narrative Short
Directed by: Leon Chambers An affair enters the digital age. The Birds Upstairs  (9m, U S A) Animation
Directed by: Christopher Jarvis Frustrated attempts to bear children overwhelm the lives of an aristocratic, avian couple in the early nineteenth century. Pillow Girl (8m, U S A) Experimental
Directed by: Ronnie Cramer The visual portion of the film makes use of the over 200 covers, with one illustrated figure morphing into the next every two seconds.   Feature Films 7:00 pm Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (105m, Canada) Feature Narrative
Directed by: Rob Heydon Ecstasy is a romantic comedy, a transformational love story from the love of Ecstasy to the ecstasy of Love. 8:45 pm The Last Act  (87m, U S A) Feature Narrative 
Directed by: Ronald Quigley A Man well past his prime and caught up in the economic downturn is told he is dying. Against his better judgment he decides to get involved in criminal activity with a younger criminal and a ne'er-do-well ex-boxer. All goes well at first but things become complicated when his accomplices get caught.   SUNDAY June 3rd 2012 SCHEDULE   Sunday 06/03/2012  9:50 am After I Pick the Fruit (93m, U S A) Feature Documentary
Directed by: Nancy Ghertner A documentary that follows the lives of five immigrant farm worker women over a ten-year period as they labor in the apple orchards and fields of rural western New York,   Short Film Block Three 11:45am to 12:50pm Safeguarding Memory: Commemorating Jewish Mass Graves in Poland (27m, Poland) Documentary Short
Submitted by Ellen Friedland Beneath the earth throughout Poland lie the mass graves of tens of thousands of Jewish victims of the Holocaust. A Five Minute Warning (9m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Chris Santucci Elly and Frank wait in an empty apartment for Sean, Elly's ex, in order to murder him. Only Frank figures out a little too late that he's actually the ex. Protect The Nation (16m, South Africa, Germany) Narrative Short
Directed by: C. R. Reisser When faced with the unexpected kindness of a stranger, a young boy begins to question himself. Does he have the courage to do what's right? Mira's Night (4m, U S A) Animation
Directed by: Elyse Kelly One summer's night, a little girl changes the sky forever. Live outside the Box  (4m, Taiwan) Animation
Directed by: Shu-Hsuan Lin Simon is a workaholic without any social contact. Gradually his world becomes smaller and smaller and even at the very end, there is nothing left in his world but only his work. Titarius - D.O.A (4m, U S A) Music Video Music Video for the song D.O.A by the band Titarius. Messenger  (15m, U S A)  Narrative Short
Directed by: David Salazar Set in a post-apocalyptic world, a young boy leaves his home in hopes of improving upon the world of lies that he experienced with his parents. He happens upon a group of nomads before realizing that he can never fully achieve the happiness he had always dreamt of.   Feature Films 1:15 pm The Horror of Barnes Folly (89m, U S A) Feature Narrative
Directed by: Jonathan Rach When a misunderstood MONSTER stumbles into the small backwoods hillbilly town of BARNES FOLLY, it is up to DEPUTY JOHNSON an inept, newly transplanted cop from the big city, to ease the terrified town and bring the Monster to justice. 2:45 pm No One Will Know (86m, U S A) Feature Narrative
Directed by: Raj Reddy A once happy, young couple must work together to cover up a murder at their own engagement party. 4:12 pm Take A Seat: Sharing a Ride Across America (57m, U S A) Feature Documentary
Directed by: Dominic Gill The film follows British adventurer Dominic Gill as he journeys across America on a tandem bicycle with the help of ten companions, all of whom are physically disabled.   Short Film Block Four  5:15pm to  6:25pm Inner Earth (22m, U S A) Documentary Short
Directed by: Greg Passmore Travel around the world to explore this mysterious, and still vastly uncharted, subterranean world. Audiences will uncover an abundance of natural, ecological, and archaeological jewels which lay hidden within the worlds deepest, darkest and most astonishing cave. The Louder The Better (14m, U S A) Narrative Short
Directed by: Michael Toscano Max Cotton is a right wing radio personality desperately fighting for ratings. When one of his listeners shoots an IRS agent on the air, he is thrown into a crisis of existential guilt, but the media powers that be have other ideas. Carbon for Water (22m, U S A) Documentary Short
Directed by: Evan Abramson In Kenya's Western Province, most drinking water is contaminated. The wood many Kenyans use to boil this water to make it safe is increasingly valuable. Bloodtraffick     (11m, Austria, Hong Kong) Narrative Short
Directed by: Jennifer Thym In a world torn by a war between vampires and angels, a human vigilante on the hunt for her missing sisters is lured into the den of a vampire. Feature Films 7:00pm The Forest Prince and the Pig Man (Hitchhiking in America) (70m, U S A) Feature Documentary
Directed by: Craig Constantine Jump into the cars of strangers with Billy Jack, a lonesome traveler with a black hat and a guitar, as he thumbs from coast to coast. Then embark on a parallel journey, this one through time, as we trace the never-before-told history of bumming rides. 8:20pm ALL in the GAME (74m, U S A) Feature Narrative
Directed by: Gary Ugarek An up and coming East Baltimore gang involved in the drug trade sets their sites on city wide control and domination of everything, no matter who or what gets in the way.   10:00 PM Presentation of Acceptance Plaques (All Accepted Submissions) and Excellence Awards. Excellence Awards Given for the following : Best Feature Best Short Best Animated Film *There will be a Q&A after each short film Block and after all Feature films. To Download a PDF of Schedule chick 2012 SCHEDULE.pdf  Coming to the Festival?   If you plan to attend The Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival and are coming from out of town, Pittsburgh has many points of Interest and you may want to stay downtown. Prices vary for hotels in the downtown area. below are several links to downtown hotels and surrounding areas. LOCAL HOTELS & MOTELS Surrounding Areas CLICK HERE Downtown CLICK HERESchedule_2012_files/2012%20%20SCHEDULE.pdfhttp://mapq.st/IPSHEzhttp://mapq.st/J9gBbVshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2