Golden Days
directed by Chris Suchorsky
World Premiere
See the trailer at http://www.goldendaysmovie.com/trailer.html
www.goldendaysmovie.com

Cast: The Damnwells

In 2001, Alex Dezen asked a couple friends to record a few songs with him. Shortly thereafter they would form the rock band The Damnwells. Two years later they had toured the country, opened for rock legends, and had a song featured in a major motion picture. By 2004, they had signed a major record deal with EPIC Records. In March of 2005, The Damnwells went into the studio to record their first professional album. They immersed themselves in preproduction, recording, and mixing. But as months passed, their release date was moved further and further away. In January 2006, Alex received a call they never expected. The band was being released from their contract and the fate of the album and their career was unknown.

The Governor
directed by Ray Garcia de Leon
World Premiere
www.thegovernormovie.com

Cast: Bob Dolan, Summer Clifford, Rich Skidmore, Laura Durant

The Governor is a noir love story set amidst the abject solitude of the sex industry. Tortured escort driver John Dorian has practiced his trade for longer than he'd care to remember. He doesn't mind the sleaze around him -- sleaze is all he knows.

Thrust into working with new escort, Gwen Miller, John forms a partnership with her based on his self-defined 'rules'. Through their dealings, Gwen's empathy and naiveté gradually softens John, sending his fragile world into a tailspin of violent and devastating consequences.

Little Chenier
directed by Bethany Ashton
Arizona Premiere
www.littlechenier.com

Cast: Jonathon Schaech, Chris Mulkey, Clifton Collins Jr., Fred Koehler, Marshall Bell, Tamara Braun

Deep in the bayous of Louisiana exists a unique place, not a city, not a town, but a slight stretch of land known as Little Chenier.

Little Chenier is a Cajun story of two brothers who have no one but each other. Living on a houseboat in the bayou, Beaux Dupuis and his mentally handicapped brother Pemon try to make ends meet at their local bait shop. The two live a simple life until Pemon is accused of a crime in the town and Beaux must protect his brother against all odds. With a stellar indie cast, Jonathan Schaech (That Thing You Do), Fred Koehler (Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) Clifton Collins, Jr. (Capote, Traffic) and Chris Mulkey (North Country, Radio), Little Chenier takes you on a poetic journey into the hearts and homes of all who live there.

 

a Lobster Tale
directed by Adam Massey
Arizona Premiere

Cast: Colm Meany, Alberta Watson, Graham Greene
See the trailer at: www.alobstertale.com

Cody Brewer has been a lobster fisherman his whole life, which is reflected in his face from the fifty two seasons it’s been exposed to the harsh Atlantic Coast. A kind and gentle man, Cody works hard through the season earning little more than what he needs to provide the bare essentials for his wife Martha and fourteen-year-old son Ben. Life is hard for Cody’s family as it is for the other families who live in this town but yet they all seem to hold decent values and live by rather simple means. The small collection of unique townsfolk accept and enjoy their simple lives for what they are no matter how little material things they may seem to have. As Cody spends the last few days of the Lobster season out in his small boat hoping for a good catch, he instead comes across a rather strange and mysterious Sea Moss in one of his lobster traps. It is upon this rather accidental discovery that his, as well as his family’s, and all the others in the small sleepy town lives are forever changed. “a Lobster Tale” is a feel good film, about a father who struggles to provide for his family, while longing for a closer personal relationship with his son. Evoking the emotion of films like “ Billy Elliot” and “Waking Ned Devine” this is a film with a magical sensibility such as the films “Cocoon” and “E.T”.

Muse of Fire
directed by Lawrence Bridges
Arizona Premiere

Featuring: Kevin Costner, Mark Bowden, Richard Wilbur, Ryan Kelly, Andrew Carroll

Through interviews and readings by US troops, their families, and distinguished contemporary American writers, Lawrence Bridges “Muse of Fire” is an exploration of the human, historical and literary value of ‘Operation Homecoming’, a project created by the NEA to help troops and their families write about their wartime experiences.

Pope Dreams
directed by P. Patrick Hogan
Arizona Premiere
www.popedreams.com

Cast: Philip Vaden, Marnette Patterson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Julie Hagerty

Andy Venable is at a crossroads. He’s a directionless, 19-year old boy who works for his hard-case dad in a warehouse during the day and plays drums in a loud in a loud heavy-metal band at night. His only clear goal at the moment is to get his sick mother, a devout Catholic, to meet the Pope before she dies. While he’s busy with that, he falls for a girl who’s totally out of his league and gets discovered by two Broadway producers for a musical talent that just might be his true calling. Andy’s a dreamer. But dreaming is easy. It’s reality that’s hard.

That Beautiful Somewhere
directed by Robert Budreau
Arizona Premiere
www.thatbeautifulsomewhere.com

Cast: Roy Dupuis, Jane McGregor, Gordon Tootoosis

A detective (Roy Dupuis) haunted by his past military experience and his role as guardian for his mother on life support teams up with a young female archaeologist (Jane McGregor) hiding a critical condition. They develop a deep bond as they try to unravel the mysterious death of a ‘bog body’ found in a native swamp rumored to have curative powers. A story of two wounded souls who come together and risk everything to find healing and redemption.

The Standard
directed by Jordan Albertsen
Arizona Premiere
www.thestandardmovie.com

Cast: Alex Frost, Marne Patterson, Taylor Handley, Max Van Ville, Thomas Duffy

Dylan Anderson (Alex Frost) is a normal teenager who, like many high-school seniors, feels forced to deal with the pressures involved with life after high school. “The Standard” is an unusually raw and accurate look at the many trials of adolescence, from sex to drugs, to fitting in and figuring out one’s life.

Swedish Auto
directed by Derek Sieg
Arizona Premiere
www.swedishautomovie.com

Cast: Lukas Haas, January Jones, Mary Mara

“Swedish Auto” is an unconventional relationship drama centering on a small-town mechanic who gets vicarious pleasure from watching a beautiful violinist from the nearby university, only to discover that a seemingly innocuous young woman whom he encounters daily at the local diner is similarly observing him at the same time. When he forms a relationship with the latter girl, he is drawn into the dark secret of her home-life, and is compelled to confront a world that he has always avoided.

Ten Inch Hero
directed by David Mackay
Arizona Premiere
www.teninchhero.com

Cast: Clea DuVall (Heroes, Zodiac), Jensen Ackles (Supernatural), Sean Patrick Flanery (Boondock Saints, Powder), John Doe (punk band X, The Good Girl), Danneel Harris (One Tree Hill), Elisabeth Harnois (Pretty Persuasion, upcoming Solstice), Alice Krige (Silent Hill, Lonely Hearts)

In this upbeat romantic comedy/drama, artist Piper Jones moves to Santa Cruz, California, in search of the young daughter she gave up for adoption at birth. She lands a job at a local sub shop, and quickly becomes entwined in the dysfunctional family of co-workers: Jen, shy and involved in an internet love affair; Tish, an over-sexed beauty determined to find that perfect ten; and the mohawked Priestly, who dispenses advice to everyone, but is a master at hiding his own feelings.

Balancing out the mix is shop owner Trucker (Doe), an aging surfer with a crush on the new age goddess who owns the neighboring crystal store. At times heartwarming, at times sexy and irreverent, the story unfolds as the friends struggle to find love, happiness, and incomparable sex... surprises are in store for all, as they discover that sometimes the hardest thing to be is yourself.