2006 Phoenix Film Festival Live Action Shorts

LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM A
Running Time 100 minutes
Screenings: Friday 2:40pm, Sunday 11:30am

FANCY
Director: Lori Grossman
Julie is mortified after visiting her gynecologist. The events are retold to her friend Amanda over a cell phone conversation.

MUTE
Director: Melissa Joan Hart
Eileen attempts to sabotage the wedding of her sister Claire, for whom she blames the accident that left her deaf and mute.

SIGNIFICANT ROMANCE IN COMPRESSED TIME
Director: Michael Scasserra
Start the clock as you watch a man and woman meet and fall in love as their reveal-ing moments are seen through a series of tidy scenes.

LUCID
Director: Sam Friedlander
When a man starts experimenting with his dreams, he discovers he shares his con-sciousness with someone else.

THE ONE O’CLOCK
Director: Kelsey Kleiman
Bob and Susan have a one o-clock appointment with a marriage counselor.

IKEA INDIAN
Director: Anthony Marchitiello
Native American history and corporate culture collide.

LAST CALL
Director: David Drach
In a futuristic pick-up bar, a group of seniors ward off loneliness as they search for love, companionship and sex. The chase is on. Time is at a premium. Each moment matters. Until….

CLOSING TIME
Director: Chris Brandt
A fast –food restaurant robbery goes awry. Burgers, Tigers and Guns…Oh My!

WITH IT
Director: Hunter Carson
The last eleven minutes on the night a hit man (Tim Roth) revisits his old neighborhood to do a whack job.

LOOKIN’ FOR SOME POSSE
Director: Gavin Carlton
A group of westerners try their best to go af-ter a gun-slinging criminal.

LIVE ACTION SHORTS PROGRAM B
Running Time 100 minutes
Screenings: Friday 10:00pm, Sunday 9:15am

A GOOD SCRATCH IS HARD TO FIND
Director: Lisa Fotedar Miller
A feminist comedy about female satisfaction.

AMERICAN DEBATE
Director: Dominic Catrambone
Students in a high school debate class must search deep within themselves to answer one life changing question: how far would you go to protect your freedom?

THE ASSISTANT
Director: David Jagoda
Eunice, a struggling actress, auditions to assist Enzo the Amazing in his magic act. But all it takes is one phone call for Eunice to realize there's more to assisting a magician than smiling and waving at the audience. The big question is can Eunice finally pull herself together.

WHY DON’T YOU DANCE?
Director: Kellen Hertz
An alcoholic haunted by the end of his marriage has a profound effect on the lives of a young couple who are the only customers at his yard sale. Based on the short story of the same name by Raymond Carver.

MOOSECOCK
Director: Albert Will
A young director recounts the trials and tribulations of making his epic first film, 'Moosecock,' in this satiric look at hype and substance in today's mainstream movie industry.

LIVE AT FIVE
Director: Averie Storck
A life worth living is a life worth reporting.

SOLDIER
Director: Daniel J Pico
Visual adaptation of David Bianchi’s poem “Soldier”.

THE DAY OF THE GRACKLE
Director: Michael Berry
A mild-mannered man’s world is invaded by a ferocious, territorial bird, thrusting him into an escalating, action-filled battle that inadvertently transforms his life into something far beyond his dreams.