Film-A-Thon: Official Films & Schedule of Events - purchase tickets
It's finally here! The 2008 Project Twenty1 Film-A-Thon is coming January 5th, featuring 21 of what are sure to be some of the coolest, weirdest, scariest, deepest and most ridiculous independent films you've ever seen! We received 110 films from all over the world for our first-ever Film-A-Thon, and here are the Top 21, which will screen on January 5th, 2008 at the Arts Bank in Philadelphia, PA.
First, a disclaimer: These films are ALL unrated, BUT we can assure you that Screenings 3 & 4 would almost certainly be rated "Risque" for violence, blood/gore, sex, and extreme political incorrectness and are NOT appropriate for children, people that are faint of heart or easily offended. You've been warned.
Don't forget to join us for the Reception, to take place between Screening #3 & #4 around 7:00pm, the Awards Ceremony to immediately follow Screening #4, and the Wrap Party, at a location still TBA, to go 'til the wee hours!
Get your tickets HERE now! $21 gets you an all-day pass to all 4 screenings, plus the reception, awards ceremony and Wrap Party! Bring your friends, a massive amount of popcorn, and a gallon of your favorite beverage, and strap yourselves in for one of the most enjoyable times you'll ever spend sitting on your ass!
SCREENING #1: 1:30pm-3:00pm
SCREENING #2: 3:30-5:00pm
Story From North America
Animation (5 minutes)
Dir. Garrett Davis
A young boy calls for his father to come kill a spider in his bedroom, and ends up getting a bizarre lesson in the ethics of universal love. |
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Nice Guy Blues
Crime, Dramedy (12 minutes)
Dir. A. E. Griffin
Illegal gambling enforcers, Chas and Charlie, are on a mission to do the wrong thing to the right guy; but when Charlie's conscience kicks in, Chas cuts loose on the crazy. Nice Guy Blues is a dark comic tale of tape decks, torture, and sour tummies. |
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The Art of Theatrical Ushery
Mockumentary (6 minutes)
Dir. C. Thaddeus Banks
Enter Ronwell, a movie theater usher who takes his job way too seriously.
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Phanatic! A Phanumentary
Documentary (15 minutes)
Dir. Joe Killian
Members of the WHYY Learning Lab's Summer 2006 program trace the history and cultural importance of the Philadelphia Phillies' baseball club mascot, the Phillie Phanatic. See him in action and listen to interviews with various Phillies personalities, including veteran announcer Harry Kalas. Produced with instructor Erica Vanstone.
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Hug Me To The Skies
Fantasy, Romance, Animation (6 minutes)
Dir. Andrew Kerekes
Spike and Nana share a long-distance relationship. Lucy, Spike's neighbor, loves him. What will happen to this triangle? |
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Bad Blood
Animation/Social Commentary (3 minutes)
Jonathan Etkins
An animated synopsis of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.
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Danny Boy
Horror (5 minutes)
Dir. Gary Hanna & Derek Dressler
After buying a magnifying glass that visualizes the future, a man is trapped in an elevator with a woman predicted to murder him. |
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Pysäkki (Plateau)
Drama (23 minutes)
Dir. Antti Pirinen
Everything seems to be against Janne. Is it just bad luck? Plateau is human story about people searching for happiness in their stagnant lives in a snowy small town in Finland.
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La Pianta (The Plant)
Sci-fi/Suspense (14 minutes)
Dir. Antonello Novellino
Marco studies botany. He is a shy guy, closed and introverted. His only relationships are with his flatmates, who he doesn't like and who don't care about him. But one summer night, a strange meeting changes everything.... |
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SCREENING #3 - 5:30pm-7:00pm
Online Dating
Animation/Comedy (2 minutes)
Dir. Sean McBride
Online dating--where everyone's dreams come true. Unless your dreams are stupid. |
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Nyocker! (The District!)
Winner "Best Film"
Animation/Social Satire (87 minutes)
Dir. Áron Gauder
A group of teens from the wrong side of Budapest's tracks band together to make themselves rich by traveling back in time, burying a horde of woolly mammoths under the city's streets, then returning to the present and drilling for oil. As creators of as new oil-producing nation, their scheme draws the attention of Vladimir Putin (who uses the district's hookers as spies), Tony Blair, and George W. Bush. In the midst of it all, star-crossed teen love is in bloom.
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DINNER/RECEPTION - 7:00pm-8:00pm
SCREENING #4 - 8:00pm-9:30pm
Still Life
Winner "Honorable Mention"
Suspense/Sci-fi (9 minutes)
Dir. Jon Knautz
A pill-popping, over-caffeinated driver accidentally hits something. Panic-stricken, he seeks help in a strange and desolate town that offers very little in human kindness. |
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I Wanna Be Famous
Animation/Comedy (3 minutes)
Dir. Nick Fox-Gieg
Jessica Delfino discovers a guaranteed shortcut to everlasting fame. Watch & learn! |
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Blood Car
Dark Comedy/Satire (75 minutes)
Dir. Alex Orr
In the future, gas is $30 a gallon and a man invents a car that runs on blood. Save gas... drive Blood Car.
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