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LIVE ACTION SHO Run Time: 89 minutes
Screening Times: Friday, April 4 at 11:10 am Saturday, April 5 at 10:50 am
house and cloying Disney theme songs. Is exhaustion starting to make her lose her grip on reality or are these toys plotting against her? If they get her, they’ll never let go.
The Best Friend
The Architect
Directed by: Melissa Sadoff Oren The quintessential best friend in a romantic comedy must ditch the sidekick role and finally become the star of her own life.
Directed by: Doug Dearth A top architect eagerly starts his first job at a prestigious design firm and lands the dream account of a lifetime. But, he quickly learns this new world may be far more sinister than he bargained for, when he finds himself trapped in his own creation.
This Is Normal Directed by: Ryan Welsh This is Normal is about a young deaf woman named Gwen who undergoes an experimental procedure that is supposed to ‘cure’ her of her deafness and give her the ability to hear. Gwen risks her friends, culture, and identity to discover the answer to the question, ‘Is it worth giving up who you’ve been for the ‘maybe’ you could become?’
Missing Piece Directed by: Jennifer Honn Missing Piece is a horror spoof about a mom overwhelmed by demanding kids, toys taking over the
Next Life Directed by: Casimir Nozkowski A dying woman comes up with a plan to find her grandson in the next life or the one after that.
The Sidekick Directed by: Michael J. Weithorn When aging sidekick Max McCabe is unceremoniously fired by his superhero boss, he is forced to confront the fact that the world has little use for an aging exprofessional buddy.
LIVE ACTION SHORTS B Run Time: 73 minutes Screening Times: Saturday, April 5 at 3:05 pm Sunday, April 6 at 9:55 am
Ice Directed by: Anthony Tarsitano An enigmatic, existential enforcer for a small-time mob boss is caught between the misguided desires of the people around him and his own quest for perfection.
113 Degrees
113 Degrees Directed by: Sabrina Doyle Francesca and Joe are astronauts who’ve become lovers. Bunkered up in their little spaceship, Earth is a distant reality: everything they want is right here. But now their mission is ending, and Joe’s wife is waiting for him back home. To avoid losing him, Francesca takes desperate measures, leading to terrible and unintended consequences.
The Heebie-Jeebies Directed by: Todd Slawsby After hearing a scary bedtime story, a young boy and girl become convinced they have monsters under their beds. They may be right...
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14TH ANNUAL PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 3-10, 2014
Seasick Sailor Directed by: Torre Catalano A lonely teenager working as a ‘debt collector’ for an underground gambling ring in Los Angeles, desperately tries to fit in with a new group of friends while balancing the responsibilities of his job.
The Hero Pose Directed by: Mischa Jakupcak Mia is eight years old and wants to do anything but hang out at her dad’s house trying to sell a car that doesn’t run. Her father, Joe has real concerns he’s grappling with. The Hero Pose is a story about Joe and Mia, father and daughter, and those precious moments when two people are able to pause and connect.