Feature-Length Film Competition
Must Come Down Directed by: Kenny Riches Run Time: 1 hour 22 minutes Cast: Ashly Burch, David Fetzer, Colin Fugit, and Liberty Cordova Screening Times: Friday, March 30 at 1:05pm Saturday, March 31 at 3:40pm Sunday, April 1 at 9:50am Synopsis: Ashley is in his latetwenties. Holly is in her earlytwenties. They’re both very much lost in their individual quarter-life crises. Ashley quit his job to travel in search of clarity. He ventures to his childhood home with plans of breaking-and-entering for the nostalgic rush. Along the way he meets Holly, who, after a short-lived relationship with her restaurant manager, also finds herself jobless and aimless. The film chronicles Holly and Ashley’s brief commiseration as grown-up children stumbling through life’s final bout of growing pains.
Paranoia Directed by: Bivás Biswas Run Time: 1 hour 27 minutes Cast: James Ray, Katherine Stewart, Shane Dean, and Tiffany Shepis Screening Times: Friday, March 30 at 7:35pm Saturday, March 31 at 9:15am Sunday, April 1 at 2:05pm Synopsis: “Paranoia” is a psychological thriller from award winning director Bivas Biswas. The movie is a classic whodunit. An ambitious detective, Ben (James Ray) investigates the murder of his wife’s best friend’s husband (Shane Dean). His wife’s best friend, Alaina (Katherine Stewart) holds the key to the mystery but she struggles with reality and imagination. Her condition is brought about by experimental drugs from her infertility treatment program. Horror scream queen Tiffany Shepis plays the detective’s wife.
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12th Annual PHOENIX FILM FESTIVAL March 29 – April 5, 2012