2017 Crossroads Film Festival Program

APRIL 6-9, 2017

MALCO GRANDVIEW + HAL & MAL’S

AWARD WINNING

FILM FESTIVAL WWW.CROSSROADSFILMFESTIVAL.COM

TICKETS AND PASSES AVAILABLE ONLINE WELCOME TO CROSSROADS! Welcome to the 18th annual Crossroads Film Festival!

What a great year – and for that we thank the fi lmmakers, fi lm buffs, our sponsors, volunteers, and everyone who makes Crossroads the great festival of fi lms, music, and fun that it is!

We hope you enjoy the festival, Mississippi and metro-area hospitality, and of course the great fi lms in this year’s lineup.

Thanks for being here!

Robbie Fisher

Crossroads Film Society President

thursday april 6. 2017 YOU ARE EVERYTHING 5:00 PM - Screen A

Feature Narrative (108 min.) / Dir. Lena Geller, Prod. Matthias Becker / Germany / Road movie Journalist Georg and his girlfriend Vera meet DJ Dave at an open-air festival. As their trip unfolds, their love is tested.

AT A

YOU ARE EVERYTHING

Feature Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Leif Tilden / USA / Romantic comedy After a teen’s friends die in an accident, running allows him to remember, but also brings him notoriety. Should he keep the past alive… or make new memories?

GLANCE

THURSDAY, APRIL 6 5:00 PM 7:00 PM

You Are Everything (Screen A) 1 Mile to You (Screen A)

1:00 PM 1:30 PM

Forgotten Bayou (Screen A) The Truth of Us and other stories of Universal experience (Screen B) When Speaking Up Gets You Locked Up (Screen A) Never and other (love?) stories (Screen B) Black Magic: stories from the Black experience (Screen A) Memories Station: Punk, Oldies, & Blues (Screen B) I Am Not Your Negro & panel discussion (Screen A) Speech and Debate (private cast & crew screening) (Screen B) Train to Busan (Hal & Mal’s)

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

2:45 PM 3:30 PM 4:45 PM 5:30 PM 6:15 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

11:15 AM

11:45 AM 11:30 AM

1 MILE TO YOU

7:00 PM - Screen A

SCHEDULE

1:00 PM 1:15 PM 1:30 PM 3:15 PM 3:30 PM 3:45 PM 5:15 PM 5:15 PM 5:30 PM 7:15 PM 7:15 PM 7:30 PM

Molasses & Lemon and other visually striking shorts (Screen B) Eyes on Mississippi (Screen A) Last Stop on Market Street & other kid-friendly films (Screen C) Girls Just Wanna Make Films & extended panel discussion (Screen A) The Eggman and other quirky comedies (Screen B) All Are Welcome Here and other films to make you really think (Screen C) The Five Wives and Lives of Melvyn Pfferberg and a buffet of other comedies (Screen B) Curse of the Man Who Sees UFOs (Screen C) Powerful Medicine and other Mississippi stories (Screen A) September 12th (Screen A) Eden and other dystopian tales (Screen B) “Mixtape” (Screen C) Hate Crime: an LGBT story & panel discussion (Screen A) Balcony: stories from the edge of darkness (Screen B) “Late Night Radio” & other music videos (Screen C)

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FRIday - april 7. 2017 FORGOTTEN BAYOU

NEVER AND OTHER (LOVE?) STORIES

1:00 PM Malco Screen A

Maze (Labyrinth) (USA premiere) Short Doc (15 min.) / Dir. Susanna Duellmann, Prod. Susanna Duellmann, Carsten Simon / Germany A stone labyrinth lies on the former site a chemical company.

Forgotten Bayou (MS premiere) Feature Doc (73 min.) / Dir. Victoria Greene, Prod. Victoria Greene, John Darling Haynes & Paul E. LeDoux / USA A large sinkhole begs the question for locals: move away, or stay and face the risks?

THE TRUTH OF US AND OTHER STORIES OF UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE

1:30 PM Malco Screen B

Wintry Spring (Rabie Chetwy) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Mohamed Kamel / Egypt / Drama An Egyptian schoolgirl who lives alone with her father begins puberty.

The Block Short Doc (10 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Nadine Boller / Switzerland In Kyrgyzstan, an old cement foundation is a gathering place for many.

Normal (MS premiere) Short Narrative (17 min.) / Dir. Vadim Lasca, Prod. Mariale Fleitas / Venezuela / Drama Now might be time for Fabricio and his ex to settle their differences.

The Truth of Us (MS premiere) Short Narrative (6 min.) / Dir. Destinee Stewart, Prod. Destinee Stewart, Frankey Dey, Krishna Smitha / USA / Drama Amy faces a difficult choice.

The News Today (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Lisa Donato, Prod. Emily Irion / USA / Drama Familiar and mundane moments become precious in an instant.

Brenda at 10, 15, 30 (USA premiere) Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. Ana de Lara, Prod. Ana de Lara & Pamela Stringer / Canada A breast cancer survivor’s life in 3 acts.

Gardening At Night (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Shayna Connelly, Prod. Wendy Roderweiss / USA / Drama While waiting for bad news, Samantha puts a neglected garden in order.

The Ashes (Las Cenizas) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Jacob Kirby, Prod. Ning Zhao / USA / Drama Two siblings travel to Cuba hoping to find peace in their late father’s homeland.

(D&A) He and She (Er & Sie) Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. Marco Gadge, Prod. Mike Brandin & Marco Gadge / Germany / Dramedy While moving, Thomas meets Annemarie at a gas station. (AS, AL)

WHEN SPEAKING UP GETS YOU LOCKED UP 2:45 PM Malco Screen A

AL = adult language AS = adult situations D&A = drug and/or alcohol use N = nudity S = sexual situations V = violence

Inside These Walls (MS premiere) Short Doc (44 min.) / Dir. Lorraine Price, Juliet Lammers, Prod. John Christou, Aisling Chin-Yee / Canada Political prisoner Wang Bingzhang’s family campaigns for his release.

The Culprit Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. Michael Rittmannsberger, Prod. Bernd T. Hoefflin, Lars Buechel, Michael Rittmannsberger / Germany / Drama A young man accused of a crime seems proud of what he did.

The Parchman Ordeal: The Untold Story Feature Doc (57 min.) / Dir. G. Mark LaFrancis, Prod. G. Mark LaFrancis, Darrell White & Robert Morgan / MS

3:30 PM Malco Screen B

Renewable (Renovable) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga, Prod. Xabier Berzosa, Javier Bonilla / Spain / Rom-com Years after their breakup, Tania and Josean meet again.

Never (Mai) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (20 min.) / Dir. Giulio Poidomani, Prod. Isabella Roberto / Italy / Drama After being abandoned by her ex, Claudia begins a very personal journey.

Agata (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Alberta Molajoni, Prod. Paolo Soravia / Italy / Comedy, drama An at-home insemination kit is mistakenly delivered to a single woman.

Speechless Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. Julian

BLACK MAGIC: STORIES FROM THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

4:45 PM Malco Screen A

On Time (MS premiere) Student (8 min.) / Dir. Xavier Burgin, Prod. Tony Ducret, Tim Astor, Kendra Cole, Angelica Lopez / USA / Drama A mother makes a difficult decision. (AL) Counter Act (MS premiere) Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Heath Affolter, Jon Affolter, Thomas Affolter, Nathan Affolter / Canada / Drama Alice learns what it takes to stand up for what you believe in. (AL, AS, V) Request Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Kat Axtell, Prod. James Charboneau / MS / Drama A preacher who has lost his faith is visited by three strangers. (AL)

MEMORIES STATION: PUNK, OLDIES, & BLUES

Pawelzik, Prod. Mario von Grumbkow, Kim Münster / Germany / Drama A connection evolves between a deafmute man and an illiterate woman.

Tilda Short Narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Katja Benrath, Prod. Katja Benrath, Daniela Sandhofer, Florian Hirschmann, Felix Striegel / Germany / Drama When Pastor Krause spills wine on his collar, everything changes.

Valentin Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Ingrid Hübscher / Germany / Rom-com Claudia’s Valentine’s Day takes an unexpected turn.

Olde E (MS premiere) Student (15 min.) / Dir. Xavier L. NealBurgin, Prod. Jenna Cavelle , Jacob Eben / USA / Drama Demarkus enacts revenge against his abusive father. (AL, D&A, V) Black Magic (MS premiere) Student (12 min.) / Dir. Rachel Bass, Prod. John Sayage / USA / Comedy An imaginative black teenager must defend her beliefs. (AL) Rayven Choi (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Shequeta L. Smith, Prod. Natasha McCrea / USA / Thriller Bounty hunter Rayven Choi pursues the hitman who murdered her parents.

(AL, V)

Shake ‘Em On Down Feature Doc (57 min.) / Dir. Joe York, Prod. Joe York & Scott Barretta / MS The story of Blues legend “Mississippi This is Not a Love Song (MS premiere) Student (11 min.) / Dir. Ursula Ellis, Prod. Fred McDowell.” (D&A) Max Rifkind-Barron, Emerson Nosek / USA / Teen Drama Two teenage girls attend their first live punk rock show. (AL, V) Memories Station (MS premiere) Short Doc (17 min.) / Dir. Derek Frank / USA Bob Bittner owns and programs four pop radio stations.

5:30 PM Malco Screen B

FRIday - april 7. 2017 saturday

workshops

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO & PANEL DISCUSSION

All workshops are free and open to the public — pick up a ticket at the box office under the green tent in the Malco Grandview Cinema lobby.

6:15 PM Malco Screen A

I Am Not Your Negro Feature Doc (104 min.) / Dir. Raoul Peck Oscar-nominated doc of the proposed book by James Baldwin.

Social Media + Your Film = Honoring the Platform

presented by Melanie Addington

SPEECH AND DEBATE

7:30 PM Malco Screen B

Saturday, April 8 / 11:00 AM / Arcade Festival Director, Filmmaker, and former Social Media Director Melanie Addington discusses why working with each social media platform.

Speech and Debate (private cast & crew screening) Feature Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Dan Harris, Prod. Tom Rice / USA / Drama Private screening of the film for local cast and crew (by invitation only)

Screenwriting: What It Takes to Make It Hollywood

TRAIN TO BUSAN

presented by Steven Esteb

8:00 PM Hal & Mal’s

Saturday, April 8 / 12:30 PM / Arcade

Pastime Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

John Blankenship / USA / Drama, suspense A lonely boy searches for keepsakes from a time before the plague.

Train to Busan Feature Narrative (118 min.) / Dir. Sangho Yeon, Prod. Lee Dong-ha / South Korea / Horror, thriller Korean zombie apocalypse! (AS, V)

Screenwriter, Script Doctor and Loyola University Professor, Steven Esteb tells us the ins and outs to be a working Screenwriter.

“Mississippi Bright Spots”: An Overview of the Bicentennial Photography Workshop

presented by Alison Fast & Chandler Griffin

Saturday, April 8 / 5:00 PM / Arcade Blue Magnolia Films and Barefoot Workshops will facilitate 10 workshops in 10 towns, addressing the theme of small town revitalization. This overview will introduce the tools, share examples of new media stories, and invite questions about this statewide storytelling project.

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SATURday - april 8. 2017 MOLASSES & LEMON AND OTHER VISUALLY STRIKING SHORTS

11:15 AM Malco Screen B

Moo (MS premiere) Short Narrative (11 min.) / Dir. Samuel Hunter Galloway, Prod. Peter Camilleri / Australia / Comedy She must decide: paint what makes her happy, or be accepted by her peers?

Molasses & Lemon (MS premiere) Short Documentary (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Robert Sickels / USA / Experimental drama The ways people talk about love and heartbreak are often intimately related.

E is for Evolution Student (6 min.) / Dir. Paul Kusmaul, Prod. Oliver Arnold / Germany/Animated Animated ABCs of evolution. (AS, N) Prisma Experimental (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Coop Cooper / MS / Sci-fi, horror A tape conceals a brain-altering signal.

Fruit Animation (7 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Gerhard Funk / Germany / Experimental

EYES ON MISSISSIPPI

11:45 AM Malco Screen A

Eyes on Mississippi Feature Documentary (58 min.) / Prod.

Ellen Ann Fentress / MS Since 1947, Bill Minor has been documenting historical milestones.

GIRLS JUST WANNA MAKE FILMS & PANEL DISCUSSION

1:00 PM Malco Screen A

Dead Color (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. PaulAnthony Navarro, Prod. Megan Morrison, Paul-Anthony Navarro, Joshua Franzos, Tim Murray, Myles Lam / USA / Thriller Adulterous lovers Joel and Hannah plot Rodney’s demise. (AL, AS, V)

LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET & OTHER KIDFRIENDLY FILMS

11:30 AM Malco Screen C

Rise into being, mature, perish.

Daewit (MS premiere) Animation (15 min.) / Dir. David Jansen, Prod. Fabian Driehorst / Germany / Drama Rescued from his violent father, Daewit grows up among wolves. (AS, V, D&A) Baggage Man Short Narrative (4 min.) / Dir. Matthias Gerding, Dennis Colquhoun, Prod.

Matthias Murmann, Philipp Kaßbohrer / Germany / Experimental Journey through memories in the form of snapshots of a rough youth.

Remember Animation (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Shunsaku Hayashi / Japan / Fantasy “I got a phone call. The house exploded. I went to work and continued as normal.”

Couplets for an Everlasting Eve (MS premiere) Animation (5 min.) / Dir. Begoña Vicario, Prod. Patxi Azpillaga / Spain Improvisational verse-maker Maialen Lujanbio denounces gender violence.

A Robot’s Tale (Tristes Deserts) Short Narrative (8 min.) / Dir. Stephanie Winter, Prod. Daniel Moshel / Austria / Experimental A lonely baroque robot is caught between good and evil.

All the World Is a Stage Animation (2 min.) / Dir. Hannes Rall, Prod. Hannes Rall, Daniel Keith Jernigan & Seah Hock Soon / Germany Shakespeare’s “All The World’s A Stage” narrated by Samuel West.

Other People’s Heads (MS premiere) Experimental (13 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Stephen Winterhalter / USA / Satire In a decadent world, 12 legal officials preside over executions. (V)

HB1523: Growing Up LGBT in Mississippi Youth (8 min.) / Dir. Eli Bettiga, Maggie Jefferis, Prod. Mississippi Youth Media Project / MS / Doc Thoughts and feelings of an LGBT community affected by the wildly controversial bill.

A Swarm Come April (MS premiere) Student (12 min.) / Dir. Mary McDade Casteel, Prod. Rashada Fortier, Daniel Kleinpeter / USA / Thriller A small community prepares for the insects that terrorize them every spring.

Ami Animation (8 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Gonzalo San Vicente / Germany Little Ami’s mother tells her a white lie to ease her mind while she is away.

Last Stop on Market Street Short narr. (12 min.) / Dir. Eric J. Smith, Prod. Louisa WhitfieldSmith / USA / Doc Matt de la Peña’s award-winning book comes to life through animation.

A Little Love Goes a Long Clay Youth (3 min.) / Dir. Juliet Buckholdt / MS / Drama The perils of cyber bullying.

Chika, the Dog in the Ghetto Animation (16 min.) / Dir. Sandra Schießl, Prod. Björn Magsig, Marion Heinßen, Katrin Pilz, Marcus Horn, Annick Hillger / Germany / Drama Mikasch and Chika are separated when Jewish people are deported.

Uka (MS premiere) Animation (3 min.) / Dir. Valle Comba Canales, Prod. David Castro González, Valle Comba / Drama Uka changes how she sees the world.

The Darkness Keeper (MS premiere)

Short narr. (18 min.) / Dir. Rodrigo Atiénzar Jiménez, Prod. Marta Gila Ahijón / Spain / Thriller May is afraid of the dark.

The Big Diamond Chase (not in comp.)

Short narr. (6 min.) / Dir. Meredith Jordan, Ava Ainsworth, Lillian Boggan, Will Weems, Isaac Rossett, Caleb Reed / MS / Comedy, drama The President sends Superhero Boomerang to retrieve a stolen gem.

Ode to the Port Student (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Desiree Dawn Kapler / USA / Autobiography A filmmaker poetically recalls her experience with childhood cancer. (N) Elport Chess and the 1947 Lanier High School Bus Boycott (World premiere) Short Doc (19 min.) / Dir. Wilma E. Mosley Clopton / USA Elport Chess refused to give up his bus seat, igniting revolution.

Pulse Short Doc (6 min.) / Dir. Alison Fast, Prod.

Alison Fast & Chandler Griffin / USA NunoErin design studio explores themes of literacy, imagination and play.

Writer’s Blocks Short Narrative (5 min.) / Dir. E. J. Carter, Prod. Tammy Devin, Barbara Ann Synowiez, E. J. Carter / MS / Comedy

Royals (not in comp.)

Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Mary Margaret Martin, Jonah Holliday, Adam Scott, Carson Weems, Preston Cobbins, Maddlyn Moudy / MS / Drama In the basement, Mary Margaret finds a genie who grants her three wishes.

Ways to Get Kicked Out of a Restaurant (not in comp.)

Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Madison Chappell, Nathan Reed, Asher Walls, Ethan Stone, Tanner Horne, Kenyan Phillips / MS / Comedy Skylar wants to prevent her boyfriend from breaking up with her.

Ghost Hotel (not in comp.)

Short narr. (7 min.) / Dir. Helen Kilgore, Jack King, Austin Starnes, William Lindsey, Daniel Barnett / MS / Horror A girl checks in at a spooky hotel.

Inside Madness (not in comp.)

Short narr. (6 min.) / Dir. Kurt Collins, Veronica Prisock, Edi Craft, Colby Burleson, Isabella Ragazzi / MS / Drama A girl trapped in a video game attempts to escape.

Arrows (not in comp.)

Short narr. (5 min.) / Dir. Brady Permenter, Anna Hutchinson, John Byars, Xenia Minton, Laura Cosby / MS / Drama A standoffish teenage boy hopes to be reunited with someone he has lost.

A battle between willpower and writer’s block ensues.

Tinker Short Narrative (18 min.) / Dir. Glenn Payne, Prod. Glenn Payne & Casey Dillard / USA / Comedy, Drama There are some things tools can’t fix.

THE EGGMAN & OTHER QUIRKY COMEDIES

1:15 PM Malco Screen B

The Eggman Short Narrative (7 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Marc Wagenaar / Germany / Comedy A woman’s biological clock ticks while waiting for “The Eggman.”

How To Skin a Cat (MS premiere) Short Narrative (19 min.) / Dir. Laura Jean Hocking, C. Scott McCoy, Prod. Oddly Buoyant Productions / USA / Comedy Two couples embark on an ill-advised road trip. (AL, D&A) Pink Velvet Valley Short Narrative (6 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Sébastien Petretti / Belgium / Comedy In Scotland, a cab is falling to bits and Alec is dealing with a Ray-Ban addiction.

Hi-Glow Retro (MS premiere) Short Narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Alex Morsanutto, Prod. Joseph Walker, Alex Morsanutto, Jason Ludman, Sam Cutler-

POWERFUL MEDICINE AND OTHER MISSISSIPPI STORIES 3:45 PM Malco Screen A

Hello Short Narrative, Student (6 min.) / Dir. Konnor Megginson, Prod. Konnor Megginson & Will Denson / USA / Romantic Drama Post-WWI, a man celebrates, and a woman enters the picture.

Doorway (World premiere) Youth (12 min.) / Dir. Sam Shearer, Prod.

Dale Shearer / USA / Drama, Thriller Cate takes a room at a house which may harbor a dark secret.

Sammy Long: Woodturner Short Documentary (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Roy Adkins / MS The ins and outs of Sammy Long’s wood turnings and carvings.

The Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant Student (9 min.) / Dir. David Coblentz, Hank Yang / MS / Documentary Explore the life and leadership of U.S. Grant.

A Bad Part of Town (MS premiere) Student (7 min.) / Dir. Paul Williams, Prod.

Paul Williams, Katey Perkins, Jay Riales / MS / Horror, Thriller When attacked, a nursing school grad shows just how bad it really is. (AL, V)

Kreutz / USA / Romantic Comedy Tommy decides to learn 70’s disco dancing. (D&A, AS) The Procedure (MS premiere) Short Narr. (4 min.) / Dir. Calvin Reeder, Prod. Christian Palmer / USA / Drama A man is forced to endure a strange experiment. (AS) The Wedding Patrol (Die Hochzeitspolizei) Short Narr. (15 min.) / Dir. Rogier Hardeman, Prod. Alexander Pfeuffer, Christian R. Timmann / Germany / Comedy Mikail is happy with his husband, but police suspect it’s a green-card marriage.

Waiting On Sound (MS premiere) Short Narr. (10 min.) / Australia / Comedy The plight of a boom operator on the worst movie set of all time.

Moby (USA premiere) Short Narrative (8 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Sebastian Henn / Switzerland / Comedy What do you do when your friend is gone?

Sharks (World premiere) Short Narrative (11 min.) / Dir. Gabriel Fernandez-Gil, Prod. Wicked Tongues / Spain / Comedy In a morgue, Steve and Gabriela ponder life, death and true love. (AL, AS, S) Shoot Me Nicely (MS premiere) Short Narrative (20 min.) / Dir. Elias Plagianos, Prod. Craig Blair, Debra Markowitz, Elias Plagianos / USA / Comedy Photog Sean Wheeler needs a lucrative celebrity photo to re-launch his career.

(Brief comedic nudity) Resistance (MS premiere) Short Narrative (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Allen Blackwell / MS / Thriller An uninvited guest crashes a party. (V) Powerful Medicine: Simply Magic (MS premiere) Short Documentary (22 min.) / Dir. Kevin Spencer, Mwita Chacha, Prod. Kevin Spencer / USA The voices, faces, and hands of incredible individuals with disabilities.

Miles to Go Before I Sleep (MS premiere) Short Doc (14 min.) / Dir. Hanna Hovitie, Prod. Emmi Vuokko / Finland A Congolese woman shares her story of 1:30 PM child trafficking.

Malco Screen C [solitary] (MS premiere) The Happiest Place on Earth (MS Student (16 min.) / Dir. Derek J. premiere) Pastuszek, Prod. Halee Bernard, Fabrizio Student (12 min.) / Dir. Ceylan Carhoglu, Muscia, Cedric Gamelin / USA / Drama Ryan King, Prod. Ceylan Carhoglu, Ryan SUPERMAX. SOLITARY. (AS, V, N) King / USA / Doc With no father figure, Albino struggles to Property (MS premiere) Short Doc (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Allison become a respectable young man.

Otto / USA The Learning Alliance (MS 1 million confiscated items are stored in premiere) the National Wildlife Repository.

Short Doc (9 min.) / Dir. Muhammad Umar All Are Welcome Here Saeed, Prod. Muhammad Farrukh Saeed, Short Doc (28 min.) / Dir. Vincenzo Muhammad Umar Saeed / Pakistan Mistretta / MS / Drama In Pakistan, three brothers collect and sell After the passage of HB 1523, MS garbage to earn their school fees. businesses say: “All Are Welcome Here.”

Pink Spring in México (Primavera Rosa en México) (MS premiere) Short Doc (23 min.) / Dir. Mario de la Torre, Prod. Rafael Linares, María del Puy Alvarado, Alfonso Palazón, Eva Patricia Fernández Manzano / Mexico Mexico ranks second in murders committed against the LGBT population.

(AL, AS, V)

ALL ARE WELCOME HERE AND OTHER FILMS TO MAKE YOU THINK

THE FIVE WIVES AND LIVES OF MELVYN PFFERBERG AND A BUFFET OF COMEDIES 3:15 PM Malco Screen B

Brazilian Steakhouse (Espeto Corrido) (MS premiere) Student (20 min.) / Dir. Felipe da Fonseca Peroni, Prod. Luisa Capulni, Henrique Bravi / Brazil / Comedy Rodney is bullied by the sociopathic waiter who serves the beef. (AL, V)

Gorilla (MS premiere) Short Narrative (14 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Tibo Pinsard / France / Romantic comedy In 1950s Hollywood, Henry plays a wild gorilla in the movies.

Food First Short Narrative (11 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Pol Ponsarnau / Germany / Drama Food first, then morals! Tension grows with each dish.

Shy Guys CURSE OF THE MAN Short Narrative (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Fredric Lehne / USA / Comedy WHO SEES UFOS While standing at public urinal, strangers 3:30 PM confront the scourge of man. (AL) Malco Screen C Time Travel Romance (MS Something About Silence premiere) Student (12 min.) / Dir. Patrick Buhr, Short Narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Ben Prod. Ute Dilger, KHM Köln / GermaGiroux, Prod. Ben Giroux, Scott Thomas ny / Drama Reynolds, Marc Barnes / USA / Comedy “You are here, because you are boring.”

An awkward man bends time and space Curse of the Man Who Sees to get a date.

UFOs (MS premiere) The Five Wives & Lives of Melvyn Feature Doc (91 min.) / Dir. Justin Gaar, Pfferberg (MS premiere) Prod. Carlos De Los Rios / USA / Sci-Fi, Short Narrative (17 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Dark Comedy Damian Samuels / United Kingdom / Christo Roppolo has been communiRomantic comedy cating with UFOs and “brothers from A TV advert guarantees romantic success. space.” (AL, AS) The Driving Seat (MS premiere) Short Narrative (9 min.) / Dir. Phil Lowe, Prod. Alexei Slater / UK / Comedy An older couple decides to make love in their car.

SATURday - april 8. 2017 SEPTEMBER 12TH

5:15 PM Malco Screen A

EDEN & OTHER DYSTOPIAN TALES

5:15 PM

September 12th (MS premiere) Malco Screen B Feature Narrative (99 min.) / Dir. David The Swelling Heinz, Prod. Matt Miller, Fiona Walsh / Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Tom USA / Musical drama Bewilogua, Prod. Chris Krüger / Two stranded folk musicians take a road Germany / Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama trip to New York in the days after 9/11.

“X-33“ lives in a rundown complex where a strange bulge in the wall follows his every move.

Curve (MS premiere) “MIXTAPE” Short Narr. (10 min.) / Dir. Tim Egan, 5:30 PM Prod. Ahren Morris / Australia / Horror Malco Screen C Clinging to a smooth surface, a girl tries Porgies & Bass (MS premiere) to cover the few feet back to safety.

Short Narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Dark Alp (Am Berg) Thomas Barnes / USA / Drama, suspense Short Narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Nicole Two men in a primal quest for fish clash Scherer, Prod. Michael Freudenthaler, cultures. (V) Bernhard Pausch, Nicole Scherer / For Your Own Safety (Zu Ihrer Eigenen Sicherheit) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Florian HATE CRIME: AN Heinzen-Ziob, Prod. Florian HeinzenLGBT STORY & PANEL Ziob, Georg Heinzen / Germany / Drama DISCUSSION Neither his colleagues nor his boss 7:15 PM appreciate Jonas’ commitment to fighting terrorism.

Malco Screen A Hattie Goes Cruising Pool (Piscina) (MS premiere) Short Documentary (18 min.) / Dir. & Short Narrative (29 min.) / Dir. Leandro Prod. Konstantin Bock / USA / Doc Goddinho, Prod. Amina Jorge, Leandro An elderly gay man shares memories, Goddinho / Brazil / Drama, suspense insights, and advice for picking up guys. Claudia meets an old lady who keeps (AS, AL, N) her memories in a pool without water.

The Highwayman (USA premiere) Student (9 min.) / Dir. Oliver Chater, Prod. Henry Isaksen / United Kingdom / Period, Drama Romantic tragedy based on the 1906 poem “The Highwayman.” (V) Cain’s Shadow (L’Ombra di Caino) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (29 min.) / Dir. Antonio De Palo, Prod. Antonio De Palo, Hate Crime (MS premiere) Giampietro Preziosa, Giuseppe Schettino Feat. Narrative (105 min.) / Dir. Steven / Italy / Sci-fi, Thriller Esteb, Prod. Alicia Allain / USA / Drama In 2025, Abel, Ada, Eddi, and Agnes As a killer is executed, two sets make a shocking discovery. (V) of parents must deal with the consequences. (AS, V)

“LATE NIGHT RADIO” & OTHER MUSIC VIDEOS 7:30 PM Malco Screen C

“Breaking My Heart” by Jason Turner

(4 min.) / Dir. J.B. Lawrence, Prod. Old Trace Records (div. of the Malaco Music Group)

“Cold Blooded Killer” by Faith Evans Ruch (4 min.) / Dir. Edward Valibus

“Dying from Advice” by Drew McKercher (5 min.) / Dir. Drew McKercher

“Late Night Radio” by Don Jacobs (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Don Jacobs

“Never Make Love” by Clouds & Crayons

Austria / Drama, Horror A hunter returns to his chalet.

Eden (MS premiere) Student (18 min.) / Dir. Brodin Plett, Prod. Wesley Yen / USA / Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama A clone girl lands on the surface alone and yearns for human interaction.

Millennium: Eternal Sunrise (MS premiere) Student (11 min.) / Dir. Vlad Aksenov, Prod. Elena Aksenova / USA / Thriller An ancient legend may hold the key to resurrection.

Kryo Student (30 min.) / Dir. Christoph Heimer, Prod. Eric Bouley, Christian Schega, Christopher Sassenrath / Germany / Sci Fi, Thriller David and Evelyn wake up from cryo sleep trapped and alone.

BALCONY: STORIES FROM THE EDGE OF DARKNESS

7:15 PM Malco Screen B

Risky Game (Va Banque) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Stefan Plepp / Germany / Drama When Melanie fails a test, she tries to blackmail her teacher. (AS, AL) Son (Fils) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. & Prod.

Cyrus Nevshad / Luxembourg / Drama Sébastien cannot come to terms with his son’s coma, and question his reality.

St. Jude’s Crossing (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. Iddo Goldberg, Prod. Iddo Goldberg, Bryan DeLorenzo, Seth Gabel / USA / Drama

www.msccd.org (800) 721-7255 “Opening doors together” Officer Hollis walks a thin line between life and death. (AL, V) Rainbow Party (Regnbogapartý) (MS premiere) Short Narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Eva Sigurdadottir, Prod. Eva Sigurdadottir, Ragnheidur Erlingsdottir, Madeleine Sims-Fewer & Thora Karitas Arnadottir / Iceland / Drama In her quest for acceptance, Sofia makes a sacrifice. (AL, AS, D&A, S) Pet (MS premiere) Short Narrative (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Chris Moraitis / Greece / Drama When Dimitri’s cold parents treat him like a pet, he responds in kind. (V) Balcony (MS premiere) Short Narrative (17 min.) / Dir. Toby Fell-holden, Prod. Tom Kimberley, Ali Mansuri / United Kingdom / Drama Amidst racial tension, a local girl falls for a recent arrival. (AS, AL, D&A, V) Negative Feedback Loop (World premiere) Student (6 min.) / Dir. Sabina Vajraca, Prod. Joel David Santner / USA / Thriller A woman works to break the loop of self-destructive thoughts.

Home Education (MS premiere) Student (25 min.) / Dir. Andrea Niada, Prod. Chiara Cardoso / United Kingdom / Thriller A girl is told by her controlling mother that her late dad will resurrect.

“Reality” by Jessica Frech

“One-Way Ticket” by Gena Steele “She’s Got Such a Lovely Pair” by (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. JB Lawrence Gary Vincent (3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Coop Cooper & Gary “Staples” by Desolate

“Stomping Ground” by Robert King

“Wayward Wind” by Jimbo Mathus

“Tell Me Something I Don’t Know”

by Chris Milam

“The Waves” by Kerry Thomas

“Fashion Sense” by Black Titan

“Blown Out” by Fides

“My City” by Adam “AJC” Collier

“Until We’re All Free” by John Kilzer & Kirk Whalum

“Broken Paths” by Stace and Cassie

“My Verse” by Killa Verse

(4 min.) / Dir. Astin Rocks., Prod. Astin Rocks., Diane Robertson

(4 min.) / Dir. Tracy S. Facelli, Prod. Jessica Frech

(4 min.)

(3 min.) / Dir. J Lee, Prod. Johnny Coleman

(4 min.) / Dir. Joe Smiley, Prod. Peter Kelly

(5 min.) / Dir. J.B Lawrence, Prod. Stace and Cassie & Malaco Music Group

“Invisible Man” by David Cortello (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. David Cortello

(4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Jacob Walker

(3 min.) / Dir. Rick Guy

(4 min.) / Dir. Gideon C. Kennedy

(5 min.) / Dir. Philip Scarborough, Tom Beck (4 min.) / Dir. Ormond White

Vincent

(3 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Chris Milam

(5 min.) / Prod. Ward Archer

“Conversation With A Junkie” by Chief Lion (3 min.) / Dir. Chris Windfield

“Nukkin’ Futz” by LyRanda Aalece “East $ide Nights/ Home” by Matt (4 min.) / Dir. Johnny Coleman, Prod. Lula Jones Lucas “Only One” by Jason Turner (3 min.) / Dir. Rah-Imhotep Verderosa-Ishakarah (5 min.) / Dir. J.B. Lawrence, Prod. Old Trace Records (div. of the Malaco Music Group)

HAPPY

18 BIRTHDAY TH

CROSSROADS!

PEOPLES BANK MENDENHALL, MS SID DAVIS, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

CELEBRATES THE 18TH ANNUAL

CELEBRATES

THE 18TH

ANNUAL CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL

CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL!

RUMA AWARD Each year Crossroads Film Society commissions a piece of original artwork from a Mississippi artist or craftsman to be the prize for the “Ruma Award for Most Promising Mississippi Filmmaker.” The 2017 Ruma artwork, designed

by Jackson artist Wade Acuff, is entitled “Always recording, so make something beautiful” (mixed media: ink and watercolor).

About Wade

Wade Acuff is a professional artist for TV and Film productions, whose works focus on imagery as narrative that includes a science fiction or fantasy twist.

After attaining an MFA from Mississippi State University, he has contributed to multiple educational television programs and films both nationally and internationally. With the variety of work he produces, Wade is able to pursue unique artistic endeavors that continue to push his artwork to new places.

2017 Filmmakers and Guests in Attendance

Alison Fast, Allen Blackwell, Astin Rocks., Ben Giroux, Bryan DeLorenzo, Cassie Shook, Chandler Griffin, Chelsy Ables, Coop Cooper, Cy Parks, Damian Samuels, David Cortello, David Heinz, David Matthews, Desiree Kapler, Don Jacobs, Drew McKercher, Eli Bettiga, Elias Plagianos, Elizabeth Canavan, Ellen Ann Fentress, Frank Vittoli, Garrett Kruithof, Gena Steele, Guillermo Londoño, Iddo Goldberg, Isabella Roberto, J.B. Lawrence, Jaren Mitchell, Joe York, Johnny Coleman, Juliet Buckholdt, Kelly Buckholdt, Kevin Spencer, Konnor Megginson, Laura Jean Hocking, Lysa Nevarez, Louisa Whitfield-Smith, Marc Novak, Mark LaFrancis, Mary McDade Casteel, Megan Morrison, Nicole Kapler, Ormond White, Paul Williams, Peter Holden, Peter Kelly, Philip Scarborough, RahImhotep Verderosa-Ishakarah, Rex Gilbert, Jr., Rick Guy, Robbie Coblentz, Roy Adkins, Samuel Shearer, Scott Baretta, Stace Shook, Steven Esteb, Susanna Duellmann, Thomas Barnes, Ursula Ellis, Vadim Lasca, Victoria Greene, Ty Parker

about

CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL 2017 Crossroads Film Society Board Members Robbie Fisher, President Jerel Levanway, Vice President Rick Patt, Secretary Marcia Abbott, Treasurer Dean Blackwell Sid Davis Michelle Dawson Brad Franklin Monte Kraus, Kentrell Liddell, M.D. Susan Marquez Chuck McIntosh Zach Prichard Kevin Slark Jenni Smith Greg Smith Amanda Wells Kai Williams

Advisory Board Members Ed Inman • Mark Knight • Jeanne Luckett • Anita Modak-Truran • Joy Parikh • Nina Parikh • Philip Scarborough • Todd Stauffer • Ferrell Tadlock

Crossroads Film Society is the sponsoring organization of the annual Crossroads Film Festival. We are a multi-cultural, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing access to international, national, and local fi lm and video. We also encourage discussion and production of fi lm and video, particularly as related to the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of the state and region. Our society’s objectives are met through year-round programming, including special events, lectures, workshops, and the annual Crossroads Film Festival.

Crossroads Film Society celebrates the art of fi lmmaking in all of its diversity and depth. The Crossroads Film Society facilitates and promotes a broader spectrum of fi lm and video for the community, presents and honors fi lms and videos related to Mississippi and the South, and provides educational opportunities and facilitates general discussions for fi lm lovers and aspiring fi lmmakers. The Society aspires to be a cultural crossroads, bringing the world to the Deep South and sharing Southern perspectives with the world.

www.crossroadsfi lmfestival.com

special thanks

Visit Jackson Jackson Free Press WJTV Lida Gibson

Why Film in Mississippi?

Recently expanded and improved, the Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Program is now among the best in the United States. It specifically includes feature film, television, documentary, commercial, video game, and new technology.

The incentive is a simple and direct cash rebate program of 25% on local spend, 25% on non-resident cast and crew payroll, and 30% on Mississippi resident cast and crew payroll, plus a 5% bonus rebate on the salaries of honorably discharged Veterans. We have a very low $50,000 minimum spend, and $10 million rebate limit per project, with an individual salary cap of $5 million and a $20 million annual rebate cap.

For information about the Mississippi Incentive Program, call the Mississippi Film Office at 601.359.3297, or visit us online at www.filmMississippi.org.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS The Mississippi Link Mississippi Film Office Malco Grandview Cinema Mad Genius Mississippi Arts Commission Sid Davis I.A.T.S.E. Local 478 Greater Jackson Arts Council Lagniappe Foundation Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities Mom BravoBuzz The Jackson Advocate Green Ghost Tacos Hederman Brothers Printing

Cathead Distillery

Jackson Free Press Portico Magazine Fisher Productions, LLC Canton Convention & Visitors Bureau and Film Office Tzedakah Charitable Fund

We congratulate the Crossroads Filmmakers!

The Lagniappe Foundation congratulates

Crossroads

and all filmmakers on a great Festival!