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Festival Schedule 2012a Thursday, February 9 • The Lyric Oxford 6:00 Thacker Mountain Radio

7:30 Festival intro + The Show Must Go On

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10:00 am PANEL: Documentary Filmmaking Friday, February 10 12:00 pm FRONTMAN

Three Screens at Malco

2:00 2:25 4:15 4:45 6:00 8:15 8:45

The Orderly CELLMATES The Show Must Go On Dean Faulkner Wells interviewed for La Grande Librairie L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival 2011 Best of the Fest Fresh Skweezed BUTTERFLY RISING

10:00 am MISSISSIPPI DOCUMENTARY SHORTS Saturday, Year of Our Lord + On the Porch with February 11

Three Screens at Malco

T-Model Ford + Proud Larry’s Music Scene + Back in Oxford + Yokna + The Beacon 12:00 pm The Show Must Go On 12:30 THE FIFTY-NINE TEAM 2:00 MISSISSIPPI NARRATIVE SHORTS 1

Oxford: Expiration Date + The Ninth Floor + The Man at the Door + Humble Circumstances 4:00 MISSISSIPPI NARRATIVE SHORTS 2

Statewide: The Best Day + Gypsy Heart + The Fall of Henry + Illumination + Old Oak 6:15 THIS IS WHAT LOVE IN ACTION LOOKS LIKE 8:00 AWARD CEREMONY

Saturday, February 11

9:00 Oxford Music Festival programming

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12:15pm 2:30 4:15

HOLY ROLLERS PANEL: Screenwriting THREE NARRATIVE SHORTS Bathing and the Single Girl + The Last Payphone in Los Angeles + After-School Special 5:00 HOW TO CHEAT 7:00 PERFECTION

12:30 pm NARRATIVE SHORTS

Fatakra + Ballerina + Ms Marvel’s Day Off + Terrebonne + The Birthday Present + Hellion 2:15 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Training Wheels + Cardboard Titanics + Awaken the Dragon + Irma + Saint + The New Debutantes 3:30 SECRET SCREENING

Check oxfordfilmfest.com for details 5:45 To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish 6:15 HAPPY 8:00 Red Moon 8:20 DICK NIGHT

10:00 am PERFECTION 12:30 pm NARRATIVE SHORTS

Fatakra + Ballerina + Ms Marvel’s Day Off + Terrebonne + The Birthday Present + Hellion 2:15 PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS 4:15 SECRET SCREENING, Check oxfordfilmfest.com for details 6:30 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Training Wheels + Cardboard Titanics + Awaken the Dragon + Irma + Saint + The New Debutantes

10:00 am PANEL: Financing 12:00 pm ANIMATED SHORTS

5 minutes each + Birdboy + Dance in B minor + Dwellings + Entanglement + Gilded Age Gladiator + Spirit of the Bluebird + The Owl Who Had a Wish Tangled to its Foot 1:20 The Show Must Go On 2:00 THE FIFTY-NINE TEAM 3:30 EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

The Lady in the Boxcar + Voicemail + Soundtrack + Marble Falls, Texas July 4th 2011 + Landscape for the Mind + Plural + Only in Dreams + Dear Father + Knot + NYCTL’S Pt. 2 5:30 TBA, Check oxfordfilmfest.com for details

Afternoon Screen at the Lyric Oxford 12:00 pm Sonny 12:25 William Tyler: Behold the Spirit 12:50 Rhino Resurrected 2:30 MISSISSIPPI MUSIC VIDEOS

Positions in Space / Ashley W. + The Road Less Traveled / Jake Wood + Fall Apart / The Cooters 3:00 FRONTMAN 5:00 PANEL: Music and Film 7:00 Oxford Music Festival programming

12:00 pm ANIMATED SHORTS Sunday, 5 minutes each + Birdboy + Dance in February 12

Three screens at Malco 1:30 3:30 5:00

B minor + Dwellings + Entanglement + Gilded Age Gladiator + Spirit of the Bluebird + The Owl Who Had a Wish Tangled to its Foot HOLY ROLLERS SHOWTIME PATRIOT GUARD RIDERS

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12:00 pm THREE NARRATIVE SHORTS

Bathing and the Single Girl + The Last Payphone in Los Angeles + After-School Special 1:00 HOW TO CHEAT 2:45 Fresh Skweezed 3:15 BUTTERFLY RISING 4:45 The Orderly 5:05 CELLMATES

12:15 pm Red Moon 12:40 DICK NIGHT 2:00 The Show Must Go On 3:00 THIS IS WHAT LOVE IN ACTION LOOKS LIKE 4:30 Sonny 5:00 William Tyler: Behold the Spirit 5:10 RHINO RESURRECTED

• Film Festival + Thacker Mountain Radio + Music Festival = $75 ($70 student) • Film Festival + Thacker Mountain Radio = $50 ($45 student) • Film Festival only (Fri, Sat, & Sun) = $30 ($25 student) • Film Festival Day Pass (Fri, Sat, OR Sun) = $15 ($12 student)

Can be purchased at oxfordfilmfest.

• Film Festival Single Film Pass = $8 ($6.50 student) com or thelyricoxford.com or in person • Music Festival only (Thu, Fri, & Sat) = $25 at Festival venues from Thursday to Sunday, Feb. 9-12, 2012.

• Music Festival Day Pass = $10

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seems a little bit easier - and harder - all at the same time. We start talking about next year’s festival before the current one ever takes place and stop only long enough each year to enjoy new and old friends as filmmakers descend on Oxford for one weekend. It seems to go by in a blur and here we are again.

2012 brings new partnerships and exciting prospects. As always, we’ve got a great line up of films for (almost) everyone to enjoy. We are fortunate that many of the filmmakers are attending and are as excited as ever for our judges, panelists, and other special guests to enjoy Oxford.

As more filmmakers discover our town, we anticipate more films will be created here, more collaborations with the people of Oxford and more exciting film news for us in the future. We are eagerly anticipating a bigger spotlight on Oxford when David Milch, Lee Caplin, and HBO come together to bring Faulkner back to the screen.

ROLL CREDITS...

Ninth Annual Oxford Film Festival (2012) Executive Director Molly Fergusson Production Director Micah Ginn Operations Director Michelle Emanuel Communications Director Melanie Addington Hospitality Director Diala Chaney Advisory Board Joey Lauren Adams, John Currence, Sam Haskell, Donna Ruth Roberts, Neil White Sponsorship Coordinator Rob Cornelius Volunteer Coordinators Kristin Rogers, Detra Payne, Dawn Bullion, Sherrod Taylor Opening Night Producer Joe York Production Team Matthew Graves, Greg Gray, Andy Harper, “Cookie” Chris Williams, Joe York

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Experimental Curator Brooke White Screening Coordinator Laura Sheppardson This year’s festival brings two new collaborations. We have partnered with the Oxford Music Festival in hopes of further showing our guests what great energy and talent Oxford has to offer, creating even more options for entertainment, and bringing together the excitement of both festivals to the people of Oxford. We are also partnering with the Mid South Intellectual Property Institute, a collaboration between the University of Mississippi Law School and FNC. The Institute will host a two-day continuing legal education session concurrent with the Oxford Film Festival to give regional attorneys a chance to catch up on all the latest in Intellectual Property law and to enjoy the creativity that makes it possible.

We are also excited about our new community film, The Show Must Go On. Be sure to catch one of the screenings.

You are sure to recognize most of the cast!

Check out the line-up, mark your calendars, create your schedules, and enjoy the show!

See you at the festival, Molly Fergusson Executive Director

Jury Wrangler Arik Sokol Staff Photographer Danny Klimetz Screening Committee Wayne Andrews, Mary Margaret Andrews, James Burns, Ann Gill, Judy Greenwood, Laura Harper, Lance Herrington, Kate Hooper, Jasmine Karlowski, Shannon Lovejoy, Jillian Pecoraro, Tonya Powers, Edward Rholes, Julia Rholes, Dinorah Sapp, Chris Sapp, Laura Sheppardson, Jimmy Thomas, Sarah Wadford, Laura Warner, Tonya Williams Poster and Ad Design Amy Woodward Evans / Wide Eye Design Program Design Susan Bauer Lee / CoolDog Creative Special Thanks To Aidan Addington, Harry Addington, Lynda Addington, Bill Beckwith, Bradley Bishop, Elliott Chaney, Michael Chaney, Phillip Chaney, Daisy Cheng, John Currence, Dianne Fergusson, JoJo Ginn, Gayle Ginn, Meta Poole Ginn, Erik Jambor, Nathan McDaniel, Kathryn McGaw, Johnny McPhail, Susan McPhail, Karen Scott, Barton Segal, Ethan Stuart, Kevin Stuart, Smith Stuart, and the people of Oxford.

The Oxford Film Festival is an independent non-profit organization with 501c3 status. Donations may be tax deductible.

Contact us! info@oxfordfilmfest.com or call 877.560.FILM oxfordfilmfest.com Find us on Facebook and Twitter

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On Opening Night The 2012 Oxford Film Festival Proudly Presents the Premiere of Its Second Annual Community Film:

The Show MUST Go On During a performance of a community theatre’s murder mystery play, an actor is actually killed. With a state arts commissioner in attendance to determine future funding for the theatre, the cast and crew have no choice but to continue with the show.

Written and directed by MattheW Graves Proudly sPonsored by: Sam and Mary Haskell • Zach and Amy Scruggs The Lafayette Oxford Foundation for Tomorrow UM Media and Documentary Projects FeATUring: Adam g. Brooks Meaghin Burke Anna Donnell greg earnest Michael ewing Lester Ferrell genevieve Fortner elise Fyke elaine gelbard Melissa graves

Will Harris carl Jensen rhes Low Jennifer Pierce Mathus Jim McCauley Marge McCauley Merrick McCool Johnny McPhail Detra Payne

Alivia roberts Teresa roberts Kristy robertson Kyle Schlett Michael Shorter Alice Walker Caren Watts lyn Wells Steve Wooten

And many other familiar faces!

Premieres at the Lyric on Opening night (February 9) after Thacker Mountain radio, with encore screenings on Friday at 4:15pm, Saturday at 12:00 and 1:20pm, and Sunday at 2:00pm.

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aa Welcome to Mississippi and the 9th Annual Oxford Film Festival. We’re glad you’re here.

The Mississippi Film Office has been a proud supporter of the festival since its inception and is happy to be a part of this vibrant and innovative festival.

In addition to providing a great venue for our own Mississippi filmmakers and for presenting bold and engaging independent film to an audience from throughout the South, we are happy to show off Mississippi to all of the visiting filmmakers. Oxford and locations across the state have supported location film production for almost 100 years, and we look forward to supporting the industry long into the future, wherever and however filmmaking may advance.

Our Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Program will certainly be a part of that future. A cash rebate program, we return to the filmmaker up to 30% of your local spend and resident and non-resident payroll within 45 days of completion of your production. Our $50,000 minimum spend is the lowest for a rebate in the country, and commercials, shorts, documentaries, television and features are all eligible. There are also tax reductions on production equipment. And we are committed to making changes dedicated to the continued development and support of the film industry in Mississippi. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at 601-359-3297, or visit our website, www.filmMississippi.org.

Have a great time in Oxford and in Mississippi…and for you filmmakers, we look forward to working with you on your next project.

The Mississippi Film Office Ward Emling Nina Parikh Betty Black

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a Dear Visitors, On behalf of the Board of Aldermen and the citizens of Oxford, I wish to extend a warm welcome to you while you are here for the 2012 Oxford Film Festival. We are glad to have our own film festival as a place for sharing knowledge, educating viewers and artistic expression.

In addition to its charm and hospitality, Oxford offers an excellent venue for enjoying films. We are proud of past festivals in terms of attendance and content and we are glad to see the event continue to grow. While you will be occupied by the festival’s activities, we hope there will also be time for you to get acquainted with Oxford.

Please enjoy the natural beauty of the campus of the University of Mississippi, the friendly scale of our streets and neighborhoods, and the excellent restaurants and shops. Thank you for contributing to its growing list of things to do and see.

Enjoy your visit and please let us know if we can help you in any way while you are here.

With best wishes, Sincerely, George G. Patterson

February 9, 2012 Welcome to the Oxford Film Festival!

I know you enjoy all of the events and activities during the festival, and I hope you will take time to explore and appreciate the great shops, restaurants and attractions that make Oxford one of the great small towns in America.

Mississippi is home to some of the most famous artists, actors, athletes, authors and musicians in the world. Our creativity abounds all across the state, and Oxford is a great place to showcase the many talents of the people of Mississippi.

Thank you for being part of the Oxford Film Festival. Enjoy your visit to Mississippi, and please come back, bring friends and family, and share with them the unique, authentic experience that is Mississippi.

Sincerely,

Governor Phil Bryant

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Documentary Filmmaking Panel

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Friday, 10:00am (S1) Andy Harper (moderator), Joe York, Will Wilkins, Ryanne Duffie Documentary films capture a moment in time. They tell a story. They tell someone else’s story. They reveal truths, challenge assumptions, and often compel audiences to take action. They serve as a record of history. Whether their films reflect the news or make the news, documentary filmmakers face many issues and challenges. Can that archival image or recording be used? Is it fair use? What about the rights of publicity? Documentarians and lawyers discuss the challenges and legal pitfalls of making documentary films.

ANDY HARPER is the Director of the Media and Documentary Projects Center and an Instructional Assistant Professor of Southern Studies and Journalism at the University of Mississippi. Since its establishment in 2004, MDP has produced dozens of short films and three feature length documentaries. Andy holds a PhD in Environmental History from Northern Arizona University and teaches environmental studies and documentary classes.

RYANNE DUFFIE SAUCIER is the Assistant Executive Director for Support Services and Contracts at Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB). She administers all contracts and licensing on behalf of the Agency and oversees the areas of Human Resources and Technical Services. Ryanne hails from Southeast Alabama and has worked in the entertainment industry for over 15 years, in the areas of artist management, radio programming, concert planning, artist promotion and film production. Prior to joining MPB, she practiced entertainment law, working with musicians, writers, filmmakers, and broadcasters in the areas of music licensing and music publishing as well as copyright, trademark and media law.

JOE YORK is a documentary filmmaker and radio producer with more than two dozen films to his credit. Joe is the author of With Signs Following: Photographs from the Southern Religious Roadside, and the 2008 Oxford Film Festival awarded his film Sorry, We’re Open the Hoka Award for the best Mississippi film. His latest feature length documentary, Mississippi Innocence won the audience choice award at the Oxford Film Festival and the Transformative Film award at the Crossroads Film Festival. Joe holds an MA degree in Southern Studies from the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.

WILL WILKINS manages the Intellectual Property Group at the Mississippi Law Research Institute at the University of Mississippi School of Law where he

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assists Mississippi’s public universities with intellectual property matters. Will also serves as the Director of the Institute.

Will received his law degree from the University of Mississippi in 1991 and a B.A. from the University of the South in 1988.

Screenwriting Panel Friday, 2:30pm (S2) Alan Arrivée (moderator), Chris Offut, Joey Lauren Adams You have a story to tell. You think it could make a great movie or TV show. Now what? Join our panel of working screenwriters tell their stories of bringing their pages to the screen.

CHRIS OFFUTT has written and produced for “True Blood,” “Weeds,” and “Tremé.” He’s also written two pilots, “Tough Trade” for Lions Gate, shot on location in Nashville, and “Star Wheel Badge,” for CBS, set in Texas.

His screenplays include the produced short The Trapper. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, and joined the the Department of English at the University of Mississippi in 2011.

ALAN ARRIVÉE is a filmmaker and writer and Assistant Professor of Cinema and Cinema Director at the University of Mississippi.

His short film Silent Radio, which he both wrote and directed, was programmed at over twenty international film festivals, and was awarded at the European Independent Film Festival, the Long Island International Film Expo and the Ellensburg Film Festival.

His plays have been performed in Chicago, Los Angeles and at various universities. Alan is also a professional actor and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and Actors Equity as well as the University Film & Video Association and the Austin Film Society. He received both his B.S. in Communication/ Theatre and his M.F.A. in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. Alan serves yearly on the Jury of The European Independent Film Festival in Paris. He lives with his wife and daughter in Oxford, Mississippi. His new short film Man at the Door screens on Saturday in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts Block (2:00pm, S1).

JOEY LAUREN ADAMS is best known as an actress, appearing in films such as Chasing Amy (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), Big Daddy, and The Break Up, but turned to screenwriting when she moved back to the South in 2005. Her directorial debut, Come Early Morning, premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.

She lives in Oxford, Mississippi, and continues to act in TV shows including Showtime’s “The United States of Tara,” and independent films such as The Birthday Present (screening in the Narrative Shorts Block, Friday at 12:30 (S3) and Saturday at 12:30 (S2)), and the upcoming feature Blue Caprice with Isaiah Washington and Tim Blake Nelson, while writing her next screenplay.

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Financing Your Independent Film

Music and Film

Saturday, 10:00am (S3) Steve Beckman, Shawnessy B. Howell, Jeff Begun You have a great idea for your film. The crew is lined up.

You’ve even got a cast in mind. People have offered to help you pay for things. Now what? Do you form a new company?

Bring in partners? Sell stock? What states have the best incentives? Join us for a panel discussion on the best way – practically and legally – to finance your film.

Saturday, 5:00pm (Lyric)

STEVE BECKMAN heads the acquisitions department at Cinetic Rights Management / FilmBuff, a leading provider of film content to audiences throughout the world.

Steven identifies and acquires relevant projects for FilmBuff and strategizes their release plans, primarily through maximizing opportunities in the new media landscape. Steven also handles all North American film sales for Cinetic Rights Management. Steven’s previous industry experience includes The Weinstein Company, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, Marc Platt Productions and Hock Films. He has also produced a number of independent documentaries and concert films. Outside of film, Steven serves on the board of trustees for Ramapo for Children, a not-for-profit organization serving children with special needs. Steven graduated from NYU with a B.A. in History and minor concentrations in Economics and Cinema Studies.

SHAWNASSEY HOWELL BROOKS is an attorney with Frascogna Courtney, PLLC in Jackson, Mississippi, where she focuses in the area of entertainment law, representing a variety of clients including award winning songwriters and recording artists, record labels, music and book publishers, and artist managers. She first developed her interest in these areas when pursuing her undergraduate degree in Radio, Television and Film. While completing her degree, she began her career as a radio announcer and advertising producer.

Shawnassey hosted radio programs for several years, including a short period as a volunteer for the Caribbean Division of Armed Forces Radio. She eventually expanded her advertising skills into the print arena, serving as the advertising director for an international specialty toy manufacturer, before returning to school to earn her J.D. JEFF BEGUN, co-creator of The Incentives Office with Dama Claire, which helps producers maximize their tax incentives or rebates by taking over the entire incentives process, is a writer/producer and a former VP Business Development at a major payroll company. Jeff originated the concept of a payroll company tracking U.S. Production Incentives and authored the first Complete Guide to U.S. Production Incentives, which is the industry standard. He frequently participates in and moderates production incentives panels around the country.

Previously, Jeff worked with Roger Corman as an independent producer with over a dozen films to his credit, including the cult classics Hardbodies, and Jackson County Jail. Prior to moving to California, Jeff owned a theatre chain and indie film distribution company in Chicago.

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Ted Speaker (moderator), Jonathan Rej, Rush Hicks, Ryanne Duffie Where would film be without music? The dramatic crescendo as the unknowing character leaves the house in the dark, the melancholy vocal as the lead character drives off into the future. And where would music be without the art of film, giving images to sounds, bringing the lyrics visually alive, and introducing new audiences to music through videos? Panelists will discuss how to choose the right song for a film, how they find the music, how the music finds them. They will discuss the art of the music video and what direction to go with a particular song? And often the most important part of music in film … licensing. Who owns the songs if made for the film (scoring). How do you go about securing a particular song for a scene, what kind of license do you need? Join filmmakers, musicians, and attorneys as they discuss how music and film work together both creatively and legally.

TED SPEAKER is a film and TV composer, producer, and sometimes editor and designer. He has scored, produced, and edited feature films, short films, documentaries, commercials, and national corporate campaigns. The award winning films that Ted has produced or scored have made regular appearances at festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, LA Film Fest, and Cannes. His credits include: Humpday (2009), How To Cheat (2011), Where I Begin (2011), and last year’s OFF Grand Jury Prize film, Prairie Love. Ted recently completed the score on Tomer Almagor’s 9 Full Moons, starring Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts, and Harry Dean Stanton.

JONATHAN REJ is the owner of Authority Films, an Atlanta- based video and film production company.

A graduate of The Savannah College of Art and Design, Rej has directed over 30 music videos and dozens of national commercials. His latest video, “Deathbound” for the band Mastodon, was selected as one of the best music videos of 2011 by Pitchfork.com.

RUSH HICKS received his undergraduate degree in music from the University of Mississippi and law degree from Mercer University in 1981. Since that time, he has practiced law in Nashville on historic Music Row representing artists, songwriters, artist’s managers, business managers, record companies, record producers, booking agencies and publishing companies. He also teaches in the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University.

For several years he played drums in the Nashville bagpipe band (yes, he wore a skirt) and currently plays drums in his church’s band. He and his wife have two wonderful sons.

RYANNE DUFFIE SAUCIER (see page 6 for bio).

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MEET THE JUDGES

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Our judges will determine winners in each of our categories.

The winning films will be announced at the awards ceremony on Saturday at 8:00pm at Malco Studio Cinema (Screen 1). Winners will receive The Spirit of the Hoka, a beautiful statuette created by renowned sculptor Bill Beckwith in the likeness of the Chickasaw Princess Hoka in 1835.

In addition to the Spirit of the Hoka, we will also present the Lisa Blount Memorial Acting Award to the strongest independent performance that shows an actor or an actress willing to take risks for their art. Lisa Blount, an award winning actress from Arkansas, was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1983 for her breakout role in An Officer and a Gentleman, and received the Best Actress prize at the 2004 Stockholm Film Festival for her lead role in the independent feature film Chrystal. Along with her husband Ray McKinnon and co-producer Walton Goggins, Lisa took home an Academy Award for their Live Action Short The Accountant. Lisa passed away in 2010, not long after agreeing to be a juror for our 2011 festival.

All films in the lineup – including those not in competition – are eligible for the coveted Ron Tibbett Audience Award, named for the founding director of the Magnolia Film Festival in Starkville, the first independent film festival in Mississippi.

Tibbett died in 2004 in a car accident just over a year after his short film Buffalo Common debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. This award will be announced online after the festival ends on Sunday, February 12.

Narrative Feature KIM VOYNAR has been a film critic for Movie City News, “Hollywood’s Homepage,” for four years. Prior to that, she was Managing Editor and film critic for Cinematical/AOL. She is currently transitioning into filmmaking, and just completed production on her first short film, “Bunker” which she wrote and directed. She and her husband, Mike Hodge, share their home with six kids, two dogs and two cats, and are partners in Catawampus! Productions, LLC, an independent film production company.

ELVIS MITCHELL is the host of KCRW’s nationally syndicated program “The Treatment.” Mitchell has been a film critic for the New York Times and NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” In the summer of 2011, he was appointed curator of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new film series “Film Independent” at the LACMA. DON LEWIS loves film. Having written for Film Threat for over 10 years, he is also a filmmaker in his own right. His short documentary films Stringers and Drag King have played numerous film festivals and garnered a few awards and his first documentary Worst in Show played Oxford Film Fest in 2011. Don holds a Master’s Degree in Cinema Studies from San Francisco State and resides in Northern California with his wife, daughter and dog named Igby.

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Documentary Feature Todd Gilchrist is a film critic and entertainment journalist with more than ten years of experience working in Los Angeles. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Todd has contributed to a wide variety of print and online outlets, including The Wall Street Journal’s Speakeasy blog, Boxoffice Magazine, Movies.com, Variety, The Playlist, Cinematical, MTV Movies blog, and IGN.com, where he served as IGN DVD Editor in Chief. Todd currently lives in Los Angeles with his girlfriend and fellow journalist Jen Yamato, and their two cats Nemo and Otis.

PAULA MARTINEZ co-produces the Atlanta 48 Hour Film Project, DecaturDocs, and is an organizer of the Atlanta Pitch Summit. With a strong background in festival and event planning, including four years as Managing Director and Festival Producer for the Atlanta Film Festival, Paula participates regularly on film festival panels and competition juries. She has spoken about the business of film at Georgia Tech, UGA, and Georgia State University. Currently, Paula is developing an unscripted series with Lucky Dog Filmworks.

STEVEN BECKMAN focuses on domestic film acquisitions at Cinetic Rights Management, sister company of Cinetic Media. Steve identifies and acquires relevant film content for CRM, and strategizes the projects’ distribution and release into the marketplace. Steve’s previous industry experience includes The Weinstein Company, DreamWorks, 20th Century Fox, Marc Platt Productions and Hock Films. He has also produced a number of independent documentaries and concert films. Beckman graduated from New York University with a B.A. in history and minor concentrations in economics and cinema studies.

Shorts (Narrative and Documentary) JEN YAMATO is the West Coast Editor at Movieline.com, where she writes about the film and entertainment industry. She was previously Senior Editor at Rotten Tomatoes, film critic for Movies.com, and a contributor to many of the web’s finest movie sites. She lives in Los Angeles and is semi-addicted to karaoke.

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ERIC D. SNIDER has been a film critic since 1999, and a beard wearer since 2008. He holds a degree in journalism and used to work in “the newspaper industry,” back when that was a thing. He now writes for Film.com, Movies. com, and other online outlets, and co-hosts a weekly podcast, “Movie B.S. with Bayer & Snider.” He lives in Portland, Oregon.

SCOTT RORIE is a native Mississippian, who graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1996 with a BFA and has been residing in Los Angeles for the past 13 years. He is a filmmaker, DGA member, actor and artist, as well as the Founding Chairman of the Mississippi Culture and Heritage Society of California that sponsors the Mississippi Picnic in Los Angeles. He loves movies.

Experimental/Animation/Mississippi Music Video SKIZZ CYZYK is a writer, musician, and filmmaker. Since 1997, he has been involved, in multiple capacities, with Slamdance, Maryland Film Festival, MicroCineFest, Atlanta Film Festival, Sidewalk and Indie Memphis among other festivals. He also writes for music and film magazines, serves on the Maryland Lawyers for the Arts Board of Directors, plays punk rock electric ukulele for The Go Pills, and plays drums for The Jennifers, as well as Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band.

MICHAEL JACKSON CHANEY is a professor of Film and Television and Sound Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.

Prior to teaching he worked as a television producer in New York City for clients such as Hearst Publications, the Seagram Company, and the New York Times.

He has been a consultant and special events programmer for the Savannah Film Festival since its inception in 1998. His film and time based media work address the interplay of spirituality and social constructs.

He uses multiple channel video, film and sound as well as performance. His time based media work has been exhibited internationally. His short films have been included in numerous international film festivals. Born in Greenwood and raised in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he holds a B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and an M.F.A. from Tufts University/The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He has completed post-graduate studies in theology at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

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DWAYNE BUTCHER is Memphis’ Own. He is an artist, curator, blogger, teacher, and chicken wing connoisseur. He received his MFA from the Memphis College of Art in 2008.

While at MCA, he developed a deep interest in the integration of Digital Media expression with traditional art forms. His work wittily comments on his life as a citizen of the South, often around issues of masculinity. In 2010, his work was exhibited at the MMX Art Venue in Berlin, the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, with experimental video installations in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Wigan, United Kingdom.

This year, his work can be seen in the exhibition “Contemporary Art and the Moving Image,” in Belfast, Northern Ireland and “Greener on the Other Side” in Chongqing, China.

Mississippi Film JOHN BEIFUSS is the film critic and a reporter with The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis. His work has appeared in the New York Times, TV Guide and elsewhere. He is the author of the children’s book, Armadillo Ray (Chronicle Books). His first published story was an appreciation of the co-starring films of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi that appeared in Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. He wonders if it’s been all downhill ever since.

ELIZABETH DOLLARHIDE has worked in film and video for twenty years, beginning with Huck Finn in Natchez, Miss. After working on several projects in Mississippi, Chicago and Baltimore, she moved to Los Angeles where she ran the production company of Lawrence Kasdan and was a producer on his last film Dreamcatcher. She also worked as a writer/producer of DVD documentaries for several movies, including Cinderella Man, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, as well as the re-releases of Backdraft, The Accidental Tourist, Wyatt Earp, and Parenthood. She also wrote and produced an HBO “First Look” show on Cinderella Man and a promotional video for Silverado. She relocated from California to Oxford/Taylor, Mississippi and has several projects in development, including two original feature animation films. Most recently she optioned the novel Theater of the Stars, has adapted the screenplay, and is now in the process of developing the project.

CHRIS OFFUTT has written and produced for “True Blood,” “Weeds,” and “Tremé.” He’s also written two pilots, “Tough Trade” for Lions Gate, shot on location in Nashville, and “Star Wheel Badge,” for CBS, set in Texas. His screenplays include the produced short The Trapper. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, and joined the the Department of English at the University of Mississippi in 2011.

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5 Minutes Each

Award Ceremony

Animated Short, 10 minutes

Saturday, 8:00pm (S1) Join us as we present the Spirit of the Hoka award to the best films in each of our categories as determined by our judges, profiled on page 8-9.

2012 FILMS

Directed by Vojin Vasovic Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block A tale of the hermitic life of artists, who are enclosed in their own world of ideas, striving to create the epochal masterpiece. Even if they succeed, the image they create is the reflection of themselves. And with the same fervor, they repeat the process in endless cycles.

After-School Special Narrative Short, 10 minutes

Back in Oxford Mississippi Documentary Short, 16 minutes Directed by Jordan Berger and Houston Settle Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block A student documentary exploring the underground rap culture in Oxford, Miss. An interesting view of this small town, told through a lens many people are not familiar with.

World Premiere.

Directed by Jacob Chase Screening: Friday 4:15pm (S2), Sunday 12:00pm (S2), screens with Bathing and the Single Girl and The Last Payphone in Los Angeles before How to Cheat.

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground in this Neil LaBute penned slice-oflife starring Sarah Paulson and Wes Bentley.

Mississippi Premiere.

Awaken the Dragon Documentary Short, 18 minutes Directed by Laura Zdan Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block A short documentary exploring the unknown world of dragon boating, the world’s largest flat water racing canoes, propelled by a crew of 20, plus a drummer and a steers person. The film allows the audience to travel to three areas of the United States to discover the hidden sport to absorb the gripping visuals, sounds, and feelings that come with dragon boat racing.

Regional Premiere.

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Ballerina Narrative Short, 17 minutes Directed by Bryan Stafford Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block Frank Gross seems to be a man who has it all: a quiet home in the suburbs, a good job, a daughter who loves him. Then, on a day much like today, there comes a knock at a door and his orderly world slides sideways into the darkness beyond what we know. Ballerina is a provocative, thoughtful drama about love, time, what we can prevent and what we can’t, no matter how much we might want to.

Mississippi Premiere.

Bathing & the Single Girl Narrative Short, 11 minutes Directed by Christine Elise McCarthy Screening: Friday 4:15pm (S2), Sunday 12:00pm (S2), screens with The Last Payphone in Los Angeles and AfterSchool Special before How to Cheat.

A raw & irreverent comedic look at the unspoken horrors of dating and bathing with younger men.

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The Beacon

The Birthday Present

Mississippi Documentary Short, 15 minutes

Narrative Short, 16 minutes

Directed by Camilla Ann Aikin, Aristide LeFeve, and Abby Olivier

Directed by Sean Bridgers and Ffish

Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block The Beacon is the story of a 52 year old diner, an Oxford, Mississippi institution. It is a place full of colorful characters and stories, fiercely loyal customers and employees, and deep ties to the South’s complicated past.

World Premiere.

The Best Day Mississippi Narrative Short, 17 minutes Directed by Coop Cooper Screening: Saturday 4:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 2 Block On the day of her 10th birthday, happy-go-lucky Jenny discovers she and her family are pawns in a cruel experiment that repeats over and over... and Daddy likes things just the way they are.

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Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block For her ninth birthday Joey’s parents (Sean Bridgers and Joey Lauren Adams) think they’ve gotten her “what every little girl wants.” But her real birthday wish is about to come true in an unexpected way.

Mississippi Premiere.

Butterfly Rising Narrative Feature, 1 hour 32 minutes Directed by Tanya Wright Screening: Friday 8:45pm (S1), Sunday 3:15pm (S2), preceded by the short Fresh Skweezed When her brother dies, singer Lilah Belle (McGhee Monteith) embarks on a road trip to escape her grief, but not before coaxing Rose Johnson (Tanya Wright), the newto-town, most scandalous woman in Artesia, to go with her.

These two broken souls steal a vintage truck and head out on the open road to a fated encounter with the mythical, magical Lazarus of the Butterflies.

Mississippi Premiere.

Animated Short, 13 minutes Directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block Little Dinky starts a new day on her way to school with her beloved father, but a terrible industrial accident is going to change her life forever. Based on the graphic novel PSICONAUTAS by Alberto Vázquez.

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FINE PRINT

Unless otherwise indicated, films and panels will occur at Malco’s Oxford Studio Cinema (1111 Jackson Avenue West, Oxford).

All films contain adult content and are not recommended for children under 18 unless otherwise indicated.

Views expressed in the screened films are of the filmmakers, and not necessarily shared by the Oxford Film Festival. Presentation of films does not mean that the Oxford Film Festival promotes the behavior contained therein.

All times are tentative and subject to change. Refer to our website (oxfordfilmfest.com) for the latest info on guest scheduling, panel, and event info.

An individual film pass allows admission to a single film block but does not guarantee seating. Seats are first come, first serve. In the event that a screening room is at capacity, the film pass can be used for another film at the same time, or for the film at an alternate screening, or can be refunded.

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Documentary Short, 10 minutes

Dean Faulkner Wells: Interviewed for Les Carnets de Route

Directed by Sam Frazier, Jr.

Documentary Short (non-competition), 30 minutes

Cardboard Titanics Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block Delusional people build, row, and race boats made solely of cardboard and duct tape in an insane effort to recapture the American dream.

Cellmates Narrative Feature, 1 hour 25 minutes Directed by Jesse Baget Screening: Friday 2:25pm (S1), Sunday 5:05pm (S2), screens with The Orderly Leroy Lowe (Tom Sizemore), grand dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan, confronts everything he’s been taught to hate when he’s sentenced to three years of hard labor on a prison work farm, where Warden Merville (Stacy Keach) chooses Emilio, a Hispanic field worker (Héctor Jiménez), to be his cellmate.

Regional Premiere.

Dance in B minor Animated Short, 4 minutes Directed by Myria Christophini Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block The animation is a simple love story about a man and a woman from the two conflicting communities in the divided island of Cyprus. Obstacles in their environment are making their coming together difficult.

However, the couple is determined to reach each other.

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Screening: Friday 4:45pm (S1) Dean Faulkner Wells (1936-2011) was the daughter of Dean Swift Faulkner, William Faulkner’s youngest brother, and Louise Hale. As her father died in a plane crash months before her birth, her famous uncle raised her as a daughter in Oxford, Mississippi, where she lived most of her life. Dean collected and retold the ghost stories that her uncle “Pappy” used to tell, as well as wrote her own stories, including stories for children. She and her husband Larry Wells ran Yoknapatawpha Press, a regional publishing house. Several months before her untimely death in July 2011, she gave what would be her last interview to François Busnel, host of the French television show “La Grande Librairie (The Great Bookstore)” for his monthly literary series, “Les Carnets de Route (Road Journals).”

Dear Father Experimental Short, 12 minutes Directed by Adnan X. Khan Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block A stranger reveals his alienation from the world and longing for spiritual transcendence in six letters to his loved ones.

Dick Night Narrative Feature, 1 hour 22 minutes Written and directed by Andy Viner Screening: Friday 8:20pm (S3), Sunday 12:40pm (S3), preceded by the short Red Moon Rachel hasn’t been out of the house since being left at the altar two months ago, but some rebound sex tonight and she’ll be over Mark for good... if she can just deal with the vampires at her door.

Mississippi Premiere.

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aaa Dwellings Animated Short, 4 minutes Directed by Aaron Wendel Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block Over time, two houses slowly destroy each other.

Entanglement Animated Short, 6 minutes Directed by Renae Radford Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block A turbulent journey of unrequited love set in the garden of one’s subconscious.

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Expiration Date Mississippi Narrative Short, 7 minutes Directed by Felicity Flesher Screening: Saturday 2:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 1 Block A young student is forever changed when an expired cup of ramen noodles enters his life.

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Fall Apart Mississippi Music Video, 4 minutes Directed by Thad Lee, Music by the Cooters Screening: Saturday 2:30pm (Lyric)

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The Fall of Henry

Fresh Skweezed

Mississippi Narrative Short, 22 minutes

Narrative Short, 22 minutes

Directed by Glenn Payne

Directed by G.B. Shannon and Ryan Parker

Screening: Saturday 4:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 2 Block

Screening: Friday 8:15pm (S1), Sunday 2:45pm (S2), screens before Butterfly Rising

One bad night, one misstep begins a confrontation between two people with their own perspectives about how and why things went badly. As the encounter goes on, every motive and sense of responsibility comes under scrutiny. When something goes wrong, is there really blame to be assigned? And how far back can it go? Look closely.

Maggie, a street smart 11 year old, is stifled by a shaky home-life and constant torment from the neighborhood bully. With a fair share of moxie and a talent for the hustle, this little spitfire is fighting for more than just stability in her turbulent surroundings.

Her life’s turned sour and she has no choice but to make a stand.

Mississippi Premiere.

Fatakra Narrative Short, 19 minutes Directed by Soham Mehta Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block Naveen left India to chase his dreams in America. Three years and a recession later, his wife and son join him.

The Fifty-Nine Team Documentary Feature (non-competition), 55 minutes Directed by Micah Ginn Screening: Saturday 12:30pm (S1), Saturday 2:00pm (S3), screens with The Show Must Go On The Fifty-Nine Team is a detailed look into the personalities and stories behind one of the greatest college football teams ever assembled. With over 30 interviews, archival footage, and rarely seen film clips and photos, you’ll learn first-hand the highs and lows of this heralded national-championship squad.

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Frontman Narrative Feature, 1 hour 45 minutes Directed by Ben Hyland Screening: Friday 12:00pm (S1), Saturday 3:00pm (Lyric ) When the former frontman of Stanley and the Knives suddenly dies, his old friends and band mates are forced back together after twenty-five years apart. Cracks soon start to appear in their relationships, and it becomes clear why they split up in the first place.

Frontman is a musical journey of five strangers becoming friends for the second time.

Regional Premiere.

Gilded Age Gladiator Animated Short, 12 minutes Directed by Brad Lambert and Rob Benica Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block An animated documentary that recounts the career of 19th century boxer John L. Sullivan.

Using animated characters, the film details Sullivan’s rise from barroom brawler to America’s first sports celebrity.

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The film highlights Sullivan’s 1889 battle for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, an epic 75-round bout that was covered by the international press despite the fact that it was an illegal bare-knuckle fight. It was the last title bout fought under bare-knuckle rules, marking the turning point in boxing’s transition from outlaw entertainment to respectable sport.

Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Documentary Feature, 1 hour 32 minutes Directed by Bryan Storkel Screening: Friday 12:15pm (S2), Sunday 1:30pm (S1)

Gypsy Heart

A mysterious hitchhiker gets picked up by a man on a road trip. But what can you ever really know about a stranger?

World Premiere.

The Churchteam, arguably the largest and most well-funded blackjack team in America, has taken millions from casinos in their short existence. But since every team member is a Christian and some are pastors, there is a constant battle to answer this question: how can you be Christian and play blackjack for a living?

Mississippi Premiere.

Happy

How to Cheat

Documentary Feature (non-competition), 75 minutes

Narrative Feature, 1 hour 29 minutes

Directed by Roko Belic

Directed by Amber Sealey

Screens: Friday, 6:15pm (S3), screens with To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish

Screening: Friday 5:00pm (S2), Sunday 1:00pm (S2), screens after the shorts Bathing and the Single Girl, The Last Payphone in Los Angeles, and After School Special.

Mississippi Narrative Short, 22 minutes Directed by Daniel Lee Perea Screening: Saturday 4:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 2 Block

Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and powerful interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

Hellion Narrative Short, 7 minutes Directed by Kat Candler Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block Little seven-year old Petey falls prey to his older brothers’ hellion ways.

Regional Premiere.

(World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012).

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Humble Circumstances Mississippi Narrative Short, 20 minutes Directed by Ethan Milner Screening: Saturday 2:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 1 Block Three long distance friends are looking to reunite on a camping trip but need a few more supplies. A young woman, a gas station attendant, is looking to close her store for the night but is held up by a would-be thief. Through a winding unfolding of events their worlds collide and will inevitably end in bloodshed.

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aaa Illumination Mississippi Narrative Short, 22 minutes

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Directed by Michael Williams Screening: Saturday 4:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 2 Block

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Alex, a flawed family man, is forced to endure a personal journey of enlightenment under extraordinary circumstances.

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Irma Documentary Short, 13 minutes Directed by Charles Fairbanks Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block Irma is an intimate musical portrait of Irma Gonzalez, the former world champion of women’s professional wrestling. Filmed in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, a notorious district of Mexico City, Irma contradicts everything we have come to expect from stories reported from Mexico. FeaturingInk Spot.indd music written and performed by Ms. Gonzalez, Irma’s story surges with love and deceit, masculine strength, feminine charms, and an extraordinary sense of humor.

Mississippi Premiere.

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Knot Experimental Short, 3 minutes Directed by T.J. Thyne Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block

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L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival 2011 Best

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Narrative Shorts (non-competition), 1 hour 30 min.

Screening: Friday, 6:00pm (S1) The L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival is currently the largest comedy film festival in the United States, presenting four, funny-packed days of screenings, parties, and panels, plus a star-studded red carpet awards event. Co-founded by Gary Anthony Williams (“Boston Legal,” “Special Agent Oso,” “Malcolm in the Middle”), L.A. Comedy Shorts attracts heavyweights from the world of comedy. Major sponsors include Will Ferrell and Judd Apatow’s website FunnyOrDie.com, Cartoon Network, Atom.com and Atom TV on Comedy Central, and Freemantle’s Atomic Wedgie. Sit back and enjoy some of the best that 2011 has to offer, and we’d love to see you in L.A. this April! (lacomedyshorts.com)

The Lady in the Boxcar Experimental Short, 4 minutes Produced by Justin Peters Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block In this dreamy tale of comedic horror, two shadowy outcasts cross paths in an abandoned boxcar. The murderous, vaudevillian Box Car Lady’s secret life of baby dolls and meat cleavers is interrupted by a kazoo-playing hobo. Charlie Chaplin meets Quentin Tarantino, The Lady in the Boxcar examines life in forgotten places.

Landscape of the Mind Experimental Short, 4 minutes Directed by Jake Weigel Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block

The Last Payphone In Los Angeles Narrative Short, 10 minutes Directed by T. Lynn Mikeska and Tim Harms Screening: Friday 4:15pm (S2), Sunday 12:00pm (S2), screens with Bathing and the Single Girl and After-School Special before How to Cheat.

A day in the life of a busy Los Angeles payphone.

World Premiere.

Man at the Door Mississippi Narrative Short, 30 minutes Written, directed and produced by Alan Arrivée Screening: Saturday 2:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 1 Block When a middle class white woman, who has recently separated from her husband and moved to Chicago, goes downstairs to her apartment lobby with a UPS slip in hand, she finds an illegal Mexican laborer at her doorstep, bleeding from a stab wound and begging to be let in. The decision she makes forces her to face the dangers of the city and its seemingly alien inhabitants.

Marble Falls, Texas July 4th 2011 Experimental Short, 4 minutes Directed by B.S. Powell Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Experimental Shorts Block 4th of July celebration in the Texas Hill Country.

Landscape of the Mind takes footage from several natural landscapes and combines them into one that elicits a painterly, psychological landscape of the collective experiences.

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Ms. Marvel’s Day Off

The Ninth Floor

Narrative Short, 2 minutes

Mississippi Narrative Short, 24 minutes

Directed by Ruckus Skye

Directed by Jordan Berger

Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block

Screening: Saturday 2:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 1 Block

What does a super heroine do when she’s not working?

Mississippi Premiere.

Alex Embers, a despondent young man, experiences recurring dreams about an imaginary lover in the midst of WWII. Alex feels he must help her. When his dreams and reality become intertwined, he is faced with the decision of leaving the meaningless world he has always known for a chance to save the only girl he has ever loved.

The New Debutantes Documentary Short, 13 minutes Directed by Jarratt Taylor Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block Ms. Pat knows growing up isn’t easy. She hopes her class in social etiquette gives kids the skills to make it.

World Premiere.

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NYCTL’S Pt. 2 Experimental Short, 2 minutes Directed by B.S. Powell Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block Time lapse plates of the Manhattan skyline repurposed from a commissioned Times Square installation.

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aaa Old Oak Mississippi Narrative Short, 21 minutes Directed by Kevin M. Jones Screening: Saturday 4:00pm (S1) in the Mississippi Narrative Shorts 2 Block Set in 1956, Old Oak tells the story of the last meal of a death row inmate.

He asks for and is granted special permission to be escorted to his favorite diner for the occasion. Honey, the 10-year old daughter of the waitress, observes closely and narrates the story as the evening unfolds.

USA Premiere.

On the Porch with T-Model Ford Mississippi Documentary Short, 8 minutes Directed by Tyler Keith Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block Punk rock musician Tyler Keith interviews bluesman T-Model Ford about his life and music on a porch before a show in Mississippi.

World Premiere.

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Only in Dreams Experimental Short, 3 minutes Directed by Adam Badlotto Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block Over 3,000 images, shot entirely on a flatbed scanner, arranged into an avant-garde stop-motion film that explores the dynamic relationship between sight and sound.

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The Orderly Narrative Short, 11 minutes

protect grieving families from the Westboro Baptist Church, who descends on the funerals to harass them.

Regional Premiere.

Directed by Daniel Campbell Screening: Friday 2:00pm (S1), Sunday 4:45pm (S2), screens with Cellmates The Orderly is a comedy set in the early 1950s about a timid orderly that finds himself late for his first day of work and his first assignment: transporting two psychiatric patients to another facility 8 hours away, with only 6 hours to get them there. With each minute and mile that passes, Norville desperately struggles to keep his own sanity along this tense, bizarre and chaotic ride.

Mississippi Premiere.

The Owl Who had a Wish Tangled to Its Foot Animated Short, 2 minutes Directed by Burak N. Kurt Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block A heartwarming story about being an outcast, friendship and owls.

Panel Discussions For more information on this year’s Panel Discussions, please see page 6.

Documentary Filmmaking – Friday, 10:00am (S1) Financing Your Independent Film – Saturday, 10:00am (S3) Music and Film – Saturday, 5:00pm (Lyric) Screenwriting – Friday, 2:30 (S2)

Perfection Narrative Feature, 1 hour 22 minutes Directed by Christina Beck Screening: Friday 7:00pm (S2), Saturday 10:00am (S2) Kristabelle, still living with her mother, cuts herself to feel alive but when she meets Simon, a newly sober British stand-up comic, their unlikely romance proves that love can be more than skin deep.

World Premiere.

Plural Experimental Short, 5 minutes Directed by Dan Inglis Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block An experimental digital short film exploring concepts of world-view, subjectivity, and relationships between human perception and nature.

Positions in Space Mississippi Music Video, 3 minutes Directed by Ashley W., Music by Ashley W. Screening: Saturday 2:30pm (Lyric)

Patriot Guard Riders Documentary Feature, 1 hour 13 minutes Directed by Ellen Fridayck Screening: Saturday 2:15pm (S2), Sunday 5:00pm (S1) The suffering of soldiers and their families is largely invisible to most Americans. But not to the Patriot Guard Riders, a 200,000 strong motorcycle group who attend military funerals to honor the fallen, and to

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aaa Proud Larry’s: In Between the Scenes Mississippi Documentary Short, 8 minutes Directed by Zachary Scott Thompson Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block Proud Larry’s is a great window into the Oxford scene’s past and its future.

This short film highlights past memories of Oxford music scene veterans as well as those who are shaping the scene today. The music featured is provided by Oxford’s own Balance.

World Premiere.

Red Moon Narrative Short, 15 minutes Directed by Jimmy Marble Screening: Friday 8:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:15pm (S3), precedes the feature Dick Night Red Moon chronicles the life and times of famed submarine commander, Alexei Ovechkin, Russian hero and hapless werewolf.

Mississippi Premiere.

Rhino Resurrected Documentary Feature, 1 hour 14 minutes Directed by Keith Shapiro Screening: Saturday 12:50pm (Lyric), Sunday 5:10pm (S3), screens after the shorts Sonny, and William Tyler: Behold the Spirit Against all odds, a beloved and historic Los Angeles record store is brought back to life for two eventful weeks. Can a vibrant community re-emerge in today’s transformed music world?

Regional Premiere.

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aaa The Road Less Traveled Mississippi Music Video, 4 minutes Directed by Daniel Lee Perea, Music by Jake Wood Screening: Saturday 2:30pm (Lyric)

Saint Documentary Feature, 14 minutes Directed by Rory Fraser Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block One man’s quest to re-masculate Jesus.

World Premiere.

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Experimental Short, 18 minutes Directed by Richard Wiebe Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block 16mm footage and Edison Voicewriter recordings introduce the filmmaker to a family he was too young to really know.

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The Show Must Go On

Soundtrack

Narrative Short, 15 minutes

Experimental Short, 9 minutes

Directed by Matthew Graves

Directed by Jaime Fidalgo

Screening: Thursday 7:45pm (Lyric), Friday 4:15pm (S1), Saturday 12:00pm (S1), Saturday 1:20pm (S3), Sunday 2:00pm (S3)

Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block

Second annual Oxford Film Festival Community Film.

During a performance of a community theatre’s murder mystery play, an actor is actually killed. With a state arts commissioner in attendance to determine future funding for the theatre, the cast and crew have no choice but to continue with the show.

Showtime Mississippi Documentary, 60 minutes Directed by Ben Guest Screening: Sunday 3:30pm (S1) This film follows four high school girlfriends from rural Mississippi on their quest to win a state championship in basketball. Loss.

Struggle. Friendship.

Love.

World Premiere.

Every city hides a sound.

Spirit of the Bluebird Animated Short, 6 minutes Directed by Xstine Cook and Jesse Gouchey Screening: Saturday 12:00pm (S3), Sunday 12:00pm (S1) in the Animated Shorts Block Using spray paint on a garage where Aboriginal mother and grandmother Gloria Black Plume was brutally murdered in 1999, Cree artist Jesse Gouchey paints a large scale animation of a bluebird in flight. The beauty and freedom of the bluebird’s motion is contrasted with remembrances of Gloria’s surviving family members, who give an emotional glimpse of a woman lost to violence and the injustice of the legal system.

Terrebonne

Sonny

Narrative Short, 15 minutes

Documentary Short, 25 minutes

Screens: Friday 12:30pm (S3), Saturday 12:30pm (S2), screens in the Narrative Shorts Block

Directed by Sophie Smith Saturday 12:00pm (Lyric), Sunday 4:30pm (S3), screens with William Tyler: Behold the Spirit before Rhino Resurrected The historic Mississippi River town of Helena in the Arkansas Delta is the home of the longest running blues radio show in the world. “The King Biscuit Time” blues show, which began in 1941, has featured “Sunshine” Sonny Payne as the DJ since 1951.

World Premiere.

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Directed by Jeremy Craig

Set on the imperiled coast of Louisiana, Terrebonne is the meditative story of a brother and sister who encounter unexpected trouble when they venture deep into the swamp in search of the mythic ivorybilled woodpecker. Filmed partially in Mississippi.

Mississippi Premiere.

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This Is What Love In Action Looks Like Documentary Feature, 1 hour 14 minutes Directed by Morgan Jon Fox Screening: Saturday 6:15pm (S1), Sunday 3:00pm (S3) In the summer of 2005, Zach, a 16-yearold boy from Memphis, Tenn. wrote on his MySpace blog that he had told his parents he was gay. Within days, his mother and father would send him to Love In Action, a fundamentalist Christian program that pledged to turn gay teens straight. After sharing his feelings on his blog, Zach’s story quickly spread from his friends to the local community before gaining national attention and sparking protests outside the organization’s doors.

To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish Documentary Short (non-competition), 14 minutes

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Training Wheels Documentary Short, 6 minutes Directed by Sarah Fleming Screens: Friday 2:15pm (S3), Saturday 6:30pm (S2), screens in the Documentary Shorts Block At the age of 6, after a devastating encounter with a pile of garbage, Tommy decided that learning how to ride a bicycle just wasn’t worth it. Now, fifteen years later, 21-year-old Tommy Kha is rethinking that decision.

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Screening: Saturday 3:30pm (S3) in the Experimental Shorts Block In a Los Angeles California location, at the edge of the world, the night watchman stands guard- on the lookout patrolling for monsters. This is about what happens after all the stories are over.

William Tyler - Behold The Spirit Documentary Short, 6 minutes Directed by Zack Wilson Saturday 12:25pm (Lyric), Sunday 5:00pm (S3), screens with the short Sonny before Rhino Resurrected William Tyler invites you to explore his music through his own thoughts, words, and images.

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Directed by Thad Lee Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block T.R. Pearson speaks about the Year of Our Lord, a book he made with Langdon Clay about Lucas McCarty and the Moorhead Trinity House of Prayer.

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Yokna Mississippi Documentary Short, 15 minutes Directed by Field Humphrey, Katie Watson, and Gretchen Wood Screening: Saturday 10:00am (S1) in the Mississippi Documentary Shorts Block Yokna looks at the sustainable agriculture movement in Oxford, Mississippi by focusing on Yokna Bottoms Farm six miles south of town. Through documenting the farm’s second spring growing season, the film shows how the farm and community have a reciprocating influence on each other.

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ANIMATED SHORTS 5 Minutes Each – page 10 Birdboy – page 11 Dwellings – page 13 Entanglement – page 13 Gilded Age Gladiator – page 14

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On the Porch with T-Model Ford – page 21 Proud Larry’s: In Between the Scenes – page 24 Showtime – page 26 Year of Our Lord on Thacker Mountain Radio – page 28 Yokna – page 28

The Owl Who had a Wish Tangled to Its Foot – page 22

MISSISSIPPI MUSIC VIDEO

Spirit of the Bluebird – page 26

Fall Apart / the Cooters – page 13 Positions in Space / Ashley W. – page 22

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES Happy (non-competition) – page 16 Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians – page 16 Patriot Guard Riders – page 22 Rhino Resurrected – page 24 This Is What Love In Action Looks Like – page 27

The Road Less Traveled / Jake Wood – page 25

MISSISSIPPI NARRATIVE The Best Day – page 11 Expiration Date – page 13 The Fall of Henry – page 14 Gypsy Heart – page 16 Humble Circumstances – page 16

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Illumination – page 17

Awaken the Dragon – page 10

Man at the Door – page 18

Cardboard Titanics – page 11 Irma – page 18 The New Debutantes – page 20

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Dance in B minor – page 12

The Fifty-Nine Team (non-competition) page 14

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Saint – page 25 Sonny – page 26

NARRATIVE FEATURES

To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish (non-competition) page 27

Butterfly Rising – page 11

Training Wheels – page 27 William Tyler - Behold The Spirit – page 28

Cellmates – page 12 Dick Night – page 12 Frontman – page 14

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

How to Cheat – page 16

Dear Father – page 12

Perfection – page 22

Knot – page 18 The Lady in the Boxcar – page 18

NARRATIVE SHORTS

Landscape of the Mind – page 18

After-School Special – page 10

Marble Falls, Texas July 4th 2011 – page 18 NYCTL’S Pt. 2 – page 20 Only in Dreams – page 21 Plural – page 22 Saskatchewan – page 25 Soundtrack – page 26 Voicemail – page 28

MISSISSIPPI DOCUMENTARY Back in Oxford – page 10 The Beacon – page 11 Dean Faulkner Wells Interviewed for Les Carnets de Route (non-competition) page 12

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The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and UM Media and Documentary Projects Congratulate Southern Studies students, alumni, documentary fieldwork class members, and interns with films in the 2012 Oxford Film Festival.

Camilla Ann Aikin, Aristide LeFeve, and Abby Olivier – The Beacon Jordan Berger and Houston Settle – Back in Oxford and The Ninth Floor Felicity Flesher – Expiration Date John Rory Fraser – Saint Ben Guest – Showtime Field Humphrey, Katie Watson, and Gretchen Wood– Yokna Tyler Keith – On the Porch with T Model Ford Zachary Thompson – Proud Larry’s In Between the Scenes Joe York – To Live and Die in Avoyelles Parish University of Mississippi Media and Documentary Projects and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture have a new partnership to teach documentary filmmaking to students in the Southern Studies BA and MA programs. Along with classes in documentary photography and oral history and Southern Foodways Alliance oral history and film projects, the new partnership makes the U of M an ideal place to learn documentary making.

For more information on available courses and to learn more about the work of MDP, visit olemissmedia.com and olemiss.edu/depts/South. To see the films and photographs of faculty and students, visit southernstudiesatuofm.tumblr.com.

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