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welcome to the underexposed film festival yc On behalf of the Arts Council of York County, welcome to the 9th annual Underexposed Film Festival yc. The next four days offer the opportunity to be entertained and engaged by the films of emerging directors as well as seasoned professionals. Each film screened is the result of the filmmaker’s need to share their story with an audience. From the plight of Judas camels to the celebration of diversity, the slate of films tackles a variety of subjects through unconventional storytelling. History turned upside down by puppets, a rescued monkey telling his own story, and conception explained through dance are examples of the risks these talented women and men have taken to convey their stories this season.

An ancient artform, puppetry in theater can be traced back to 5th century BC in Greece, while its history can be traced much further back, with examples found in Asia, Africa and in America by Native Americans. In the early days of film, large-scale puppets were used in films like The Witch (1906) by director Georges Melies, but it wasn’t until the 1930s that audiences saw the rise of puppetry through short film. George Pal, a notable pioneer in stop motion puppetry on film, used groundbreaking techniques that lead to the creation of a series of films known as Puppetoons. These short films became popular in the U.S. and Europe, however puppetry features struggled to find their footing. There were a few theatrical releases, but puppetry wouldn’t hit the big time until the late 1970s and 1980s when Jim Henson brought The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and movies featuring The Muppets to the silver screen.

Today, multiple generations continue to flock to theaters and gather around televisions to experience the fantastical world of puppetry, and a new generation of puppeteers and filmmakers continues to push the genre forward.The UFFyc has supported puppetry films since its inception. Season 9 marks our first year with a Best Puppetry Film category.

We invite you to sit back and enjoy this new category as well as the best in animation, documentary, experimental and narrative. No strings attached.

- Karen Collins, Festival Director

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The Underexposed Film Festival yc 2020 is brought to you by the following: Producer Arts Council of York County Festival Director Karen Collins Executive Director Marketing & Communications Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator Graphic Design & Admin Gallery Manager Assistant to the Marketing Coordinator

Debra Heintz Melanie Cooper Lynn Hope Jesslyn Armstrong Michael Gentry Amanda Foshag

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Karen Collins | Comporium Communications Founders Federal Credit Union | Melton Insurance | Old Town Association Winthrop University College of Visual and Performing Arts Foundation Carolina Fresh Farms | City of Rock Hill PRT | Dr. Susan Collins | OTS Media Coretta Bedsole | Cinematiq | Lightworks | Diane Tennyson | Toon Boom

C O M M U N I T Y PA R T N E R S Dominique Bunce | Concerts in the Courtroom | Hampton Inn | Player 1 Up Slow Play Brewing | The White Horse Restaurant | York County Library Support for this project is provided by the SC Arts Commission, Arts Council of York County Small Grants Program, the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC, Rock Hill Accommodations Tax Grant Fund, York County Hospitality & Accommodations Tax, Comporium Communications & the ACYC Annual Campaign. For visitors information including lodging, contact the York County Visitors Center at 888-702-1320.

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T H U R S D AY B LO C K B : A RO U N D T H E WO R L D | 7 - 9 P M | D I N A ’ S P L AC E

F R I D AY B LO C K C : E M E RG I N G | 3 - 5 P M | D I N A ’ S P L AC E B L O C K D : K I D S WAT C H PA R T Y | 4 - 5 : 3 0 P M | YO R K C O U N T Y L I B R A R Y B L O C K E : A F T E R - H O U R S T E E N WAT C H PA R T Y | 7 - 8 : 3 0 P M | YO R K C O U N T Y L I B R A R Y B LO C K F : P I C T U R E T H I S | 7 - 9 P M | D I N A ’ S P L AC E

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The Seahorse Trainer

DIRECTOR David Hensley Meghann Artes Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina Jamie Shannon Will Kindrick

RUNTIME 04:52 08:30 12:39

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Chris Chappell Tomoki Misato Brian Benson

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The Tattooed Heart Song Sparrow

Neil Christopher, 11:30 Daniel Gies Sheldon Wong Schwartz 10:49 Farzaneh Omidvarnia 11:43

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A Congo’s Journey

Marco G. Lerin

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The Legend of Rasputin Storm INTERMISSION The Magic Seed* My Little Goat Eat the Rainbow

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Music & Clowns The Field INTERMISSION Giant Bear

DIRECTOR ILLOGIC Alison James Thomas Boileau, Alan Guimont, Robin Courtoise, Mathieu Lecroq, Malcom Hunt, François Briantais Alex Widdowson Sandhya Suri

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3 - 5 P M | D I N A ’ S P L AC E Emerging TITLE Good Intentions BALLOON Ready to Work Girl in the Hallway INTERMISSION The Water Will Carry Us Home Riveted, Structures, Lands Gloria’s Call Sankofa

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Gabrielle Tesfaye Brenda Grell Cheri Gaulke Princess Garrett

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DIRECTOR Anna Mantzaris Jeremy Merrifield Seth Farmer, Raegan Wells Valerie Barnhart

DIRECTOR ILLOGIC Yaou Chen Laura Deal, Neil Christopher Kristin Broadwell Xi Wang Justin Heymans

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7 - 8 : 3 0 P M | YO R K C O U N T Y L I B R A RY - M O O R E RO O M A f t e r - H o u r s Te e n Wa t c h P a r t y | F R E E A D M I S S I O N TITLE Maestro Bunny Love Scavenger Hunt, The Short* KIDS Penny Press Floreana The Piñata*

DIRECTOR ILLOGIC Pan Steverns Katherine Dudley Michael Frei Anil Dhokai Louis Morton Stevie Lynn Cavalier

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DIRECTOR Pam Severns Salvatore Allocca John Williams Kenji Quarta

RUNTIME 07:25 14:35 10:09 05:55

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Kirsten Vangsness Richard Raymond

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P U P P E T RY W O R K S H O P 10 AM - 12 PM | GETTYS ART CENTER COURTROOM Subject to cancallation

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Soul Bones* The Custer Wolf The New HOA President Every Grain of Sand* INTERMISSION Penny Press* Alex’s Biggest Race Those Lonely Minutes* Summer Headstones* Exam

DIRECTOR Michael Cusack

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Andrew Huggins Chris Heady Meredith Jackson Amanda Spencer

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Anil Dhokai Julia Hoppock Chris O’Neill Hamilton Young Ward Sonia K. Hadad

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7 - 9 : 3 0 P M | D I N A ’ S P L AC E Duets TITLE The Haunted Swordsman

DIRECTOR Kevin McTurk

RUNTIME 16:25

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Memorable EXTRA INNINGS Daughter Volcano Two Dum Micks

Bruno Collet John Gray Daria Kashcheeva Karen Moore D. B. Sweeney

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3 REFLECTIONS ON BAD ART BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 04:52 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producer Chris Neville Director David Hensley Writer David Hensley Key Cast David Hensley, Katie Bearden

3 Reflections On Bad Art is a collection of short films that explore how we define “art.”

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ALEX’S BIGGEST RACE BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2019 | 14:15 min. | G Country United States Language English Producer Julia Hoppock Director Julia Hoppock

A brain cancer diagnosis gives Alex Klose 18 months to live. Then he brings his high school swim relay team back together after 20 years to prepare for his biggest race yet.

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BALLOON BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 16:46 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Kate Chamuris, Christina Cha Director Jeremy Merrifield Writers Jeremy Merrifield, Dave Testa Key Cast Paul Scheer, Jonah Beres, Jaylin Ogle, Carson Severson

Exploring gender through the lens of the superhero myth, BALLOON questions how we raise boys when our concept of masculinity has become narrow. For fourteen-year-old Sam, surviving junior high means staying below radar. But that becomes impossible after he becomes the target of the school’s next viral video. He’s pressured to “hit back,” but Sam isn’t so sure—even if he does have superpowers.

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THE BIG RACE BLOCK F | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Experimental | 2019 | 10:09 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producer John Williams Director John Williams Writer John Williams Key Cast Ana da Costa, Lester Gonzales,

Kitten Marie Clayman, Jessica DiSalvo, Marilla Wex

Set in a surreal world of giant TV’s, talking flowers and dancing Ravens, two mannequins discuss the controversial race between Mr. Tortoise and Ms. Rabbit after allegations surface that the race was rigged by the Ravens.

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BUNNY LOVE BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY BLOCK F | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Puppetry | 2018 | 07:25 min. | G Country United States Language English Exec. Producer Heather Henson Producer Sam Koji Hale Director Pam Severns Writer Pam Severns

From executive producer Heather Henson, daughter of the celebrated puppeteer Jim Henson and performer/director Pam Severns, recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Grant and graduate of The Second City, comes this charming and absurd girl-meets-bunny tale and tribute to classic silent comedies. Winner of the 2019 Reel Puppetry Film Festival in Minneapolis.

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A CONGO’S JOURNEY BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2019 | 16:26 min. | PG Country Costa Rica Language English Producer Marco G. Lerin Director Marco G. Lerin Writer Marco G. Lerin

This is the first documentary film in the world in which a baby monkey tells its own story addressing the human being. A Congo’s Journey, is a non-profit documentary film created by Marco G. Lerin for the Jaguar Rescue Center, located in the South Caribbean of Costa Rica, in order to give a voice to the animals and motivate the human beings towards the protection of the natural environment in which they live.

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CURTAINS BLOCK F | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2019 | 17:23 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Brendan Bradley,

Gink Bastian Entertainment,

The Jigsaw Ensemble Director Kirsten Vangsness Writer Kirsten Vangsness Key Cast Kirsten Vangsness

Kirsten Vangsness (CBS, Criminal Minds actor and writer) makes her directorial debut in this animated short adapted from her own personal essay about a feral cat who stars on a network procedural drama, takes ballroom dance lessons, and has an encounter with a predatory tow truck driver. It explores the idea of vulnerability as a source of power and the emotional “curtains” we lay over our essential selves.

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THE CUSTER WOLF BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Puppetry | 2018 | 09:44 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Xperimental Puppetry Theater,

Center for Puppetry Arts Director Chris Heady Writers Chris Heady, Dixon Merritt Key Cast Kurt Dise

With the nine-year reign of the Custer Wolf finally coming to an end, an old storyteller reflects back on the tragic, yet incredible true story of the World’s Greatest Criminal Outlaw.

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DAUGHTER BLOCK H | SATURDAY | 7 - 9:30 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2019 | 14:44 min. | PG Country Language Producer Director Writer

Czech Republic No Dialogue Zuzana Roháčová (FAMU) Daria Kashcheeva Daria Kashcheeva

In a hospital room, the Daughter recalls a childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her Father. A moment of misunderstanding and a lost embrace has stretched into many years all the way to this hospital room, until the moment when a window pane breaks under the impact of a little bird.

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EAT THE RAINBOW BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 19:31 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Brian Benson, Michael Oberst Director Brian Benson Writers Brian Benson, H.P. Mendoza Key Cast Cousin Wonderlette, H.P. Mendoza,

Lady Bear, April Kidwell, Dolores Huerta,

Jason Brock, Robert Caruso

Eat the Rainbow is a musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.

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EVERY GRAIN OF SAND BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 10:44 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Amanda Spencer Writers Amanda Spencer, Toby Osborne Key Cast Tarra Riggs, Regina Williams

Tarra Riggs (The Help, Oscar nominated DeKalb Elementary, Independent Spirit Award nominee for Ballast) stars as Mae, a woman who thinks she has it all: her dream job, a beautiful home, and all the Jimmy Choos her closet can hold. But when her sister (Regina Williams, Independent Spirit Award Nominee for Life & Nothing More) falls ill and the medical bills take every penny she has, she has to reevaluate what is really important to her.

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EXAM BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 14:55 min. | PG-13 Country Islamic Republic of Iran Language Persian Producer Pouria Heidary Oureh Director Sonia K. Hadad Writers Sonia K. Hadad, Farnoosh Samadi Key Cast Sadaf Asgari, Hadis Miramini,

Masih Kazemi, Elaheh Afshari

A teenage girl involves in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client, and she got stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.

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EXTRA INNINGS BLOCK H | SATURDAY | 7 - 9:30 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 08:34 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producers John Gray, Melissa Jo Peltier Director John Gray Writer John Gray Key Cast Peter Riegert, TJ Thyne

A reporter interviews the manager of the Boston Red Sox in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.

THE FIELD BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2018 | 19:13 min. | PG-13 Country France, United Kingdom, India Language Hindi Producers Balthazar de Ganay, Thomas Bidegain Director Sandhya Suri Writer Sandhya Suri Key Cast Mia Maelzer

A poor agricultural laborer leads a double life in the village’s last remaining corn field, but the harvest is approaching...

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FLOREANA BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2018 | 04:05 min. | G Country Language Director

Denmark No Dialogue Louis Morton

On a remote island in the future, people are training for an important mission. Take a look at the mechanics of this training facility and the creatures within.

THE FOX AND THE GRAPES BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Puppetry | 2019 | 07:43 min. | G Country United States Language English Producers Kristin Broadwell, Brooke Broadwell Director Kristin Broadwell Writers Kristin Broadwell, Brooke Broadwell Key Cast Kristin Broadwell

The Paper People Play (Paper Dolls) cast performs in a play inspired by the Aesop’s Fable play, The Fox and The Grapes. FOX tries to eat grapes from a vine but cannot reach them. Rather than admit defeat, she states they are undesirable and almost gives up until her Goody Tissues friends helps her reach her goal.

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GIANT BEAR BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2018 | 11:30 min. | PG-13 Country Canada Language Inuktitut Producers Neil Christopher, Monica Ittusardjuat,

Nadia Mike, Danny Christopher,

Archita Ghosh, Emily Paige, Louise Flaherty Directors Neil Christopher, Daniel Gies Writers Jose Angutinngurniq, Neil Christopher Key Cast Solomon Awa, Beatrice Deer

A co-production between Taqqut Productions (Iqaluit) and e→d films (Montreal) this animated short film follows a lone Inuit hunter as he uses his wisdom, courage, and experience to find and confront his terrifying adversary -a nanurluk (an iceberg-sized polar bear) in an epic battle for survival.

GIRL IN THE HALLWAY BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2018 | 10:12 min. | PG-13 Country Canada Language English Producer Valerie Barnhart Director Valerie Barnhart Writer Jamie Dewolf Key Cast Jamie Dewolf

Why does Little Red Riding Hood give Jamie nightmares?

It’s been 15 years, and the girl in the hallway haunts him still. This is a testament to locked doors. A lullaby sung by wolves with duct tape and Polaroids. Not all children make it out of the forest. Some stories children shouldn’t hear.

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LA GITA (THE SCHOOL TRIP) BLOCK F | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2018 | 14:35 min. | PG Country Italy Language Italian Producer Own Air Director Salvatore Allocca Writers Emiliano Corapi, Salvatore Allocca Key Cast Fatou Mbemgue, Filippo Scotti

At the age of 14, Megalie, daughter of an immigrant family from Senegal but born and brought up in Italy, is faced with the difficult task of finding a place for herself in the world she is living in. When she is denied the opportunity of taking part in a school trip abroad, a perfect occasion for the girl to reveal her feelings to her classmate Marco, that place in the world will seem unattainable to her. But will it really be so?

GLORIA’S CALL BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2018 | 16:47 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Cheryl Bookout, Anne Gauldin,

Cheri Gaulke, Sue Maberry, Christine Papalexis Director Cheri Gaulke Writers Cheri Gaulke, Anne Gauldin Key Cast Gloria Feman Orenstein

From the cafés of Paris to the mountaintops of Samiland, a scholar’s life is forever changed through her friendships with the women artists of Surrealism.

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GOOD INTENTIONS BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2018 | 08:34 min. | PG Country Language Producer Director Writers

United Kingdom No Dialogue Anna Mantzaris Anna Mantzaris Anna Mantzaris, Hugo Vieites Caamaño

After a young woman is responsible for a hit and run, strange and spooky things start to happen... A small thriller about people that are not always the best at making decisions.

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BLOCK H | SATURDAY | 7 - 9:30 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative & Puppetry | 2019 | 16:25 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producer Lisa Henson Director Kevin McTurk Writer Tab Murphy Key Cast Jason Scott Lee, James Hong,

Chistopher Lloyd, Franka Potente

In this handcrafted epic puppet film set in a world of demons and ghosts, a lone samurai and his odd companion, a cursed severed head, seek vengeance in a haunted world.

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HOW NIVI GOT HER NAMES BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2019 | 08:50 min. | G Country Canada Language English Exec. Producers Louise Flaherty, Neil Christopher Producers Monica Ittusardjuat, Neil Christopher Co-Directors Laura Deal, Neil Christopher Writer Laura Deal Key Cast Marie Bellau, Jessie Mike, Niviaq Mike

Nivi has always known that her names were special, but she does not know where they came from. So, one cold afternoon, Nivi decides to ask her mom. The stories of the people Nivi is named after lead her to an understanding of traditional Inuit kinship naming practices, tuqlurausiit, and knowledge of what those practices mean to Inuit.

Through her names, Nivi is a little girl, a grandfather, a grandmother, and a well-respected elder. Nivi’s names connect her to the personality and character of those who have passed and make her family so much bigger than she thought before.

HUNGRY BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2019 | 02:39 min. | G Country Language Director

United States No Dialogue Yaou Chen

A film about a T-rex, who is starving in the desert and looking for food. It is a film about his adventure with meeting with other wild animals.

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JUDAS COLLAR BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2018 | 15:00 min. | PG-13 Country Australia Language English Producer Brooke Silcox Director Alison James Writer Alison James

In outback Australia a wild camel is captured and fitted with a tracking device known as a Judas Collar. Based on a real life practice, Judas Collar is a scripted, no-dialogue, live action short that explores the story of a camel used to betray her kind.

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KIDS BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2019 | 09:00 min. | G Country Switzerland Language English Producer Playables Director Michael Frei Writers Michael Frei, Mario von Rickenbach Key Cast Andrew Bowen, Jamie Grace,

Nancy Lantis, Adam Simpson, Ramon Hamilton,

Ovington Michael Owston

An animated short exploring group dynamics. How do we define ourselves when we are all equal?

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THE LEGEND OF RASPUTIN BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Puppetry | 2017 | 12:40 min. | PG-13 Country Canada, United States Language English Producer Heather Henson Director Jamie Shannon Writer Jamie Shannon Key Cast Marty Stelnick

A chapter in the life of Grigori Rasputin through puppets.

MAESTRO BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2019 | 01:49 min. | G Country Language Producer Director

France No Dialogue Bloom Pictures ILLOGIC

Deep into a forest, a gathering of wild animals start a nocturnal opera, conducted by a squirrel.

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THE MAGIC SEED BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Puppetry | 2019 | 04:20 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producer Chris Chappell Director Chris Chappell Writer Chris Chappell Key Cast Chris Chappell

A film about a guy (Bud Greenfield), who’s friend (Blue) has to move to Colorado for cancer treatment. Who sends back a magic seed that grows into something special.

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BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2019 | 16:08 min. | PG Country Australia Language English Producer Richard Chataway Director Michael Cusack Writer Michael Cusack Key Cast Jo Stone, Holly Myers, PJ Oaten, Andy Seymour

Meanwhile, at the Abandoned Factory... celebrates the heyday of cliff-hanger TV serials. Can our intrepid reporter find her way out of this classic dilemma?

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MEMORABLE BLOCK H | SATURDAY | 7 - 9:30 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2019 | 12:02 min. | PG Country France Language French Producers Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois Director Bruno Collet Writer Bruno Collet

Recently, Louis, painter, and his wife Michelle are experiencing strange events. Their world seems to be mutating. Slowly, furniture, objects, people lose their realism.

They are destructuring, sometimes disintegrating…

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Erin Charles, Nousha Raymond Director Richard Raymond Writer Curt Zacharias Jr. Key Cast Elijah M. Cooper, Katie Lowes, Joe Morton

A gifted young photographer, grappling with his mother’s alcoholism, sets out to capture something he loves.

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MUSIC & CLOWNS BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2018 | 07:29 min. | G Country United Kingdom Language English Producer Alex Widdowson Director Alex Widdowson

Despite being close to nonverbal my brother is funny, charming and perceptive. I discuss with my parents what it was like raising a child with Down syndrome. Our speculations about his inner life reveal as much about our own subjectivity as they do his. There is a critical under representation of the ordinary and diverse lives of people with Down syndrome. As prenatal testing advances I feel an urgency to provide insight for people making a life changing decision regarding whether or not to raise a child with Down syndrome.

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MY LITTLE GOAT BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Animation | 2018 | 10:13 min. | PG-13 Country Japan Language Japanese Director Tomoki Misato

A mother goat tries to help her children who has been eaten by a wolf, but one is missing!

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THE NEW HOA PRESIDENT BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 07:22 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producer Devin McGee Director Meredith Jackson Writer Jessica Heath Key Cast Kristi McKamie, Taquita Love,

Jessica Heath, Devin McGee

Three hopefuls run for the office of Homeowners’ Association President, in an attempt to overthrow the current nincompoop.

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Robin Courtoise, Mathieu Lecroq,

Malcom Hunt, François Briantais Writers Thomas Boileau, Alan Guimont,

Robin Courtoise, Mathieu Lecroq,

Malcom Hunt, François Briantais Sound Name Key Cast Antoine Perrichon, Avital Sthapura

A one-sighted pirate captain keeps going on a journey to get a treasure, every time with a new crew of pirates as one sighted as he is.

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OH BABY! BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Experimental | 2019 | 08:30 min. | PG Country United States Language No Dialogue Producer Joe Lyons Director Meghann Artes Writer Meghann Artes Key Cast Tia Jemison, Brian Healy, Virginia Mayo,

Shea Petersen, Sarah Serabian,

Lauren Reed, William Delforge,

Jolie Lepselter, Greg Fields,

Chloe Baldwin, Tj Thomas, Jayson Lee,

Maricruz Menchero, Matthew Elam,

Eamon Hurd, Hunter Bryant, Kim Baker, Marchetta Genis

Miracle, science and luck all play a part in this vibrant and fantastic imagining of how life begins.

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PENNY PRESS BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2019 | 04:55 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Anil Dhokai Key Cast Tyler Tyson

Tyler Tyson is a collector and designer of elongated coins, a.k.a pressed pennies. He owns and operates his own penny press machines. In this short documentary, he discusses what drew him to the craft and how he does it.

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THE PIÑATA BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Narrative | 2019 | 13:39 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producers Fabiola Andrade, Emily Poulliard Director Stevie Lynn Cavalier Writer Stevie Lynn Cavalier Key Cast Gracie Silva, Burgan Luther, Zaila Matthews

On the day of Mia’s twelfth birthday party, her family is excitedly preparing for another family-fun celebration with presents, cake, and most importantly, a hand-made piñata.

However, when Mia’s two school friends join the party, they don’t think the piñata is cool, and they refuse to hit it. Mia finds herself stuck between pleasing her friends or her parents, while still trying to figure out how to please herself.

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READY TO WORK BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2019 | 15:20 min. | G Country United States Language English Directors Seth Farmer, Reagan Wells Key Cast Dr. Clarence Sutton, Jr., Tameria Coleman, Antwone Stowe,

Tyler Omar Grice-Williams

At a local high school, three seniors attend a job fair through a career-readiness program.This documentary was produced for the University of Alabama’s Documenting Justice course by Seth Farmer and Reagan Wells.

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RIVETED, STRUCTURES, LANDS BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Experimental | 2019 | 05:35 min. | G Country United States Language English Director Brenda Grell

Riveted, Structures, Lands pieces together digital video and stop motion animation to explore loss and memory.

Blueprints pilfered from Union Pacific Railroad by my great-grandfather alongside fragments of quilt pieces sewn by my great-grandmother weave together a new personal understanding of family memories. Through interviewing my grandmother who suffers from dementia, I was able to create a broader story and appreciation of her two parents and their own modest creative expressions within a larger history.

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ROBIN BLOCK F | FRIDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 05:55 min. | G Country Japan Language Japanese Producer Takashi Yuki Director Kenji Qurata Key Cast Yuuka Kani, Maki Kawanabe, Takashi Yuki

This is a story about the other side of the world. A daughter grows up without her father, who was a photographer.

However, she and her mother only have one photo of him at home. She sees how much her mother misses him and goes on a social media app called “ROBIN” to find special gifts from all over the world.

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SANKOFA BLOCK C | FRIDAY | 3 - 5 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2018 | 27:53 min. | PG-13 Country United States, Ghana Language English Producers Deanna Starr, Madiah Gant, Sarah Harris Director Princess Garrett Writers Sarah Harris, Clif Porter Key Cast Godsway Anderson, Marcquis Graham,

Chiji Akoma, Amari Johnson,

Eric Owusu Ansah, Wanluv the Kubolor

This documentary is about the loss of identity and its systemic impact on black males. By exploring the complexities of mental slavery, Sankofa calls it’s audience to free themselves from the system in which they were born.

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SCAVENGER HUNT, THE SHORT BLOCK E | FRIDAY | 7 - 8:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Narrative | 2019 | 15:50 min. | G Country United States Language English Producers Brent Baskin, Megan VanMeter Director Katherine Dudley Writer Katherine Dudley Key Cast Aubry Dorsey, Lauren Baskin

A young stubborn teen is not interested in finishing a scavenger hunt from her mother’s past, until a tragic event in her own circle of friends causes her to rethink the idea.

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Enter the surreal and nautical world of Seamour. A lonely old man with a passion for training seahorses. Desperate to have his most prized seahorse perform the highly ambitious “Triple Back Flip,” the final day of training has come and it’s up to his knowledge, preparation and the seahorse’s determination to see the trick come to life. But when the hourglass turns, Seamour realizes it is even harder than he thought and he must overcome his troubled past before the magic fades or the trick will never be achieved.

SONG SPARROW BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Experimental & Narrative | 2019 | 11:43 min. | PG-13 Country Language Producer Director Writer

Denmark, Islamic Republic of Iran No Dialogue Farzaneh Omidvarnia Farzaneh Omidvarnia Farzaneh Omidvarnia

Based on a real event, in Austria 2015, and in Ireland 2019...

A group of refugees tries to reach a safe country in search of a better life. They pay a smuggler to convey them across the borders in a fridge truck. However, the freezing temperature of the truck turns their hopes for a better future into a fierce struggle for survival.

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SOUL BONES BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 11:16 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producer Andrew Huggins Director Andrew Huggins Writer Andrew Huggins Key Cast Zach Ball, Lucien Rattray,

Mirachol Carroll, Chris Wolfe

A man living in the Deep South must confront his prejudices when a young boy moves into the neighborhood and tries to befriend him.

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STORM BLOCK A | WEDNESDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 11:05 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers John Edwards Curtis, Will Kindrick, David Vollrath Director Will Kindrick Writer Will Kindrick Key Cast John Bubniak, Corey Potter

A government enforced dating app malfunctions sending an unexpected user through a series of splash portals determined to seal his fate.

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SUMMER HEADSTONES BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Documentary | 2019 | 18:06 min. | PG Country United States Language English Director Hamilton Young Ward Key Cast Dann Ward, Andrew Kahrl,

Kwame Leo Lillard, J.T. Johnson, Al Lingo

This documentary explores the urban decay of municipal swimming pools in the Southern United States, due to their closure and abandonment by white officials after desegregation was instituted in America.

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THE TATTOOED HEART BLOCK B | THURSDAY | 7 - 9 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 10:49 min. | PG-13 Country United States Language English Producers Barry Battles, Gary Bryman, Lin Oeding Directors Sheldon Wong Schwartz Writer Matt Olmstead Key Cast Jennifer Morrison, Madison Wolfe, Nestor Serrano

A creative writing instructor (Jennifer Morrison, Once Upon a Time) at a juvenile detention center finds common ground with a troubled student (Madison Wolfe, I Kill Giants) yet quickly finds herself in great danger when she decides to help her.

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THOSE LONELY MINUTES BLOCK G | SATURDAY | 2 - 4 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 07:23 min. | PG Country United States Language English Producers Chris O’Neill, Jeff Williams Director Chris O’Neill Writer Chris O’Neill Key Cast Gayle Fredrickson, Chandler Moore,

Ian Latham, Erica Meece

An artist experiences Night Terrors after the disappearance of her husband, an amateur UFO hunter. Lonely and depressed, her dreams intrude on reality until the veil between the dream world and reality is stretched to the breaking point.

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Two unlucky guys meet in the drunk tank and hatch a plan.

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VOLCANO BLOCK H | SATURDAY | 7 - 9:30 PM DINA’S PLACE Narrative | 2019 | 10:30 min. | PG-13 Country Canada Language English Exec. Producer Name Producer Alona Metzer Director Karen Moore Co-Director Name Writer Karen Moore Sound Name Key Cast Hannah Cheesman, Jess Salgueiro

Hannah and Jess meet up at a tiki bar, seeing each other for the first time since Hannah’s romantic Mexico trip.

Hannah has a lot to say about it, except what really happened.

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United States No Dialogue Gabrielle Tesfaye Gabrielle Tesfaye

Through living ritual and stop motion animation, The Water Will Carry Us Home reveals the story of stolen Africans being thrown off the slave ship whilst sailing through the Middle Passage. Upon crashing in the waves, the unimaginable happens when mermaids dwelling in the waters save these spirits.

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WHAT’S MY SUPERPOWER? BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Animation | 2019 | 10:17 min. | G Country Canada Language English Producers Monica Ittusardjuat, Neil Christopher Director Justin Heymans Writer Aviaq Johnston Key Cast Celina Kalluk, Malaya Quanirq Chapman, Colleen Nakashuk,

Rita-Claire Mike Murphy, Johnny Issaluk,

Victor Pothier, Vinnie Karetak

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed, friends who can jump so far she thinks they can fly, and friends who are better than her at a million other things. As Nalvana tries out each of her friends’ superpowers with no success, she wonders if she might be the only kid in town without a special talent. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special—and that her superpower was right in front of her all along.

WHEN I FIND YOU BLOCK D | FRIDAY | 4 - 5:30 PM YORK COUNTY LIBRARY Puppetry | 2018 | 04:45 min. | G Country Language Director Writer

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A toy car and a puppet grew up with a girl together.

Nowadays, she doesn’t play with them anymore because she is addicted to play video games too much. The toy car and the puppet feel so sad about it so they run away from home.

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jury ROB ADLER Rob Adler is a Filmmaker, Actor and Performance Coach. He is an internationally recognized expert in improvisation specializing in helping actors and directors to get out of their head and bring spontaneity & presence to scripted performances. He is the founder of the AdlerImprov Studio in Hollywood, a coach for actors, directors and production companies like Lionsgate, Disney, FOX, NBC and ABC and writes a regular column offering expert advice to actors for Backstage.

He is a professor of Acting at DePaul University and his teaching is sought after nationally and internationally at places like the USC School of Dramatic Arts, CalArts, the Geffen Playhouse, American Music & Dramatic Academy, Boston University, Occidental College, the famed USC School of Cinematic Arts and internationally in places like Tokyo, Nassau (for the Bahamas International Film Festival), at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and in Stockholm for Top Model Sweden.

Adler directed the acclaimed short film iVOTE, based on the true story of a whistleblower, starring Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts and Emmy Award winners Dan Lauria and Sharon Lawrence. A long time activist, Adler’s artistic mission is to raise awareness of peace and progress issues, which is also reflected in the plays and films he has directed, including recently The Diary Play, an original adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary for the Trump era. He devised and directed Patriot Act, starring acclaimed performer Roger Guenveur Smith (Do the Right Thing, American Gangster, Rodney King), continuing his long time affiliation with Los Angeles’ Bootleg Theater. For the Will Geer Theater, Adler directed Rise & Shout, starring Joe Mantegna, Jack Klugman, Jean Smart and Wendie Malick.

As an actor, Rob Adler has appeared in Hollywood films, commercials and television shows. On the stage, Adler recently performed in Los Angeles with Theatre Dybbuk playing Jethro in the world premier of Exagoge (an unearthed greek tragedy thought to be the first written Jewish play) and a celebrated run as Larry the Liquidator at the Pico Playhouse with the acclaimed Interact Theatre Company.

CORETTA BEDSOLE Coretta Bedsole is a lover of films and the arts. When she is not traveling with her recently retired husband, she works as a part time consultant focusing on effective communications and messaging to consumers and elected officials. In 2017 she retired as a lobbyist after spending over 30 years working with the South Carolina State Legislature. She represented a wide range of nonprofits, professional and trade associations during her career. One of her favorite clients was IATSE Local 491. She is a graduate of Winthrop University and the mother of an amazing musician, Derrick Lee Johnson. She and her husband, George Johnson, recently moved to Chapin, South Carolina after having lived for 18 months in Leon, Mexico.

KRISTIN CHARNEY Kristin Charney is a puppeteer, actress and voice artist for film, television and theatre. She utilizes many different styles of puppets in her work including hand and rod, remote & cable control, marionettes, rods, full body puppets and suits, as well as 3D-animated characters. Among Kristin’s film credits are The Happytime Murders, The Muppets, Team America: World Police, Men In Black II and The Hollow Man. Television credits include Ratched (Netflix), Kidding (Showtime), The Muppets. (ABC), Sid the Science Kid (Henson/PBS), Good Morning Today (Henson/Fusion), Imagination Movers (Disney), Glee (FOX), Crank Yankers (Comedy Central), and more. Kristin has made many live theatre appearances in Los Angeles, 41

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New York and beyond. Her other talents include puppet design & construction, as well as teaching performance and the craft of puppetry.

DARRYL DILLARD Darryl Dillard is an award winning writer, actor, and producer. His credits include The Real Man(co-writer, co-producer, and star), Then I’ll Rest (actor, script consultant), Who’s With Me? (writer, director, star), as well as network tv shows Legacies (actor), Valor (actor), and Star (actor). He has also worked as a casting associate on several projects. Darryl has great vision when it comes to project creation, and the ability to convey that vision to make it a reality. Directing bigger projects was a natural progression of his talents. His latest project, Cowboy Joe, is currently in post-production and will be in festivals starting in 2020.

JULI EMMONS Juli Emmons is a film actor, director, casting director, and mother of three. But, mostly she’s a pioneer. Juli is pioneering film advocacy and creation in Charlotte, and she provides a place for filmmakers in the Carolinas to network, learn, grow, and create. She created the first film community of its kind in the Carolinas, the Carolina Film Community.

A lifelong lover of film, and dramatic arts, Juli got her start in the industry acting in stage plays and progressing into film acting. Over the years, she worked on several aspects of filmmaking and now works primarily in extras casting with more than 30 projects on her resume, including Tammy, The Longest Ride, SpongeBob SquarePants 2,You Are Here, and The Taking of Deborah Logan. She has worn writer and producer hats for the last two years producing award-winning short films..

Juli’s strong passion for film is what drove her to found the CFC in April 2009. Since its inception, the CFC has provided education, fellowship, and advocacy for filmmakers in the Carolinas as well as providing incentives to create films, a screenwriters’ workshop, a podcast series, and a platform for screening film and television productions. Juli has sat on the board of the NC Production Alliance since 2014.

Juli’s work and the CFC have been featured in several media outlets including Fox News Rising, Empire Entertainment Magazine, Carolina Kid News TV Show, Today’s Charlotte Woman Magazine, My Carolina Town, Fox 46 Carolinas, Close Up – with Patti Mercer, Charlotte Talks, WBTV News Morning Show, and more!

HOBEY FORD Winner of puppetry’s highest honor, the UNIMA Citation of Excellence, and recipient of three Jim Henson Foundation grants, Hobey Ford is known for excellence in puppetry performance and craft. Hobey Ford has performed around the world from The Kennedy Center to Theaters to venues in Asia, the Middle East, Canada and Mexico. He is also a Kennedy Center Teaching Artists integrating puppetry with curriculum in schools around the US. Hobey’s work is featured in the Emmy Award winning PBS film: Hobey Ford - Master Puppeteer. His film credits include: Ichabod, Sketches from Sleepy Hollow. 2014, produced by Heather Henson’s Handmade Puppet Dreams, Bring Your Love, a music video for the Avett Brothers and Cage, a music video for Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside. Hobey is the creator of The Peepers Puppet, a set of eyes that turn the hand into a puppet. Hobey Ford lives near Asheville in the mountains of NC. JOHN GALLEN John Gallen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Georgetown University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Wake Forest University where he received a 42

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Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film. During graduate school John studied under Hoop Dreams co-creator Peter Gilbert.

John’s debut documentary, Daddy, tells the story of beloved youth basketball coach and duplicitous drug trafficker Curtis Malone. The film includes interviews with a prison inmate, professional athletes, and law enforcement officials. It has screened at festivals across the country including the Brooklyn Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, and San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. The trailer has over 250,000 views on social media.

John has worked on television series for National Geographic, CBS, and Disney+. He is committed to telling entertaining, character-driven stories that challenge our perspective.

NICOLA BALHUZIEN HEPP Educated in Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands, Nicola Hepp obtained her Master in Choreography and New Media at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in 2006. Her live performances have involved video and projections since 2003. Nicola’s choreographies and films have been shown in festivals and venues internationally and have won several awards and nominations.

Besides being an independent filmmaker, she works under commission as a choreographer and movement director for ads, mood films, shorts and feature films. Recently, an article she wrote called Choreographing the Camera was published by Videodance Studies, Valencia. The biennial edition of Women Cinemakers in Berlin published an interview with her in 2018.

Her film Songs of the Underworld was awarded Best Experimental Film at Underexposed Film Festival yc in 2016.

JOANNE HOCK Joanne Hock is a passionate and prolific storyteller. She has written and directed feature films and documentaries, lensed and directed countless television commercials and directed national and international television shows. With more than 30 years in this ever-changing industry – and among a small population of women to break the glass ceiling in directing and cinematography, Joanne’s career continues to expand and grow.

She started as a writer in the advertising world and she quickly moved up the ranks to Creative Director. Falling in love with being on set, Joanne then ventured into the world of commercial film production. She has worked with ad agencies and Fortune 500 companies both nationally and internationally as a Director/Cinematographer specializing in healthcare, manufacturing, banking and automotive.

Joanne has directed 5 feature films including: The Ultimate Legacy, Discarded Things, Trinity Goodheart and Redneck Roots.

Her latest feature film is a drama set in 1966 entitled, When We Last Spoke and stars Cloris Leachman, Melissa Gilbert and Corbin Bernsen.

Hock has directed over 30 episodes of True Crime television such as Southern Gothic, FBI Criminal Pursuit, Ice Cold Killers and Happily Never After for networks such as Discovery ID, A&E Biography and Lifetime. Her documentary projects for PBS include: The James B. Duke Story, Laugh at Us, and In the Footsteps of Elie Wiesel. Most recently she completed two notable pop-culture documentaries, which are on the film festival circuit; award-winning audience favorite, Purple Dreams, which premiered to a sold out crowd of 1,500 people at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and Martin Hill: Camera Man, a film introduced by Leonard Maltin at the film’s world premiere in November.

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GREG HOLFELD Since dropping out of Vancouver’s Emily Carr College of Art in the mid-80s, Greg Holfeld has directed dozens of commercials and commissioned films, animated, and storyboarded more film and television than he’s actually watched, created short films screened in competition the world over, and illustrated a stack of children’s books and comics higher than a sugar-gorging 6-year-old. In a poorly arranged deal with Satan, he won an Annecy Cristal for a toilet training film in 2002. His latest short, Pinchpot, opening film of the 2019 UFFyc, was awarded Best Animated Short of 2019 by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Greg also lectures in animation and illustration at CDW and University of South Australia. He spends his spare time coaxing edible vegetables out of the hard, dry earth of his home in Adelaide.

CASHELL HORGAN Cashell Horgan born in Ireland is a multi-award winning filmmaker. He studied media at the College of Marketing and Design in Dublin. After graduating he specialised in stop-motion animation and made his first film winning the prestigious James Horgan Prize at the Galway Film Festival.

While producing and directing short films inserts for television he also taught animation and film at the European School of Animation and the National Film television School Ireland. He was worked in film and television as a Director and Editor, he has made several television appearances regarding his work. Cashell has served as a jury member for Fantasporto, Malta Short TV Festival and Amarcort Film Festival.

GABRIELLE LANSNER Gabrielle Lansner is an award winning filmmaker and choreographer whose early films are influenced by her background in choreography and performing. She is now seguing into scripted films and has just completed Lullaby to Love, her first short starring Norma Kuhling and Eric D. Hill. She is also in the early stages of development for her first narrative feature film, Still Life, which she has penned as well. Her four short dance films have screened at festivals and garnered awards worldwide.

The Birch Grove (2015), had a successful festival run, screening at the Newport Beach Festival, the Cannes Short Film Corner, and Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, to name a few. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Experimental Film at the Underexposed Film Festival yc in Rock Hill, S.C. Lansner’s, The Stronger (2012), premiered at the Cannes Short Film Corner and screened at over twenty festivals, including Interfilm Berlin, Festival International du Film sur L’Art Montreal, and the Female Eye in Toronto, to a name a few.The film received Best Artistic Director Award from the Lady Filmmakers Festival in LA, the Award of Distinction from the Open Stage Festival in Poland, and was nominated for Best Experimental Film at the Female Eye Festival and Best Cinematography at the VisionFest Festival in NYC. From 1997 to 2009, she was the Artistic Director of gabrielle lansner & company, a critically acclaimed dance/theater company based in New York City.

NG’ENDO MUKII Ng’endo Mukii is an award-winning film director, most well known for Yellow Fever, her documentary-animation exploring Western influences on African women’s ideals of beauty. Her work focuses on relationships, the separation between perception and reality, and the use of moving image to represent unspoken truths. At the prestigious Design Indaba conference (2015), she presented her talk, Film Taxidermy and Re-Animation, proposing the use of animation as a means of re-humanizing the “indigenous image.”

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Ng’endo is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (2006), and holds a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art (2012). She is a Berlinale Talents (2014, 2015), and an Africa Centre Residencies (2018) alumni, and participated in the distinguished Urucu Media REALNESS Screenwriter’s Residency, and the incredible Goethe Institute Bahia Vila Sul artists residency, both in 2018.

Her films have won numerous awards, including Silver Hugo for Best Animated Short at the Chicago International Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards both for Yellow Fever, and the Encounters Immersive Grand Prix for her first 360 film, Nairobi Berries. She works in Nairobi as an independent filmmaker.

MICHAEL RIVERS Michael Rivers served in the US Army and upon return sharpened his computer and technology skills that he learned in service. Rivers is a Field Service Technician at Carolinas Health Care Systems and is co-owner of RiverSystems I.T. Consulting. A lifelong film enthusiast, Rivers posses a keen insight into all film genres.

J. MICHAEL SIMPSON During a graduate art history course J. Michael Simpson made a connection between his childhood experiences and his art. The art and writings associated with the Sublime gave relevance to the awe and wonder he experienced playing on the banks of a river in Illinois and his art.

While teaching at Auburn University Simpson’s work was acknowledge with an Alabama State Grant in Painting and a residency at the Millay Colony for the Arts. He went on to teach at Eastern Michigan University (1995), Winthrop University (1999) and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2006). In 2005, Simpson was invited to a residency at the McColl Center for the Visual Arts. While there, he was loaned a digital video camera he used to record the white water movement of a river in western South Carolina. Now his work interlaces the traditional media in installations of painting, drawing, and video that explore the paradoxical relationship of contemporary media has on the human concept of time and place. Recently, his work was screened in “Spaces,” It’s Liquid: International Art and Architecture Festival (Venice, Italy).

KAREN STOCK Stock began teaching at Winthrop in 2004. Her specialty is modern and contemporary European art. She guest-curated an exhibition at Winthrop titled Performing Gender and investigates gender issues in her scholarship. Stock also received a Fulbright teaching scholarship and spent six months teaching art history in Beijing, China.

ADRIA TENNOR Adria Tennor earned her BFA in stage directing and acting at NYU and Playwrights Horizons Theater School before pursuing a career as an actor. Her first professional job was playing a twelve-year old boy looking Tompkins Square Park in Hal Hartley’s Amateur, which premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. She works regularly in television and film and is most known for her recurring role on Mad Men as well as award winning film, The Artist. Next, Tennor will star opposite the late, great Danny Aiello in Deirdre O’Connor’s first feature, One Moment about a women coming to terms with her aging father’s dementia. Tennor works in stand up comedy to give herself more opportunity to perform, later spinning her material into a rave-reviewed solo show, StripSearch, about finding love and happiness with the help of a 12-foot pole. Another monologue performed, Pie in the Sky, was published in the anthology about lust gone wrong – Worst Laid Plans: When Bad Sex Happens to Good People alongside works by Whitney Cummings, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Allison Newman. Tennor made her directorial debut with her self-penned childhood drama, Cracked, garnering awards 45

jury cont. and laurels around the country, while her first feature script, Never Been Born, won her a CineStory finalist status in several screenplay competitions around the country. Her second short, Pie, in which she stars with Jessica Paré, was a hit on the festival circuit winning awards and laurels around the globe. Her a short-format series she directed and cowrote/created with fellow CineStory alum and accomplished YA novelist Kristen Tracy is in post-production and is due out in the Spring of 2020. Her ambition is to create and about women and to foster opportunities for a diverse point of view in theater, film and television.

DAVID WHITE David is a senior producer with Toptal and filmmaker. In 2019, he produced, edited, and directed the feature length documentary, Going to the Devil: The Impeachment of 1868 and the documentary short The Forgotten War: The Lasting Legacy of World War I, both of which can be found on The Great Courses Plus.

David is the former supervising producer for digital content for The Great Courses, where he created and curated educational non-fiction programming. In addition, he serves as a creative director for g14 Productions, producing a variety of short and long form narrative films with his best friend Matthew Balthrop. g14 Productions was honored to be a part of the UFFyc’s 2017 program, and honored even more to receive the Terry Roueche Audience Choice Award that year. David is thrilled to have been asked to return as a juror for the 2020 program.

David has been creating moving media for over 20 years as a writer, director, editor, and producer and appreciates being able to bring his experience and perspective to variety of projects, students, and organizations with who he’s had the pleasure to work.

DAVID WOHL David Wohl recently retired after seven years of serving as Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Professor of Theatre at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC. He holds a Ph.D. in Theatre from Kent State University, the M.A. in Dramatic Arts from the University of Connecticut, and the B.A. in Psychology from Clark University.

Prior to his position at Winthrop, Dr. Wohl served as Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Communications and Media Studies at West Virginia State University He was the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Charleston Stage Company in Charleston, WV and held the position of General Manager of the Porthouse Repertory Theatre in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. From 1975-1976, Dr. Wohl served as coordinator of the American Theatre Association (ATA) in Washington D.C. He has published articles and reviews in such publications as Theatre Journal, Southern Theatre, and Journal of the Association for Communication Administration. He has directed and/or acted in over 100 theatre productions, including Jane Eyre, Romeo and Juliet,The Winter’s Tale, On Golden Pond, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado about Nothing, Hamlet, A Raisin in the Sun, Proof, Art, The Royal Hunt of the Sun, To Be Young Gifted, and Black, Sweeney Todd, Arcadia, How I Learned to Drive, Becky’s New Car, Glengarry Glen Ross, and The Rocky Horror Show.

Wohl served as President and Treasurer of the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC) from 1994-1997 and has chaired the Finance Committee for several years. He now serves on SETC’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors as Vice President of Finance. He was the recipient of SETC’s Suzanne Davis award for Outstanding Service to Southern Theatre in 2001. He co-produced the films, Chillers, Invasion of the Space Preachers, and Paradise Park. He received the Mayors Award for Individual Artist of the Year from the City of Charleston, WV in 1999. In 2006, he received the Lifetime Achievement arts award from West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin. He was the recipient of Winthrop University’s Medal of Honor in the Arts in 2017.

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