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2009 SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival

Film & Event Schedule

 

 (Additional films to be announced)

 

Online Program Guide Coming Soon!

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

 

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

OPENING NIGHT MUSIC & ART GALA PARTY

 

The SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival kicks off our inaugural year with a night of music, art and fun.  We'll even preview some of the films that are scheduled to screen.

 

Hors d'oeuvre and dessert provided by Chelo's

Complimentary wine and Narragansett Beer

Free ticket to any festival screening ($8 value)

Free raffle for AllAccessFestivalPass ($75 value)

 

Music by Weird Beards and Matt Fuller

Artists to be announced

 

Kay Studios

66 Valley St

East Providence

 

Tickets are only $25. SENE Members receive free admission.

Free admission with Festival badge or FestivalAllAccessPass

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

 

 

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Filmmaker and Guest Reception

 

Marriott Courtyard Downtown Providence

32 Exchange Terrace at

Memorial Blvd

 

Welcoming Remarks:

Phil Capobres, Artistic Director

Don Farias, Producing Director

 

Special Guest:

Steven Feinberg, Executive Director, Rhode Island Film & Television Office

www.film.ri.gov

 

 

7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Ranchero

Narrative Feature (USA, 2008, 95 min.) Director: Richard Kaponas

Cast: Roger Gutierrez, Brian Eric Johnson, Christina Woods, Danny Trejo, Ruth Livier, Jade Gordon

East Coast Premiere

 

Writer/Producer/Actor Brian Eric Johnson and Lead Actor Roger Gutierrez in attendance

 

"Ranchero" is the fish-out-of-water story of Jesse Torres (Roger Gutierrez), a small town cattle rancher with 50's sensibilities. Now in his late 30's, Jesse proudly wears his idol, Buddy Holly, inked on his bicep. Coupled with a love for photography, Jesse doesn't quite fit the mold of his peers, and dreams of a more diverse environment. The son of poor, uneducated, Mexican immigrants, he was born into the life of a ranch hand. Resentful of his forced station in society, Jesse packs his bags, cuffs his jeans, and leaves his country home for the bright lights of the city. Moving next door to his childhood friend Tom (Brian Eric Johnson) in a seedy Hollywood apartment, Jesse is thrilled to be stepping out into the world. Unfortunately, the honeymoon soon ends when Jesse is challenged by local hustler Capone (Danny Trejo) and comes face to face with the realities of drug addiction and street violence. It is through his relationship with Lil' Bit (Christina Woods), an embattled resident of the Hollywood apartments, that he learns that life's challenges must be faced and not avoided.

 

7:00 pm RISD Auditorium

 

Pendragon, Sword of His Father

Narrative Feature (USA, 112 min.) Director: Chad Burns;

Cast: Aaron Burns, Nick Burns, Marilyn Burns, Erik Dewar, Andy Burns

East Coast Premiere

A Christian epic adventure film set in 411 AD, Pendragon, Sword of His Father tells the story of young Artos who is raised to believe that God has a purpose for each day. After a tragic event he is taken into slavery by the Saxons, where Artos questions his God. Advancing through the military ranks, Artos begins to understand that his father's vision was not based on the strength of man, but on the plan of God. Further events force Artos to decide between following God's plan unto certain death or abandoning God to save his own life. Filmed in five states with a crew of over five hundred, "Pendragon" is the first independent Christian film of its kind.

 

7:30 pm Gallery DEMI

 

SENE Sampler

 

A special selection of short films from the various short film packages to be shown at SENE.

 

 

9:30 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Lady Feet

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 28 min.) Director: Christopher Toppino in attendance

A series of glimpses into the lives of a dynamic, young, Philadelphia threesome, reveals secrets-in-the-making as characters search for identity in sex, art, the city, and each other.

 

The DVD

Narrative Feature (Malaysia, 2007, 85 min.)

Director: Surin Gnanalingam

Cast: Chong Shun Yuan,Carrine Chong Su Sian,Chye Chee Keong,Hansel Choi,Ganish Venugopal,Sim Yian How,Lavinder Chong Sheah Mei


This is a love story of a young college student, who, living with his widowed mother, has the kind of life of any below average student, who is barely passing his exams. Then an incident with a college bully one day causes an accidental meeting with a strange dark savior. The meeting changes his life forever as he moves into a life of crime, falls in love and exploits a DVD copy of a sex tape involving a major political figure.

 

9:30 pm RISD Auditorium

 

America’s Lost Band

Special Guests: The Remains will perform (unplugged) after the screening

Documentary Feature (USA, 65 min.) Director: Michael Stich

 

Producer Fred Cantor in attendance. The Remains band members Barry Tashian, Vern Miller, Bill Briggs and Chip Damiani will answer audience questions before their performance.

 

'Had these Boston bad boys stuck it out beyond their 1966 debut, we might today be calling them--and not the Stones--the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band. As it is, The Remains most certainly are America's greatest lost band.' Mark Kemp, June 2007 Paste Magazine.

 

The Remains appeared on Ed Sullivan, opened for the Beatles, and then broke up on the brink of fame. “America’s Lost Band” is a documentary of The Remains' return to Los Angeles for the first time in 40 years, since opening for the Beatles, a film that follows a group of 60-year-old musicians back together pursuing their passion. It's the story of what happens when a band reaches the cusp of rock greatness, but doesn't make it over the final hurdle.

 

 

11:00 pm

After Party

McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon

52 Pine St
.

 

www.mcfaddensprovidence.com

 

 

 

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

 

2:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Larry and Roz

Animated Short (Italy, 2008, 4 min.) Director: Kristen Palana

Larry, a 93 year-old widower confined to a Nursing Home, remembers a time when he had more spring in his step. Based on real audio recordings from 2002, animator Kristen Palana uses individually painted digital images to imagine and recreate her grandfather's first attempts to woo his beloved Roz.

 

Iowa Girls

Documentary Short (USA, 2008, 29 min.) Director: Donna Reyes in attendance

“Iowa Girls” is about the unique game of six-on-six basketball, played by generations of women in Iowa decades before Title IX. Six-on-six was the number one spectator sport in the state for nearly a century. It was so popular that the girls regularly played before sellout crowds, and attendance at their games often exceeded that of the boys' games.

 

Courthouse Girls of Farmland

Documentary Feature (USA, 52 min.) Director: Norman Klein

New England Premiere

 

The "Courthouse Girls" (Garneta Amburn, - Miss February, Mary Ellen Talley - Miss April, Wanda Grove - Miss May, Eileen Herron - Miss October, Iraida Davis-Leitch - Miss December) and Co-Executive Producer Larry Francer in attendance

 

“Courthouse Girls of Farmland” is a story about a small Indiana town and seven senior women who got up from their bridge club table to make a bold statement about historic preservation. Upset about plans to destroy the 130-year-old courthouse, the women threw caution ”and their clothes” to the wind by posing for a fundraising calendar that created a firestorm of controversy. Backed by an organization known for its zany promotions, these 77-to-94 year old card-playing activists brought national attention to historic preservation’s role in helping small towns survive. Their daring protest also generated harsh criticism from many in their community. But they proved that the old have beauty and value, whether it's in time-worn buildings or in the people who have called that community home for nearly a century.

 

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Film Wizard Workshop

for children ages 8-15

admission: $15

 

Click for more information

 

The Artists' Exchange

50 Rolfe Square
Cranston, RI02910

www.artists-exchange.org

 

4:30 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Shorts Package I

 

Passion Is the Matter

Narrative Short (Mexico, 2008, 3 min.) Director: Liliana Torres

Two friends try to find an explanation for the mistreatment by one of their husbands.

 

Superglue

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 18 min.) Director: Billy Duberstein

Dave, a screenwriter new to Los Angeles, is invited for dinner by his distant cousin Paul, an established actor on a daytime soap. Paul is overly pushy in his invitation, and Dave accepts, only to soon find himself caught in the middle of a gigantic fight between Paul and his underwear-model girlfriend Lauren, and Dave soon finds his life in danger, as he cannot escape the apartment.

 

Miracle Investigators

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 14 min.) Director: Jeremy Dehn

Veteran miracle investigator Father Dominic and his rookie partner Father Justin judge the authenticity of miracles and bust the spiritual criminals who dare disagree.

 

The Potion

Narrative Short (USA, 2006, 16 min.) Director: Jeff Naparstek in attendance

A man attempts to rekindle the passion in his marriage by secretly administering herbal supplements to his wife. His wife, having the same idea unwittingly double-doses and creates havoc.

 

Good Morning

Narrative Short (USA, 2007, 17 min.) Director: Sarah Morreim in attendance

En route to interview for her dream job over achiever, Sylvia Wiggins, finds herself trapped with a calamity from her past.

 

Knocked Down

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 22 min.) Director: Ted Collins in attendance

A wide-eyed wannabe, whose youth is but a speck in his rearview mirror, finally sets out from the hinterland for the brass ring marked “Hollywood,” and then things go awry.

 


5:00 pm Meet the Artists Reception

 

Gallery DEMI

123 North Main Street Suite 4
Providence, RI02906

 

Meet the exhibiting festival artists.

 

 

7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Shorts Package II

 

Martin

Narrative Short (Ireland, 2008, 18 min.) Director: Sean Branigan

A dark character study of an aggressive man fighting his inner demons until his bright 15 yr old daughter becomes a glimmer of hope in his otherwise worthless life.

 

Batter Up

Narrative Short (Canada, 2009, 13 min.) Director: Josh Webber

In the bottom of the ninth inning a softball player gets injured after hitting a Home Run, leaving players from the opposing team with a decision to help her and loose, or to do nothing and win the championship.

 

Scarecrow

Narrative Short(USA, 2009, 17 min.) Director: Patrick Knipe

Jack ran away from the battle and found the war.

 

The Silence of Bees

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 17 min.) Director: Andrew Traister

Writer/Producer Joanna Perry-Folino in attendance

Alex McKenzie travels from Flint, Michigan to Barbados to comfort her father, Parker Lam, an aging literary lion only to be confronted by him about why she gave up on her own literary talent too soon. In this moving short starring Jim Beaver and Sharon Garnier a father and daughter struggle with words in order to avoid saying how they truly feel.

 

Uriasul

Narrative Short (Romania, 2008, 15 min.) Director: Mihai Ionescu

A boy and his 'dreams'.

 

Land Gewinnen (Gaining Ground)

Narrative Short (Germany, 2007, 20 min.) Director: Marc Brummund

A young illegal immigrant couple spends their time furtively avoiding the German authorities, until the wellbeing of their young son dictates that they resolve their untenable situation.

 

7:00 pm RISD Auditorium

 

The Curse of Micah Rood

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 35 min.) Director: Alec Asten in attendance

 

Based on an old legend from Norwich, Connecticut... Micah Rood, cherishes his privacy and his precious apple orchard. When a wily peddler stays the night, Rood accuses him of stealing his apples, and commits a violent deed that soon taints the fruit of his orchard with the blood of guilt.

 

 

The Other Side of the Tracks

Narrative Feature (USA, 93 min.) Director: A.D. Calvo in attendance

Cast: Brendan Fehr, Chad Lindberg, Tania Raymonde, Beatrice Rosen, Natassia Malthe, Sam Robards, Stephnie Weir, Shirley Knight

 

Still living at home and working at a local pizza parlor, Josh is numbed by the haunting memories of his high school girlfriend, killed 10 years ago in a train-car accident. His old friend Rusty tries to rouse Josh from his stalled life, but when Josh meets a spirited young waitress, who looks suspiciously like his high school girlfriend, Josh begins to feel pulled in opposite directions. Is she real or a ghost from his haunted past? Who is really looking out for Josh, the girl, or his best friend? Taking the love triangle to a whole new dimension, “The Other Side of the Tracks” is a supernatural fantasy starring Tania Raymonde from the hit ABC series “Lost”, Brendan Fehr from the WB network's “Roswell”, and Chad Lindberg from “The Fast and the Furious”.

 

 

7:30 pm The Spot on Thayer

 

Music Video Competition (Free Admission)

 

The Wigly

Music Video (USA, 2008, 7 min.) Director: Victor Bonacore

"The Wigly" is based on the song with the same name by Johnnie Lee Jordan, tests how far you would go for love. Mixing genres, and shot on 16mm, this music video is something fresh and new in a digital era where music videos fail to tell a real story anymore. The film stars cult horror movie actress Ruby Larocca and Performer Johnnie Lee Jordan as himself (who is often times compared to a young Tom Waites.) Its visual, Its catchy, and its bloody.

 

A Small Video Is a Great Moment

Music Video (Italy, 2008, 5 min.) Director: Riccardo Bianco

A drop of water as a boundary between before and after. In life. In the game of life. The challenge on this border extends the game a few precious moments more. The challenge belongs to three boys who face the risk to prove themselves. And they succeed. Before that drop will land on their freedom.

 

Rise

Music Video (USA, 2008, 4 min.) Director: Aron Hinson

Washington DC-based singer/songwriter Tom Goss confronts himself and his past on the train. He and his fellow passengers ascend from the mundane and bleak train tunnels to a sunlit rooftop.

 

Inflatable You

Music Video (Netherlands, 2008, 3 min.) Director: Mick Durlacher, Jan Moeskops, Leo Franssen, Eric Wobma

Kees Hoogeveen uses his horn to improvise over a typical suburban view of Amsterdam.

 

Sacrilege

Music Video (USA, 2008, 6 min.) Director: Theodore Cormey in attendance

"Sacrilege" is a conceptual music video for the band, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (featured on their recent EP release, Casualty Menagerie).

 

Sidekick

Music Video (USA, 2008, 5 min.) Director: Michael Coleman

Producers Jonathan Bouknight and Josh Bishop in attendance

WHEN CHIMNEYS ATTACK! Only a trained pro can stop the brick hurling beast in this music video produced by Sunrise Studios LLC for The Noise's song 'Sidekick.'

 

Crystal

Music Video (Canada, 2008, 5 min.) Director: Jason Lapeyre

A boy is seduced by a beautiful girl named Crystal who leads him into a horror chamber of addiction and torture. 'Crystal' dramatizes the descent into addiction experienced by crystal meth abusers, for whom the effects of addiction are the equivalent of torture - teeth falling out, skin covered in lesions, even bugs crawling on your skin.

 

Thus Spoke the Spectacle

Music Video (USA, Work in Progress, 35 min.) Director: Eric Goodman in attendance

A music video film concerning the nature and effects of media, technology, war, celebrity, news, empire, nihilism, consumerism, corporatism, propaganda and other forces at work in the experiment in civilization called “America”. A live musical performance will accompany the film.

 

 

9:30 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Animated (& More) Shorts

 

Larry and Roz

Animated Short (Italy, 2008, 4 min.) Director: Kristen Palana

Larry, a 93 year-old widower confined to a Nursing Home, remembers a time when he had more spring in his step. Based on real audio recordings from 2002, animator Kristen Palana uses individually painted digital images to imagine and recreate her grandfather's first attempts to woo his beloved Roz.

 

Faust

Animated/Puppet Short USA, 2008, 26 min.) Director: Hoku Uchiyama

Set in the middle ages, the infamous Dr. Faust dances with the devil's servant, Mephisto. This intense film, inspired by the German masterpiece by Goethe, comes alive through the medium of Puppets. All Faust wanted was more power, more glory, and more ability to seduce a young Gretchen. What he gets is a lot more.

 

The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay

Animated Short (USA, 2007, 4 min.) Director: Michael Ramsey

An adaptation of Plato's, 'Allegory of the Cave' animated in clay.

 

The Incident at Tower 37

Animated Short (USA, 2008, 11 min.) Director: Chris Perry in attendance

In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37: a shimmering water processing station, siphoning every last drop of water from a once pristine lake. Day in and day out the station's lone steward monitors the tower's activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem. But when two unexpected guests arrive, the tower's operator learns the high cost of his ignorance.

 

Bohemibot

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 26 min.) Director: Brendan Bellomo

A great cyborg harpist, forced to serve as a pilot in the last war on his planet, struggles to overcome a debilitating injury and the loss of his family. His encounter with a young enemy captive reveals that even the din of war can never silence the voice of the heart.

 

Sebastian's Voodoo

Animated Short (USA, 2008, 5 min.) Director: Joaquin Baldwin

A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.

 

Space

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 12 min.) Director: Mike Wilson

Separated by stars, a girl and a boy attempt to rekindle their old romance. The girl works at a factory in space sewing space helmets for emergency evacuation. She is a slave. The boy lives in a paper house in the country. He has slept for a long time and when he awakes he is determined to meet the girl in space. Will his lightning bolt rocket ship carry him all the way through... Space!

 

Symphony

Animated Short (USA, 2008, 6 min.) Director: Erick Oh

"Symphony" portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will. The topic of this abstractedly crafted animation applies to anything that struggles to be free. It can be a phenomenon occurring deep within the mind, or an individual confronting the standardized masses.

 

Escapism

Animated Short (USA, 2008, 7 min.) Director: Jake Topkis

Escapism: Noun; The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially, by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy (Oxford American Dictionary).

 

9:30 pm RISD Auditorium

 

Sidekick

Music Video (USA, 2008, 5 min.) Director: Michael Coleman

Producers Jonathan Bouknight and Josh Bishop in attendance

When Chimneys Attack! A chimney chases the Noise's drummer around the city, until he calls in a chimney sweep to fight the monster on the roof.

 

Drifter

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 9 min.) Director: Robert Albrecht

A man who is brutally assaulted in the middle of night finds refuge in a 24 hour laundromat, where he encounters a mysterious stranger.

 

Sisifo

Narrative Short (Italy, 2008, 19 min.) Director: Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini

Inspired by the homonym myth, “Sisifo” is the story of a man imprisoned in a room without doors and forced by destiny to extract his own teeth to assemble a key that, in his opinion, will permit him to escape.

 

Audie & the Wolf

Narrative Feature (USA, 80 min.) Director: B. Scott O'Malley

Cast: Tara Price, Christa Campbell, Rance Howard, Richard Riehle

New England Premiere

This dark comedy/horror film offers a topsy-turvy take on the classic werewolf legend. Hit by a beautiful actress' car, a wolf is brought back to a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where by the light of the full moon he turns into a savage, bloodthirsty MAN and goes on a killing spree. Not remembering who he is, why he's killing, or how he got there, this John Doe enlists the help of a punk rock grocery delivery girl named Audie Bantam, who tries to help John with his amnesia, and they quickly fall in love. But John soon discovers that those he killed have come back as zombies, and he must fight them as they escape from the basement, as well as fight his wolf urges to kill and eat Audie, if he wants to set things right and get the girl in the end.

 

 

11:00 pm

Filmmaker Award Ceremony

Festival badge required for admission to Awards Ceremony, which is located in private balcony area

 

DownCity

151 Weybosset St

www.downcityfood.com

 

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 5





12:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Limelight Series



An encore presentation of films from this year's festival.

2:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Back To Me

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 26 min.) Director: Tim Kashani

“Back to Me” takes us into the life of a Broadway actress whose world is devastatingly turned upside down. Unexpectedly, she comes face to face with her destiny as a mysterious stranger helps her face the music.

 

They Came to Play

Documentary Feature (USA, 91 min.) Director: Alex Rotaru

New England Premiere

 

“They Came to Play” is an uplifting feature-length documentary chronicling the passion, pressure and potential surrounding The International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs hosted by The Van Cliburn Foundation, a prestigious event which reunites seventy-five of the world’s best amateur pianists with their dreams, if only for a brief time. Players from all over the world, ranging from self-taught to classically-trained, aged thirty-five to almost eighty, convene for a week of intense competition, music and camaraderie. Entertaining, irreverent and, above all, inspiring, the film provides an intimate look into the lives of these colorful, multi-faceted competitors as they strive to balance the demands of work and family with their love of music.

 

 

4:30 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

To Be Announced

 

 

4:30 pm RISD Auditorium

 

Regional Shorts: Spotlight on RI, CT and MA Filmmakers

 

Sacrilege

Music Video (USA, 2008, 6 min.) Director: Theodore Cormey in attendance

"Sacrilege" is a conceptual music video for the band, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (featured on their recent EP release, Casualty Menagerie).

 

Fate Scores

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 12 min.) Director: Albert M. Chan

“Fate Scores” explores themes of isolation, connection, and chance. Two strangers--a guitarist and an introspective young woman--cross paths at an empty concrete bench and, with the help of eight additional strangers, discover that they have something special in common.

 

Mind the Gap

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 17 min.) Director: Kristal Williams-Rowley

When the realities of her father's job hit, Sara copes with her grief the best way she knows how.

 

American Chop Suey

Narrative Short (USA, 2009, 22 min.) Director: Nathan A. Quattrini in attendance

David loves Hong Kong action movies more than anyone should. He has learned his way of life through watching and studying them. His devotion will be tested when his “Master” is slain and he sets out into the real world bent on revenge. Will his Kung Fu skills he thinks he has learned help him get the revenge he seeks?

 

Smile Pretty

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 13 min.) Director: Desiree McMahon

A girl attempts to express herself, but instead is treated to pills to help her 'problems'.

 

Never Again

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 8 min.) Director: Stephen Artale

A film noir take on a little girl's game of love.

 

Crisp

Narrative Short (USA, 2008, 8 min.) Director: Ted Ryan

After smoking pot for the first time, a young girl tries to deal with the trials and tribulations of adolescent life.

 

Lesson One

Experimental Short (USA, 2008, 4 min.) Director: Bryan De Leon

“Lesson One” is an experimental narrative that attempts to show poetry of the mind and body as several characters run through an urban landscape at night, bound together by their thoughts and reflections of a life past.

 

Sons of Lemuria

Narrative Short (USA, 2009, 19 min.) Nathan A. Quattrini in attendance

This Medieval drama/action short follows Zarrium, one of the last two people with warlock blood, as he seeks out to stop his brother at all costs.

 

 

7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema

 

Mother, Mine

Narrative Short (United Kingdom, 2008, 17 min.) Director: Susan Everett

'Hello Mum. My name's Alison. I was born on the sixth of June, 28 years ago. But you know that already, don't you?' Alison sends out a videotape as she tries to track down her natural mother. But are her intentions what they seem?

 

Yesterday Was a Lie

Narrative Feature (USA, 89 min.) Director: James Kerwin

Cast: Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, Mik Scriba, Nathan Mobley, Warren Davis, Megan Henning, Jennifer Slimko, Peter Mayhew, Robert Siegel

A groundbreaking new noir film, “Yesterday Was a Lie” combines the thrills of a classic detective mystery with the imagination of science fantasy. Hoyle -- a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon -- is investigating introverted artist/archaeologist John Dudas. But her work takes an unforeseen twist as she begins to experience events around her in a mysterious, disjointed manner. With the assistance of her loyal partner and a cute young lounge singer, Hoyle uncovers a plot to unravel earth-shattering cosmological secrets, smuggled out of 1930s Germany by a Nazi defector. But when Hoyle's deeper relationship with Dudas is revealed, she learns that the most potent forces of all -- human love, human pain -- cannot be grasped by science alone.

 

7:00 pm RISD Auditorium

 

Rise

Music Video (USA, 2008, 4 min.) Director: Aron Hinson

Washington DC-based singer/songwriter Tom Goss confronts himself and his past on the train. He and his fellow passengers ascend from the mundane and bleak train tunnels to a sunlit rooftop. Tom recently performed at the 2008 RI Pride Festival.

 

Between Something & Nothing

Narrative Feature (USA, 2008, 105 min.) Director: Todd Verow

Cast: Tim Swain, Gil Bar-Sela, Julia Frey

New England Premiere

 

Director Todd Verow and cast members in attendance

 

Between Something & Nothing is based on filmmaker Todd Verow’s experiences at Rhode Island School of Design. After being accepted into a prestigious New England art school, sexy small-town Joe and townie mastermind Jennifer quickly join forces. Both are forced into work-study jobs to satisfy their tuition responsibilities - but soon discover more profitable ways to supplement their scholarships through Creative Shoplifting 101 and Remedial Male Prostitution. When Joe eventually falls for enigmatic hustler Ramon, and Jennifer gets mistakenly caught up in a bad drug deal, their little world starts to spin too fast for them to continue to control. The gritty education they are receiving on the city streets is just as important as the intensely focused, competitive training in their classrooms.

 

 

9:00 pm

Closing Night "Wrap" Party

 

The Spot on Thayer

Admission $10

Free for members and those with Festival badges

Free admission with AllAccessPass

 

 

 

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