On Location: Memphis 2009

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Live Action Short
Westly Ferris is in love with his co-worker, Shannon, but she barelyknows he's alive. When he builds up enough courage to ask her out, hefails miserably.But that night Shannon contacts Westly on the internet and offers him asecond chance: the opportunity to get to know her better online. Despite company policy forbidding intra-office relationships, Shannonsuggests an internet relationship, using web cameras and instantmessaging. The two coworkers begin an online romance, talking all nightlong. With each passing night, Westly falls more and more in love withShannon, perceiving her aloofness at work as an attempt to cover-uptheir illicit online relationship. But while Shannon is proving to beeverything Westly hoped she would be, there is still one very importantelement missing from their relationship: physical contact.Shannon makes every effort to fulfill Westly's desire online but theneed for the unobtainable begins to unravel a surprising ruse: Westly'scompany has been setting him up with a series of complex relationshipsto help him learn about love and he is a test subject in a plan to writea program that will teach computers how to love.But in the process, Westly has fallen in love with an unobtainablebeauty and yearns for a normal relationship he now realized he can neverhave.
Documentary
If you want to see how America works, look at what happened to rock radio.For 50 years, it was our revolutionary medium. Radio had the power to move people then. And deejays seized it. In the 1950s, a handful of AM pioneers introduced white America to black rhythm and blues. Then New York deejay Alan Freed changed the course of American history by branding it 'rock and roll.' In the glory years of rock radio, personalities like Cousin Brucie, Murray the K, Dan Ingram, Jerry Blavat, Dick Biondi, Casey Kasem and Wolfman Jack ruled the airwaves.But from its earliest roots, rock radio had powerful enemies. In 1960, prodded by big-business interests, Congress held 'payola' hearings to target the deejays guilty of breaking down economic and racial barriers. Deejays like Alan Freed were booted off the air. Program director and radio consultants took control. Deejays could no longer play their own music. Rock radio became bland and predictable.Then came a new wave of deejays who set up shop on the FM dial. 'Top 40 is dead,' Declared Tom Donahue in San Francisco. 'And its rotting corpse is stinking up the airwaves.' They discovered bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, igniting a cultural revolution that helped end the Vietnam War. Until FM, too, was silenced by FCC intimidation and corporate greed. And 60s rock became 70s disco.When rock radio lost its soul, a flame went out. 'Airplay' pays tribute to those unsung heroes--and the promise of a rebirth on satellite radio. It's a story of love and war, told by the deejays and the artists they made rock stars. It celebrates a time when we all listened together and it changed our lives.
Live Action Short
Returning home was the choice she made. Letting go was the choice she inspired.After getting sick, a young Native American woman, Willa, returns to her mother's home where they both must come to terms with her illness. Willa's mother, who had been a long time 'shut in', begins venturing outside with her camcorder, taping the sunrise and mountains, bringing the outside world in to the bed ridden Willa. Audiences catch a glimpse into the lives of two dynamic women, leading up to the moment where only one thing is for certain... change. Award winning screenwriter, Kalani Queypo, offers up a compelling directorial debut with this intimate short film.Gripping performances by Tantoo Cardinal (Dances With Wolves, Legends of the Fall) and Rulan Tangen (The New World) are beautifully complimented with rich visual images and an impressive original soundtrack.
Live Action Short
'And Then She Was Gone' is a narrative short filmed in Savannah, GA. The story focuses on a young woman who meets a mysterious older woman (Oscar/Emmy Nominee Diana Scarwid) in a park. She engages the woman in conversation and finds that the woman is both the key to her past and the mystery of her future. Inspired by Italian cinema, the films quality is that of a dream, set to the backdrop of Spanish moss, and a town textured with ghosts and nostalgia. The message of the film is simple: life is short and sweet.
Music Video
Arma Secreta - Segue Debris is an edge of your seat music thrill ride with striking imagery and cutting edge animation. Shot entirely on green screen, this highly creative visual whirlwind is sure to make an impact as you follow a lyrical journey of a man who expectantly awaits his departure by way of the rapture.
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