LA Femme International Film Festival
FEATURES 2013
AWAKENED
OCT 18, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTORS
JOYCELYN ENGLE, ARNO MALARONE
PRODUCERS
JULIANNE MICHELLE, JOYCELYN ENGLE
RT: 107 MIN
CAST: Julianne Michelle, Steven Bauer, Edward Furlong, Johns Savage, Sally Kirkland, Bryan Dechart, Sean Stone, Erin Gerasimovich, Stelio Savante,
SYNOPSIS: Samantha Winston, a 22 year old woman, returns to her home town after 14 years in search of answers to her mother’s untimely death.
DESIRES OF THE HEART
OCT 18, 10 AM-12 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTORS
JAMES KICKLIGHTER, RAJESH RATHI
PRODUCER
SOLILA PARIDA
RT: 88 MIN
CAST: Alica Minshew, Rajesh Rathi
SYNOPSIS: Dr. Kris Sharma is a psychiatrist from India practicing in Savannah, Georgia when he meets Madeline, a local artist with a mysterious past.
DON’T PASS ME BY
OCT 19, 10 AM-12 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
ERIC PRIESTLY
PRODUCERS
RACHEL NOLL, KATY K. BURTON, MIKE DAVIS, MARK RICHARD
RT: 100 MIN
CAST: Sean Stone, Rachel Noll, Katy K. Burton
SYNOPSIS: The film follows four people each at a unique crisis point. As each story unfolds, the characters struggle to find the courage to live for themselves.
H&G
OCT 17, 2-4 PM
VENUE 2
DIRECTOR
DANISHKA ESTERHAZY
PRODUCERS
DANISHKA ESTERHAZY, REBECCA GIBSON, REBECCA SANDULAK, ASHLEY HIRT
RT: 95 MIN
CAST: Annika Elyse Irving, Breazy Diduck Wilson
SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister living in poverty and neglect get lost in the woods until they find a beautiful house in this modern twist on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
OCT 20, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
M. LEGEND BROWN
PRODUCER
SHARISE CHASI
RT: 100 MIN
CAST: Kelly O’Neil Jackson, Sharice Henry Chasi, Irma P. Hall
SYNOPSIS: When resources run out, unemployment is denied, Darius and Josephine Blackmon find themselves living in their car with two young children.
PLEASE KILL MR. KNOW IT ALL
OCT 18, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTORS
COLIN CARTER, SANDRA FELDMAN
PRODUCER
SANDRA FELDMAN
RT: 87 MIN
CAST: Lara Jean Chorostecki, Jefferson Brown, Kristina Pesic
SYNOPSIS: An anonymous advice columnist finds herself caught in an unlikely romance with the man who has been hired to kill her alter ego.
RAW CUT
OCT 18, 6-8 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
ZOE QUIST
PRODUCERS
ZOE QUIST, FIN GRAY, BYRON SPEIGHT, DANIEL PONICKLY, ANNIE JEEVES
RT: 83 MIN
CAST: Zoe Quist, Daniel Ponickly, Christopher Soren
SYNOPSIS: A long weekend in the remote Wyoming mountains exposes a group of friends to an evil they never saw coming.
SANDCASTLE
OCT 20, 10 AM-12 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
SHOMSHUKILA DAS
PRODUCER
BHASKAR DAS
RT: 82 MIN
CAST: Malvika Jethwani, Shahana Chatterjee
SYNOPSIS: Sheila, a home-maker, an aspiring writer and loving mother with a successful husband working in advertising, lives a picture-perfect live in Indian society.
SILENT ONES
OCT 17, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
RICKI RIJNEKE
PRODUCERS
DIRK RIJNEKE, MILDRED VAN LEEUWAARDEN, RICKI RIJNEKE
RT: 97 MIN
CAST: Orsi Tóth, Rolanda Raba
SYNOPSIS: After her brother’s disappearance, a young Hungarian woman leaves
aboard a cargo ship to keep her promise of finding a better life.
SONJA I BIK
OCT 17, 6-8PM
VENUE: XX
DIRECTOR
VLATKA VORKAPIC
PRODUCER
IVAN MALOCA
RT: 102 MIN
CAST: Judita Frankovic, Dejan Acimovic, Elvis Bosnjak
SYNOPSIS: After Sonja Sterle, accuses the bull fighting circuit of animal cruelty on national TV, a bet is placed that she will not have the guts to stand in front of the bull she is so eager to protect.
SUBMERGED
OCT 20, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
SOPHIE O’CONNOR
PRODUCER
KAT HOLMES, THE COLONEL
RT: 90 MIN
CAST: Lily Hall, Kevin Dee, Georgia Bolton
SYNOPSIS: For Jordan, university life brings the promise of new experiences and a chance to break away from the grind of pursuing a career as an elite athlete.
THE BET
OCT 19, 2-4 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
FINOLA HUGHES
PRODUCERS
FINOLA HUGHES, JACK PRESNAL
RT: 100 MIN
CAST: Mary O’Connor, Portia Thomas, Scott Hagood, Tim Whitcomb
SYNOPSIS: Addison, a teenage boy, and his grandfather wager a bet: which of them will be the first to ‘score’ with a woman in this coming-of-age lighthearted drama.
THE TRUTH ABOUT EMANUEL
OCT 19, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
FRANCESCA GREGORINI
PRODUCERS
FRANCESCA GREGORINI, MATTHEW R. BRADY
RT: 96 MIN
CAST: Jessica Biel, Kaya Scodelario
SYNOPSIS: Independent high-schooler Emanuel, never quite over the death of her mother or her father’s new marriage, becomes entangled in a web of disturbing secrets.
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU
OCT 19, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR
ANDREA FELLERS
PRODUCERS
ANDREA FELLERS, CASEY VANDEVENTER
RT: 87 MIN
CAST: Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Charissa Hogeland, Kasia Pilewicz
SYNOPSIS: Six best friends come up with a game on New Year’s Eve: They tell each other things they’ve always wanted to say, but were afraid of, repercussions blossoms.
THIS IS OUR TIME
OCT 18, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
LISA ARNOLD
RT: 104 MIN
CAST: Erin Bethea, Shawn-Coulin Young
SYNOPSIS: After graduation, five friends set out to make a difference in the world for God. Their ambitions are high, however the sacrifice they are asked to pay may just be too high.
TOURING TALKIES
OCT 17, 4-6 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
TRUPTI BHOIR
RT: 77 MIN
CAST: Subodh Bhave, Trupti Bhoir
SYNOPSIS: This is the story of a lone woman’s struggle to save her Touring Talkies from going out of business in the male chauvinistic world of travelling cinema.
VINO VERITAS
OCT 17, 12-2 PM
VENUE 1
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
SARAH KNIGHT
RT: 96 MIN
CAST: Bernard White, Brian Hutchison, Carrie Preston, Heather Raffo
SYNOPSIS: An exotic blue wine unleashes a roller-coaster ride of primal feelings and unspoken desires in this dark comedy set in suburbia on Halloween night.