Shorts 4
Locals Gone Loco
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Sun., April 2, Noon

Livewire - Dir. Mark Riccardi
An Enterprising Caper - Dir. Herb Polsky
The Big Empty - Dir. J. Lisa Chang, Newton Thomas Sigel

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Oh, Mr. Faulkner,
Do You Write?
w/Affair Game
Carlson Family Theatre
Sun., April 2, 12:45 pm

USA, 83:21 Min.,
World Premiere

Director: Jimbo Barnett
Writer: John Maxwell, Tom Dupree
Producer: Jimbo Barnett
Starring John Maxwell

John Maxwell’s critically-acclaimed one-man show based on the life of William Faulkner is filmed before a live audience in Faulkner’s hometown of Oxford Mississippi. In a rare visit to Faulkner’s study, we get a glimpse of the literary giant and Nobel laureate’s character and psyche. The story is set in 1950, as Faulkner ruminates on his past and ponders if he should indeed accept the Nobel Prize for Literature that was awarded to him.

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These Girls
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Sun., April 2, 2:15 pm

Canada, 92 Min.,
U.S. Premiere

CANADA, 92 MIN, L.A. Premiere

Director: John Hazlett
Writer: John Hazlett
Producer: Anne-Marie Gelinas, Sam Grana, John Hazlett, Andrew Noble
Starring: David Boreanaz, Caroline Dhavernas, Holly Lewis, Amanda Walsh

Based on the humorously edgy play by Vivienne Laxdal, These Girls is the story of three teenage girls who, in turn, seduce and then attempt to share Keith, an older married man. Their scheme works out well for a while, but eventually a desperate and sexually exhausted Keith sets in motion his escape plan and everything comes crashing down. It is a tale of innocence, jealousy and friendship told as a provocative coming-of-age story.

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Shorts 5
Take My Advice
Carlson Family Theatre
Sun., April 2, 3 pm

Christopher Brennan Saves the World - Dir. Jesse Dykstra
The Method - Dir. Jason Holzman
Stanly Marshall's Myth - Dir. Lynn Hamrick
Shaolin Delivery Boy - Dir. Mark Cutforth
Queer Eye for the Homeless Guy - Dir. Joshua Stern

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Halfway Decent
w/Shank 101
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Sun., April 2, 4:30 pm

USA, 82 Min.,
Los Angeles Premiere

Director: Alan Berger
Writer: Alan Berger
Producer: Vincent Robert
Starring: Finn Carter, Ernie Hudson, Joe Ricci, Jamil Walker Smith, Leslie Burns, Riff Hutton

Detective Tom Black's wife presents him with an ultimatum. She wants another child. But Tom thinks one is enough, especially since that one is in rehab. Inevitably, Tom finds himself out of the house and moving back in with his mother. He juggles alimony and rehab payments while his job goes south, courtesy of his corrupt partner, yet somehow he manages to find a measure of humor and redemption in what is left of his mixed-up life. A strong comic story about one man losing control of everything on his way to finding the key to his front door.

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December Ends
Carlson Family Theatre
Sun., April 2, 5:30 pm

USA, 115 Min.,
Los Angeles Premiere

Centerpiece Film

Director: Lee Krieger
Writer: Lee Krieger
Producer: Tim Harms, Lee Krieger, Trevor Jones
Starring: Josh Janowicz, Alex Thayer, Justin Matthews, Barrett James, Jacob Reynold, Bryan Bates 

After his mother tragically dies, Chris' father falls apart and Chris turns to running drugs for pot-dealer Hayden to make the rent payments. When he meets Audrey, Hayden's girlfriend who has been away at art school, he instantly falls for her. Hayden expands his business into the cocaine trade, but he can't put his past addiction behind him and most of it goes up his own nose. One night he OD's and ends up unconscious in the hospital. With Hayden in the hospital, Chris's cousin and best friend BRIAN begins supplying his customers.   When Hayden recovers and learns what Brian is doing, the two confront each other forcing Chris to intervene with tragic results.

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The Way Back Home
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Sun., April 2, 7:00 pm

USA, 93 Min.,

Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Michael Houston King
Producer: Michael Houston King, Paul Sirmons
Starring: Michael Houston King, Julie Harris, Tessie Santiago, Ruby Dee, Danny Nucci, Deezer D, Amy Landers

Spencer Krane has it all, the great job, the model wife, the great NY lifestyle. But after the sudden death of his wife he returns to a small southern town to take care of his grandmother who has suffered a stroke. Over the course of a summer back home in this small Florida town he reevaluates his life and develops a sense of hope for his future.

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Shorts 6
Strange Days
Carlson Family Theatre
Sun., April 2, 8:30 pm

Cost of Living - Dir. Jonathan Joffe
K-7 - Dir. Christopher Leone
Lucid - Dir. Sam Friedlander
Paradox - Dir. Jeremy Haccoun
Smart Card - Dir. James Oxford
Turn - Dir. Michael Lucas

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Severed
Louis B. Mayer Theatre
Sun., April 2, 9:45 pm

Canada, 90 Min.,
L.A. Premiere

Director: Carl Bessai
Writer: Carl Bessai, Travis McDonald
Producer: Andrew Boutilier, Cynthia Chapman
Cast: JR Bourne, Paul Campbell, Patrick Gallagher, John Henry Reardon

A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest. But the experimentation goes disastrously wrong, transforming a disparate group of loggers and environmental activists into the "infected" -- ravenous, zombie-like creatures who prey upon the few terrified survivors while they attempt to understand and control the disaster.

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