2008 Accepted Films for the Crossroads Film Festival

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Help us congratulate the hard-working filmmakers

whose films will be showcased at the 2008 Crossroads Film Festival:

Citizen

(southern premiere)
Student
Canada
Director/Producer/Writer: James Darling

Pretty Ugly People

(world premiere)
Feature narrative
California
Director/Writer: Tate Taylor
Producers: Brunson Green, Tate Taylor, Sonya Lunsford, Stanton Scott, Joshua J. Smith

In Between

Short narrative
Poland
Director/Producer/Writer : Jose E. Iglesias Vigil

Kept and Dreamless (Las Mantenidas Sin Suenos)
Feature narrative

Argentina
Directors/Producers/Writers: Vera Fogwill and Martin Desalvo

Oiran Lyrics
Short narrative
Japan
Director/Writer: Ryosuke Ogawa

Control
Feature narrative
United Kingdom
Director: Anton Corbijn
Producers: Anton Corbijn, Orian Williams, Todd Eckert
Writer: Matt Greenhalgh

Kids + Money
Short documentary
California
Director/Producer: Lauren Greenfield

Teary Sockets
Feature narrative
Meridian, Mississippi
Director: Jackson Anderson
Producers: R.S Anderson, Jackson Anderson, Hal “Corky” Kessler
Writers: R.S. Anderson, Jackson Anderson, Kevin Ivey

The Golden Samovar
Short narrative
New York
Director: Philip Chernyak

Iris Moon
Short narrative
Bulgaria
Director/Writer: by Iskra Valtcheva
Producer: Javier Bonafont

Through these Trackless Waters
Experimental
Colorado
Director/Producer/Writer: Elizabeth Henry

The Instrumentalist
Animation
California
Director/Writer: Troy Morgan

February Stars

(world premiere)
Short narrative/Student
Florida
Director: Sean Heyboer
Producer: Megan Morris
Writers: Kevin Akers, Sean Heyboer

Hijo
Short Narrative, 8 minutes
Spain
Director/Writer: Nicolas Melini

The Hunger Artist
Animation
California
Director/Writer/Animator: Tom Gibbons

Maro

(southern premiere)
Short narrative
Oregon
Director/Writer: Roger Tedford
Producers: Michael Tedford, Roger Tedford

Absolute Zero
Short documentary/Experimental
Australia
Director/Writer: Alan Woodruff
Producers: Alan Woodruff, Fabienne Nicholas

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Feature Documentary
California
Director/Producer: Jeffrey Schwarz
Writers: Philip Harrison, Jeffrey Schwarz

Called to Shine
Short documentary
Made during the Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, MS
Directors/Producers: Amy Benson and Chris Thompson

The Babies Got the Blues
Short documentary
Made during the Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, MS
Directors/Producers: Rachel Hamilton and Karen Kohlhaas

Black and Blues
Short documentary
Made during the Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, MS
Directors/Producers: Emerson Able and Jenifer Hyde

Crossin All the Boundaries
Short documentary
Made during the Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, MS
Directors/producers: Rebecca Parrish and Brooke Bassin

Motherload of Trophies
Short documentary
Made during the Barefoot Workshops in Clarksdale, MS
Directors/Producers: Kristen Daly & Karim Amara

A Mile of Wolves
Short narrative
Laurel, Mississippi
Director: Turner Crumbley
Producers: Turner Crumbley, Eric Roberts, Frances Bordlee
Writers: Turner Crumbley, Paul Jannise, Jason D. Johnson (play)

Whirl

(world premiere)
Experimental
Mize, Mississippi
Director/Producer/Writer: Dick Ford

Bonnington Truce: An Alternative History of Mississippi
Feature documentary
Tennessee
Director : Perry Trest
Producers: Perry Trest and B.L. Young

Before and After Kissing Maria (Antes y Despues de Besar a Maria)
Short narrative
Spain
Director/Producer: Ramon Alos
We Hear Sirens
Short documentary/Experimental
Texas
Director/Producer/Writer: Alex Harder

This Light Rains

(southern premiere)
Short narrative/Student
New York
Director/Writer: Aaron Rabin

Last Day of December
Short narrative/Student
Romania
Director/Producer/Writer: Bogdan George Apetri

Aquarium
Short narrative/Student
New York
Director/Producer: Rob Meyer

Til Death Do Us Part
Animation
California
Director/Producer/Writer: Rick May

Traumalogia
Short narrative
Spain
Director/Writer: Daniel Sanchez Arevalo
Producer: Koldo Zuazua

Fashionable
Music Video
Tennessee
Director: Cameron McCasland

Lloyd Neck
Short narrative/Student
New York
Director: Benedict Campbell
Producer: Maritza Berta

Of All the Things
Feature documentary
California
Director: Jody Lambert
Producer: Taylor Williams

Laffoley’s Odyssey

(world premiere)
Short documentary
California
Director/Writer: Roger Bourdeau
Producer: Elisabeth Fleshler

4960
Short narrative
Sweden
Director Wing-Yee Wu
Producer: Tamas Toro
Writer: Hart Eddy

Ballast
Feature narrative
California
Director/Writer: Lance Hammer
Producers: Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh

Solus
Short narrative
New Mexico
Director: Richard Heller
Producers: Benjamin Louis, Katie O’Shausnessy
Writers: Benjamin Louis, Richard Heller

Beyond the Call
Feature documentary
California
Director/Producer: Adrian Belic

Taxi?
Short narrative
Spain
Director/Writer: Telmo Esnal
Producer: Asier Altuna

Made in Japan

(southern premiere)
Short narrative, 6 minutes
Spain
Director/Producer: Ciro Altabas

Bigfoot’s Eulogy
Short narrative/Student
New York
Director/Writer: Stephen Neary

Imagine Me a Hero
Short narrative/Student
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Director/Writer/Producer: Michael Williams

The Sleepy and the Swiss
Short narrative/Student
Louisiana
Directors: Charlie LaVoy, Owen Hornstein III
Producers: Kevin Hughes, Andrew Hutchings, Josh Johnston
Writer: Owen Hornstein III

Spider
Short narrative, 9 minutes
Australia
Director: Nash Edgerton
Producer: Nicole O’Donohue
Writers: Nash Edgerton, David Michael

The Adventures of Baxter & McGuire
Animation
California
Director: Mike Blum
Producers: Eric Kaplan, Mike Blum
Writer: Michael Weithorn

Sick Sex
Short narrative
New York
Director: Justin Nowell
Producer: Todd Barnes
Writers: Justin Nowell, Thomas Nowell

Horsepower
Short narrative
Hawaii
Director: Joel Moffett
Producer: Gregory Hobson

Al Baghdadi
Short narrative
United Kingdom
Director/Writer: Maythem Ridha
Producers: Hank Starrs, Maythem Ridha

Disappearances
Feature narrative
Vermont
Director/Writer: Jay Craven
Producers: Jay Craven, Hathalee Higgs

Swing
Animation
Massachusettes
Director/Producer: Chip Moore
Writers: George Watkins Collier, Frances Collier Moore, Chip Moore

The Second Line
Short narrative
New York
Director/Writer: John Magary
Producers: Myna Joseph, Nelson Kim

My Country
Short narrative
Australia
Director/Writer: Odette Best
Producer: Sally Madgwick

Another Word for Family
Short documentary/Experimental
Oxford, Mississippi
Director/Producer: April Grayson

Freedom’s Call
Feature documentary
New York
Director: Richard Breyer
Producers: Robert Short Jr., George Kilpatrick

Connections
Student
Starkville, Mississippi
Director/Producer/Writer: Stephen Lehman

The Moon and the Sun, An Imagined Conversation
Animation/Short documentary, 28 minutes
New York
Directors: John Canemaker, Peggy Stern
Producer/Writer: Peggy Stern

212
Feature narrative
Director/Writer: Anthony Ng
Producers: Anthony Ng, Mark Biegelman

Procrastination
Animation
Jackson, Mississippi
Director/Producer/Writer: Julie Sparks

Writer’s Block
Short narrative/Student
Jackson, Mississippi
Directors: Morgan Welch, Clay Hardwick
Producer: Clay Hardwick
Writer: Morgan Welch

Fish, But No Cigar!
Animation
Pennsylvania
Directors/Producers: Tara White and Lyn Elliot

god/man/accordion
Short documentary
Texas
Director/Producer: Steve Mims

Glimpse
Experimental/Animation
New York
Director/Producer/Writer: Dustin Grella

Covered Tracks
Short documentary
New York
Director: Nathan Kensinger
Producer: Nathan Kensinger, Meghan O’Hara

City of Cranes
Short documentary
Germany
Director: Eva Weber
Producers: Henry Singer, Samantha Zarzosa

Doxology
Experimental
California
Director/Producer/Writer: Michael Langan

Hero, Wings are Not Necessary to Fly
Short documentary
Spain
Director/Writer: Angel Loza

For the Love of God
Animation
United Kingdom
Director: Joe Tucker
Producer: Raphael Warner
Writers: Joe Tucker, Raphael Warner

Pariah
Short narrative/Student
New York
Director/Writer: Dee Rees

Man Meets Barbara
Feature documentary
California
Director/Producer/Writer: Dieter Weihl

The festival will also include the YOUTH FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE during our day of workshops, April 5, including a special screening of film shorts made by young moviemakers, ages 10-18, including videos made during the Canton Young Filmmakers Workshops 2007 including What’s Up? directed by Curtis Everitt.

also included is

"Take Part," a Mississippi Arts Commission film

about Mississippi Grant recipients.

A film by Kathryn Rodenmeyer