Silence

Director: Mateen O. Kemet
Country: U.S.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 22 minutes
Format: Beta SP

Synopsis: A haunting and lyrical film about a teenage girl who learns that she is pregnant, and consequently must face the reality of her dysfunctional family situation. She is visited by ghosts from her cultural ancestry, who represent the cyclical nature of abuse.

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Hope

Director: Tamika Lamison
Country: U.S.
Year: 2003
Running Time: 20 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: A man grieving the loss of his beloved wife and the dreams they shared for a happy future takes a drunken ride through the hills. He encounters a woman on the side of the road who guides him from his abyss of grief to a journey of hope.

Print Source: Blackbird Films, 231 ½ S. New Hampshire Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90004, 213-383-4707, Baobabt@aol.com

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“wish”

Director: Kyle DeAngelo
Country: U.S.
Year: 2003
Running Time: 16 minutes
Format: VHS

Synopsis: Jake Riley celebrates yet another birthday without his sister, lost in an accident when he was a boy. His birthday wish is for her to return to him. She returns bearing bad news and his life is then thrown into chaos.

Print Source: Kyle DeAngelo c/o The Collective Film Group, 12 Nightingale Way Apt. B-1, Baltimore, MD 21093

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The BIG Game
(World premiere)

Director: Desiree Guarino
Country: U.S.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 17 minutes
Format:

Synopsis: A single winning lottery ticket ties together the lives of five different people from five different walks of life. Flashbacks give the audience a glimpse of a prominent financial crisis that each character faces while each character unknowingly possesses the ticket. If the characters noticed the ticket, could money solve their problems? Could it bring them happiness? Who is most deserving of the fortune, and who will win it?

Print Source: 70 Stillwood Circle, Nottingham, MD 21236, 410-931-1197, dezcody20@aol.com

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F/8

Director: Vladimir Khomenko
Country: U.S.
Year: 2003
Running Time: 7 minutes
Format: VHS

Synopsis: A talented crime scene photographer is struggling over several photographs his agent wants him to present during a gallery showing. The resolution to the problem comes to him in his dreams.

Print Source: 11405 Palace Circle, Germantown, MD 20876, 202-421-7251, vlad@mucent.com

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By Any Other

Director: Derek Frank
Country: U.S.
Year: 2002
Running Time: 16 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Tensions and conflicts arise when Sarah tells her boyfriend that her name is really Julie. Told in a style reminiscent of Hal Hartley films, this short narrative takes on the question “What’s in a name?,” focusing on some pertinent observations about who we are and who we think we are.

Print Source: 383 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA 02144, 617-718-2402, dfrank100@hotmail.com