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Befriending Presidents and Playboy Bunnies; Pro Athlete and Famous Writer. He was George Plimpton. George Plimpton led a life everyone dreams of - hanging out with the rich and famous, founding an influential magazine, and playing for the Detroit Lions (if only for one infamous play). Plimpton! captures George's strange and colorful journey in all its glory. We find George with the Kennedys in the best of times and as an eye witness to history at the worst.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Tom Bean, Luke Poling
Cast:
George Plimpton
Editor:
Fernando Villena, Maya Hawke, Casey Brooks
Producer:
Tom Bean, Luke Poling, Terry McDonell, Adam Roffman, Fernando Villena
Executive Producer:
Kris Meyer, Dennis Joyce, Antonio Weiss, Phyllis Alexander, Bill Deacon, Toby Barlow
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Mark De Gli Antoni

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Some secrets don't always stay buried.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Aaron Wiederspahn
Cinematography:
Jonathon Millman
Cast:
Emily Seymour, Aaron Wiederspahn, Dakota Benedetto, Seth Chatfield, Morganna Ekkens
Editor:
Marc Dole
Producer:
Aaron Wiederspahn, Laina Barakat, Sarah Steinberg Heller, Karlina Lyons
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Gray Bashew

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Love's in the air - or so they're made believe.

Childhood friends, Josh and Molly, expected a simple weekend trip for a small family wedding. Yet, Josh didn't plan on learning about his father's cancer before the trip. Molly didn't plan on pretending to be engaged to him either. Josh's white lie to please his dying father turns into a steep slippery slope as this hilarious romantic comedy proves Murphy's Law to be oh so very true.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
John Burgess
Cinematography:
Tari Segal
Cast:
Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar, Daniel J. Travanti, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Ron Dean, Mary Jo Faraci, Robert Belushi, Rebecca Spence, Heidi Johanningmeier
Editor:
Ryan Koscielniak
Producer:
John Burgess, Brett Henenberg
Language:
English
Genre:
Romance

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Spawning from the hit comic, THE DEVIL'S HANDSHAKE, this short horror-adventure romp features the title's two main characters, Basil and Moebius. Basil (Ray Park) is a street tough brawler while Moebius (Zachary Levi) plays a dashing cat burglar playboy. Plays with the feature film Twenty Million People

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Ryan Schifrin
Cinematography:
Will Barratt
Cast:
Ray Park, Zachary Levi, Malcolm McDowell, Jose Cantillo, Kane Hodder, Clare Grant, Crystal The Monkey, Walter Phelan, Rileah Vanderbilt
Editor:
Jason Richard Miller
Producer:
Ryan Schifrin, Theresa Eastman Schifrin

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Tim Collin's life is slowly spiraling out of control and comes to it's breaking point in the eye of a South Florida hurricane. He seeks shelter from the massive force in an abandoned motel and just when things couldn't get worse, he discovers an old, bloack and white television that sees 15 seconds into the future. With this chance encounter, an epic battle of Man vs. Fate ensues, launching Tim down the rabbit hole where his darkest demons have lied dormant for years. Part of Shorts Program 5: Mindbenders

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Braden R. Duemmler
Cinematography:
Jimmy Lu
Cast:
Trevor Black, Tess Oswalt, Laura Black, Brogen Atkinson, Mindy Oswalt, Ty Strickler, Ritesh Mehta, Adam Reich, James Chahine, Sally Spaide
Editor:
R.J. Daniel Hanna
Producer:
Jessica Stephens
Language:
English

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Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max. Though blinded in one eye, he remains the King of Tervuren. Greek tragedy as acted out by Belgian roosters. Part of Shorts Program 4: Animated Worlds

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Tom Schroeder
Producer:
Tom Schroeder
Language:
English

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The romantic misadventures of a schizophrenic. Franky is stuck in a directionless rut of cold isolation, living in a hauntingly bare apartment and working a dead-end job. However, as a uniquely spirited young man in constant pursuit of romance, Franky attempts to navigate the mercilessly harsh world of dating. There's just one caveat: he suffers from schizophrenia and recently decided to liberate himself from his medication. After losing his job because of his illness, things take a tragically funny turn for the not-so-good.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Dale Fabrigar
Cinematography:
Patrick Meade Jones
Cast:
Alev Aydin, Natalie Distler, Melora Walters, Richard Riehle, Lynn Whitfield, Greg Vrotsos, Mackenzie Astin, Joy Suprano, Mateus Ward, Jack Plotnick
Editor:
John Reyes-Nguyen
Producer:
Alev Aydin, Troy Daniel Smith
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Steven Roth, Matt Dahan

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The whimsical journey of a mysterious vending machine dwelling creature who explores the shadowy corners of Tokyo after dark. Part of Shorts Program 4: Animated Worlds

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker
Cinematography:
Josh Baker
Cast:
Tei Ryushin
Editor:
Ben Suenaga
Language:
English
Genre:
Animation

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30 days to figure out the rest of his life. In a comedy where the mantra "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" plays true, the question is: Is it ever too late to "figure it all out"? Jason (Jason Thompson, General Hospital) is a thirty-something college graduate happily cohabitating with his girlfriend, but unhappily working as a waiter. When a doctor orders him to take a FMLA (Family Medical Leave of Absence) for thirty days, Jason finds himself with a newfound freedom - to slack.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Jeff Prugh, Jason Thompson
Cinematography:
Jeff Prugh
Cast:
Jason Thompson, Heather Case Miller, Clarke Kohler, Jeff Barnett, Will Doughty, Mike Silver, Amy Wilson Thomas, Bill Tangradi, Ryan Thompson
Editor:
Jeff Prugh
Producer:
Jeff Prugh, Jason Thompson
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Darrell Raby

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Stan, a mild-mannered gay man, has been called into the Department of Immigration to account for his marriage to a Canadian drag queen. It's not going well. Having recently won the right to marry his boyfriend, Stan now finds himself caught in the bureaucratic rotors of American government. Convinced of a conspiracy, Stan launches into a bout of hysteria driven by the fear of being separated from his love. Shorts Program 7: Time, Space, And In Between

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Anson Mount
Cinematography:
Branan Edgens
Cast:
Andrew Polk, Reg Rogers
Editor:
Branan Edgens
Producer:
Kelli Porterfield
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
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