8TH LDS FILM FESTIVAL 2009
JANUARY 21-24, 2009 | SCERA CENTER, OREM

SHORT FILM COMPETITION FILMS

Tickets for all events are available beginning Monday, January 12, at 801-225-ARTS, online at scera.org or at the door. Click here for admissions information.

All events are open to the public and take place at the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem (745 South State Street).

Best Wishes! Love, Adele

Drama/Comedy, 19 minutes, color, 2008
Writer, Director: Whitney Donald; Producer: Jacob Schwarz; Executive Producer: Jeff Parkin; Director of Photography: Nathan D. Lee; Production Designer: Tim Gutierrez; Original Score: Micah Dahl Anderson; Editor: Kristi Shimek; 1st AD: Asia Stryker.
Cast: H.K. Baird, Pat Barnett, Tracy Ann Evans, Bill D. Riley, Bruce Bowns, Jennifer Latimer, Levi Larsen, Jeff Dickamore.

Synopsis:
When Harold was younger he worked in the movies with his celebrity crush Adele Beaumont, who was in love with Rich Karnicak. Living in a retirement home, everyone knows the tall tales of Harold and the famous Adele. But Harold discovers that Adele is actually moving in. As he goes to reintroduce himself, Adele mistakes Harold for her former co-star and flame Rich, and Harold gets caught in a situation bigger than he understands.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

dirt

Drama, 18 minutes, color, 2008
blog: dirt
Writer, Director: Tim Hall; Producer: Eric Anderson; Executive Producer: Jeff Parkin; Director of Photography: Nathan D. Lee; Editor: Jared R. Cook, Tim Hall.
Cast: Brett Merritt, David Morgan, Chris Clark, Gavin Bentley, Phil Monson.

Synopsis:
Steve Nelson can't wait to meet Evan Peterson - the man he blames for the death of his marriage. Upon discovering his wife's dog has died, Steve decides that he will no longer wait for Julie to come home. He will go find her himself.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Do or Die-08

Experimental/Trailer for 90' feature film, 12 minutes, color, 2008
Production Company: Do or Die-08
Director: Ragnar Go'hjerta; Writer: Magnus Henriksen; Producer: Ragnar Go'hjerta; Executive Producer: Geir Netland, Boris Henriksen; Director of Photography: Magnus Henriksen; Production Designer: Tim Wolcott, Christian Solum; Original Score: Micah Schaer, Johannes Bjerga, Steven Sharp Nelson; Editor: Ragnar Go'hjerta, Erik Loefgren; Sound Mixer: Halstein Larsen.
Cast: Ole-Joergen Nilsen, Cherina Go'hjerta, Marcel Henriksen, Ragnar Go'hjerta.

Synopsis:
Elderly couple drinks living water from the fountain of their hope and dreams

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

The Edge of the World

Comedy/Animation, 9 minutes, color, 2009
Writer, Director, Editor: E.R. Nelson.
Cast: E.R. Nelson, Randy Toews, Kelly Trevino.

Synopsis:
An animated folktale concerning a perplexed young man who makes an epic journey of enlightenment in search of the one thing that he feels is missing from his life.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Elephants

Drama, 6 minutes, color, 2008
IMDB Link: Elephants
Writer, Director: Aaron Orullian; Producer: Jessica Mockett; Director of Photography: John Hall II; Production Designer: Launa Staehle; Original Score: Jordan Katz, Jillinda Palmer; Editor: Jim Golingo; Post Production Sound: Alex Graham; 1st AD: Jim Stevens; Sound Mixer: Ted Leib.
Cast: Susanna Florence, Mike Thatcher, Hillary Baack, Jay Wallace.

Synopsis:
When it comes to love, an ASL interpreter discovers how important words can really mean.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

F.U.B.A.R.

Drama/Comedy/Animation, 5 minutes, color, 2009
Production Company: F.U.B.A.R.
Writer, Director: JR Burningham; Producer: Tess Ortbals; Director of Photography: Jay Visit; Production Designer: Claire Sullivan-Tailyour; Original Score: Josh Roach; Editor: Zak Hammond, Neel Upadyhe, JR Burningham; Patrick Knipe: Sound Design & Mixing.
Cast: Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper, Eric Presnall.

Synopsis:
A modern old-fashioned propaganda film about a US soldiers first kill on D-Day.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Face to Face

Drama, 11 minutes, color, 2008
myspace: Face to Face
Writer, Director: Spanky Ward; Producer: Spanky Ward/Rod Santiano; Executive Producer: Spanky Ward; Director of Photography: Roderick A. Santiano; Original Score: Russ Whitelock; Editor: Roderick A. Santiano; Production Assistants: Bryan Sperry, Nan Weber, Chrit Campbell; Locations: Lance Youngberg; Special Thanks to: Jim "Smooth" Stevens.
Cast: David H. Stevens.

Synopsis:
A man comes home one night to find a stranger sitting at his kitchen table. But this is no ordinary stranger, the man at the table is himself.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Fifty Cents

Family, 15 minutes, color, 2009
Director: Ali Barr; Writer: Sally Meyer; Producer: Ali Barr, Jean-Marc Barr, Sally Meyer, Bob Conder; Director of Photography: Dave Skousen; Original Score: Allan Grainger; Editor: K. Danor Gerald, Jean-Christian Barr, John Lyde; Assistant Director: Bob Conder; 2nd Assistant Director: Brady Hales; Gaffer: Steve Berlin.
Cast: Sebastian Michael Barr, Hunter Bernstein, Walter Platz, Marlys Fladeland, Ried Mackay, Tanner Mudrow, Madison Barnard, Stefania Barr, Savanna Kylie Lewis, Savannah Keyes, Rebecca Petersen.

Synopsis:
Eleven year old Tommy has a crush on Lizzie and the Harvest Dance is coming up. Trouble is that his pushy friend Mike has other ideas that include a blood oath to swear off girls. Tommy seeks the advice of an older bachelor, Percy with surprising results for both of them.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Hearts

Comedy, 13 minutes, color, 2008
Production Company: Hearts
Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography: Dane Hurt and Jeremi Mattern; Producers: Dane Hurt, Jeremi Mattern, and Chris Walker; Original Score: Chris Walker; Additional script treatment: Jessica Lindsey; Additional Music: "This is Holborn" The Eastern Sea, "Portrait of A Human" Ethan Durelle; Lyrics and vocals for "Bro Frat Party" by M. Tyler Welsh; Special Thanks to Game Over Videogames.
Cast: Dane Hurt, Aaron Vasquez, Marcus Hysmith, Terrell Shaw, Chris Walker, Jeremi Mattern, Nico Mesa, Adam Krutsinger.

Synopsis:
Charlie, a young stencil artist, moves out of his mom's house in the suburbs to the city and has a run of bad luck.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

The Interlopers

Drama, 11 minutes, color, 2008
Writer, Director: Ben Hurst; Producer: Ben Hurst, Jen Hurst, Brady Anderton; Director of Photography: Ben Hurst; Original Score: Marcus Bently; Editor: Ben Hurst; Visual Effects: Steve Deverall; Post Production Sound: Palmer Pattison.
Cast: Adam Johnson, Larry Bagby.

Synopsis:
Two enemies become trapped beneath a dead tree in a rotting forest and soon thereafter begin to reconcile. Based upon the short story by Saki.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

La Chevelure

Drama, 17 minutes, color, 2007
Director: Alla Volkova; Writer: Aline Conti; Producer: Matthew Schramer; Executive Producer: Thomas Russell; Director of Photography: Travis Cline; Production Designer: Whitney Donald; Original Score: Micah Anderson; Editor: Nolan Southerland.
Cast: Barret Ogden, Danny James, Bob Walkingshaw, Alysse Smith.

Synopsis:
Adrian is an antiques collector. One day he purchases a dresser and finds a lock of golden hair hidden in one of the panels. He starts imagining a woman it might have belonged to.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Lisa

Documentary, 7 minutes, color, 2009
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography: Rebecca Potter.
Special Thanks: Lisa, John, and Mia Potter.

Synopsis:
Living in New Jersey, Lisa experiences the joys and struggles of being a young stay-at-home mom and weighs the consequences of sacrificing a career for her child.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Medicine Man

Documentary, 7 minutes, color, 2008
Director: Davey Morrison; Director of Photography: Davey Morrison, Becca Potter; Editor: Davey Morrison.
Cast: David Hamblin.

Synopsis:
Healing: Through scripture, through medicine, through memory, and always through the Atonement of Christ.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Mind the Gap

Drama, 16 minutes, color, 2008
Official Website: Mind the Gap
Director: Kristal Williams-Rowley; Writer: Marcy Holland; Producer: Valerie Temple, Kristal Williams-Rowley; Director of Photography: Alexia Zuliani; Original Score: Joseph Reni; Editor: Jessie Beers-Altman, Kristal Williams-Rowley.
Cast: Teagan Rose, John Depew, Cindy Lentol, Camille Farnan, Andrea Lyman, Bev King.

Synopsis:
When the realities of her father's job hit, Sara copes with her grief the best way she knows how. In the pitfalls of life, sometimes all we can do is mind the gap.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

A Piece of Infinity

Drama/Music Video, 7 minutes, color, 2008
Production Company: A Piece of Infinity
Writer, Director, Producer: Janine Sides, Jamie Sides; Director of Photography: Jamie Sides; Original Score: Everything, Steve Van Dam; Editor: Glenn Walton, Kevin Good; First Assistant Camera: Todd Bach; Gaffer: Daniel Fiorito; Key Grip: Jared Ames. Cast: Margaret Ownens, Spencer Mickelson, Jimmy Jeffries, Brionne Dawson.

Synopsis:
A Piece Of Infinity is a short film based on the song, "I'll Get Back To You," by the band Everything. The title is taken from a lyric in the song. The film is a narrative of a pivotal day in the life of a young woman, Victoria. Victoria is haunted by visions and memories of her husband from whom she is separated. As she struggles with what seem to be waking dreams of their time together she is able to find the peace she is searching for in the hope that they will find a way to be together again.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Radicali

Drama, 3 minutes, color, 2008
Official Website: Radicali
Writer, Director: Mckay Stevens, Mike Alger; Producer: Colton Chesnut, Mike Alger, Mckay Stevens, Jarren Bird; Director of Photography: Mike Alger; Editor: Mike Alger.
Cast: Jarren Bird.

Synopsis:
In an alternate America, radio broadcasts report on a war waged with their most dangerous enemy.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

The Skeleton Dance

Animation, 3 minutes, black, 2008
Director: Kirk Guthrie; Producer: Brandon Arnold; Original Score: Brandon Arnold; Editor: Ben Burden.

Synopsis:
A claymation film inspired by Disney's classic short film "The Skeleton Dance." Made by the stop motion animation class of East Hollywood High School in spring 2008.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

The Teller's Tale

Fantasy/Children's, 19 minutes, color, 2008
Official Website: The Teller's Tale
Director: Jared R. Cook; Writer: Jacob R. Parker; Producer: Michelle Mikami, Jared R. Cook; Executive Producer: Jeff Parkin; Director of Photography: Derek Pueblo; Production Designer: Vanessa Barney; Original Score: Alan Williams; Editor: Q. Bryce Randle, Jared R. Cook; Associate Producer: Amanda Seria Cook.
Cast: Tayler Somerville, Jaeron Somerville, Erik Denton, Zack Phillips, Amanda Messenger.

Synopsis:
Connecticut, 1910: The Teller's Tale follows 11-year-old Will, a young boy desperate to win the coveted lucky Rabbit's Foot, a treasure held by his friend and neighbor, John Robin. Through a slanted game of trade, Will eagerly endeavors to win this prize of all prizes by delivering an incredible story to John Robin.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

These Words Are Mine

Comedy, 8 minutes, color, 2008
Director, Producer: Robert Higginson; Writer: Carol Lynch Williams, Robert Higginson, Brian Higginson; Director of Photography: Andy Velasco; Production Designer: Brian Higginson; Editor: Robert Higginson; Assistant: Jana Schurig, Julie Higginson, David Higginson, Ashley Mortinsen; Grip: Jeffery Higginson, Natalie Morningstar, Phillip Clayton, Joseph Lewis, Jared Higginson.
Cast: Robert Higginson, Nicole Walton, Amanda Clayton, Calvin Cory.

Synopsis:
An impossibly horrible writer, Sandy, is excited to share her latest story with her reluctant boyfriend, George.

Screenings:
Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II

Unhinged

Drama, 15 minutes, color, 2008
Director: Nick Stentzel; Writer: Nick Stentzel, Diane Mayne; Producer: Diane Mayne; Executive Producer: Jeff Parkin; Director of Photography: Derek Pueblo; Production Designer: Chloe Huber; Original Score: Matthew Thacker; Editor: Kristi Shimek.
Cast: Marcus Alexander, Ashley Slater, Shona Kay, Michael Risk, Walter Platz, Brian Havig, Matthew Meese, Andy Andersen, George Nelson.

Synopsis:
Phillip struggles to discover the meaning and intent behind his latest painting. Frustrated he isolates himself and ignores the love and beckoning of his girlfriend Mary. It is not until he combines his relationship with his art does he create the masterpiece he seeks.

Screenings:
Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Scera Showhouse II