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2017 Nominated Films Screening Schedule

See the Best Picture, Tri-State Breakout and Best Web Series Nominees

Now's your chance to see what the judges saw! Get your tickets today to attend screenings of Best Picture, Best Foreign Film, Best Film Short, Best Student Film and Best Documentary as well as contenders from our 2 newest categories: Tri-State Breakout and Best Web Series!

DAY ONE - Thursday, May 4

 Films are screened at International House at 3701 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA  First showing at 10 am, last showing at 7:40 pm. Buy your tickets online now! 

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Best Foreign Film Nominee

10:00 am – BOODY: The Sumo Pharao, Sarah Riad, director-producer-screenwriter (Egypt; filmed in Egypt and Japan; documentary; 1 hr; 2015; Arabic, Japanese)
Film poster for BOODY: The Sumo Pharao

Best Documentary Nominees

11:10 am – Brewed in the 210, Marco Ortega, director-writer-producer (U.S.; documentary, feature; 1hr 2 min.; English) Trailer

12:20 pm – Dancing with Hope, Andrew Elizaga and Katya Palladina, directors (U.S.; documentary, short; 29 min. 22 sec.; 2016; English) Trailer

1:00 pm – The Chicago Mixtape, Paola Piers-Torres, director (U.S.; documentary, short; 27 min., 49 sec.; 2016; English) Trailer 
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1:40 pm – Voices From Kaw Thoo Lei, by Martha Gorzycki, director-animator (U.S.; documentary, short, animated; 10 min., 45 sec.; 2015; English)

- 2:00 PM BREAK -

Best Film Score Nominees

2:15 pm – The Pineville Heist, Fabio Acri, music; Lee Chambers, director (Canada; filmed in Canada and Australia; feature, action, crime, mystery; 1 hr., 20 min.; 2016; English) Trailer
Film poster for The Pineville Heist
Film poster for Boston2Philly
3:45 pm – Boston2Philly, Mason and Xpress, music; Ralph A. Celestin, director-producer-screenwriter (U.S.; drama, romance, coming-of-age; 1 hr, 46 min., 26 sec.; 2015; English) Trailer
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Best Web Series Nominees

5:40 pm – We Talk Weekly, Charles Gregory, Daphnee Vieux, Tisha Amber, directors; Charles Gregory, Tisha Amber, writers-producers; (U.S; newsmagazine/urban entertainment talk show; episode runtime: 30 min; 2016; English) Trailer

6:20 pm – The Quirk Chronicles, Autumn Simmons, series creator, director-producer-screenwriter (U.S.; comedy; 17 min., 42 sec.; 2016; English) Behind the Scenes Trailer (Episode 10) 

6:50 pm – Single and Anxious, Christina Faith, series creator, director-producer-screenwriter (U.S.; romance; episode runtime varies from 8 min., 58 sec.; 6-episode season to date; 2016; English) Trailer

7:10 pm – No Free Milk, Sharon “Berry Fine” Summers, series creator, director-producer-screenwriter (U.S.; drama; episode runtime: 20 min; 6-episode season to date; 2016; English) Trailer

7:40 pm – Not It, Desiree Abeyta and Angelique Gray, series creators/producers; Chris Crutchfield, director; Angelique Gray, screenwriter (U.S.; comedy; episode runtime: 8 min 5 sec., 2 seasons to date; 2016; English)
Trailer

DAY TWO - Friday, May 5

Best Screenplay Nominees

Tri-State Breakout Film Nominees

10:00 am – 2-12-Delta (U.S.; feature-length; drama, suspense, thriller, crime, based on a true story) David Brichetto, screenwriter Summary: A young police officer grapples with her family’s secret past, while trying to balance her career as a cop and her calling as a blues musician.
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10:15 am –Silk and Thorns (U.S.; feature-length; historical drama, Civil War era, clash of cultures) Alonzo Crawford, screenwriter Summary: On the eve of the American Civil War, a fugitive slave girl, fleeing through Northern territory to escape her sadistic owner, is rescued by a Japanese samurai whose swordsmanship is put to the test in a fateful clash with the enraged Southern man.

Schedule note:

Excerpts from nominated screenplays will be read, followed by a 5-minute audience participation talk-back after each reading.
 10:30 am – The Wrong Jawn, Janice McDuffy, director; Carlo Campbell, screenwriter (Philadelphia-based filmmaker; short drama; 27 minutes; 2016; English) Trailer: Link not available. Watch the 2014 fund-raiser video.

11:10 am – A Sense of Purpose, Jillian Bullock, director-screenwriter-producer (Philadelphia-based filmmaker; short narrative; 15 min. 15 sec.; 2016; English) Trailer

11:35 am – In|Sex, Devon Smith, director; Devon Smith and Princess Bey, screenwriters (Brooklyn-based filmmaker; short drama/romance; 13 min.; English) Trailer: N/A

12:00 pm – A Perfect You, Sue Lange, director-writer (Pennsylvania-based filmmaker; short comedy; 10 min. 10 sec.; 2016; English) Trailer

12:20 pm – Wicked Conclusions, Phillip G. Carroll Jr., director; Roman James Hoffman, Phillip G. Carroll Jr., Chole Hendrickson, screenwriters (Philadelphia-based filmmaker; short psychological thriller/horror; 12 min. 44 sec; 2016; English) Trailer
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- 12:45 PM BREAK -

Best Screenplay Nominees (cont'd)

12:50 pm – X-King (U.S.; feature-length; action-adventure, sci-fi) Timajin Ali, screenwriter. Summary: An insane scientist is using time travel to kill key figures in history, so ex-soldier Terek must go back in time to protect Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X from assassination.

1:10 pm – Absconda (U.S.; feature-length; crime drama, action-adventure) Peter James Iengo, screenwriter Summary: When Homeland Security discovers a Colombian drug cartel and an Islamic terrorist group have joined forces to smuggle heroin from Miami to New York via a reckless high-speed boat race, two estranged ex-military partners must put their hostilities aside to go undercover and stop them.

1:30 pm – Escaping the Midnight Sun (U.S.; feature-length; coming-of-age, drama, suspense, thriller) Mikayla Daniels, screenwriter. Summary: Alaskan teens, Alli and Kay, take a road trip after graduation to celebrate their future but find that their past is chasing them.

Best Director Nominee

1:50 pm – The Last Straw, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, director (U.S.; comedy; 1 hr, 40 min.; 2015; English) Trailer
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Film poster for The Last Straw

Best Student Film Nominees

3:40 pm – Elevate, Letia Solomon, director-screenwriter (U.S.; film short, drama; 13 min.; 2016; English) Trailer

4:05 pm – We Regret To Inform You, Emmi Shockley, director-screenwriter (U.S.; film short, drama; 5 min.; 2016; English)

4:20 pm – Again, Yoni Azulay, director-screenwriter (U.S.; film short, drama, suspense; 5 min., 14 sec.; 2016; English)

4:35 pm – Cracked UP, Kendall Huff, director (U.S.; film short, comedy; 4 min., 7 sec.; 2016; English)
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4:50 pm – Lily's Lake, Sarah Louise Blanton, director-screenwriter (U.S.; film short, silent, drama; 6 min., 54 sec.; 2016; English)

 - 5:10 PM BREAK -

Best Short Flim Nominees

5:15 pm – The Secret of Joy, Max Bartoli, director (U.S.; family, children, drama; 15 min., 52 sec.; 2015; English) Music Video

5:45 pm – 22 Years, Fred Thomas Jr., director; Dawn Noel, screenwriter (U.S.; drama, family, African American, Latino;Drama, Love, Family, Forgiveness, Diversity, Latin, African American 16 min., 20 sec.; 2015; English) Trailer

6:15 pm – The Selection, Patrick Hogue, director-screenwriter (U.S.; horror; 17 min., 6 sec; English)

6:45 pm – A Children's Song, Shayna Cohen, director-screenwriter (U.S.; drama; 26 min., 36 sec.; 2015; English)

7:25 pm – Behind Closed Doors, Max Cole, director (U.S.; drama, family, LGBT; 9 min., 34 sec.; 2016; English) Trailer

7:45 pm – Rückkehr, Julian Curi and Rocco Ambrosio, directors (U.S.; action, adventure, fantasy; 4 min., 16 sec.; 2016; English)
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DAY THREE - Saturday, May 6

Best Picture Nominees

10:00 am – The1Closest2U – Harry Mapp and Willie Coggins, directors (U.S.; drama/thriller-horror; 1 hr 15 min; 2016; English) Trailer

11:25 am – Life Is Too Short – Antoine Allen, director-producer; Marquis C. Mosely and Antoine Allen, screenwriters (U.S.; drama; 1 hr 12 min. 59 sec.; 2015; English) Trailer

12:50 pm – The Bird May Die – Hamid Tamjidi, director-producer-writer (Canada; drama; 2 hours; 2016; Persian)
Trailer

 - 2:55 PM BREAK -

3:00 pm – The Conversations – Haider Zafar and Marcus Flemmings, directors; Marcus Flemmings, screenwriter (United Kingdom; fantasy/comedy/drama; 1 hr 16 min.; 2016; English)
Trailer

4:26 pm – The Hidden Sky – Pablo César, director-producer; Pablo César and Lilian Nadal, screenwriters (Argentina; shot in Argentina and Namibia; drama/mystery/suspense; 1 hr 40 min.; 2016; Afrikaans, English and Spanish) Trailer   

6:06 pm – Sinner City – Domini Quinn SupaStar, director-producer-screenwriter (U.S.; thriller; 1 hr 45 min.; English)
Trailer
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