Film Title: PASSION TO THE MAX
Director: Felix Allen
Producer(s): Pam Allen, Bob Allen, BoJo Allen, Noah Jacobs
Shooting Format: HD 720p
Running Time: 8:28
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: In the post-apocalyptic near future, the world as we knew it is no more. Roaming bands of men control the land, they are known as Missionaries. These Missionaries created a new religion known as the Church of the Post-Apocalyptic Saints. But one man remembers a different religion, an ancient religion, and he has returned to his action hero roots to defend his faith. That man is Mel Gibson, and he has... Passion to the Max.

Film Title: BEYOND THE ORIGINS WITHIN
Director: Yuri Alves
Producer(s): Yuri Alves

Shooting Format: MiniDV
Running Time: 4:22
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: An introspective, abstract exploration of the concept of origins, through the lens of life, family and spirituality.

Director's Bio: Yuri Alves has earned awards and distinction for several of his films, including Until the End, The Day the World Changed, Beyond the Origins Within, Jersey Blues, Xavier, and Chronicles of a Hitman.  He has recently received a B.A. in Media Arts from New Jersey City University and is currently in pre-production on an ambitious feature project.

Film Title: RF EYE-D
Director(s): Aram Bauman & Leslie Jaye Goff
Producer: Leslie Jaye Goff
Shooting Format: DV
Running Time: 5:59
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: A mysterious superhero emerges from the underground to save a technology-controlled society.

Directors' Bios: Aram Bauman and Leslie Jaye Goff co-founded Puffin Films in 2004. The company’s shorts have been featured in the 2006 Coney Island Film Festival, 2007 Boston Underground Film Festival and 2007 Uovo di Napoli Festival. RF Eye-D was featured in the SciFi Channel's Exposure short films special in May 2007

Film Title: THE LAST MAN IN BROOKLYN
Director: Roberto Bentivegna
Producer(s): Roberto Bentivegna, Erin Judd, Hanley Braginsky, Jason Keis
Shooting Format: 16mm
Running Time: 9:00
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: The year is 2012. The world has torn itself apart with nuclear weapons. The remaining vestiges of human life cling to survival like a scared child to mother's hand. In what's left of Brooklyn, New York, two men live a lonely coexistence. One is scarred by the searing radiation of atomic bombs, the other a miraculously unscathed drifter bent on cruelty for his own foul pleasure. Then... SHE came along. The bitter love triangle that ensued is as timeless as a stopped watch, and as tragic as a dead puppy.

Director's Bio: Roberto Bentivegna was born in London in June 1982. He was brought up in Milan and London and attended Emerson College in Boston. His passion for cinema begun at a very early age, and he expressed his desire to be a filmmaker ever since he was 8 years old. His latest accomplishments include a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Malawi, several music videos for various bands in Los Angeles, and a narrative "featurette" - a 25 minute-long religious satire - that he wrote, directed and produced entitled "The Mirakle". The film, which was partially funded by Steve Tisch, has been recently picked up by the Florence Lynch Art Gallery in Chelsea, New York. He is currently attending Columbia University's MFA Program in Film.

Film Title: THE LAST VERSE
Director: Rick Clarke
Shooting Format: MiniDV
Running Time: 9:59
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Synopsis: Set in England in both present day, and 40 years in the future.
The year is 2048. An old man sits in his favourite fireside chair and recalls the day he awoke as a young man (present day), to find the world was not as it should be.

Director's Bio: With no formal training in media or film, Rick's amateur film making career began in 2006. After stumbling across some short amateur films on the internet, Rick quickly became inspired to pick up a video camera himself, and start crafting his ideas into filmable realities. "The Last Verse" is the result of one such idea, and is Ricks' first short film.

Formerly a precision engineer for 15 years, Rick left his career in 2004 to start a new career in art. After selling his paintings worldwide for two years, Rick now owns and runs a successful art printing business. He practices his film making whenever possible, and makes anything from documentaries to comedies, and even "how to" videos. As a "hobbyist" film maker, Rick's main showcase for his work is YouTube. He is an active participant in the YouTube community, and most of his work is published on his internet channel "Rickvanman".

Film Title: HER NAME IS GERMANY
Director: Gabe DeLang
Producer(s): Gabe DeLang
Shooting Format: Animation
Running Time: 4:54
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: The Punk Group and Sad World Animation present a story set somewhere out in the stars where synthetic emotions rule electric hearts. From these heights, robotic drama unfolds as robots created by robots engage in a struggle against their purpose. When robots are given the ability to dream and ponder they must evolve or perish. So it is that robots rebel against their gods just as man does. Can the robot goddess Germany tame the hearts of those she created? Or will they rebel and throw her down once they realize she is no more a god than they?

Director's Bio: Gabe DeLang is a self taught animator living in Portland, Oregon. He splits his time between his day job, his family, and his creative projects. Along with animation, Gabe does graphic design for several popular Portland Bands including The Punk Group, Glass Candy and Reload.

Film Title: THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT
Director: Zachary Denman
Producer(s): Zachary Denman
Shooting Format: MiniDV
Running Time: 5:17
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Synopsis: Set in 2056, planet earth has recovered after the third world war. The surface of the planet is under quarantine and all humans are restricted to the underground chambers. Arkon has found away to eascape and get out the police gaurded city. Time is short, will he do it...?

Director's Bio: Been in London most of my life, great city, but too many people! I have worked on sets since the age of 16 from being set decorator to camera operator. Worked as a VJ doing club visuals and have worked as an editor for various promos, documentries, short films. I mainly work in post production, but I love directing and that is my passion.

Film Title: DANCEBOT
Director: Toni DiFranco
Producer(s): Toni DiFranco, Hanley Braginsky, Jason Keis
Shooting Format: Super 8mm
Running time: 4:10
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: A sexy robot becomes entranced by music.

Director's Bio: Toni DiFranco is an independent filmmaker and a graduate of the School of Visual Arts film and video department. She writes and directs her own films as well as collaborating with other filmmakers and artists. She approaches cinema as an art form often shooting on Super 8mm film. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Film Title: THE VOID
Director: Christopher Dunne
Producer(s): Christopher Dunne
Shooting Format: MiniDV
Running Time: 7:25
Country of Origin: Scotland

Synopsis: An interdimensional tale of addition with the chance of redemption. Every time it happens there's always a task.

Film Title: WHAT THE
Director: Simon Ellis
Producer(s): Simon Ellis
Shooting Format: DV
Running Time: 6:45
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Synopsis: The worlds of reality and reality TV collide when one man finds himself trapped in a TV show about his life. Big Brother doesn't just watch him — they assault and kidnap him.

Film Title: A MINOR MALFUNCTION
Director: Adam Fleischhacker
Producer(s): Adam Fleischhacker
Shooting Format: 16mm
Running Time: 8:10
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: In the near future, everyone carries a little black box which prints instructions for dialing living: when to go to work, what groceries to purchase – even how to date. When Lewis’s box malfunctions, his new found freedom produces wonderful, terrible results.

Director's Bio: Fleischhacker works on numerous short films and produced the Hollywood.com Grand Prize winning feature The Descenet of Walter McFea. He’s finishing his feature directorial debut May the Best Man Win, a comedy featuring Rob Riggle (The Daily Show), Matt Walsh (Upright Citizens Brigade) amd Rob Huebel (MTV’s Human Giant).

Film Title: LAB 4
Director: Marcus Jefferson
Producer(s): Marcus Jefferson
Shooting Format: Animation
Running Time: 2:08
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: Top Secret.

Film Title: GLOW
Director: Sergiu Lupse
Producer(s): Marcel Lupse, Sergiu Lupse
Shooting Format: DV
Running Time: 14:24
Country of Origin: Romania

Synopsis: L601 lives in a utopian society who recycles unprintable books, everyone works in the Library in shifts. When L601 finds that he can see images inside the white pages he begins to build his own reality, memories appearing out of the depths of his mind, memories buried for a good reason.

Director's Bio:  Sergiu Lupse is a filmmaker from Romania, graduated Film and Photography and has a Master Degree in Experimental Film. His portfolio includes: a product catalog for Vichy, TV commercials, 8 short films, 3 of them - screened at festivals in Europe and US. He is working on a feature film.

Film Title: THE FORMORIAN
Director: Aideen McCarthy
Producer(s): Dave Leahy
Shooting Format: Super 35mm
Running Time: 5:38
Country of Origin: Ireland

Synopsis: Set during the Battle of Moytura in ancient Ireland, a warrior decides to desert the battlefield to return home. His journey becomes another battle he has to face and one which he may not survive.

Director's Bio: After graduating with a Law Degree and a Masters in Film Studies, Aideen McCarthy worked as a Camera Assistant in film for several years. In 2005 she began directing. 'The Formorian' is her second short film. Aideen's now developing a feature film trilogy based on this work.

Film Title: PROBLEM SOLVED
Director: Nick Montana
Producer(s): Klaus Hübner, Nick & Scott Montan
Shooting Format: DV
Running Time: 6:00
Country of Origin: Austria

Synopsis: A small time crook. God Almighty. An angry little guy from outer space.
Bring them together at the right time and place, and the face of the earth
shall change forever.

Film Title: FREQUENCY 14.3
Director: Dimitri Okulov
Producer(s): Jyrki Laitinen, Dimitri Okulov
Shooting Format: MiniDV
Running Time: 4:03
Country of Origin: Finland

Synopsis: In a world fallen to water and fire, two survivors turn to the airwaves forprotection. Clinging to their diminishing sanity, they grasp and feel every surge, every spike and crackle;there is nothing else. When the inevitable happens, when the corrupt air screams warning, will they be ready?Can they take on the wrath of the wasteland and prevail?

Film Title: THEY'RE MADE OUT OF MEAT
Director: Stephen O'Regan
Producer(s): Sean Clauson
Shooting Format: 35mm
Running Time: 7:24
Country of Origin: Ireland/United States

Synopsis: A strange conversation about an unusual discovery. Based on the acclaimed short story by Terry Bisson. Starring Tom Noonan (Manhunter, Heat etc) and New York Stand Up Ben Bailey (Cash Cab).

Director's Bio: They're Made Out Of Meat is Stephen O'Regans first 'proper' film. He currently runs the award winning website BalconyTV.Com

Film Title: TRACKER
Director: Steffan Schulz
Producer(s): Strange Media
Shooting Format: HD
Running Time: 6:31
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: In the near future, when global warming, ozone depletion and uncontrolled corporate pollutants have decimated our planet, individual environmental clean-up units, known as Trackers, scour the earth in a never ending quest to purge the planet of these biohazardous materials. This short film covers one such Tracker and his latest clean-up assignment.

Director's Bio: Steffan Schulz is an honors graduate from the television/film department at San Jose State University. As a producer / director, Steffan's work has been featured on PBS, NBC, ABC, ESPN and MTV. In the last 10 years, his work has collected over 50 national and international awards. Steffan was honored in 1999 with a spot in A/V Video Multimedia Magazines "Top 100 Producers." More recently Steffan completed several international productions including an expedition to outer Mongolia as well as the Mexican road race, La Carrera Panamericana.

Film Title: HIGH MAINTENANCE
Director: Phillip Van
Producer(S): Cordula-Kablitz-Post
Shooting Format: Super 16mm
Running Time: 9:17
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: Jane is unhappy with her dull husband and monotonous marriage. Thankfully, in the near-future satisfaction is guaranteed and upgrades are always available.

Director's Bio: Phillip Van was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and Portland, Oregon by his father, a Vietnamese refugee and his mother, a Greek American. He attended NYU’s Graduate Film Program at Tisch School of the Arts and lives in New York. Phillip's films have screened around the world and won dozens of awards in festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest and Gen Art Film Festival, among others. He is also the winner of a 2007 Student Academy Award, a BAFTA/LA Honorable Mention, Kodak's 1st Place Eastman Scholarship, and he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2007. Based on his work, Phillip was chosen out of three thousand applicants to direct a short narrative film sponsored by the Berlin International Film Festival. 520 filmmakers from 101 countries voted on three finalists in the largest jury vote in the festival and Phillip's genre-bending film, High Maintenance, won the competition.

Film Title: ANDROID 207
Director: Paul Whittington
Producer(s): Paul Whittington
Shooting Format: animation
Running Time: 9:46
Country of Origin: Canada

Synopsis: A stop-motion animated film about an android trapped inside of a large maze with no idea how to find its way out. The maze is vast and filled with many surprises - a complex labyrinth consisting of traps, deceptions, and puzzles. 207 soon finds itself overwhelmed with confusion and frustration as it struggles to navigate its way through the twisted maze of white walled corridors having no idea what fate awaits around each and every corner.

Film Title: L19: DISPOSED
Director: Paul Whittington
Producer(s): Paul Whittington
Shooting Format: animation
Running Time: 2:23
Country of Origin: Canada

Synopsis: The last few moments of an android's life...

Director's Bio: I am a filmmaker from Vancouver Island. I grew up in Calgary, Alberta and spent most of my childhood drinking slurpees and hanging out at the arcade. I got my first taste of filmmaking at an early age but never really got into it until much later. I spent the better part of my high school days running around with a video camera filming everything in sight and making crazy horror movies with my friends.

Film Title: MUTATIONS
Director: David Winkfield
Producer(s): Matthew J. Pellowski, David Winkfield
Shooting Format: DV
Running Time: 9:44
Country of Origin: United States

Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic future, a dwindling group of cyborgs will do anything within their power to avoid expiration. Several generations have existed by building containers or vessels, similar looking to humans, in order to deposit their memories.

JUSTLANDED

JustLanded are here to celebrate the 50th plus anniversary of planet Earth Rock'n'Roll - the music that changed the World! The group "just landed" in New York City some time ago. Since then JustLanded have performed in New York, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Cracow.  The JustLanded "The Time is Now!" CD and "Just Cosmic Rock'n'Roll!" DVD reflect the great cosmic energies that have always prevailed on our planet - the energies of Light, Fun and Joy. JustLanded are just reflections of our multidimensional consciousness. They are not aliens, but the human beings who discovered their cosmic heritage.

JustLanded support organic farming and environmental awareness. " Just Google organic - become ultrasonic, what can be better than natural tonic?" is their new single "Just Google It". ''Story About Nothing" is a song, which makes you dance and sing along :)

JustLanded Multimedia Show has the elements of all sorts of theater styles: Kabuki musical, Chinese opera, comedy, avant-garde, surrealism, happening, modern dance & street performance. This amazing visual extravaganza is combined with the mixture of Electronic, Acoustic and Live Rock Music. Multisided melodies take you from the relaxing techno-reggae of "JustLanded in Times Square", with its unique interactive video, to the energizing electro clash of "The Time is Now". Then the glimpse of explosive Rock magic in "Live in New York City" and back to relaxation again with beautifully romantic acoustic songs and hypnotic projections. JustLanded welcome the audiences from around the world to experiment with their clothes and appearance, expressing themselves artistically during JustLanded performances. Just Dress Up... And the Rest will Follow.

What people have to say about JustLanded:

"Futuristic Fellinis" "So Beautiful, so Bizarre" "The Best Show I ever Saw!" "What a Great Set!" "Cosmic Dalis" "Don't Invade!!!" "How big are your eyes?" "Silver Freaks" "Take me to Mars!" "Can I go with You???"

ON THE MIX

Chris Alker began spinning records around 1999 in Austin. Since moving to New York in 2004, he has turned out his rare blend of Dance-Punk, Damaged Disco, and Electro-House at numerous venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan. He is the founder of, "Art After Midnight," a weekly D.A.N.C.E. party hosted by himself and long time best friend Steve Hardy, aka Sushi Steve. The party is bent on merging dance, music, fashion, and art in a way that seems to have been lost in the Lower East Side. This collaboration has led to other projects including, "Deprogram" a Dirty Electro party the first Friday of each month @ Revolver Bar & "Holiday" @ Home Sweet Home every 2nd Tuesday of the month, with Jesse Kramer, aka DJ 5'-5".

Event calendar & recent mixes: www.myspace.com/chrisalker
For bookings contact: chris.alker@gmail.com

Matthew Hendershot has been many places in this country but currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. A musician, filmmaker, and creative thinker, Matthew has dedicated his life to the creation of stimuli for the enjoyment of others and betterment of the world around him.

In 2006 Matthew founded www.WellRoundedHoodlum.com, a home for artistic expression of all kinds. It is a pipeline used to give you a view into a creative world developed by many artists including its founder. It is a home of music, video, words... basically art in many forms to be shared with you and the rest of the world. Using the open space of the internet to access minds across the globe and work to bring about a world of artistic freedom, personal expression and responsibly, enjoyment in your day to day life, and the ability to be free to do the things that you choose to do.

SULTRY TIME TRAVELING GO-GO DANCERS

Outfitted by Phi Phi Phashion, a Brooklyn based clothing design company specializing in custom garments and costumes. It is founded, owned, and operated by Phoebe Minardi, who studied Costume Design at the University of South Alabama and is currently working on a degree in Fashion Design: Apperel at FIT. Her most recent work includes a fashion show for the Roller Derby Rocks event at Galapagos, and can be found in Dancebot, a short by Director Toni DiFranco. It is the goal of Phi Phi Phashion to find new and creative ways to dress.