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IIFF 2008 Accepted Films

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2008 line up & schedule

saturday september 20th, 2008

BLOCK 1
10:00 AM

Jack be Nimble 74 min Doc. Feature
Official Site
Trailer

You Better Watch Out 22 min Comedy Short
Official Site
IMDB

It’s a Wonderful Death 28 min Comedy Short
Official Site

The Bath 12 min Dramatic Short
IMDB

Crazy 106 min Musical Feature
IMBD
Starring: Ali Larter (Heroes, Final Destination) & Waylon Payne (Walk the Line)
Produced by Steve Vai

Fresh I.E. Crystal 4 min Musical Short
Production Company

The Lives of Angels 45 min Comedy Short
Official Site
IMDB

Bubble Rama 25 min Comedy Short
Official Site

KINKY's 'Coqueta' 3 min Musical Short
Official Site
MySpace

Occupied 9 min Comedy Short
Official Site
IMDB


Expendable 15 min Comedy Short
Official Site
IMDB

Mass Romantic 110 min Dramatic Feature
Official Site
MySpace
IMDB




saturday september 20th, 2008

BLOCK 2
5:15 PM

The Purrfect Girl 5 min Musical Short

Boyfriend Latte 8 min Comedy Short
IMDB

Love Struck 5 min Comedy Short

Anti-Narrative #4 9 min Experimental Short
Filmmaker Site

Hopscotch 6 min Horror Short
Official Site

MySpace

No Burgers for Bigfoot 90 min Comedy Feature
Official Site

Lobe Message 4 min Animated Short

Conjurer 85 min Horror Feature
Official Site
IMDB
Starring: John Schneider (Smallville, Dukes of Hazzard) Maxine Bahns (The Brothers McMullen, She’s the One)

Gnaw 13 min Horror Short
Filmmaker Site

Secrets of the Clown 100 min Horror Feature
Official Site
MySpace
IMBD
Starring: Michael Kott (Tuesday’s with Maury) Kelli Clevenger (Prison Break) Paul Pierro (Cheaters) Susie Christine (Playboy-Cyber Girl Model)



sunday september 21st, 2008

BLOCK 1
10:00 AM

The Whole Truth 8 min Animated Short
Filmmaker Site

Fossil Fools 5 min Animated Short
Official Site

The Miracle 29 min Dramatic Short
Official Site

First Bass 16 min Family Short
Trailer Site

The Lifeline 18 min Musical Short
Filmmaker Site

To Live & Die in Dixie 85 min Thriller Feature
Official Site
IMDB

Most – The Bridge 12 min Doc. Short
Filmmaker Site

Leg Before Wicket 84 min Doc. Feature
Official Site

EZS 5 min Experimental Short
Filmmaker Site

Persephone 18 min Experimental Short
Filmmaker Site

Imogen 17 min Sci-Fi Short
Official Site

Vault 3 min Sci-Fi Short
Filmmaker Site

Long Walk Back to Eden 28 min Sci-Fi Short
Trailer Site

We Dreamed America 47 min Musical Short
Official Site
IMDB




sunday september 21st, 2008

BLOCK 2
4:15 PM

Crossin’ All the Boundaries 11 min Doc. Short
Information Site

Savior 13min Dramatic Short

Hallelujah I’m a Bum 67 min Dramatic Feature

Stars 13 min Dramatic Short
Official Site
IMDB

Ends Runway 23 min Dramatic Short
Official Site

Patience 7 min Dramatic Short
Official Site

Things That Go Bump In The Night 5 min Horror Short
Official Site

MySpace

Incident @ Truck Stop Diner 9 min Dramatic Short
IMDB

Plainview 24 min Dramatic Short
Official Site
IMDB

Class of 41 61 min Doc. Feature

Near Miss 16 min Dramatic Short
Official Site

War Eagle, Arkansas 95 min Dramatic Feature
Official Site
IMDB
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Mare Winningham, James McDaniel, Mary Kay Place


2008 awards

Best of Fest Class of 41’
Audience Choice Award: The Miracle
Best Dramatic Feature War Eagle, Arkansas
Best Comedy Feature No Burgers for Bigfoot
Best Horror Feature Conjurer
Best Thriller Feature To Live & Die in Dixie
Best Documentary Feature Jack be Nimble
Best Musical Feature Crazy
Best Dramatic Short Ends Runway
Best Comedy Short Expendable
Best Horror Short Gnaw
Best Documentary Short Most – The Bridge
Best Musical Short KINKY's 'Coqueta'
Best Experimental Short Persephone
Best Sci-Fi Short Vault
Best Family Short First Bass
Best Animated Short The Whole Truth
IIFF 2008 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS

The Illinois International Film Festival would like to congratulate the winners of the IIFF 2008 Screenplay Competition for their outstanding achievements in the art of screenplay writing.

Award Certificates will be presented to each winner at the festival’s award ceremony on Sunday, September, 21st, after the final film has been screened.

THE WINNERS ARE:

Blame the Thunderbolt
By Doug Miles

Circles of Silence
By Regina McCord

Countdown to Bliss
By Michael Levin

Dead Dogs & Smelly People
By Susan Price Monnot

Freeport Perspective
By Justin Guerra

In Annie’s Arms
By Staton Rabin

Journal of a Dinka Boy
By Jomo Merritt

Lemon Tea
By Marcia Sinclair

Pulp Science Fiction
By Ron Podell

Since She Said We’d Wed
By Neda Ulaby

‘Til the Fat Lady Sings
By Thom Wilder

Truckers vs. Bikers
By Aaron Ganlund & Sean Huet

Water & Stone
By Huda Scheidelman

Welcome to Gary
By George Mano

 

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