Filmapalooza: Screening Details

The program for the individual screenings is below. Note that these are subject to change.

Screening Group I
Friday, March 13th, 1pm
(listed in alphabetical order)

City	Team Name	Film Name	Logline
Asheville	Blue Ridge Community College	"Serial Love"	Nothin' says lovin' like six or a dozen...bodies!
Austin	Circle of Confusion	"Small Stakes"	Two detectives on stake-out of a small-time drug dealer get personal about their changing lives and plans.
Brisbane	ENjOY Productions	"An Inconvenient Ghost"	A teenager begs her father to spend some time with her.
Buffalo	BeHoLD Pictures	"Life, Before Your Eyes"	A young woman in love foresees the future with her man.
Dallas	B.T.F.	"Spin Cycle"	I didn't know you were going to be here.
Finland	New Dawn	"Vaakalaudalla"	A musical in a shopping mall.
Greensboro	DARKHAWK Productions	"Cadence"	She's finding her voice.
Jacksonville	Mad Cowford	"Silent Movie... The Musical!"	The beautiful and pure Celia Bate isn't going to let her pie be ruined by the evil Dr. Won Savage.
Louisville	Abser Four Films	"Squashed Noodles"	Two lonely and awkward souls try to come together on Valentine's Day.
Melbourne	Sunshower	"Half Baked"	An innocent young band is offered a chance at the big time, but at what price?
Mumbai	Limboo Mirchi Productions	"The CANMAN"	Can our young detective solve the case of the cans and green peppers?
Nashville	Abstraction Films	"Smile"	A young woman is caught between a suicide and a smile.
Philadelphia	No Right Return	"Kitchen Aide"	Through whimsical domestic adventures, a dishwasher, an oven, and a telephone attempt to mend their owner's broken heart.
Providence	Exile Movies	"Man of the People"	A senator's dark thoughts.
San Francisco	Platypus	"Burn"	Weekend at Burny's.
Machinima	Medieval Dating	"The Adventures of Luke and Joe"	Luke and Joe explore love and relationships in the age of soliloquies.
Singapore	Team Last Minute	"This Believer"	A couple moves back to Singapore and discovers that both their beliefs and forces beyond them are driving them apart.
Virginia Beach	Scene Chop	"The Deep End"	A boy with the gift of perfect memory becomes an unwilling recruit.

Screening Group II
Friday, March 13th, 3:30pm
(listed in alphabetical order)

City	Team Name	Film Name	Logline
Atlanta	BARKBARK	"The Ballad of Winston Salem: Reenactment Actor"	A real lyrical interpretation of a real documentary of the real dreams of a "real" actor, in three acts.
Chicago	Dirty Borders	"Modern Fables"	Three friends learn, forget, and ignore valuable life lessons
Denver	More Where That Came From Productions	"Is the Noise in My Head Bothering You?"	People's imaginary friends interfere with a group therapy session.
Edinburgh	Brazilliant Productions	"Travel Plans"	A father plans a holiday for his "darling" daughter with humorous consequences.
Honolulu	Indievisual Studios	"Salam"	Finding peace.
Inland Empire	AZN Rejects	"The Trade"	Baseball. Espionage. Murder.
Kansas City	Two Meter	"Time"	Don't wait for a second chance.
Madison	Kingcarnhan Creative	"To Be Okay"	A nameless agent carries out his directive. Betraying the one he loves unveils his true enemy.
New Mexico	In-Famous El Guapos	"Tinkerin'"	If you don't tinker, you're a stinker!
Phoenix	Catbrain Film Factory	"Strong Brain"	One man's search for truth in a city of lies.
Richmond	The Plaid Connection	"God Given Talent"	A vicious boy learns violin to tame his restless hands.
San Jose	EyeQ Films	"The Animals"	A fable murder mystery.
Sydney	East/West	"Going Home"	It's never too late--to learn, to see, to be.
Tampa	Team JumpCut	"Crime's a Cookin'"	The happy, flickery era of the early silents lives again as bank robbers, cops, cooks, maids, and posh urbanites collide in a case of mistaken identities.
Washington, DC	Sprezzatura	"The Bad News Bearer"	Good guy. Bad news.

Screening Group III
Friday, March 13th, 5:30pm
(listed in alphabetical order)

City	Team Name	Film Name	Logline
Amsterdam	Gr8 Films	"Luwte"	During a boat trip the relationship between a man, his new girlfriend, and his daughter fall apart.
Boston	We're Making a Movie	"The Real World: Versailles"	Discover what occurs when diplomats stop being polite and start hammering out the structure of post World War I Europe.
Cincinnati	Pizza Infinity	"Robot Love from Another World"	Love is not mechanical?
Des Moines	Nick Wilson Film and Video	"Looking Glass"	A detective attempts to track down a murderer using his special abilities.
Houston	Sweet Baby Jesus Productions	"Rushin'"	Running late for work again, a hapless waiter worries about more than just missing the bus when he receives vital information from a dying spy.
Las Vegas	Vegaswood Studios	"Longfellow's Masterpiece"	A convicted filmmaker fed up with the rules and politics surrounding the 48 Hour Film Project escapes from prison to haunt the very same audience who will be watching his film.
Miami	Round Two Productions	"Odie & Troy: A Filmmaker's Odyssey"	A behind-the-scenes look at an amateur filmmaker's production of an allegorical voyage.
New Orleans	Filmhouse	"Doggone"	A young couple buys a new dog, but when the boyfriend starts to get annoyed with the dog his view of the animal becomes completely deranged.
Pittsburgh	Mike Productions	"Training Film"	A man who's stuck inside a training film gives the lesson of a lifetime in an attempt to escape.
Salt Lake City	Matador	"Method"	A writer with writer's block seeks out his inspiration.
Seattle	Focus Media	"Post Mortem"	Revenge wears a trench coat.
Tel Aviv	Ha'amoraim	"An Old Scam"	Senior citizens rob a drug store to get the elixir of youth.

Screening Group IV
Saturday, March 14th, 5pm
(listed in alphabetical order)

City	Team Name	Film Name	Logline
National Film Challenge Audience Award Winner	Ultimatum	"Super Atomic Commies"	Communists! They're everywhere! Run! The Commies are everywhere!
Athens	0 - 100	"Bloody Soap"	A childhood trauma leads to a bloody revenge.
Baltimore	Eastern Technical	"Of Mares and Men"	A family's legacy and a horse's life hang in the balance in this harrowing musical of loyalty and love.
Cleveland	529 Films	"Striving for Excellence"	A serial killer strives to gain the approval of his mentor, Don Denver, the author of a best selling self-help book entitled Helping You Help Yourself.
Detroit	Ion	"Wedding Bells"	Roger and Cassie plan to rob her old boss, then maybe get married. However, Cassie also has her own secret plans.
Geneva	In My Head	"Sweep (Coup de Balai)"	A detective's story. The greatest and final affair of Hector Fenouil.
Indianapolis	Spontaneous Combustion	"Foil"	Will radioactive waves kill everyone? Not if our heroine can help it.
Little Rock	Amalgamated Motion Pictures	"Scraps"	The chef at a local factory has an unsettling encounter with the employees downstairs. Soon she will learn their true purpose.
Milwaukee	Studio Bib Simmons	"Backwoods"	A small-town cop investigates a mysterious massacre of a group of campers.
New York	Emperor's Club	"Lyre Liar"	A police detective interrogates a diverse group of gallery-goers who are witness to the perfect crime.
Paris	FatCat Films	"Transfert"	A charming airline pilot lives a peaceful life in Paris until suddenly he doesn't see himself anymore.
Portland, Maine	Ghee La Roche	"Mail Boat"	An unsuspecting mail boat pilot confronts a tragic incident from his past when a spiteful father delivers his bloody revenge.
San Antonio	Team Film Classics Productions	"Four Minutes Till the End"	If the whole world is ending in four minutes, what do you do with that time?
St. Louis	Caffeine Tambourine Productions	"Earl, Son of God"	Josh Miller, an exiled team member, attempts to sabotage Caffiene Tambourine's 48HFP film.
Toronto	Hungry Camera Company	"The Hall"	As a nervous detective tries to impress his lovely neighbor, he must face his biggest fear: a giant menacing owl.

Screening Group V
Saturday, March 14th, 7pm
(listed in alphabetical order)

Awards ceremony immediately follows this screening.

City	Team Name	Film Name	Logline
Panasonic HD Showdown Winner	to be announced
International Shootout Winner	to be announced
National Film Challenge Best Film	Chaka Khan	"Keyed"	This time, it's in permanent.
Berlin	Tapir	"Wir Wollen, Konnen Aber Nicht"	Four men, one plan, one woman, and one big problem.
Columbus	Jakson	"Aidan 5"	In a city of clones, one investigator follows a trail of bodies that hit too close to home.
Fargo	Bubblegum Detective Agency	"Precious Metal: The Otto Steinholz Story"	A man with very special abilities recounts his life story.
London	thefyzz	"Fused"	Love at the flick of a switch.
Los Angeles	Par-t-com Productions	"Moment of Silence"	Ronald Donellson's game party is almost derailed when nothing sounds as it should.
Minneapolis	Dorkus Rainbowpants	"Birth Marked for Death"	An undercover cop forms an unlikely friendship with the rookie mob executioner who's driving him to his doom.
Orlando	Pick Me	"Sally 58 Baby"	After losing his boat in a bet, a greaser pursues the victor, knife in hand, only to be distracted by a beautiful woman.
Portland, Oregon	Overcast Productions	"Take the Body and Run"	Two buddies take a road-trip to fulfill a project.
Rome	Urban Team	"Amaranto"	A prostitute sets out on a mission to find her missing colleague.
San Diego	Amalgamated Grommets	"Just a Man"	In the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre, Mary Todd is lifted from the depths of despair by the words of the family's manservant.
Utrecht	We Killed Kennedy	"Long Way Home"	A movie about cocks and coke.

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