Phoenix Comicon 2015 Program Guide

SUPERMODELS WITH TASERS
Kristy and Summer, two
supermodels, go out to a local
bar and discuss their lives. During
their conversation, the models get
hit on by a string of obnoxious
men. Unfortunately for these men,
they are rejected in a rather harsh
manner.
FLIGHT FRIGHT
A nervous airline passenger starts
to see strange things after taking
nerve medicine.
DIARY OF A MAD SCIENTIST’S
ASSISTANT
Shirley Graves, an up and coming
mad scientist’s assistant, is trying
to find some work/life balance
between her day job with a . . .
pioneer of the extreme sciences
and the dating scene. She signs up
for a dating service catering to the
extreme science community and,
let’s just say, arch-villains have
original stories too, shall we?
5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Drama
THE SAD SNOWMAN
A snowman sits on a mountain,
watching skiers and snowboarders
having fun. The snowman longs to
be part of the action, but it seems
hopeless. A passing snowboarder
notices him and a simple act of
kindness makes the impossible,
possible.
HELYN SPRINGS
After discovering that his grandpa
is terminally ill, Mason sets out on a
journey to a local spring rumored to
have magical healing powers.
THIS WAS MY SON
The true story of the American Civil
Rights icon, Mamie Till (mother
of Emmett Till), and the tragedy
that inspired her to spend her life
battling social injustice and racial
prejudice.
NARCISSIST
The story of a kind soul (Evan) who
attracts a dark knight (Rob) into his
life. It’s almost as it’s meant to be
until Rob goes from a charming man
to a manipulative individual who
suddenly pulls the carpet out from
under Evan, smashing his heart into
a million pieces.
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Feature
CAPITATION RETRIEVER
The film is produced according
to the recollections of Fiodor
Jevlasovskij (1546-1619) The
memoirs created by Fiodor
Jevlasovskij, the nobleman of the
Great Duchy of Lithuania, in the
end of the 16th c. the beginning of
the 17th c., are considered the first
autobiography written in GDL. It is a
unique literature work, revealing the
human’s relation with himself, the
surrounding environment and the
world. Fiodor Jevlasovski served to
the noblemen of GDL, the Radziwi
and Chodkiewicz family, worked
in Vilnius manor of the kings,
Sigismund II Augustus and Stephen
Báthory, closely communicated
with Mikolaj Krzystof Radziwill
“Sierotka”.
7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Horror III
DROP DEAD GORY:
A HORROR COMEDY
Maggie is a borderline insane
Hollywood makeup artist. At the
beginning of the movie, she gets
shot down by a big time director
after insisting on using practical
effects in his new horror project.
After a painful breakup with her
girlfriend, she obtains a magical
makeup kit from a supernatural
being that will allow her to
transform people into whatever she
designs. Werewolves, zombies, you
name it. She seizes this chance to
get some bloody revenge on the
director and girlfriend who wronged
her. Set in a modern day Los
Angeles, Drop Dead Gory is a horror
romp that mixes scares and laughs,
paying homage to the likes of Sam
Raimi, John Carpenter, Stanley
Kubrick, and others.
LAPSUS
Terry is a psychologically disturbed
predator whose sinister playground
is a laundromat. Terry thinks he
is the hero of a comic gangster
that is reading: “Terry Laurence,
Gentleman Gangster”. That is
when his memory playing tricks
on him. Terry is a victim of an
unknown phenomena that literature
considers as a Lapsus memoriae or
a slip of memory.
8:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Suspense and Science Fiction
HELL OF A DEAL
When a business man comes up
with an illegal scheme to make
some easy money, he heads out into
the desert to find the one person
who can help him pull it off. But he
might not like what he finds.
ENDURE
A short from Matt Poidevin
TIMESPACE
Relationships, credibility, and life
itself are all called into question
following the invention of the time
machine.
10:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Horror IV
SOAPOCALYPSE
A young woman completely hooked
to a popular brand soap, Thunder
Red, goes crazy after the soap is
mysteriously recalled.
IT THIRSTS FOR BLOOD
In this campy horror short, three
women encounter a vicious being
while backpacking through the
Southern Arizona Desert.
DEFENSE MECHANISM
What would you do if the one
you love asks you to do the
unthinkable...and you only have
minutes to decide?
EL MUERTO: A DAY FOR THE DEAD
Based on the graphic novel by Texas
artist Javier Hernandez, “El Muerto”
is the story of a young man brutally
murdered by a trio of supernatural
villains as a sacrifice to ancient
Aztec gods for their own gain. But
on the Day of the Dead, he returns to
earth to exact revenge on the men
who killed him and stole him away
from his beloved girlfriend.
THE ZOMBIE’S TRIP
After a sudden turn of events, a
Zombie is suddenly brought from
the world of fiction into the world
of reality.
PANEL ROOM
WEST 103
Saturday, May 30th
10:30 PM to 11:30 PM
Science Fiction and Fantasy V
EL MUNDO FUTURO
In the war of the worlds...the hero
might not be who you think. I had
a dream that the balance between
life, death and the cosmos was in
the balance of one man. Not your
typical hero but a common man. Not
a man you might chose to hold the
torch for all humanity, but never the
less.....the chosen man....
FRED
Fred is a psychological thriller that
takes us into the mind of Emily, a
seemingly normal young girl whose
life is suddenly haunted by an old
friend from her past. After being
sent to her deranged uncle’s house,
she prepares to battle with her
frightening new reality. Determined
to find answers about her uncertain
past, she seeks guidance from some
unexpected places.
PERIPLANET
A disillusioned man leaves his city
life behind and takes a walking
journey to the Arctic. After mankind
collapses into Armageddon, he
awakens from a frozen sleep, deep
into the future to discover he’s
sharing the world with the Earth’s
new rulers — Giant Insects!
ALONE
As part of the coalition’s
terraforming campaign, a pilot
and co-pilot become stranded on
a desolate moon en route to their
destination planet. Each faces a
different fate. Which fate is more
unthinkable?
FESTIVAL THEATRE
WEST 104
Sunday, May 31st
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Shorts For Short Film Fans
REALITY
A young married couple whom
distrust one other learn the
eccentric reality of their relationship.
A KING’S BETRAYAL
The final 24 hours in the life of a
Piñata, as told from the Piñata’s
perspective.
STICKY FINGERS
A group of criminals of various
skills come together, under aliases
of Rolling Stones members, to pull
off a heist of a mysterious item
from a research lab for an equally
mysterious individual. Things go
wrong and alliances are tested.
BREAKFAST WITH CLARK
Narrative Short
THE REMAINDERMEN
(TEASER/TRAILER)
A psychological thriller about two
sisters, Stevie and Brett Bodine,
looking to escape their past and
the violence belying their seemingly
quiet country life.
THE APPOINTMENT
Paul, a seasoned hitman, receives
an invitation to meet his boss in
person, a very rare opportunity. His
excitement is diminished when he
meets Alex, an ambitious hitwoman,
who has been called in for an
appointment at the same time. Will
there be a promotion, or a firing?
GRAPE SODA
A marriage, broken by death, is kept
alive by the memories held through
grape soda.
H.M.S. SCARLETT
‘The Captain’, a nameless drifter in
his disheveled ship travels through
space with no company to keep him
sane other than the skull of his old
friend Lt. James.
12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Encores and Repeats
Every year, we get requests to replay
some of this year’s most popular
entries and this year is no different.
Please join us as we replay some of
this year’s best in our encore block!
Films To Be Announced On The Day
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Film Festival Awards
Ceremony
Join us as we present this year’s
winners in the Film Festival and the
Film Challenge...with special guest
Chris Gore!
FILM FEST
May 28-31, 2015 • Phoenixcomicon.com • Phoenix Convention Center
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