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FILM FEST
100
FESTIVAL THEATRE
ROOM 1 - WEST 104A
Thursday, June 2nd
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Family and Animation
EL CHAVERE
Down south they only whisper his
name. A stranger comes to town to
stop a mythical creature known only
as “El Chévere”.
Generation 1 - Hero
When Bumblebee is kidnapped by
the Decepticons, The Autobots must
face Megatron’s deadliest weapon
yet. One shall stand, One shall fall...
Built To Serve
An on-the-run service-robot gets
his leash yanked when the only
thing between him and freedom is a
little girl and her dead dog.
Eggventure
A Penguin and a Polar Bear and
their love for the same egg.
Monsters Dot Com
An online job posting goes to the
wrong place and some unexpected
candidates show up.
Pipe Cleaner Superheroes –
Marvel Vs. DC
Thanos and Darkseid battle each
other using heroes from Marvel and
DC. They won’t do it so we will.
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Science Fiction
SPARKS
In a world where witches and
wizards are persecuted, Mathilde, a
young witch, has to save her best
friend from being assaulted without
revealing her true nature.
Kill Waiting
A young nurse is kidnapped and
forced to help a dying man for her
captors. Little does she know, that
her captors have a more sinister
reason for saving their “friend”.
Frankenstein’s Light
When a distraught girl discovers
Frankenstein’s Monster has escaped
from the movies, she has to save
him or risk losing her grandfather.
Bad Egg
Most kids think of Easter as a time
for candy, bunnies, and painting
eggs. Maddy thinks of it as torture.
When she decides to wander off at
the neighbor’s annual Easter egg
hunt she does find an egg but like
her, it turns out to be a little different
from the rest...
Dark Laugh
Egg Man a Japanese market trader
specializing in other worldly items
and mysterious objects in London.
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Feature
Non-Stop To Comic-Con
Unable to gain acceptance for
their geeky ways back home, three
friends embark on an epic journey
to the apex of geekiness: San Diego
Comic-Con.
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Feature
The Next Great American Game
From crowded convention halls to
backrooms of Toy Fairs, Randall
Hoyt enthusiastically pitches his
game Turnpike to publishers with
increasingly discouraging results.
The film takes a deeply personal
tone as Randall candidly discusses
his struggles with being bi-polar
and the intersections of mania
and creativity. Inspired by his
time in rehab and group therapy,
he designs Talk/Listen, to foster
communication and collaboration.
It might just be THE NEXT GREAT
AMERICAN GAME
5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Feature
The Hunting Of The Snark
Based on Lewis Carroll’s final
poem, this is the story of a group
of strangers that come together
to hunt the mysterious Snark even
though none of them know what it is
or really have a hope of capturing it
if they found it!
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Feature and Short
Occupants
‘Occupants’ is a film about
Annie Curtis, an award-winning
documentarian and her husband
Neil. Annie and Neil embark on a ‘30
Days of Clean Living’ documentary,
setting up cameras all over their
house to document, via the Internet,
their new eating habits. By doing
so, half of their cameras capture a
parallel version of themselves - a
version that ultimately unravels and
threatens their very existence.
Kaijutsu
CAPTAIN STOEGER, leader of the
Z-SQUAD SUPER SCIENTISTS must
defend his city from a giant monster
attack while also struggling with the
more daunting task of living up to
the legacy of his predecessor.
9:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Special Screening
Love In The Time Of Monsters
As children, Marla and Carla lost
their father in a horrific accident
at a roadside attraction. Fifteen
years later, the girls find themselves
in a similarly lethal tourist trap
after Carla’s fiancé Johnny and
the other costumed employees of
the ultra-kitschy “Uncle Slavko’s
All-American Family Lodge” are
exposed to a super-cocktail of toxic
waste and are transformed into
primal, psychotic killers – dressed
as Bigfoot. Now, the sisters must
fight to survive the night and save
Johnny’s life in a jaw-dropping,
spine-ripping, gut-busting, heartwarming
tale of Love in the Time
of Monsters. Recently named a
“Top 10 Bigfoot Movie Of The 21st
Century” by Dread Central!
Love in the Time of Monsters is a
2014 comedy horror film directed
by Matt Jackson and starring Doug
Jones, Kane Hodder, Mike McShane,
Shawn Weatherly and Heather Rae
Young.
FESTIVAL THEATRE
ROOM 2 - WEST 102B
Thursday, June 2nd
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Feature
Einstein’s God Model
“Einstein’s God Model” is an
independent feature film that
explores the connection between
quantum physics, string theory, and
life after death.
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Science Fiction
Total Awesome Viking Power
When Viking role player Vidar is
sidelined to “the land of the dead”
he seeks help of the god Odin, who
agrees to teach Vidar the ways
of the Vikings if he takes him to a
mystical Runestone. Together they
embark on a journey that will test
Vidar’s wits, bravery and his ability
to go completely berserk.
Appetence
A mom manipulates her “hungerfor-fame”
idealistic daughter to stop
eating to save the world, but not
without consequences.
Project Walk Again
A young man recently disabled in a
mugging spends his days toiling in
his garage. After receiving a special
package he is able to complete
construction on his time machine
and travel back to stop the shooting
that took his ability walk.
Paradox
In a desperate attempt to prevent
a cataclysmic event a particle
physicist is contacted by her future
self.
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Feature and Short
Detective Detective Detective
A comedy about three estranged
brothers playing detectives in a live
action role-playing mystery game in
the Alaskan wilderness.
Boring: A Day In The Life
Boring Days are supposed to be
awesome, but Mr. Boring is having a
“boring” Boring Day.
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM
Documentary
Who Did It? The Clue VCR Game
Filmed in Massachusetts, it would
cast a group of unknown actors to
portray the iconic CLUE characters
such as Col. Mustard and Professor
Plum. While most productions were
filmed in Hollywood and New York
June 2-5, 2016 • Phoenixcomicon.com • Phoenix Convention Center
City at the time, Parker Brothers
took a chance and broke the mold
by filming with New England based
talent.
The First Step
The First Step is a documentary
about addiction told through the
lives of those affected.
The Opossum Begins
The opossum, or “tlacuache” as
many in the Rio Grande Valley
know, is a misunderstood nocturnal
animal, but for Brownsville, Texas
native Aaron Moses it was a source
of inspiration. Moses is the creator
of a comic book entitled “The
Opossum,” where its nocturnal
superhero fights crime in the streets
of Brownsville.
Black Rat
BLACK RAT is a documentary about
Sydney’s own Real Life Superhero,
The Black Rat, who prowls the
streets of Newtown at night in
his crusade against crime. The
documentary reveals his motivations
and his past trauma that drove him
to not only improve himself but the
community he lives in.
6:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Music Video
Sight Of The Sound
An original 1980’s-style music video
tribute to Alison Blaire, the mutant
pop-star ally of Marvel Comics’
X-Men.
Aaron Allen & Those Who Were
There - “House of Cards”
Playing Card Themed Lyric Video
for Aaron Allen & Those Who Were
There’s “House of Cards” single
off of their ‘Fall into the Sky’ debut
record.
Trahern - “Traveler”
Singer/Songwriter Trahern and
Video Director and Editor Aaron
Hudson traveled to the other side
of South Mountain to film this out
of the city, into nature video for his
song about a life lived that way,
“Traveler.” Includes some fun aerial
footage of the area.
The Magician
A whimsical animated music video
set to Andrew Rubin’s musical
composition, “The Magician” tells
a loose story of a failing street
performer who gains attention
through playing tricks on others.
Before long, playful mischief turns
into catastrophe in a small town.
The Invitation To Armageddon
A Steampunk Musical! In 1888, on
a mission to save the world, The
League of S.T.E.A.M. (a team of
steampunk monster-hunters) take a
roller coaster down into Hell to face
off with The Devil.
Lila Cheney –
“I Will Steal Your Heart”
A music video tribute to X-Men
comics’ Lila Cheney and the New
Mutants, “I Will Steal Your Heart” is
the rockin’ sequel to 2014’s Dazzler
video “I Will Steal Your Heart”