Below are films that are currently making their rounds in the Film Festivals around the globe.  For movies that have now been released on DVD or theatrically, please visit Films on DVD section.

Current Films Screening at Festivals
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Everybody Wants to Be Italian
Directed by Jason Todd Ipson

It's a case of mistaken ethnicity, where two non-Italians pretend to be Italian to win each others hearts in Boston's North End. "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" opens in select theaters beginning March 7, 2008. Click here to see a segment on CW11 New York.

Screenings
After having a successful NY screening, "Everybody Wants to Be Italian" comes to Los Angeles for another special benefit screening on

Monday, October 1, 2007 at 7:30pm

The Egyptian Theater
6712 Hollywood  Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

For more information: http://www.everybodywantstobeitalian.com
http://imdb.com/title/tt0790657
http://www.myspace.com/everybodywantstobeitalian

   

A Little Light
Written and Directed by Ben Ziotucha

A Los Angeles Parking Enforcer falls for a beautiful bartender in the midst of a strange phenomenon where random people around the world are being sucked into the sky.

Awards
Cackalacky Film Festival
Winner – Best American Short
Fort Lauderdale Film Festival
Winner – Spirit of Independents Award
   
Smogdance Film Festival
Winner – Best Comedy
Temecula Valley International Film Festival
Winner – International Jury Award

Screenings

For the latest information, visit the A Little Light website.

   

One Day Like Rain
Directed by Paul Todisco
Currently in Post Production

A teenage girl living in California suburbia devises a metaphysical experiment designed to save the world from what she sees as an impending doom...but the results of such an experiment prove to be both beneficial and destructive.

For more information: http://www.onedaylikerain.com
http://imdb.com/title/tt0815250

Awards

Syracuse Film Festival (2008)
Winner – Best Film/Central New York
Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (2008)
Nominated – Black Tulip Award
   
Queens Film Festival (2007)
Nominated – Best Producers
Seattle Film Festival (2007)
Nominated – Jury Prize
   

Lucid
A film by Sam FriedlanderFinalist on Fox's ON THE LOT

Lucid is the story of two men, Case and Drake, who share one consciousness, connected by their dreams. When Case dreams, he dreams he is Drake, and vice-versa. When Case starts to experiment in his dreams, he soon realizes the consequences may be real. Soon, the two meet, and they must reckon with their unique situation.

Mark Feuerstein (In Her Shoes, The West Wing, What Women Want, Sex and the City) stars as Case, with a supporting cast that includes Jeff Kober (CSI, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ER, The Shield) as Drake, and Doug Ballard (The O.C., Fearless, Chicago Hope) as Dr. Simon, the link between them. Marisa Petroro (The Pretender, Las Vegas) and Deborah Puette (Strong Medicine) round out the cast.

Awards
FirstGlance Philadelphia Film Festival (2006)
Winner – Best Short Film
Beverly Hills Short Film Festival (2006)
Winner – Best Short Film
   
DIY Film Festival (2006)
Winner – Best Screenplay
USA Film Festival (2006)
Winner – Best Short Film
   
Beverly Hills International Film Festival (2006)
Winner – Best Screenplay
 

For the latest information, visit the Lucid website.

   

The Run
Directed by Gabriel Scott

When an unsuspecting friend agrees to do a favor for another friend, he is forced into a world he never thought existed. Now, with no way to reach out for help, he must make his way through one night in Los Angeles - one night that will change his life forever.

   

Terminal
A Film by Renie Oxley

A young married woman makes a harrowing decision to leave her abusive husband.

Awards
LA Femme Film Festival
Winner – Best Short

For the latest information, visit the Terminal website.

   
Past Films Screened at Festivals

I Am Stamos
Directed by Rob Meltzer

When character actor Andy Shrub makes a wish to be a leading man, he magically begins to photograph as John Stamos ... provoking the unholy wrath of Stamos.

For the latest information, visit the I Am Stamos website.

Awards

Comic-Con Film Festival (2005)
Winner – Best Comedy
Long Island Film Festival (2005)
Winner – Best Story
   
Gen Art Film Festival (2004)
Winner – Audience Award
Toofy Film Festival (2004)
Winner – Best Short
   

The Right Hook
Written and Directed by Luke Greenfield

You all know Bruno...Bruno is a born loser with the ladies. Scoffed and scorned, the only thing Bruno could pick up in a singles' bar is the check! Until now. Now Bruno sees the girl of his dreams and he'll fight all odds to win her - even her lesbian girlfriend. In a 10-minute brawl of hilarity, Bruno finds "The Right Hook," a short film that asks the age-old question, "Yeah? Who said you can't hit a girl?" and who's answer gives a whole new meaning to "hitting on women!"

Marisa plays a supporting role as the Cute Lesbian.

Watch the film at You Tube.

   

Wait Means Never
Written and Directed by Andrew Groves

In protest at the complacency of the U.S. today, four activists kidnap the head of an international oil corporation. When the government refuses to negotiate for the hostage, tensions within the group rise as they have to decide between compassion and revolution.

Awards
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Winner – Best Feature Film
Winner – Best Cinematography

For the latest information, visit the Wait Means Never website.

   

White Blossom
Written and Directed by Christine Kelley

Angelina (Marisa Petroro), a young Italian woman, vows to be faithful to her elderly husband, on his deathbed, for the rest of her life. As she mourns his death, she visits his gravesite everyday where she buries her lingerie. This spurs the towns young Cassanova, Duccio, to plot and make her break her vow.

For information, visit IMDB.

   

Ragtop Daydream
Directed by Vince Marcello

"Ragtop Daydream" is a bittersweet slice of nostalgic life. The "daydream" of remembrance occurs asunder in the mind of Jessie (Marisa Petroro), a broken soul who unknowingly aches to be mended.

After losing her race car-driving father in an accident as a young girl, Jessie is still haunted and embittered by his absence. The film triumphs with an eloquent healing that takes place within a heart of a scarred girl.

Unintentionally embarking down a road of reminiscence, Jessie takes a final "ride" with an old friend. She soon realizes she can live again in a "ragtop daydream" and still see answers to a future she always feared.

For information, visit IMDB.

   

Dead Soul: A Fairy Tale
Written and Directed by David Kann

This haunting tale of love and one man's downward spiral into madness opens with Mia, a little girl who is a pupil of a once great French painter, Georges Boudet. Mia's curiosity in a mysterious cabinet rekindles Georges's obsession with a doomed love from his past. Falling victim to his all too real demons.

Awards
Atlantic City Film Festival
Winner – Best Short Film

For the latest information, visit the Dead Soul: A Fairy Tale website.

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