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Ward Emling - Mississipi State Film Office

Carolyn Parsons Festival Director

Darrell Rankin - President - Lee County Board of Supervisors The Lee County Board of Supervisors proudly supports the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. We are happy to assist in any logistics that opens a door for film projects in our area and invite all who are looking at producing film to take a look at all we have to offer. On behalf of the Lee County Board of Supervisors we welcome filmmakers, special guests, visitors, and community to a relaxing evening of great film and special events taking place this year at the festival’s new location – the Malco Theatre - Tupelo Commons.

Welcome to our city and the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival held at the Malco Theatre at Tupelo Commons. The City of Tupelo invites you to join us for a wonderful weekend filled with great independent films, special events, and more. Please take a moment to slow down from the hectic pace of everyday activities and enjoy the art of the filmmaker and the hospitality of Tupelo.

Neal McCoy - Director - Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau About the cover:

A special thanks to our festival committee member Louis Armour, who served as a screener and designed the art for this year’s festival which is on the cover. Louis brings to the festival his artistic touch and talents, coordinating and assisting with many elements of the festival.

On behalf of the Tupelo Film Commission, under the umbrella of the Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau, we welcome you to the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. Cited as one of America’s Top 10 Small Film Festivals in the country by Livability.com, the festival is a celebration of great films and a gathering for film fans from across the globe. We invite you to experience Tupelo while you are here by visiting our many attractions, enjoying our eclectic culinary scene, and shopping at our unique retail shops. Thank you for being here and we hope to see you back real soon shooting your next project.

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Mayor Jason L. Shelton - City of Tupelo

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Carolyn Parson is an acting instructor and coach with several years of acting experience on stage and film in Phoenix, Arizona. Carolyn also worked extensively on The Arizona Black Film Festival and Director of Film Submissions. She also volunteered with Phoenix Film Festival as a screener and other positions. Since moving pack to Mississippi, Carolyn has worked with the Tupelo Film Festival as a film screener. Ms. Parson teaches acting at the Elkin Theatre in Aberdeen, Mississippi where she is also a board member. Carolyn is a native of Monroe County and a graduate of Aberdeen High School. She spent over twenty years in Phoenix, Arizona Acting, Directing and working in the theatre. She is an acting instructor with a focus on helping children grow confidently by studying the craft of acting by being comfortable being themselves.

The Mississippi Film Office welcomes you to the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival. We are proud each year to enjoy their films and meet the filmmakers. For you the audience we hope you enjoy the films. For you the filmmakers we thank you for your commitment to the power and wonder of the cinema. Mississippi is equally committed to the import and reach of film and to supporting and nurturing the filmmaker. We have created a strong and competitive incentive program: a 25% -35% cash rebate on your Mississippi spend and all of your payroll with a low $50,000 minimum that applies to features, shorts, documentaries and more. And that’s not all we have to offer: you will find communities that serve our mission to build and support the industry, hospitable people that embrace and understand the challenges of filmmaking, and diverse locations from the sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast to the flat evocative Delta to the rich foothills of Appalachia. Enjoy your stay in Tupelo and our great state of Mississippi. We’re glad you’re here and always look forward to seeing you again!

Thank You Whittington Used Office Furniture Thank You Thornton Dental Clinic Thank You Mid-South Center for Psychodrama & Sociometry Thank You Todd’s Big Star

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Friends of the Film Festival

Welcome to the 11th Annual Tupelo Film Festival! Enjoy your time in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Bar-B-Que by Jim Best Western Inn & Suites Bill Luckett City of Tupelo Community Development Foundation Dr. David Cole Fred Page ICC - Mike Eaton Kenlan Development Lee County Board of Supervisors Malco Theatre Mississippi Film Office NE MS Daily Journal

Greg Pirkle Richard McGehee Rock River Foundation Romie’s Barbeque South Arts Representative Steve Holland Snelling Personnel Services Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau Board & Staff Tupelo Innkeepers Assn. Tupelo Restaurant Assn. VM Cleveland Warehouse 605 Waste Management, Inc. WTVA

Thursday, April 17th Screen 3 12:16 pm STUDENT BLOCK 2:04 pm Q & A 2:14 pm FEATURE BLOCK 3:46 pm Q & A 3:51 pm SHORT BLOCK 4:48 pm DOCUMENTARY 5:44 pm Q & A 5:54 pm STUDENT BLOCK 8:23 pm Q & A 8:33 pm FEATURE BLOCK 10:04 pm Q & A

2nd Place Sponsored by Benjamiin Moore Paints

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Sponsored by Mid-South Center for Psychodrama & Sociometry

DOCUMENTARY 1st Place

Sponsored by BancorpSouth

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Sponsored by Thornton Dental Clinic

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Sponsored by Snelling Personnel Services

Screen 3 12:00 pm STUDENT BLOCK 12:45 pm Q & A 12:55 pm SHORT BLOCK 1:19 pm STUDENT BLOCK 1:46 pm Q & A 1:52 pm DOCUMENTARY 2:47 pm FEATURE BLOCK 4:18 pm Q & A 4:30 PM GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT 6:31 pm Q & A

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10:30 am FREE Children’s Presentation 1:00 pm FREE Japananese films

10:00 am Student WORKSHOPS 12:30 pm Break 1:30 pm MS HIGH SCHOOL FILM COMPETITION 4:00 pm Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

Sponsored by VIP Cinema Seating

2nd Place

Sponsored by Mont’s Paper Company

3rd Place

Sponsored by Todd’s Big Star

MUSIC VIDEO 1st Place

Sponsored by Elvis Presley Birthplace Foundation

Awards Party 7:30 pm In the Pod behind the Malco West of Shakerag Improv The Paul Tate Trio Band Heavy hors d’oeuvres Cash Bar Awards Presentation

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SHORT 1st Place

Saturday, April 19th

STUDENT 1st Place

Sponsored by CREATE Foundation, Inc.

2nd Place

North Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Clinic, PLLC

3rd Place

Whittington Used Office Furniture

THE RON TIBBETT AWARD (Best of Show)

Sponsored by Mississippi Film Office

The Ron Tibbett Award is presented each year in memory of Ron Tibbett who helped launch the Tupelo Film Festival in 2004

THE ELVIN WHITESIDES DIRECTOR’S AWARD

Sponsored by his fellow classmates of Tupelo High School Class of ‘72

5 Tickets ADMISSION Screen Three: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday April 17th - 19th Day Pass - $15.00 Student - $7.50 (with ID) Senior - $7.50 (with ID) Screening Pass - $35.00 Includes all three days of films Awards Party - $10.00 In the Pod behind the Malco. Screen Four: Friday and Saturday April 18th - 19th All Events Free Day of Event - Tickets available at Malco For details visit: www.tupelofilmfestival.net

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Sponsored by B&B Concrete Co., Inc.

Screen 3 12:00 pm DOCUMENTARY 1:28 pm Q & A 1:35 pm SHORT BLOCK 2:58 pm Q & A 3:10 pm DOCUMENTARY 3:30 pm SHORT BLOCK 4:50 pm Q & A 5:00 pm MUSIC VIDEO BLOCK 5:11 pm Q & A 5:15 pm DOCUMENTARY 6:01 pm Q & A 6:10 pm Break 7:30 pm CAPOTE 9:26 pm Q & A

Saturday, April 19th

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FEATURE 1st Place

Friday, April 18th

JUDGES JUDGES

FeatureJudges Judges Feature WES WES BENTON BENTON

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Ridgeland, MS Ridgeland, MS Benton started Red Planet Entertainment, LLC Entertainment in 1980 and GhostRider Wes Benton, President of Red Planet and Entertainment in Entertainment, 2007. His is the founder of the SunGiant & Sand Film & to Music GhostRider worked with Studios Festival. Benton produced film, “Rites of Spring” inhe 2010. Benton set up capture stageshis forfirst “Avatar”. Additionally, worked worked Motion Capture or Motion Capture Supervisor on ”such in thatascapacity on “I Producer Am Legend, ” “The Incredible Hulk, feature films III, as” “The “I AmChronicles Legend”, “TheofIncredible “Mummy III”, ”“The “Mummy Narnia: Hulk”, Prince Caspian, “The Chronicles Narnia: The“The Lion, The Witch and The Chronicles of Narnia: of Prince Caspian”, Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Wardrobe, Polar Express, “The TomorThe Witch and” “The The Wardrobe”, “The Polar” and Express”, andDay “TheAfter Day After Tomorrow.”He Heisiscurrently currently creating a slate movies forinproducrow.” working on several films of to be produced Mississippi. tion in Mississippi and produced “Rites of Spring”.

RAY MURPHY, MURPHY, JR. JR. RAY

Los Angeles, Angeles, CA Los CA Ray Murphy Jr., owner RKM Entertainment, has 23 years Ray Murphy Jr., owner of MuphyofEntertainment Studios (film distribution), has experience in theatrical production, including asof 23 years experience in theatrical production, including 8 years 8asyears president president Eddie Murphy films with Eddie Murphyof Productions. His films Productions. with Eddie includeHis “Eddie Murphy Raw,” Eddie include “Eddie Murphy Raw, ” “The Golden Child, ” “The Golden Child ,” “Boomerang,” “Harlem Nights,” “Life, “ “Coming To Amer“Boomerang, ” “Harlem Nights, ” “Life, “ “Coming To America, ica,” “Metro,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Doolittle,” “Bowfinger,” and “Vampire” “Metro,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Doolittle,” “Bowfinger,” Inand Brooklyn”. He hasInoverseen films He that has grossed more thanfilms a billion “Vampire Brooklyn”. overseen thatdollars. grossed more than a billion dollars and maintains strong ties with the LA film community.

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JEREMY JEREMYNOCON NOCON

LosAngeles, Angeles, CA Los Jeremy Nocon, a seasoned producer from Los producer Angeles, develops Jeremy Nocon, an award-winning fromand Losproduces Anfilm & TV projects. Jeremy credits his formal legal training and his love of the geles, develops and produces film & TV projects. Jeremy creative processand for his flourishing career in the entertainment creditscollaboration legal training love of the creative collaborative process his seven-year career in fillmmaking. Hetheworks industry. Hefor currently works as Director of Business Development for worldas Director of Business famous Jim Henson’s Creature Development Shop, a division offor Thethe Jim world-famous Henson Company, Jim Henson’s a division ofentertainment The Jim Henson developing projectsCreature with some Shop, of the top names in the industry. Company.

Documentary DocumentaryJudges Judges SAM WATSON CHANDLER GRIFFIN

New York,MS NY Jackson, Sam Watson has spent over fifteen years doing location sound recording, composChandler Griffin (New York-based/native Mississippian), is ing and custom sound design for film and television in more than countries a documentary filmmaker, media educator anda dozen founder on continents. He has workedHe on projects for the U.S. Navy, Martin Scorsese’s offive Barefoot Workshops. has produced documentaries “The Blues Project”, The B.B. King Museum, Habitat for Humanity, to Sundance and taught educational programs in over thirty countries Award winning film Ballast programs for Discovery Channel, VH1, CMT, TLC, across the globe andand has collaborated with PLANusa, PBS, HGTV, TV Food Network, etc. HisSociety, award winning music has been used in hundreds The American Cancer FXB International, The Ford ofFoundation, commercials airing around the U.S. Group, and in a number of independent films. Global Nomads RFK Center for Human Rights, FilmAid International, UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNDP, and the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative. He holds a BFA in Photography and Video/Film from the Savannah College of Art & Design.

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Documentary Judges (Continued) BILL KAVANAGH

MICHAEL ROSE

LAURA BERNIERI LAURA BERNIERI Boston/LA/Clarksdale

New NYfilms include: “Mother Of George,” (Sundance 2013, Best DP); Laura York, Bernieri’s “Sunny Side Up” (Jacksonville FF’11 Audience Award); “Kettle Of Fish” (Modine, Gershon Tribeca ’06); “Could Be Worse!” (Sundance ‘00); “Passage To Paradise” (Julie Harris); “Delta Rising” (Morgan Freeman, Willie Nelson; Best Producer Beverly Hills FF ’09); “Men In Green” (NBA All Stars 2010); “Next Stop Wonderland” (Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sundance ’98); “Death: A Love Story” (Sundance ’99); “Squeeze” (Spirit Award ‘96); “Darien Gap” (Sundance ‘96).

TERESA HOLLINGSWORTH

Atlanta, GA

Teresa Hollingsworth, senior program director for South Arts in Atlanta, oversees the Traditional Arts and Film Programs, and provides support for international exchange activities. Teresa directs Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers and also serves as film programming coordinator for Caravanserai: A Place Where Cultures Meet. Teresa annually attends film festivals such as Sundance to identify filmmakers for Southern Circuit.

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Elaine Dundy & Roy Turner Endowment for the Arts Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation Janet Martin Harry Martin Select Properties , PLLC Kenlan Development Malco Theatre Mid-South Center for Psychodrama & Sociometry Mississippi Film Office Mitchell Distributing, Inc. Mont’s Paper Company North Mississippi Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Clinic, PLLC Snelling Personnel Services The Ugly Chair Thornton Dental Clinic Todd’s Big Star Tupelo Coca-Cola Bottling Company Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau Tupelo Consignment Music Tupelo Flea Market Tupelo High School Class of 1972 Tupelo Restaurant Association VIP Cinema Seating Watkins College Whittington Used Office Furniture

Special Thanks

Our award - Mr. Reely Sculptured by local artist Richard McGeehee


Short Judges

Los Angeles, CA Michael Rose, Emmy award-winning writer/director/producer, holds a masters degree in motion picture and television production from UCLA and heads up his own boutique production company. Specializing in producing TV projects, he’s had his work shown on the History Channel, Discovery, National Geographic, Travel, SkyTV, CCTV, Fine Living, Public Television and numerous other outlets around the world. Working with Roy Turner and Jim Palmer, he produced “Elvis: Return to Tupelo,” which premiered in Tupelo and aired on the Biography Channel and Public Television. His most recent production, “Finding Your Element with Sir Ken Robinson,” is currently airing on Public Television.

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New York, NY Bill Kavanagh is an independent producer/director based in New York. His most recent documentary film, “A Matter of Place,” highlights three stories of people who faced housing discrimination in present-day New York City. They poignantly describe these incidents, as well as their resolve to fight for justice. The film shines a bright light on housing discrimination, one of the most shrouded civil rights issues in America. His other work includes the award-winning documentary “Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story” (2007 Tupelo Film Festival premiere) and “Enemies of War”, as well as collaborations on other documentaries and independent films. He has a special place in his heart for Tupelo and the filmmaker-friendly nature of Tupelo Film Festival.

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Short Judges (Continued) LORETTA MILES


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Salem, OR Even as a child, Loretta Miles was drawn, like a moth toward light, to the only screen in her hometown. As a 30-year veteran film exhibitor, in 2009 she realized her dream of the expansion of Salem Cinema (Salem, Oregon) from a single screen to a beautiful art deco three screen venue where she continues to show exceptional art, foreign and independent film. She meticulously hand selects everything that lights her screens and is known for selecting quality over potential box office draw. Loretta is one of the original founders of Salem Film Festival and remains Director and Lead Programmer of the annual event. Her all-time favorite toy is a 1948 35mm Motiograph projector and she mourns the loss of 35mm film and projection as the industry moves into the digital age.

GENA ELLIS Chicago, IL Gena Ellis wrote and co-produced“Angela’s Decision”, starring Xavier Samuel, which won Tupelo’s Ron Tibbett Best of Show award and top Australian cinematography honors. Gena’s also been on TV shows ”Chicago Fire” and “Betrayal”, and in films “Dhoom 3”, Bollywood’s 2013 hit, “Transformers 3” and a 2014 Indie film. She currently has a script in development. More info at www.BrownDotProductions.com.

BANNER GWIN Los Angeles, CA Banner Gwin, a native Memphian, is a director and feature film editor currently based in Los Angeles. As director, his work has been been acquired by the permanent collection of The Museum Of Modern Art in NY, and the LACMA has honored him as one of seven Best Young Directors in Los Angeles. As editor, he recently completed the Boston-based crime drama “God Only Knows” staring Harvey Keitel, and has functioned as assistant editor on many films such as “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Lawless”, and the soon to be released “Child 44” produced by Ridley Scott.

KATHILYNN PHILLIPS

Atlanta, GA Kathilynn Phillips, born in Mississippi and now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, is a filmmaker whose works have screened to many thousands in the U.S., Europe and Asian Pacific. Her latest completed feature film, “Chasing the White Dragon”, has won several awards and received international distribution. Ms. Phillips has also been the recipient of multiple awards for writing, producing and directing film, including those from Academy Award qualifying film festivals, and was a Semifinalist for the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, administered by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Oscars). Her next film, “Feral”, is a PG-13 modern take on the iconic “creature feature” to be filmed in Mississippi. As humourous as it is scary, the Producers are currently attaching top domestic and international acting and directiong talent with an anticipated early 2015 release date.

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JUDGES Music Video Judges JERRY PHILLIPS

Iuka, MA

Jerry Phillips, son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and VP of Sam Phillips Recording studios in Memphis, is a record producer, recording engineer, songwriter and musician. He is president and co-owner of Big River Broadcasting in Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL, and president and co-owner of Gold Coast Broadcasting in Clifton, TN, as well as vice president of numerous music publishing companies. Jerry has worked with such notable talents as Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Prine, Billy Lee Riley and many more. Jerry is also Executive Producer of the world wide radio and internet program ” Muscle Shoals To Music Row Live” heard on WXFL 96.1 and watched at MS2MR.Com.

Florence, AL

Tonya S. Holly, writer/producer/director, is President of Cypress Moon Studios. Acclaimed by the Dove Foundation and numerous festivals for “When I Find the Ocean,” starring Lee Majors and Dianne Ladd, which is being domestically distributed by Monterey Media and distributed by Ytinifni in the foreign market under the title “Journey to the Sea.” She has also worked on films such as “Toy Soldiers,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and “Blue Sky.” Additionally, she has worked on projects for HBO, FOX, NBC, and CBS, Universal and numerous others. Works in progress includes “The Story of Bonnie & Clyde,” “Sleeping Giant: Union of Seven,” and additional feature films. She is currently in development on “Christmas Memories” the first in the film series about The Bee Club Ladies. Tonya’s husband Kelvin is lead guitarist for little Richard and Peggy Young (Neil Young’s wife.) Together Kelvin and Tonya have produced soundtracks for Tonya’s movies. Tonya and Kelvin own Blue Room Records, Blue Room Studio and Kylilaby Publishing.

Paul Thorn, the critically acclaimed singer/songwriter hailed as the “Mark Twain of Americana,” recorded his first album “Hammer and Nail” in 1997, followed by eight more. His album, “Pimps and Preachers”debuted at #83 on the Bilboard 200 chart. He did the art work for his lastest offering, “What The Hell Is Goin’On?”(Perpetual Obscurity/Thirty Tigers), putting his own gritty rock stamp on some of his favorite songs. There are some names familiar to Americana fans (Buddy Miller, Ray Wylie Hubbard), some lesser-known (Foy Vance, Wild Bill Emerson) and some surprises. The set covers subjects that are familiar territory to Thorn, from the spiritual pull of Miller’s Shelter Me Lord to the spirited fun in Big Al Anderson’s Jukin’. Thorn’s touring band of fifteen years did the album with him – guitarist Bill Hinds, keyboard player Michael Graham, bassist Ralph Friedrichsen and drummer Jeffrey Perkins.

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SPECIAL AWARDS

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THE RON TIBBETT AWARD (BEST OF SHOW)

The Ron Tibbett Award is presented each year in memory of Ron Tibbett who helped launch the Tupelo Film Festival in 2004 . Sponsored by the Mississippi Film Office.

Charlotte Magnussen & Christine Tibbett will be in attendance to present the award.


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Ron Tibbett was born in Chicago in 1941. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in English. He served in the US Marines. He met his wife Charlotte Magnussen in Montreal and was married in 1978. He and his family (Charlotte and daughter Christine) moved to West Point, MS, in 1994. He always had an active interest in film and shot his first film “Swept Off My Feet” in West Point. Because there were no festivals in Mississippi to screen the film, he started the Magnolia Independent Film Festival, the first of its kind in Mississippi. He loved sharing his craft, enthusiasm and love of film with all but especially young minds. He encouraged many to follow their dreams in film. We miss him dearly.

THE ELVIN WHITESIDES DIRECTOR’S AWARD

The Elvin Whitesides Award is presented this year in memory of Elvin Whitesides who served as a mentor to the festival as well as a judge. Sponsored by his fellow classmates of Tupelo High School Class of ’72

Elvin Whitesides, a native of Tupelo, came to his love of film as a boy, sitting beside his father in the projection booth of the Lyric Theatre, screening years of first-run Hollywood features. That formative experience led to a BFA in Theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi, professional training in both New York and Los Angeles, and managing the Bing Theatre at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for over 20 years. Throughout his career, Elvin continued to make films, writing, performing, producing, directing, until his untimely death in May 2010. A two-time judge at the Tupelo Film Festival, 2011 marks the inaugural Elvin Whitesides Director’s Award, a tribute to his talent for guiding and inspiring countless casts and crews toward a common creative goal through the magic of movies.

Samara Whitesides will be in attendance to present the award.

THURSDAY, April 17th - SCREEN 3

Malco Theatre

STUDENT BLOCK CIGARETTES BURN FASTER IN THE SUN Writer/Director: Arbi Lawang Patrick, Lea and Max are a gang of young misfits with a taste for trouble. On a dull autumn’s day, they have nothing to entertain them but their imaginations. They set out into the streets to find some fun but instead, find a corpse. ‘Cigarettes Burn Faster In The Sun’ is the grad film written and directed by Arbi Lawang from Melbourne, Australia.

UNCONDITIONAL Writer(s)/Directe(s)/Produce(s): Rhonda Chan Soo, Hanna Teachey, and Kelly McKenna Unconditional explores how the lack of second-parent adoption laws harm children and parents in same-sex families. A second-parent adoption, for an unmarried couple, allows a ‘second parent’ to adopt their partner’s biological or adoptive child without the legal parent losing their parental rights. The film follows two North Carolina families as they navigate the legal system and fight to obtain legal parental-child bonds. Watch them rise up and persevere against a legal system that fails to protect them.

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12:32 pm - 12:57 pm Student 25:03 minutes Winston-Salem, NC

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12:16 pm - 12:31 pm PG-13 Student 14:13 minutes Melbourne, Australia - World Premiere

ICE QUEEN Writer/Director: Rohan Khublall Executive Producer(s): Chris Robles, Karen James Iocopi, Victoria Peirce, Wesley Pakrer, David Khublall,, Joshua Menke Ice Queen is a story about a faded ice skater who works a dead-beat job at a local ice skating rink. With a past that haunts her, Natalie struggles to find a life after fame.

1:00 pm - 1:11 pm Student 10:12 minutes Orlando, FL - World Premiere

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1:12 pm - 2:03 pm Student 50:42 minutes New York, NY - MS Premiere

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ADELANTE Director: Noam Osband Executive Producer: Stanton Wortham ‘Adelante’ shows the heart of Mexico beating strongly inside an Irish-Catholic church just outside of Philadelphia. Q & A with filmmaker(s)


Malco Theatre

FEATURE THE LONG DRIVE HOME Writer/Director: William Tyler Executive Producer(s): Glen Kemerling Producer(s) : William Tyler, Kendall Combes, Wendy Parker, Sha’ree Green The Long Drive Home is a feature length dramedy portraying the dynamics of one southern family’s relationships from love and resentment to forgiveness and acceptance.

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Q & A with filmmaker(s)

SHORT BLOCK NO MATTER HOW FAR Writer(s)/Director(s)/Producer(s): Kenny Rigsby and Justin Reese In an alternate present day, the world is in conflict. Intercontinental travel has been banned, separating millions of families around the world. Most have given up hope of returning home. A husband and wife, separated by a hemisphere, work to reunite.

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PG-13 2:14 pm - 3:45 pm Feature - 1 hour 30 minutes Oklahoma City, OK - World Premiere

3:51 pm - 3:59 pm Short 7:46 minutes Tyler, TX - MS Premiere

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4:00 pm - 4:20 pm Short 19:30 minutes Los Angeles, CA - US Premiere

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BERXEN KULEK Writer/Director: Yunus Yildirim 2nd Director: Sefa Karatekin Producer: Ramazan Yildirim Journey of a Kurdish nomad who had to make a difficult decision about his deceased brother’s wife and kid in order to provide for his horde in the tough Kurdish geography in the east of Turkey.

VALEDICTION Writer(s): Hollis Sherman-Pepe & Damien Nemire-Pepe Director: Damien Sean Nemire-Pepe Producer:: Hollis Sherman-Pepe Executive Producer(s): Carol J. Sherman & Joyce A. Sherman This film is dark drama where the protagonist struggles to keep her relationship alive with the corpse of her recently deceased boyfriend.

4:21 pm - 4:37 pm Short 12:36 minutes Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere

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DOCUMENTARY SUBSIPPI Director(s)/Producer(s): Vincent Jude Chaney, Lauren Cioffi, Greg Gandy Executive Producer(s): Adam Evans and Jason LeViere

4:48 pm -5:43 pm Documentary - 55:55 minutes Hattiesburg, MS

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subSIPPI is an honest portrayal of current day Mississippi; it is a search for diversity within a state that has otherwise gone unnoticed. With an emphasis on the moving image, subSIPPI conveys the stark realities as well as the vibrant optimism within a place that once prided itself as the Closed Society. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

STUDENT BLOCK IT WON’T FIT IN A KILLING JAR Writer: Felicity Flesher Director(s): Felicity Flesher and Hannah White Producer(s):/Executive Producer(s): Felicity Flesher and Hannah White A woman is haunted by her insect-loving husband’s death.

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THE VIOLINIST Writer/Director: Nicolas Raganato Producer: Talia Pejoves Executive Producer: Josh Ellis A ten-year-old boy wants to be a violinist like his grandfather, but his father forbids it because he does not want to pursue the same life that his grandfather did; the life of an artist following his dreams. 6:05 pm - 6:29 pm Student 23:47 minutes Buenos Aires, Argentina - MS Premiere

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6:30 pm - 8:12 pm Student 1 hour 31 minutes Los Angeles, CA - World Premiere

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SEEKERS Writer/Producer: Shane Miller Executive Producer(s): Shane Miller, Susan Fanciulli, Ruggero Fanciulli, William Miller A spirit lost in limbo is approached by the universe and given the task of finding the key to happiness. He is granted the title The Seeker, and granted the power to walk the earth once again. With only hours left until his allotted time runs out, he tricks a vulnerable eighteen year old boy into helping him find the answer. The two end up partaking in a haphazard pursuit of happiness.


5:54 pm - 6:02 pm Student 7:48 minutes Oxford, MS - World Premiere


Historic Lyric Theatre

STUDENT BLOCK LIGHT ME UP Writer(s): Ryan Walton and Becky Wangberg Director(s)/Producer(s): Derek Dolechek and Ryan Walton

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Meet the Wattsons. They’re spending some quality time together. In this short film, animation and live-action are combined to tell a story about a family of light bulbs.


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Special Thanks 8:13 pm - 8:22 pm Student 9 minutes Los Angeles, CA

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FEATURE CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER Writer/Director: Miguel Ali Producer(s): Tim Schaaf, Julia Haye, Rosalinda Morales, Pauline O’Con Ex-Producer(s): Miguel Ali, Gary Quick, Matt Pena, Erick Crespo What happens when a compulsive womanizer becomes best friends with a transgendered prostitute? Confessions of a Womanizer, a hybrid-improv film starring Gary Busey, C Thomas Howell, Andrew Lawrence, Jillian Rose Reed, Kelly Mantle and The Bella Twins. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

8:33 pm - 10:03 pm Feature 1 hour 30 minutes Sunset Beach, CA - MS Premiere

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Welcome Filmmakers, Special Guests, & Visitors

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FRIDAY, April 18th - SCREEN 4

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JAKE’S SAFARI - CHILDREN’S PRESENTATION - PRESENTED BY GEORGE SNIDER

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“Blues Clues” revolutionized children’s television in the late 1990’s and capitalized on children’s love of mystery. “Dora the Explorer” and its spin-off, “Diego” expanded our universe to the Spanish speaking population and focused on adventure and animal wildlife. “Jake’s Safari” combines the successful elements of “Blues Clues,” “Dora …” and “Diego and then elevates the packaging to a higher plane. Cultivating live action with 3-D animation, “Jake’s Safari” utilizes a multi-ethnic cast, loveable animated characters, global travel, and futuristic technology – all designed to create a truly unique television experience. It’s mystery, adventure, the magic of wildlife – all on “Jake’s Safari inviting its young viewers to go on an adventure that no other TV show has prior undertaken. We want to be the social educational partner of our youth to spur curiosity, discovery and lots of fun. Our mission is to be the measuring stick against which all future children’s television programs will be evaluated in this new millennium. For ages 4-8 years old!

Special Guest George Snider presents his Children’s Film“Jake’s Safari”

Children’s Presentation is FREE and begins at 10:30


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Free Japanese Film Screenings beginning at 1:00 pm The Japan-America Society of Mississippi and The Tupelo Film Festival would like to announce a trio of Japanese films being screened during this year's Tupelo Film Festival. The series is presented in partnership with the Consulate-General of Japan in Nashville and the Japan Foundation. These three films will be presented to the public free of charge.

Schedule 1:00 - 3:00 P.M. Brave Story (2006) 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. ROBO-G (2012) 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Always: Sunset On Third Street 3 (2012) The films will be presented with Japanese language audio and English subtitles.

Robo-G is the latest creation of the acclaimed comedic director and writer Shinobu Yaguchi, whose story of the Kimura Electrical Company’s human(oid) entry into the world-renowned Japanese robot industry will have you in stitches.

Always: Sunset on Third Street 3 is set in 1964 Tokyo as Japan, having emerged from the shadow of World War 2 and experienced a period of rapid economic growth, prepares to host the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The inhabitants of Third Street live amidst all the change in their usual optimistic ways, but a turning point for the familes is looming.


Brave Story Adapted from Miyuki Miyabe’s popular novel and manga, Brave Story received critical recognition the very next year at the Japanese Academy Awards, and tells the fantastic story of a young boy’s desperate efforts to reunite his parents through powers he could never have imagined.

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The screenings begin with the masterful Japanese animation film Brave Story. Adapted from Miyuki Miyabe’s popular novel and manga, Brave Story received critical recognition the very next year at the Japanese Academy Awards, and tells the fantastic story of a young boy’s desperate efforts to reunite his parents through powers he could never have imagined.


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DOCUMENTARY THE SILENT EPIDEMIC - THE UNTOLD STORY OF VACCINES Director/Executive Producer: Gary Null Producer(s): Richard Gale, Melissa Goldman This film “Silent Epidemic” explores the actual medical record and historic evidence to prove that the wide spread use of vaccines is based on shoddy and suspect science.

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1:35 pm - 1:50 pm Short 14:17 minutes Birmingham, AL

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1:51 pm - 2:22 pm Short 29:53 minutes Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere

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2:23 pm - 2:40 pm Short 16:44 minutes New York, NY - World Premier

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SHORT BLOCK THESE FOOLISH THINGS Writer: Ken Lemm Director: Austin Haley Producer: Bobby Curnutt Executive Producer(s): Bobby Curnutt, Austin Haley A surprise visitor brings a young widow a reason to smile and softens her loss.

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12:00 pm - 1:27 pm Documentary 1 hour 25 minutes New York, NY - World Premiere

ALICE AGONISTES Writer/Director: Jennifer Hulum (Original Short Story “Castaic 77” by MingLu Zeng) Producer: Howard Lumm When a stranger enters Alice’s house, she cannot imagine how his story could change her (and his) life forever. Memory, fear and horrific self-discovery take everyone by the throat.

TUPELO BOUND Writer(s): Nick Stevenson, David Pisani Director: Nick Stevenson Producer: David Pisani A short reflective documentary which follows Nick Stevenson, an actor on the cusp of breaking through, as he rides his motorcycle more than 1,100 miles from New York to Tupelo, Mississippi to attend a festival which is screening a film in which he stars.

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AMERICAN MONTAGE Writer/Director/Producer: Janek Ambros An immigrant arrives in America and witnesses class warfare during the Great Recession.

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2:53 pm - 2:57 pm Short 4:03 minutes Oxford, MS

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2:41 pm - 2:52 pm Short 11 minutes Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere

MILE HIGH PIE Director(s)/Producer(s): Melanie Addington, Daniel Perea Mile High Pie takes a look at the famous mile high meringue at Ed & Kaye’s in Benton, Arkansas.



DOCUMENTARY UNWARRANTED INFLUENCE Writer/Director/Producer: Janek Amabros A look at what President Eisenhower described as the military industrial complex.

3:10 pm - 3:23 pm Documentary 13 minutes Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere

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SHORT BLOCK A MUTUAL FRIEND Writer: Casey Dillard Director/Producer: Glenn Payne A man’s jealousy takes a dangerous turn.

3:30 pm - 3:37 pm Short 7 minutes Blue Springs, MS

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ECHOES Writer/Diredtor: Greg Ernest Producer(s): Meaghin Burke, Greg Earnest

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After a terrible accident in the woods, Joel is confronted by two old friends whose mission threatens his life.

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3:46 pm - 4:12 pm Short 26 minutes West Point, MS

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4:13 pm - 4:49 pm Short 36:06 minutes Medford, OR - MS Premiere

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5:00 pm - 5:05 pm Music Video 4:22 minutes Birmingham, AL

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KANE Writer/Director: Michael Williams Producer(s): Michael Williams, Josh Whites After losing what meant most to him, the man behind the masked hero KANE decides to let the people he protects fend for themselves.

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3:38 pm - 3:45 pm Short 7 minutes Oxford, MS

THE RIGHT REGRETS Writer: Marlyn Mason Director: Ralph Senensky Producer(s): Dan Brosamle, Erin Brender, Mijahid Rizvi, Dr. Paul Warshaw Executive Producer(s): John Mason, Mary Mason The Right Regrets depicts a bittersweet and poignant long distance romance between twice-divorced American woman, Lily McHenry and charismatic and never-before-married Englishman, Charles Wickham. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

MUSIC VIDEO DESTINED TO BE Writer: Sold Out Director/Producer: Ashley Madison The song, “Destined to Be,” and it’s music video are about losing the one person you hold closest to your heart. The song was written and performed by the group Sould Out, who originates out of Birmingham, AL.


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LIFE ON EARTH Writer: Olivier Babine Director: Marine Dorfmann Aulnay-sous-Bois. One of the harshest Parisian suburbs. In the middle of the ghetto, locked up behind the gates of a school, teenagers, their teachers, canteen staff, supervisors, a cleaning lady... Everyone seems to be daydreaming, inhabited by secret desires. The time of the song, played by the music teacher and his class, the school, a closed world, prison-like, seems to be floating on air, as if by magic. Life becomes wonderful, cheerful, like the coming of spring

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5:06 pm - 5:10 pm Music Video 4 minutes Paris, France - MS Premiere


DOCUMENTARY LIFE LIBERTY & RESILIENCE Writer: Pat Woodland Director/Producer: Steffan Tubbs

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5:15 pm - 6:00 pm Documentary 44:31 minutes Denver, CO - MS Premiere

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CAPOTE Special screening “Tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman” with special guest and friend, Frank Vitolo. Begins at 7:30 pm (See page 22 for more information.) Q & A with filmmaker(s) 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Special Screening 1 hour 52 minutes

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An African-American WWII veteran and grandson of a slave re-traces his segregated roots and his U.S. Navy service on Iwo Jima. From poverty to war, pharmacy to interracial marriage, ‘Life, Liberty & Resilience’ takes a look at how Joe LaNier, in his own words, is able to overcome life’s hurdles and lead an amazing, loving and forgiving life.


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“Capote” (2005). Hoffman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Truman Capote during the writing of “In Cold Blood” in this film by Bennett Miller. It’s a great example of the actor’s ability to mimic (Hoffman even appears to control the cartiledge in his nose) but also find the subtler depths in a role.


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Frank Vitolo, friend of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, will be present for Q&A after film to share personal stories about his friendship with Hoffman. ABOUT FRANK – Beginning with his first audition at five on Broadway, F.X. Vitolo is no stranger to the business of film and theatre. The first movie he was in was “The Wanderers” followed by “Fame.” In addition he has been in over 30 TV shows – “Law and Order,” “LA 22 Law,” “Mad About You” to name a few. Over the last ten years he has produced 14 movies. A friend for over 20+ years Frank and Phillip Seymour Hoffman worked together at the Labyrinth Theatre in New York.

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Frank Vitolo and Phillip Seymour Hoffman

A Tribute to Phillip Seymour Hoffman

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Cinematography for No Budget Filmmakers

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Mr. Don Tingle is the Workshop Director for the Alabama Filmmakers Co-op, a Huntsville based community organization that was founded in 1977. Don has presented over 100 workshops on various aspects of low budget and amateur moviemaking. He leads multiple workshops for the North Alabama community includDon_Tingle_Photoing a monthly Filmmakers Workshop focused on technical aspects of amateur filmmaking, a screenwriting and production workshop for creating short films and a summer day-camp “MovieMakers: A Filmmaking Workshop for Kids”. Don has presented seminars and workshops at Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, the Tupelo Film Festival, The Mississippi International Film Festival, the George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, the Gadsden Public Library, the Southern Shorts Film Festival, and for various community programs. Don has served as host and moderator for panel discussions at film festivals and interviewed actors, screenwriters and filmmakers He organizes and produces the Huntsville based “Rocket City Short Film Festival,” a showcase for local and regionally produced short films, held in October of each year.

A workshop designed for filmmakers and performers who plan upon pursuing a higher education track that will lead them to potential professional careers in the entertainment industry, on “both sides of a camera.” Achieving any level of success in the entertainment business requires hard work, dedication, detailed study and perseverance regardless of one’s particular concentration– acting, cinematography, editing, directing, screenwriting or producing. The biggest mistake most unproven actors and filmmakers make in going pro is moving to Hollywood completely unprepared. They lack sufficient education and training in order to compete for jobs with long-time industry professionals who already are working in the “Biz”. They have little or no credentials (union memberships) or credits (IMDB) much less any visual means to display skills (demo reels). This powerful workshop is packed with tips and tools that are vital for up-andcoming actors and filmmakers who plan upon continuing their education at a collegiate level. • Why MUST you have credits, a demo reel, and agency representation before you hit Hollywood? • What are the four most important questions you should ask when considering colleges that offer degree programs in filmmaking and/or drama? • What colleges in the Southeast offer degree programs in film production and/or drama? • How do you decide what concentration of filmmaking to pursue? • Why should you attend a summer pre-college filmmaking or acting program? • What is “Right-to-Work” and why is it so important to your going pro? Sam Dalton is an accomplished two-time Regional Emmy, a two-time Telly, and a Parents Choice Award winning motion picture and television actor, writer, director and producer with over 35 years of experience on both sides of a camera. He is a distinguished educator and serves as a Visiting Professor of Film at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville, TN. He is Director of a series of consecutive pre-college filmmaking programs each summer, first for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts, followed by the Watkins Summer Pre-College Film Track, and the Presser Performing Arts Center Film Track Program in Mexico, MO. Sam’s oncamera acting credits encompass a wide variety of motion picture and television roles including Coach Gurntz in the original motion picture “Footloose”, a two-year stint on the NBC Daytime Series “Santa Barbara”, and numerous co-starring roles in network television movies of the week, primetime dramas, and situation comedies.

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This workshop will teach basics of cinematography for the beginner, hobbyist or penny pinching filmmaker. The quality of your movie depends less on what camera you use than how you use it. The cinematographer decides how to shoot the film – what shots to get, where to put and how to move the camera, how much light is needed, what picture composition (framing) to use, what camera settings to use or what filters to add. Whether you are shooting with a cell phone, “point and shoot” camera, consumer video camera, or DSLR, this workshop will show you some skills, techniques and tools that will make you a better cinematographer.

SAM DALTON Both sides of a camera: educating & preparing yourself for the business of the “biz”

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Student Workshops Free Admission

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The MS High School Film Competition, sponsored by the Tupelo Film Festival Society, is a competition that has been created to promote the art of filmmaking to Mississippi High School students involved in film and television classes, film groups or individual filmmaking. In addition to the cash prizes and awards provided by the festival, the MS High School Film Competition has been selected by Watkins College of Art, Design and Film of Nashville, TN to receive scholarships. (Please see information under Awards below) Please click on the link to see link to this prestigious school in Nashville, TN. This is a great honor for the festival and we are so thrilled to have been selected. A very special thanks to Watkins College for selecting the MS High School Film Competition to receive these scholarships. 4:00 pm

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RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK: The ADAPTATION

In addition to the workshops a special screening will take place on student workshop day competition day – our friends Chris Strompolos and Eric Jambor have been on a journey. In 1982, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Chris Strompolos, eleven, asked Eric Zala, twelve, a question: “Would you like to help me do a remake Raiders of the Lost Ark? I’m playing Indiana Jones.” And they did it! Every shot, every line of dialogue, every stunt. They borrowed and collected costumes, convinced neighborhood kids to wear grass skirts and play natives, cast a fifteen-year-old as Indys love interest, rounded up seven thousand snakes (sort of ), built the Ark, the Idol, the huge boulder, found a desert in Mississippi, and melted the bad guys faces off.

MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL FILM COMPETITION JUDGES Don Tingle

Workshop Director, Alabama Filmmakers Co-Op Huntsville, AL

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Instructor of Film Studies in Mass Communication/ Journalism University of Southern Hattiesburg, MS

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Producer/Director, University of Alabama Center for Public Television & Radio Tuscaloosa, AL


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THE MIKE RAY STORY – A LEGACY OF LOVE

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Presented by the Filmmaker Team – Adams County Christian School- Mike Ray was a beloved coach, husband, and father. His wife an ACCS coach and teacher and his daughter, an ACCS student and athlete, recount stories of love, humor and faith about Mike, who lost his battle with cancer. Natchez, MS – 9 minutes, 40 seconds

Presented by the Filmmaker Team – Adams County Christian School – Patrick Smith was born with learning and speaking challenges. However, he continues to inspire many people and athletes by his amazing smile and personality, especially at Adams County Christian School. – Natchez, MS – 7 minutes 58 seconds

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Presented by Strack Azar – St. Joseph High School – An excessively p.c. social studies teacher lectures to a group of students about the dangers of “disenfranchising terminology.” Unbeknownst to him, the ethical regression of his classroom structure. – Greenville, MS – 4 minutes, 17 seonds

SIMPLE PLEASURES Presented by Maggie Bushway - Bushway Home School – Emily, a girl who is being bullied at school, writes back and forth to her grandpa. When her grandpa’s letter of encouragement accidentally gets put in the bully’s mailbox, it turns out she also needed the encouragement. – Belden, MS – 7 minutes, 22 seconds

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Presented by – Katrina Kinder – Homeschool – Banjo players get busier than a bullfrog on a freeway with a busted hopper at Grenada Lake’s annual bluegrass/country/gospel event. – Grenada, MS – 6 minutes, 39 seconds.

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Presented by Laura Lee - S.A.L.T. Homeschool – An animated children’s short about a small worm named Truman. After a storm destroys his home, Truman must learn to overcome his fear. – Steens, MS – 4 minutes, 22 seconds

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Presented by Rebecca Koehler – MS School for Mathematics & Science - A girl discovers that her strength lies in letting go. – Cleveland, MS – 5 minutes, 38 seconds

Courtesy Screenings to Massachusetts’s High School Filmmakers The Tupelo Film Festival is happy to include four high school filmmaker’s works (Raw Artworks) from Lynn, Mass. These will not be competing films as this is the MS High School Film Competition, but it is our pleasure to give these student’s an opportunity for their films to be showcased at the film festival on student day. Film titles, synopsis and students filmmakers are: Unshakeable: The Agueda Jiminez Story by Alexis Villar, Ava Ludwig, Sara Tesh (A documentary about a woman who works towards – and achieves – her goals, even after obstacles get in her way. 4 minutes, 9 seconds Life on Wheels – by Justin McMahon and Jake Whitlock – This documentary talks about the impact skating has on these two skaters lives and about the struggles they encounter. 3 minutes, 22 seconds Dear Ashling - by Ashling Quinn – The filmmaker writes a letter to herself experiencing who she is as a person, and how she defines herself. 3 minutes, 23 seconds Silver Lining - by Emily Webster – Most people believe that foster care is a terrible thing to be involved with. In this film, a teenage girl explains her experiences with foster care and how it affected her life. 4 minutes, 37 seconds

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STUDENT BLOCK IF WE WERE ADULTS Writer: Michael Fitzgerald Director: Michael Fitzgerald Producer: Christian Parent Mitch and Izzy are the last unmarried couple to take the plunge and what they find is downright freighting.

12:00 pm - 12:21 pm Student 21 minutes Los Angeles, CA - MS Premiere

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Shirleen lives in a van, but convinces her brother she lives in the apartment she cleans. When he insists on staying overnight, she must force him out before the owner returns.

12:22 pm - 12:33 pm Student 10:38 minutes New York, NY

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12:34 pm - 12:44 pm Student 9:27 minutes Tucson, AZ

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In blissful 1950s suburbia, a lovestruck bobbysoxer and her no-good-nik boyfriend seek refuge from her overprotective and hot-headed father. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

SHORT SHORT BLOCK BLOCK LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE Writer/Director/Producer: James Bulian Les, a serial killer slacker limo driver who is under the control of his tyrannical older brother, Leo, has had enough of murdering and eating his victims in order to satiate his brother’s murderous appetite. Les wants a chance at love. Or at least he thought so until he met his latest ‘victim’.


SHELTERED LOVE Writer/Director: Alex Italics Producer(s): Stephen Purcell, Alex Italics

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THE ORGANIZER Writer/Producer: Susan Hippen Director: Lindsay Bane

12:55 pm - 1:18 pm Short 22 minutes Oxford, MS

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STUDENT BLOCK BUTTERFLY DREAMS Writer/Director/Producer: Venkat Krishnan Executive Producer: Alamu Venkat A nine-year-old girl in rural India, exploited by child labor, must find a way to pursue her dream - how to read and write. She has one last chance when an educated man comes to town. PG

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DOCUMENTARY ROAD TRIP ACROSS AMERICA Director: Janie Turner Producer: Cathy Gillespie Constituting America Foundation documents the California contest winners 2010 Road Trip Across America. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

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1:52 pm - 2:41 pm Documentary 48:41 minutes Los Angeles, CA

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SYMPATHY PAINS Writer/Director: Joe Dull Producer: Kat Dull When amateur comedian Danny finds out his wife is pregnant (surprise), he can’t stop throwing up. Fighting a battle between his impending family and his rising comedy career, he chooses both and succeeds at neither. Q & A with filmmaker(s)

2:47 pm - 4:17 pm Feature 1 hour 30 minutes Conway, AR - World Premiere

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SPECIAL SCREENING GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT - THE LEGEND OF SUN RECORDS Special screening of “Good Rockin’ Tonight - The Legend of Sun Records” with special guest, Jerry Phillips begins at 4:30 pm (See page 27 for more information.) Q & A with filmmaker(s) 4:30 pm - 9:30 pm Special Screening 1 hour 52 minutes

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Saturday, April 19th – Begins at 4:30 pm

GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT – THE LEGEND OF SUN RECORDS

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Historians may never agree about where and when rock ‘n roll was born, but all do agree that Sam Phillips began a revolution and spawned a legacy that has become one of America’s true cultural touchstones. Fifty years later, that sound from Memphis has an influence that will continue as long as music does. Original Sun artists Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash are reprised by such performers as Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Live and Third Eye Blind. The genera-tions are spanned in a moving rendition of “Lonely Weekends” with Jerry Lee Lewis and Matchbox Twenty. A reunion of old Mississippi Delta musicians is the compelling spine and authenticity of this film. (Film 120 minutes)

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Jerry Phillips, son of legendary Sun Records founder Sam Phillips and VP of Sam Phillips Recording studios in Memphis, is a record producer, recording engineer, songwriter and musician. He is president and co-owner of Big River Broadcasting in Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL, and president and co-owner of Gold Coast Broadcasting in Clifton,TN, as well as vice president of numerous music publishing companies. Jerry has worked with such notable talents as Bob Dylan, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Prine, Billy Lee Riley and many more. Jerry is also Executive Producer of the world wide radio and internet program ” Muscle Shoals To Music Row Live” heard on WXFL 96.1 and watched at MS2MR.Com. Jerry Phillips will be present for a Q&A after the screening of Good Rockin’ Tonight – a film about his father Sam Phillips and Sun Records Studio.


JERRY PHILLIPS (Q&A with Sam’s son Jerry after the film)

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PARTY ON THE POD - Behind the Malco Theatre

Entertainment, Improv, Food, Awards and Fun! On the Pod!

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7:30 p.m. – “A Taste of our Local Flavor” West of Shake Rag is a Tupelo-based improvisational team founded in 2009. They have been performing regularly in Tupelo for several years, but have put together shows and classes in a variety of places including Chicago, IL where they received training and were recognized as one of the top five rising improv teams in the world. Though still a young team, West of Shake Rag has made a name for themselves with their energetic performances and innovation with games and formats. None of their material is scripted so the team offers viewers a completely unique show based on audience suggestion at every performance. MUSIC: (A Little Jazz) BY THE PAUL TATE TRIO BAND (Paul – Chad – Monte)

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30 HEAVY HORS D’OEUVRES & CASH BAR BY CLARION INN AND SUMMIT CENTER PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AFTER ENTERTAINMENT TICKETS $10 (Seating Limited)

Join us for the Awards Ceremony on the pod at 7:30 p.m.

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SPECIAL THANKS

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SPECIAL THANKS Screeners Louis Armour Chris Beachum Ken Calloway Chris Cockrell Melanie Deas Thom Eason Celia Fleischacker Jimmy Grisham William Heard James Hull Sonya Keith Mieko Kikuchi John McCustion Katie McCustion

Jim Palmer Carolyn Parsons Allen Pegues Steven Polley Tim Prewitt Pat Rasberry Robert Reed Meredith Tollison Jeff Tomlinson Roy Turner Carlton Wall Teri Ward John Wee

The Japan-America Society of Mississippi Michael D. McCown, Jr. Wanda Heagy Cynthia Colburn Helen Cook Daphene & Mike Hendricks Debbie Turner Stephanie Browning Roslynn Copeland Romanda Fears Maury Hill John Rasberry Jeanette Kirk Vicki Hester Tammy Rodgers Sherill Pearson Peggy Webb Emily Hopkins Maggie Palmer Bill and Annie Martin Emily Knight Chris Rohling Mike Hendricks Carol Hovland Lawrence & May Stanley

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