First Look 2008

First Look 2.0 Program

Screening 1	Screening 4
Screening 2	Screening 5
Screening 3	Screening 6

Screening 1 March 29, 2008 11:00 AM

Letting Go of Raina 15:49

Produced, Directed, Written and Edited by Victoria Maturo
Director of Photography Nick Saglimbeni
Assistant Directed by Stephen Abronson
Additional Cinematography by Jon Aaron Aaseng, Akiva Potok & Bryan Donnell
1st Assistant Camera: Juri Hwang, David Greenspan & Tara Kittle
2nd Assistant Camera: Kevin Graves, Chad S. Park, Lori Wernig & Carolina Vila-Ramirez
Gaffers:Joel Inden & John Ealer
Best Boy Grips :Warren Shiell
Production Sound by Dennis R. Kelley, Andrew Coleville, Juri Hwang, Patrick Clark & Leigh Richert
Production Assistants: Valerie Bailey, Cole Russing, Josh Greenberg, Shawn Forry & DJ Johnson
Post Production Sound Editing by Victoria Maturo

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It's Your Birthday, Saul Towner 14:15

Written, directed & edited by Andy Viner
Produced by Avital Levy & Marina Davis
Cinematographer: Chuck DeRosa
Production Sound Mixer: Yimin Chen
Sound Design by John Moran

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Spring Eternal 12:00

Directed by Sofia Shinas
Written by Mike Fu
Produced by Lark Arrowood & Maytal Gilboa
Director of Photography: Ji Chen & Michael Gan
Sound by Brando De Sica & Jimmy Page
Edited by Kevin Klauber & Rajiv Smith-Mahabir
Production Design by Lauren Tuck

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Have You Ever Heard About Vukovar? 16:10

Written & Directed by Paolo Borraccetti
Produced by Annie Lukowski, Zak Mechanic & Seth Dalton
Cinematography by Matt Egan
Sound Design by Paul Seradarian & Paul Andre Fonarev
Edited by Julien Guerif

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The Deadening 11:00

Directed by Sarah Hamblin
Written by R. Clement Darling
Produced by Amara Edblad & Jason Chau
Assistant Director: Lauren Haroutunian
Cinematography by Nicole Vaskell & Victor LaCour
Edited by Alicia Martinez & Freddie Wong
Sound Design by CJ Laursen & Sam Kahn
Production Design by Adam Piron & Jay Fisher

Salvation, Texas 17:00

Written and Directed by Mark Apicella
Produced by Jeffrey Allen, Andrea Damkar & Mark Apicella
Cinematography by Jason Goebel
Edited by Nicolas Delgado & Mark Apicella
Sound Design, Mixing & Recording by John Fuentes

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The Real Life 35:22

Creator/ Executive Producer Krystal Jalene Thomas
Co-Executive Producer Crystal Page
Written by Krystal Jalene Thomas, Dan Faltz & Oscar Moralde
Directed by Crystal Page, Oscar Moralde & Dan Faltz
Produced by Dan Lange, Larry Bryant & Suhkee Kang
Cinematography by Jon Miller, Iqbal Ahmed & Christopher Hall
Production Design by Charles Uy
Sound by Nick Dei Rossi & Julie Sifuentes
Edited by Brittney Melton, Bradford Hill & Tiffany Shih

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Screening 2 March 29, 2008 2:15 PM

Take That Dude 14:38

Written, Directed & Produced by Sean Tomazin
Assitant Director: Pascal Cooper
Production Sound by Leigh Richert, Liang-Yin Kuo & Stephen Abronson

Borderline 11:06

Written, Directed, Produced and Edited by Sam Lembeck
Produced by Vero Shamo-Garcia
Cinematography by Joseph White
Sound Design & Editing by Raj Patil
Edited by Annie Lynch-Lukowski
Production Design by Ryan Nagata

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Marwa 19:37

Written by Jason Delmarty
Directed by Iram Parveen Bilal
Produced by Tahirah Gooden
Cinematography by Charlene Sun
Production Sound Mixing by Zerina Usmen & Elizabeth Acosta
Edited by Gordon Smith
Production Design by Laurel Holmes

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Express 831 14:04

Directed & Written by Ken Ochiai
Written By Nir Studnicki
Produced by Dina Kadisha & Michael Thai
First A.D. Mike Lee
Cinematography by Chris Groban & Jack Price
Edited by Benjamin Petuchowski & Rory Phillips
Sound Design by D. Owl Johnson & Eddie Quintana
Production Design by Greg McGurk & Thomas Zukowski

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Limpiando Sapos 13:56

Written and Directed by Vero Shamo-Garcia
Produced by Arvin Chen
Cinematography by Gavin Kelly
Edited by Justin Guerrieri
Production Design by Ryan Nagata

The Big Production 17:00

Directed by Preston DeFrancis
Written By Preston DeFrancis & Trysta A. Bissett
Produced by Ali Gordon-Goldstein, Grace K. Lee & Preston DeFrancis
Cinematography by Elizabeth Santoro
Sound by Greg Townsend, Alexandra Apostolakis, Lance Banks & Preston DeFrancis

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Burn 12:15

Written by G.L. Smith
Directed by Nicole Phillips
Produced by Brooke Randolph & Nabila Lester
Cinematography by John Blair & Richard N. Martin
Production Design by James Luckard
Edited by G.L. Smith & Debra Zarne
Sound by Paul Seradarian & Mark Mauricio

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The Pack 20:

Written, Directed & Edited by Justin Rettke
Produced by Melissa Ellis, Justin Rettke, and Caitlin Taylor
Cinematography by Matt Egan
Sound by Derek Boonstra, Preston DeFrances, John Fuentes, Akkara Srauy, Rain Breaw & Sue Palmer

Screening 3 March 29, 2008 5:45 PM

Secret Son 14:00

Written & Directed by Doo Byung Chae
Produced by Yoshifumi Atsumi & Nathan Collett
Casting Director Jill Dana Siegel
Associate Producer: Veronica Shamo-Garcia
Director of Photography: Jason Goebel
Production Designer: Ryan McNamara
Edited by Mark Apicella
1st Assistan Director: David Kang
2nd Assistant Director: SHO Thyme
2nd Assistant Camera: David Carstens
Gaffer: Joseph White
Best Boy Grip: Charlene Sun
Production Sound Recordist: John Fuentes
Boom Operators: Hyunmi Park & Donghyuk Hwang
Set Designer: Ryan Nagata
Post Sound Supervisors: Bethany R. Sparks
Post Sound Re-recordist: John Fuentes
Sound Design & Foley by Bethany R. Sparks, Chevy Chen & Elizabeth Johnson
Security Guard: Nathan Collett

Raising the Skates 25:52

Directed by Tiffany Shih
Produced by Daniel Chong & Javier Solis
Cinematography by Robert Hixon-Hanson
Production and Post Sound by Arthur Baum & Cesare Wright
Edited by BT Jackson & Jay Redmond
Additional Cinematography by Brian Davis
Still Photography by Sean-Michael Smith

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Brown 12:00

Written & Directed by Chris Groban
Produced by Sofia Shinas & Melanie Wagor
Assistant Director: Kim Ridley
Cinematographers: Tate Sonnack & Christopher Weaver
Sound Design by Nick Dei Rossi & Jessica Newman Frank
Edited by Jordan Bahat & Alex Rosenbloom
Production Designers: Megyn Cawley & Michael Klein

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Rogue 379 13:45

Written & Directed by Douglas Choi
Produced by Mari Beckman
Cinematographer: Joseph White
Sound by Gentry Smith
Edited by Mari Beckman

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Swimming 18:00

Written, Directed, Produced & Sound Design by Diane Lisa Johnson
Produced by Judith Fernando & Katherine Simmerman
Cinematography by Aaron Torres
Production Sound Mixer: Preston DeFrancis
Edited by Brian Doell & David Ivy

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Hejira 17:00

Written & Directed by Philip W. Davis
Produced by Greg Johnson
Cinematography by Matt Egan
Sound by Greg Townsend & Terry Dunlop
Edited by Andy Viner & Philip W. Davis
Production Design by Ryan Nagata & Alicia Paredes

Urban Genesis 16:50

Written & Directed by Larry Bryant
Produced by Rain Breaw & Nabila Lester
Cinematography by Emily Topper
Production Sound by Reuel Kim & Manny Martinez
Post-Production Sound by Paul Seradarian
Edited by Rajeev Dassani & Dion Watkins
Production Design by Laurie Tsou

Tahara 18:30

Writtend, Directed, Produced & Edited by Sara Rashad

Screening 4 March 30, 2008 11:00 AM

Written and Directed by Jacob Hatley
Produced by Soo Hugh & Eric Myerson
Cinematography by Charlene Wang
Production Sound by Terry Dunlop
Post Sound by Joe Dzuban
Edited by Tarik Soliman

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The Lost Journal of Vice Marceaux     15:00

Written & Directed by JR Burningham
Produced by Brad Crowe & Tess Ortbals
Cinematography by Andrew Russo and Sarah Takahashi
Production Design by Adam Flemming & Claire Sullivan-Tailyour
Edited by Brett Fallentine & Beth Spitalny
Sound by Patrick Knipe & Jared Mark



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The Professor's Daughter     17:15

Written & Directed by Luke R. Pebler
Produced by Nora Donaghy & Luke R. Pebler
Cinematography by Charles DeRosa
Sound Design by Paul Rodriguez
Edited by Luke R. Pebler
Production Design by Ryan Nagata

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She Wore a Yellow Scrunchy    13:36

Written and Directed by Alexandra Apostolakis
Produced by Bob Warpehoski, Terrence Dunlop & Alexandra Apostolakis
Cinematography by Charlene Wang
Production Sound Mixer: Preston DeFrancis
Post-Production Sound by Sara Bencivenga & Alexandra Apostolakis
Edited by Betsy Comstock

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The Art of Stalking    14:05

Written, Directed, Produced & Edited by Amitabh Klemm
Written by Zack Kaplan
Produced by Katie Irwin
Assistant Director: Brian McQuery
Assistant Editor: Rajeev Dassani
Assistant Camera: Shane English
Director of Photography: Joseph White
Costume Design by Emma Potter
Production Design by Justin Lieb
Production Manager: Steve Rubensthyn
Sound Design by Adam Hawk
Production Sound Mixer: Bryan Apolinar
Composer: Joe Ferrante

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Sleep in Heavenly Peace     15:40

Written & Directed by Jeffrey McMahon
Produced by Bryan Keithley, Lauren Wagner & Jeffrey McMahon
Director of Photography: Joseph White
Production Designer: Katherine Tincher
Edited by Carla Garcia
Sound Design by Gentry Smith
Production Sound by Gentry Smith, Doug Choi & Paul Apelgren

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Prometheus & The Butcher     26:40

Written, Directed & Produced by Aaron Torres
Produced by Sam Goldberg & Dennis Serras
Cinematography by Max Gutierrez
Production Sound by Sandeep Gunnam
Sound Editing by Wes Kobernick
Edited by Jurri Shenck

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Screening 5 March 30, 2008 2:15

August     16:20

Written & Directed by Jay Gammill
Produced by Allison Schroeder, Zak Mechanic & Vero Shamo-Garcia
Cinematographer: Matt Egan
Production Sound by Roozbeh Dadvand & Amanda Weiss
Production Design & Art Direction by Amy Mehlhorn & Rachel Robb Kondrath
Edited by Franklin Peterson & Jay Gammill

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The Sun and the Moon     12:16

Written, Directed, and edited by Ioana Uricaru
Produced by Ilana Lapid & : Jonathan Ruthell
Cinematography by Skye Borgman
Production Design by Brooke Hanson
Sound Mixing by Greg Townsend

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Lie Detector

Written & Directed by John Moran
Produced by Nora Donaghy, Wes Shive & Donna Thorland
Cinematography by Charles Haine
Production Sound Mixers: Dave Ciszewski & Preston DeFrancis
Boom Operators: Franklin Peterson & Allison Schroeder
Sound Design by Charlene Sun
Dialogue Editor: Preston DeFrancis
Recording Mixer: Greg Townsend

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Vartan LLP     17:20

Written & Directed by Myles Price
Produced by Malona P. Voigt & Myles Price
Edited by Martin Desmond Roe
Script Supervisor Mary Posatko

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The Only Girl    13:20

Directed by Monika Lind
Written by Simon McNabb
Produced by Erica Sterne & Michael Kristoff
Cinematography by Jay Muranaka & Jon Salmon
Sound by Elysse Applebaum & Daniel Johnson
Edited by Sean O'Toole & J. Logan Olson
Production Design by Rafael Pulido & Dalton Gaudin

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Monsoon     21:32

Written & Directed by Shyam Balsé
Produced by Joseph Itaya
Edited by Tom Gould

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Over the Line     17:20

Written & Directed by Sam French
Produced by Dave O'Brien
Director of Photography: John DeFazio
Edited by Tom Gould
Sound Design by Gentry Smith

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Coons     15:00

Written & Directed by Chris Cloyd
Produced by Sean-Michael Smith & SHO Thyme
Cinematography by Rob Connolly
Sound by Tom Sanchez & David Lankton
Edited by Edward Osei-Gyimah & Jay Visit
Production Design by Laurie Tsou

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Screening 6 March 30, 2008 5:45 PM

My Father's Chinese Wife     18:00

Written & Directed by Franklin Peterson
Produced by Ben Wilkins & Avital Levy
Cinematography by Collin Brink
Sound Editing by Landon Johnson
Edited by Jay Gammill & Franklin Peterson
Production Design by Vineet Dewan

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Silence     12:30

Directed by Claire Sullivan-Tailyour
Written by Nicole Phillips
Produced by Josie Foster & Rina Varughese
Cinematography by Anthony C. Kuhnz & Jonathan Edward Miller
Sound by Jessica Polim & Amy Reynolds
Edited by Ben Hansford & John Thompson
Production Design by Hector Ceballos & Laramie Dennis
1st Assistant Director Bonnie Nordling

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Chances Are     12:53

Written & Directed by Josh Kameyer
Produced by Matthew Witt & Henry Lowenfels
Cinematography by Daniel Pfisterer
Sound Gentry Smith

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27,000 Days     10:34

Written & Directed by Naveen Singh
Produced by Greg Johnson & Lauren Wagner
Assistant Director: Trent Jones
Cinematography by: Bryon Cunningham
Production Sound Mixers: Chris Casper & Dan Martin
Edited by Jeremy Phillips & Naveen Singh

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The Red Ace Cola Project     14:15

Written & Directed by Susan Metzger
Produced by Peter Podgursky & Donna Thorland
Cinematography by Charles DeRosa
Edited by Shona Kulkarni
Production Design by Katherine Tincher

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Soul Shooter     14:00

Written, Directed & Composed by David Ivy
Produced by Donovan Eberling & Bill Boland
Cinematography by Lawson Deming & Kyle Dean Jackson
Sound by Kevin Rosen-Quan & Michael Hurley
Edited by Aaron Lomeli & Nikolas Tanaka
Production Design by Brent Hansen & Seanne Peddicord
Assistant Director: Winnie Chong

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Hikeaway     15:43

Written & Directed by Yoshi Atsumi
Produced by Sho Thyme, Sarah Takahashi & Nathan Collett
Director of Photography: Jay Visit
1st Assistant Directors: Bethe H. Gordon & Elizabeth Kim
Production Manager: Doo Byung Chae
1st Assistant Camera: Rachel Robb Kondrath & Tatiana Krokar
2nd Assistant Camera: Ann Kim
Gaffer: Michael Swingler
Production Sound: Tom Sanchez, Manny Martinez, Hyunmi Park, Alison Shoerder & Sung Rok Choi
Production Design by Mariko Austin
Art Direction by Susan Thampi
Sound Design by Sung Rok Choi
Edited by Alex Kempton & Richard E. Stark

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If a Body Meet a Body     19:30

Directed by Brian Davis
Produced by Sue Palmer & Rain Rucker
Cinematography by David Woo
Edited by José Asunción & Christopher Yogi
Sound by David Welch & Jing Chen

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