THE 1ST ANNUAL DOWNBEACH FILM FESTIVAL
EVENT SCHEDULE (subject to change)
ALL FILM BLOCKS HELD AT THE MARGATE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Friday, August 8th, 2008
FILM BLOCK 1 (10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.) Charter Tech short films (Non-Competition) FILMS TBA FILM BLOCK 2 (11:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.) Rowan University Short Film Block Film One: Movement X (Director: Cindy Lewandowski)(32 mins.)(Documentary) Film Two: Seabrook Farms Remembered (Director: Ned Eckhardt)(35
mins.)(Documentary) Film Three: The Editor (Director: Michael Licisyn)(7 mins.) Film Four: Generation RX (Director: Harry Fleckenstein)(30
mins.)(Documentary) Film Five: The Open Window (Director: Joseph Bierman)(12
mins.) Film Six: Romania is Bleeding (Director - Diana Nicolae)(35
mins.)(Documentary) FILM BLOCK 3 (2:35 p.m. to 6 p.m.) Short Film Block (misc. short film submissions (In-Competition) WORLD PREMIERE (not in competition) DBFF SCREENING – 2:55pm DBFF SCREENING – (3:05pm) DBFF SCREENING – (3:40pm) WORLD PREMIERE (3:57pm) DBFF SCREENING (4:30pm) WORLD PREMIERE (5:05pm) DBFF SCREENING – (6:15pm) DBFF SCREENING – (6:45pm) OPENING NIGHT FILM - (red carpet arrivals at 7:00 p.m.) FILM BLOCK 4 (7:15 p.m. to 9 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (The Quiet Ones – produced by SaintSinner Entertainment) JEROME BIXBY’S THE MAN FROM EARTH (David Lee Smith, William Katt, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Annika Peterson, Richard Riehle) (87 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Actor: William Katt – Producer: Eric D. Wilkinson – Graphic Designer: David Wilkinson OPENING NIGHT AFTER-PARTY RECEPTION (9:30 p.m. to ?) Location: Sofia Restaurant, Margate |
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Location: Margate Performing Arts Center FILM BLOCK 5 (10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.) FILM TRAILER (Chasing the White Dragon – produced by KatScratch Films) HOMELAND (Director: Michael Eldridge – Producer: - Brad Rothschild) (90 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Director: Michael Eldridge - Producer: Brad Rothschild FILMMAKING PANEL (12 Noon to 1:15 p.m.) Location: Ventnor Cultural Arts Center Filmmaker Panel Discussion & Lunch "Producing What Hollywood Wants" MODERATOR: Brandon E. Brooks (Producer - The Quiet Ones) Panelists (list subject to change) Producer/Director-Stewart Rafill (The Philadelphia Experiment) FILM BLOCK 6 (12 Noon to 1:40 p.m.) Location: Margate Performing Arts Center FILM TRAILER (Sorrow Hill – produced by Grindhouse Pictures) SOUTHERN GOTHIC (Director: Mark Young – Cast – William Forsythe, Yul Zasquez, Nicole DuPort, Jonathan Sachar, Emily Young) (90 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Actor: William Forsythe - Actor/Producer: Jonathan Sachar FILM BLOCK 7 (2 p.m. to 3:50 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (The Quiet Ones – produced by SaintSinner Entertainment) iMurders (Director: Robbie Bryan – Cast: William Forsythe, Gabrielle Anwar, Frank Grillo, Billy Dee Williams, Charles Durning, Tony Todd) (97 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Writer/Director: Robbie Bryan - Producers: Christine Botelho, Jeff Quinlan, Eric D. Wilkinson – Actors: William Forsythe, Terri Columbino FILM BLOCK 8 (4:05 p.m. to 6 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (Color Under the Bridge – produced by Off on a Tangent Productions) PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND (Director: Daniel Barnz – Cast: Felicity Huffman, Elle Fanning, Bill Pullman, Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott) (96 mins.) FILM BLOCK 9 (6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (Look Hard – produced by Junkyard Angel Productions) COSMIC RADIO (Director: Stephen Savage – Cast: Michael Madsen, Jonathan Sachar, Rider Strong, Irene Bedard, Seymour Cassel) (90 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Actor/Producer: Jonathan Sachar FILM BLOCK 10 (8:30 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (Shoot Out of Luck – produced by Ningun Films) STUCK (Director: Stuart Gordon, Cast: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea)(94 mins.) FILM BLOCK 11 (10:30 p.m. to 12:15 a.m.) FILM TRAILER (The Ritual – produced by B.P.A. Productions) HEAD CASE (Director: Anthony Spadaccini–Cast: Paul McCloskey, Barbara Lessin, Michael J. Panichelli Jr., Benjamin P. Ablao Jr.) (105 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Director: Anthony Spadaccini – Actor: Michael J. Panichelli Jr. RETROSPECTIVE (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.) Location: Resorts Screening Room, Atlantic City Filmmaker Retrospective Guest ACTOR RETROSPECTIVE Moderator: Brandon E. Brooks (Producer-“Jersey’s Finest”) DOWNBEACH FILM FESTIVAL CHARACTER ACTING ICON AWARD RECIPIENT Actor/Writer/Producer-WILLIAM FORSYTHE (Dick Tracy, The Rock, Gotti) “AN EVENING WITH KEVIN SMITH” Introduction: William Sokolic DOWNBEACH FILM FESTIVAL LIFESAVER AWARD RECIPIENT Director/Producer/Actor-KEVIN SMITH (Clerks 1 & 2, Dogma, Chasing Amy) RECEPTION (10 p.m. to 11 p.m.) Location: Resorts Lounge, Atlantic City |
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Location: Margate Performing Arts Center FILM BLOCK 12 (10 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.) FILM TRAILER (Born to Be Rich – produced by Born to Be Rich Productions) THE SPEED OF LIFE (Director: Ed Radtke – Cast: Peter Appel) (85 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Producer – Jonathan Sachar SCREENWRITING PANEL (12 Noon to 1:15 p.m) Location: Ventnor Cultural Arts Center Screenplay Panel Discussion/Lunch "How to Break Down Hollywood’s Walls" MODERATOR: Brandon E. Brooks (Screenwriter-“Sweet Fifteen”) Panelists (list subject to change) Screenwriter-Scott Neustadter (The Pink Panther 2) FILM BLOCK 13 (11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) Location: Margate Performing Arts Center FILM TRAILER (StradaVida – produced by Ningun Films) PUBLIC INTEREST (Director: Brad Robinson – Robert Curtis Brown, Eve Gordon, Kelly Miller, Kristina Klebe, Stuart Pankin) (90 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Director/Writer: Brad Robinson – Producer: Nicole DeFalco FILM BLOCK 14 (1:40 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.) FILM TRAILER (Cattle Call – produced by Astrablu Media) BENNY BLISS & THE DISCIPLES OF GREATNESS (Director – Martin Guigui) (90 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Writer/Actor: Courtney Gains – Director/Co-Writer: Martin Guigui FILM BLOCK 15 – CLOSING NIGHT FILM - (4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) (EAST COAST PREMIERE) EXPLICIT ILLS (Director: Mark Webber-Cast: Rosario Dawson, Paul Dano, Naomie Harris, Lou Taylor Pucci, Tariq Trotter, Frankie Shaw) (97 mins.) Talent in Attendance: Writer/Director: Mark Webber - Producer: Sol Tryon – Actors: Lou Taylor Pucci, Martin Cepeda, Francisco Burgos, Brian Anthony Wilson – Casting: Mike Lemon, Annette Kaplafka The 1st Annual DBFF Awards Gala (7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) Location: Resorts Screening Room, Atlantic City Master of Ceremony: Brandon E. Brooks Award Nominee Footage edited by Corey Branigan and Richard Githens from Charter Tech School for the Performing Arts DBFF AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED: THE DBFF INDEPENDENT ICON AWARD 2008 RECIPIENT Director/Actor/Producer - Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Dead Man) Accepting on behalf of Jim Jarmusch-MARK WEBBER (Actor-Broken Flowers, The Hottest State) DOWNBEACH FILM FESTIVAL YOUNG ICON AWARD Actor-PAUL DANO (There Will Be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine, Explicit Ills) CONGRATULATIONS to all 11 DBFF Awards winners that were presented… CLOSING NIGHT RECEPTION (8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.) Location: Resorts Lounge, Atlantic City SPECIAL THANKS TO DAVE ROEHM & THE CHARTER TECH CREW (Francisco, Heather, Shane, Corey, Richard, Matt, Ted, & Mike) & AMEL J. FIGUEROA for manning the DBFF PRESS ROOM & INTERVIEWING all of the talent that attended. We very much appreciate your effort and support!!! ALSO SPECIAL THANKS GO OUT TO MATT & CHARLIE, as well as the Charter Tech crew again, for being the technical representatives for the DBFF throughout the weekend!!! AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SPECIAL THANKS TO ROGER RUBIN for
assisting for heading up the TRANSPO team for the DBFF. Thank
you very much for your time and effort!!! |