Official Selections from this year will be announced in October.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
FROM 2006-07
The 2006 theme was "the Road Movie" and included feature films that were produced on the road in several different states.
RM: Road Trippin' Road Movie
SS: Special Screening
FC: Feature Competition
SS: Shorts Competition
WC: Wine Country Film Festival partership film selection
Feature Films

Cowboy del Amor (RM, SS, WC)
(USA) 2005, 86 min, HDCam, miniDV, DVCam (16:9), Documentary.
DIR/SCR: Michéle Ohayon, CO-PRO: Jim Ziegler, Theo Van de dande, CIN: Theo Van de Sande A.S.C., ED: Kate Amend A.C.E., MUS: Joseph Julian Gonzalez, SUBJECT: Ivan Thompson
Ivan Thompson's quest began when he divorced his American wife after 17 years of marriage. They spoke the same language but could never understand each other. After the split, Ivan's life got lonelier. The women he met weren't interested in a funny, weathered cowboy with a $30,000 NM home. The Mexican hand on his ranch had an answer for him: a Mexican woman. So Ivan took out a “wife wanted” add in the Juarez LA OPINION newspaper. “Gringo looking for Mexican wife” got him replies from dozens of eligible women, including doctors, lawyers, and other educated, successful women. That's when the lightning bolt hit him and gave birth to an idea: forget finding a bride. Ivan found a business.We follow Ivan in his road trips across the border to Mexico, searching to corral brides for three eligible men
SUN, FEB 25, 11:00am • CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER

Eve of Understanding (RM, SS)
(USA) 2006, 93 min, miniDV (16:9) Narrative.
DIR: Alyson Shelton
SCR: Alyson Shelton
PROD: Jen Prince, Alyson Shelton
CIN: Elizabeth Santoro
ED: Cody Shelton
MUS: Peter Senchuk
CAST: Rebecca Lowman, Bellamy Young, Daniel Magill, Mark Reeb, Jennifer Harlow, Susan Roberts, John Gremillion, Kit Gwin, Tom Procida, Shaeri Richards, Timothy Wrobel.
Donna can't seem to get her life together. Chain-smoking with a deadbeat boyfriend, she feels it's all gone wrong.  When Donna's mother, Eve dies, her sister inherits everything of value.  All Donna gets is a list of addresses and mementos from her mother's life, to be delivered to the significant people of her past. Each delivery closes a chapter of Eve's life, but it's ripping Donna's old wounds right open. Her absentee father, her evangelical aunt, people who were supposed to be there and weren't, even in death Eve can't calm the storm caused by secrets and lies. Her mother's dying wish sends Donna on a road trip from Texas to Arizona to make peace, uncover secrets, and find understanding in the life she's been dealt.
SUN, FEB 25, 1:00pm • CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER

Mojave Phone Booth (RM, SS, WC)
(USA) 2006, 89 min, HDV (16:9) Narrative DIR: John Putch. CAST: Annabeth Gish,
Robert Romanus, Christine Elise McCarthy, Tinarie Van Wyk Loots, Steve Guttenberg, David DeLuise, Kevin Rahm, Larry Poindexter.
In the middle of the Mojave Desert, 70 miles from Las Vegas, is a telephone booth. Its number was posted on the Internet. It became a global phenomenon. After a number of random dialings of the number a woman across the globe began to reach random people in a place where strangers connect. A place where secrets are uncovered. A story of four desperate people and how their lives intersect at a telephone booth.
SUN, FEB 25, 3:00pm • CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER

Friendly Fire (FC, WC)
(USA) 2006, 81 min, HDCam, miniDV (1.33:1) Documentary DIR: Gary Null
When U.S. soldiers were sent to Iraq, little did they know that they would be exposed to deadly chemicals, depleted uranium and radiation — all causing severe and often irreversible health problems and death while careless officials in the U.S. government deny all. Award winning filmmaker Gary Null exposes the truth about the War in Iraq, Gulf War Syndrome and the secrets the U.S. government is hiding from our soldiers and the world at large.
Followed by a live Conference Call with GARY NULL
SAT, FEB 24, 4:30pm • FLANIGANS INN

The Garage (FC)
(USA) 2006, 93 min, Super 35mm (2.35:1) Narrative DIR: Carl Thibault. CAST: Gabriel Marantz,Corby Griesenbeck,Xander Berkeley,Martin Donovan, Tania Raymonde,Marilyn Dodds Frank. A man reflects on his childhood and working at his dads garage during the late seventies. Two best friends plan to leave the small town they grew up in but leaving home isn't always that easy. Matt; 18, works at his dad's garage,smart, sensitive, just graduated from high school. Schultz; 21, works for his dad in construction, strong headed,high schooldropout. For Matt it's getting out of the garage and pursuing his passion. For Schultz, it's simply survival, to get away from his abusive father. But leaving the garage turns out to be more difficult than Matt realized. Matt has a strong loyalty to his dad, despite his father's drinking problem, and he knows the impact leaving the garage will have. Plus Matt's just having met a girl who will rock his world. A devastating incident occurs and Matt will now have to find his true direction in life.
SAT, FEB 24, 7:00pm • ST. GEORGE OPERA HOUSE

I Will Avenge You, Iago (SS)
(USA) 2006, 95 min, 35mm (1.85:1) Narrative
DIR: Zhenya Kiperman, PROD: Ahenya Keiperman, Anthony Grill, Alyssa Black, EXE PROD: Victor Pozdnyakov, ASSOC PROD: Seva Kaplan, Monika Cholewa, CIN: Wolfgang Held, EDIT: Leah O'Donnell
CAST: Larry Pine, Michi Barall, Keith Nobbs, Kate Hodge, Lair Torrent, Carolee Carmello, Larry Drake, Giancarlo Esposito.
A comedy about great actors and their on and off stage dramas and farces including adultery, burglary, suicide and murder. A great stage performance almost costs Jack Bandrowsky (Larry Pine - Melinda and Melinda, Vanya on 42nd Street, The Royal Tenenbaums) his life when a naive and confused audience member, Marvin (Keith Nobbs - Phonebooth, 25th Hour, It Runs in the Family) goes backstage to kill the villain Iago at the end of "Otello". In a desperately improvised and inspired performance, Bandrowsky convinces Marvin that the real villain is not him, but instead -- the Duke, who killed his beloved daughter Gilda.
Meanwhile, upon arriving home from her theatrical tour, Jack's actress wife, Helen (Michi Barall - Personal Velocity, Law & Order, Cosby), finds his gorgeous mistress Eve Zimmermann (Kate Hodge - Ellen, JAG, Cupid) cleaning their apartment in nothing but an apron. In truth, however, there is no mistress, just a brilliant con woman who takes off with all of Helen's jewels. And that's all in the first act.
SUN, FEB 25, 5:00pm • CANYON COMMUNITY CENTER

The Naked Ape (RM, FC)
(USA) 2006, 110 min, miniDV, HDCam (16:9) Narrative DIR: Daniel Mellitz. CAST: Josh Wise, Sean Shanks, Tony LaThahn, Corbin Bernsen, Chelse Swain, Amanda MacDonald. Alex , James and Eric are three unlikely friends on a road trip to California. The only problem is that Alex hasn’t told his friends he's not coming back. In a small town in New Mexico they meet Susie and Kristie. Kristie is a psychological train wreck from repeated abuse by her father and it’s all Susie can do to keep up with her. When Kristie convinces Susie to join her in leaving town with the guys when they take off, everything seems to be going better than it ever has for everyone. But the euphoria is short lived when bus tickets Alex bought for his friends to get home are discovered and Eric’s casual shoplifting catches up with him.
SAT, FEB 24, 2:45pm • ST. GEORGE OPERA HOUSE

Best Feature - Judges Award: Pirate Radio USA (RM, FC, WC)
(USA) 2006, 84 min, miniDV (1.33:1) Documentary DIR: Jeff Pearson. Pirate Radio USA is a look at the underground world of illegal radio stations, where people play and say what they want—until the FCC catches them…DJ’s Him and Her host a live, pirate radio show that is the narrative heart of Pirate Radio USA. Watch as they microcast their story, live, taking you on a rock-n-roll journey across the nation. Go inside rogue radio stations and see why some Americans fight for freedom of the radio airwaves. It's not illegal to listen… or watch.
SAT, FEB 24, 6:30pm • FLANIGANS INN

Best Feature - Special Screening: Punk Like Me (RM, SS)
(USA) 2006, 83 min, miniDV (1.66:1) Documentary DIR: Rich Wilkes. Who doesn't grow up wanting to be a rock star? As a teenager Rich Wilkes dreamed of being a wild frontman like David Lee Roth. Twenty years later, as a married 37 year-old dad with no singing ability, he finally decided to make it happen. So he posed as a freelancer for ROLLING STONE magazine and scammed his way onto the VANS WARPED TOUR. He threw together a band and became lead singer of CARNE ASADA (the world's original PUNK ROCK MARIACHI BAND) and hit the road. His quest for sex, drugs & rock-n -roll got complicated when, for the sake of his marriage, he had to bring his wife, child and in-laws on tour. But that's a small price to pay to make your dreams come true. See, it's never too late to be..........PUNK LIKE ME! Featuring interviews with BAD RELIGION, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, SUM 41, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, BLEEDING THROUGH, HINDER, THE VANDALS and more.
SAT, FEB 24, 9:00pm • ST. GEORGE OPERA HOUSE


Best Feature - Audience Choice:Traffic Control - Caution: Minors, Internet and Porn (FC)
(USA) 2007, 90 min, miniDV (1.85:1) Documentary DIR: Ryan Tomlinson.
The Internet Channel Initiative is a controversial new piece of legislation, which may change the Internet as we know it. Our film crews have traveled the country documenting the general publics opinion on the Internet’s evolution and the access it provides minors to pornographic material. The film highlights 1) Internet pornography’s impact on minors and business, 2) the debate between free speech and the government’s obligation to protect children and 3) a solution that could provide both freedom of speech and freedom of choice. We have interviewed everyone from pornographers to “pornography addicts” as well as business leaders and children. While the experts help frame the issue, the most compelling interviews for the debate are taken from people on the streets of America. The statistics and studies are quickly overshadowed by the personal experiences of actual people.
SAT, FEB 24, 5:00pm • ST. GEORGE OPERA HOUSE