SHOWING: 10/15/08   OXFORD SHORTS (118min, Oxford, OH, 2004-08)  
 












  Some of the best short-films produced in Oxford in the past 4-years.  
    "AUTOMATE" (5m - Comedy) (David Pawsey) (2006)  
    Featuring: Vonzell Carter, Matt Salter  
    Synopsis: What if you had an "automated" bathroom assistant?  
     
    "FREEDOMLAND" (14m - Drama) (JC Schroder) (2007)  
    Featuring: Darren Bailey, Katie Quinn  
    Synopsis: When a young woman is found murdered, her story can only be told through the eyes of an acquaintance, a mysterious man who now lies on his death-bed.  
    Screenings & Awards: 2008 PCFMF - Gold Medal Winner, "4-STARS" -FilmThreat  
    Trailer: Click to Watch, Website: Click Here  
       
    "HOPE" (5m - Drama) (AJ Rickert-Epstein) (2004)  
    Featuring: Eric Peterman, Chris Cowan  
    Synopsis: If hope is all you have, do you still go 'all or nothing'?  
       
    "THE END OF ALL THINGS" (28m - Drama/Disaster) (2008)  
    Featuring: Lauren Whitehouse, Nicole Busken, Darren Bailey, Bahram Khosraviani, Jenna Watson, Justin Baldwin, Meredith Meeks, Katie Quinn, Tom Shelley  
    Synopsis: An average day turns into a nightmare as an explosion erupts in a busy college town, pushing students to the brink of fear and connection.  
    Trailer: Click to Watch, Website: Click Here  
       
    "TAKE 3" (24m - Comedy) (Vonzell Carter) (2006)  
    Featuring: Jonathan Dicks, "Jack" Rinskey, Vonzell Carter, Darren Bailey, Nicole Busken  
    Synopsis: Trying to finance a film can get tough, especially when you're pitching to morons.  
       
    "DOORWAYS" (43m - SciFi/Drama/Thriller) (Stephen Murray) (2007)  
    Featuring: Christopher Gekas, Laura Brunkala, Darren Bailey, Eric Peterman  
    Synopsis: On the verge of a mental breakdown, a young man is led to believe that all he has known is a falsehood. Spurred on by an experimental drug, he begins to to recall a series of memories from the past, present, and future.  
    Trailer: Click to Watch, Website: Click Here  
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  SHOWING: 10/15/08   VANAJA (140min, India, 2007)  
 




  Dir/Wr: Rajnesh Domalpalli  
    Featuring: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Karan Singh  
    Genre: Drama  
    Synopsis: Set in rural South India, a place where social barriers are built stronger than fort walls, VANAJA explores the chasm that divides classes as a young girl struggles to come of age. Vanaja (Mamatha Bhukya) is the 14 year-old daughter of a poor, low caste fisherman, struggling with dwindling catches and mounting debt. When a sooth-sayer predicts that she will be a great dancer one day, she goes to work in the house of the local landlady, Rama Devi (Urmila Dammannagari), in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance while earning a keep, but instead catches the eye of the Landlady's elder son, resulting in tragic consequences.

VANAJA is a multiple award-winning drama, with astounding cinematography and acting to match. An official selection to more film festivals than can be counted. Note: This film contains adult subject matter and is NOT for children!!
 
    Screenings & Awards: Winner - Dozens of International Awards, Official Selection: Toronto International Film Festival, Winner BERLIN Film Festival + 50 more!  
    Trailer: Click to Watch  
    Website: www.vanajathefilm.com  
       
    Preceded by: "Carried Away" (USA) (4min) (2008)  
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