Friday, September 10, 2010

TFC Film Festival Kickoff Mixer

Time: 6-10pm

Entry: Free

Theme: Network, network, network!

Join us for a night of mixing and mingling with some of the industry's hottest filmmakers! Filmmakers, actors, music producers, models and artists are all encouraged to come out and make those pivotal connections.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

2010 Screening Schedule

12:00 pm- Greatest Man Alive

Running Time: 6 min 39 sec

Directed by: Michael Feurstein

Produced by: Kevin Craig West

Summary: Thinking back on life without a father figure, one man beats himself up over not taking his own advice from years gone by.

12:10 pm- Into the Light

Running Time: 93 min

Directed by: Rodney Oliver

Produced by: Rodney Oliver

Summary: This drama/comedy is about Dr. Dollar, who has ability to hypnotize people. When she allows her assistant to talk her into hypnotizing a patient in order to rob a bank, everything that can go wrong does when Dr. Dollar's past steps in. Blackmail and greed turn into a deadly game when the patient dies and his family sets out to take on the doctor.

2:00 pm- Thief Interrupted

Running Time: 12 min 43 sec

Directed by: Dan Conway

Produced by: Dan Conway

Summary: Thief Interrupted is a quirky drama/comedy about a young man committing a crime gets an unexpected call. Through several awkward, yet comedic conversations, we get an up close and personal with his dyfunctional family.

2:20 pm- Behind the Shallow Mind

Running Time: 108 min

Directed by: Steve Horn

Produced by: Sherman Eaton and Curtis Smith

Summary: When Terri, a hairdresser, decides not to use her degree in social work, circumstances lead her into the fast of the gritty streets of Detroit. Enter Drake, the humble salesman, to her rescue and what ensues is 21st century love story. As the doomed star-struck lovers embark upon their new found passion, they find themselves in a deadly crossfire that threatens to destroy them and everything they love.

4:23 pm- 4 Pictures

Running Time: 15 min 15 sec

Directed by: Mike Madigan

Produced by: Matthew Peach

Summary: Kaitlin, living and documenting a simple day-to-day routine via a mall photo booth and her mini phone camera, is perfectly content with what her life has become.  An unexpected revelation about her boyfriend and roommate causes her to re-examine the choices that have led her up to this point. With her best friend offering advice on what to do next, Kaitlin tries to face up to what she fear most: change in any form.

5:00 pm- 35 & Ticking

Running Time: 109 min

Directed by: Russ Parr

Produced by: Eric Tomosunas, Nayada Cowherd, and Casey Suchan

Summary: Victoria, Zenobia, Cleavon and Phil grew up together and are approaching, reached or exceeded the age of 35. Victoria and Zenobia have always had dreams of having babies and being married before they are too old.

Victoria is married to a man who doesn’t want to have children, while Zenobia is looking for a man to start a family. Cleavon is too geeky to get a woman to have children and Phil is already married with children to a woman who is not interested in being a mother. 35 & Ticking explores the heartache in battling that biological clock.

7:00 pm- Awards Ceremony

*All festival activities will take place at the Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center located at 311 E. Grand River, Detroit, MI.