2018 Emerging Directors Showcase 1
Friday, June 15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
UP NORTH
USA 52 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
When it comes to the prison system, it’s just as hard getting out as going in. Mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, predators and prey fight to survive on the streets of Harlem and in the prisons of New York. Up North, an independent original series for TV, explores systems of incarceration, and systems of marginalization in modern day America.
Directed by: Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff | Produced by: Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff, Chiké Okonkwo, Ian Robertson | Written by: Emil Pinnock, Ian Robertson | Starring: Eugene Clark, Ian Duff, Gabriel Ellis, Kris Lofton, Emil Pinnock, Damaine Radcliff
VIEW TRAILERSEARCHING FOR ISABELLE
USA 15 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
While being held captive, Isabelle discovers a mysterious ability to project herself to the outside world. When she appears to her friends in a desperate appeal for help, they work together to try and find her – but time is running out.
Directed by: Stephanie Jeter | Produced by: Stephanie Jeter, Marianne Greco, Derek McPhatter | Written by: Stephanie Jeter | Starring: Charlee Marie Cotton, Stephanie Stockstill, Aida Delaz, Gage Wallace, Joshua J. Volkers
VIEW TRAILERLALO’S HOUSE
USA & HAITI 25 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
Inspired by true events, two young sisters must escape a child sex trafficking ring disguised as a Catholic orphanage after being taken from their home in Haiti.
Directed by: Kelley Kali | Produced by: Victor Pourcel, Kelley Kali, Garcelle Beauvais, Lisa L. Wilson | Written by: Kelley Kali and Yasemin Yilmaz | Starring: Garcelle Beauvais, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Jasmin Jean-Louis, Kyra Rose
VIEW TRAILERMOTHERS
USA 15 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
When the teenage son of Denise Matthews is murdered, she struggles not to surrender to her grief. Despite her husbands’ concerns, Denise is determined to confront the accused killer in court. The morning of the arraignment she finds support in a chance encounter with an unlikely stranger.
Directed by: Aurora Ferlin | Produced by: Frances S. Deloach | Written by: Aurora Ferlin | Starring: Mickaëlle X. Bizet, Marta Cross, Mark Anthony Williams, Victor Rodriguez, Keena Ferguson
VIEW TRAILERTHE LION’S CRUMBS
USA 18 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 1:25 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 18
The Lion’s Crumbs is a comedic short film exploring the ever-debatable topic of marriage roles. Our married couple, Luke and Laura, portrayed by real life couple Terri J. Vaughn and Karon Joseph Riley, debate over gender roles, expectations and ‘man of the house’ obligations. In the end Laura realizes that accepting her family’s flaws and cleaning up their crumbs is just one way to show her love. Luke insists that he would do anything for Laura, but a little ‘puff-puff-pass-pass’ is the best way for any husband to have a peaceful marriage.
Directed by: Terri J. Vaughn | Executive Produced by: Lamar West, Terri J. Vaughn, Karon Joseph Riley, Cas Sigers-Beedles | Co-Executive Producer: Victor V. Hogan II | Produced by: Nina Holiday Entertainment | Written by: Terri J. Vaughn and Karon Joseph Riley | Starring: Terri J. Vaughn, Karon Joseph Riley, Rod Minger, Avery Sunshine, Denise Armstrong
VIEW TRAILER2018 Emerging Directors Showcase 2
Friday, June 15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
PAS HONTEUX
USA 45 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
The story of a young African American slacker that wakes up one day speaking French. The film brings to light the fact that we not only judge people by their looks but also by the way they speak. So, what if a young urban African American suddenly speaks French?
Directed by: John D. Tucker | Produced by: Andrew Toscano, Letitia Guillory, Tracey Hicks, LaMonde Howard, John Tucker | Written by: Marcus J. Guillory | Starring: Travis LaBranch, Leon Lamar, Javicia Leslie, LaToya Edwards
VIEW TRAILERFRENCH FRIES
USA 14 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
A young, hip African-American foodie couple fights to resolve communication problems in a modern marriage of six years, four months and three and a half days. Sydney comes home to find her husband, Jason, having an impromptu guys’ night. She winds up escaping to a hotel to work in silence, though that is not how the night unfolds.
Directed by: Janine Sherman Barrois | Produced by: Khaliah Neal, Amy Emmerich, Stone Roberts, Shannon Gibson | Written by: Janine Sherman Barrois | Starring: Rebecca Naomi Jones, Carl McDowell
VIEW TRAILERTRAPEZE, U.S.A.
USA 34 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
Oren got the email of his dreams—an invitation to a meeting with his company’s CEO, that is if he can actually make it to the meeting. As he navigates through New York City’s decrepit public transportation, women who are out of his league, and a right-winged pedi-cab driver, he’s faced with an even bigger obstacle: political correctness.
Directed by: Mark Anthony Green | Produced by: Jordan Abrams, Adam McFarland, Warren Chancellor, Ahmed Ahmed | Written by: Mark Anthony Green | Starring: Rance Nix, Otmara Marrero, Kitty Cash, Sinead Bovell, David Deblinger
JITTERS
USA 14 MINS
FRI 6/15 | 8:00 PM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
Minutes before nuptials, a neurotic young man locks himself away in the back room of a church with the best man he knows.
Directed by: Otoja Abit | Produced by: Otoja Abit, Ian Phillips, Joe Scarborough, Chris Noth | Written by: Otoja Abit | Starring: Otoja Abit, Jason Patric, Walker Hare
VIEW TRAILEREmerging Directors Showcase 3
Saturday, June 16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
A CRAFTSMAN
USA 13 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
Overcome with grief, as his late wife’s presence permeates the space they once shared, a rural woodworker builds a coffin to be his final resting place. Until a neighbor visits.
Directed by: Sanford Jenkins Jr. | Produced by: Elise Brown, Cydney Fisher | Written by: Joel David Santner | Starring: Marvin Gay, Shirley Jordan, Leonard R. Garner Jr.
A FATHER’S LOVE
USA 19 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
The telling of a teenage love story with an unusual twist.
Directed by: RonReaco Lee | Produced by: Allen Maldonado, Jessie T. Usher, Kellon Akeem | Written by: Allen Maldonado & Jessie T. Usher | Starring: Terayle Hill, Adriyan Rae, Tichina Arnold, E Roger Mitchell
VIEW TRAILERBODEGA
USA 19 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
In a community facing rapid gentrification, Bodega takes an intimate, yet comedic and dramatic, look at what can happen when people are made to feel like strangers in a city they helped build. When a middle class family moves into Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, an elder in the family says something inappropriate, causing the local African American community to take extreme measures in order to receive an apology.
Directed by: Donna Augustin-Quinn and Talibah L. Newman | Produced by: Beth Rudin DeWoody, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Anna Orlova, Donna Augustin-Quinn | Written by: Donna Augustin-Quinn & Talibah L. Newman | Starring: Aleksandr Krasnopolskiy, Anna Orlova, Eric Jennings, Hadiyah Robinson, Asha Winter, Eden Marryshow, Layla Silvestre, Sawandi Wilson, William Perry
VIEW TRAILERFEVAH
USA 12 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
Indira holds onto her heartbreak like a lost treasure. It’s hers and no one is going to tell her what to do with it. Her one-and-only love disappeared 18 months ago leaving her alone to take care of their son. Finally back on her feet with a new place and a new man, she’s ready for the next chapter when her child’s father shows up—making her question the very nature of the treasure she’s been holding onto for so long.
Directed by: Randall Dottin | Produced by: Nikhil Melnechuk, Kelly Wydryk, Jacques Thelemaque, Melissa Jackson | Written by: Randall Dottin | Starring: Russell Hornsby, LaRoyce Hawkins, and Melissa Jackson
VIEW TRAILERPROTOTYPE
USA 18 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
An Afrofuturist, sci-fi film about a mother and daughter living in isolation on a remote science compound who work to quickly patent the most human-like artificial intelligence on Earth. As prototype after prototype fail, Sol, who conducts empathy tests on her mother’s android creations, is pressured by her mom, Annette, to deliver a passing test or continue to be confined to the limits of the property.
Directed by: Christopher Ortega | Produced by: Mark R. Wright, Martina Lee, Christopher Ortega | Written by: Christopher Ortega | Starring: Adrian Snow, Milena Phillips, Preston Butler, III, Kali Raquel
VIEW TRAILERWHERE THE WATER RUNS
USA 24 MINS
SAT 6/16 | 11:00 AM | REGAL CINEMA THEATER 17
Set during the worst drought in LA history a water transporter uncovers a plot to privatize South Central’s dwindling water supply.
Directed by: DuBois Ashong | Produced by: Sam Robertson | Written by: Randy McKinnon | Starring: Darryl Dunning II, Bria Wade, Kyra Locke, Joseph Callari
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