ConvergeSouth 2008

Ed Cone October 21st, 2007

ConvergeSouth Jobs - Yours for the Volunteering
Contact info: admin@convergesouth.com
(Volunteer and get your very own email address!)
Process:
Read the jobs available for ConvergeSouth 2008 (below). Decide which one you want to do. Make sure the job meshes with your talents and patience and then commit to it. When you are ready to commit to the whole thing with a “no matter what� caveat, please let me know and the job is yours. (OK, not “no matter WHAT,� but you get the idea.)

Jobs marked with $$ mean that you might have to put out some of your own money and be repaid by ConvergeSouth, usually 2-4 weeks after we make the check request.

Team Rule
No one speaks for the conference alone. No one commits money (outside your budget) or to a speaker without team approval. We don’t trash each other in blogs (or anywhere else) because we might disagree; instead, we embrace compromise where appropriate.

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–>The job Sue is willing to take:Fundraising; budgeting; making sure bills are paid. Assisting with any contacts I have or can get from contacts I have.Get the PDF of the this post.THE JOBS1. $$Manage hotel and van arrangementsContact the hotels, give them speaker information and nights, wrangle a little for a better (or A&T) rate, make sure the reservations can be changed until 24 hours prior. Contact the van company (or find a new one) and arrange for the Friday shuttle; give the #4 person below the van schedule. Arrange for volunteers to drive speakers on Saturday from hotel to conference and airport.Skills required: phone time, book rooms in advance, stay on top of speaker’s travel changes.2. $$Manage airline arrangementsWork with each secured out-of-town session leader to get airline arrangements. We make arrangements in their names about 2-3 months prior to the date. This job requires expenditures on your credit card but you will be paid back in 2-3 weeks. PDF arrangements, keep a copy for repayment. Be frugal; look for deals and discounts. You’ll get the frequent flyer numbers and some personal info on presenters (for the airlines). Speakers can make their own arrangements and we repay them (many don’t like to do it this way) but we like to look over reservations prior to finalizing (see “frugal”) above.Skills required: familiarity with online travel sites, able to call presenters and work with their schedules, handle approximately $1,000 on your credit card for 2-3 weeks.3. Design and update web siteDesign and keep the Web site updated; we have free hosting (from TechTriad) on one of several Linux servers and we use MySQL for databases. This includes building a registration system with a capcha that sends users to a nonprofit ecommerce site for a small conference registration fee new this year (to cover food costs and keep away casual registrants with no intention of attending).Skills required: software and tools for Web design; design experience with PHP pages; database design for a registration form using MySQL or build a team with a PHP programmer4. Written documentationCan be done in Word, Publisher or Indesign but the final product is PDF. Send the printer files a week prior to the conference. Documents include: fold-over program, list of expanded session descriptions, PDFs for the Web site (maps, wireless info). We have current samples.5. $$Produce the film festivalWe are going to bend Andy’s arm to do this again. Particulars: find the venue, solicit films, build and maintain and update sites like Myspace; arrange for chair rentals, projectors, evaluate submissions, notify those selected; run the festival, bring in notables. If you’re not a videographer or have never attended at least a couple of Film Festivals, this isn’t the job for you. But get on (hopefully) Andy’s team.6. $$Produce the music festivalWe hope to bend Sean’s arm as well. Particulars: secure venues, make arrangements with venue owners, get bands, promote the festival. If you’ve never promoted a music festival before, this isn’t for you; however, volunteer to be on Sean’s (hopefully) team.7. Be the IT and facilities committeeMeet with A&T to get all facility needs arranged. It’s not hard (A&T is gracious) and you get to pick the rooms we use. Requires approximately 2-3 meetings with the Assistant Dean and IT staff at A&T. On conference days, you walk the sessions to ensure everything is working and get IT help if needed.8. $$Presenter gift bags and print design for schwagWe already have our digital logo; produce the print-ready art for gift items; encourage sponsors to give you print-ready art, order shirts, pick up shirts, get shirts to CS. We need you to rethink the denim shirt gifts. Make gift bags and deliver to hotels the day before ConvergeSouth speakers arrive. Solicit donations from area businesses to include in bags.Skills required: print design knowledge & software tools for print-ready schwag designs; some gift-bag experience; small financial outlay before repayment9. Post-conferenceWrite all thank-you notes to all presenters and everyone who volunteers.10. Blog and CommunicateKeep up the ConvergeSouth blog - it’s our BEST communication tool. It’s a WordPress blog, already designed and hosted for free by TechTriad. You can be admin. You’ll get a lot of emails and will see CS-related items on other blogs that you re-post on the CS blog. The blog’s feed is the main communication/update tool for the conference. You will have to know what everyone else is doing so you can update the blog. Done almost 100% behind a computer.Communicate: Handle the Google group for discussion and updates for presenters and attendees; send out updates on everything from session leaders to parking; answer questions (and ask for assistance if a question is tricky); manage a second group for session leaders and get their files prior to the conference to share afterward. (Another 100% computer job; can be remotely managed). Any online experience with Google or other similar groups or ability to learn on your own will help.11. Feeding the MassesJanet Wright (all hail Janet!) has managed food for 2 years and this year, we were proud that we had very little leftover food; the least ever. Janet also manages the dinner wiki, arranges dinners and makes last-minute changes. This year, she needs help. We need sponsored food, that is, restaurants that will sponsor breakfast. We want to find lunch sponsors who will provide free food. If you’re good at getting donations or want to learn how, this is the job for you!12. Public RelationsWrite the PR, distribute the PR, get all the volunteers interviewed (share the press wealth). We have a media list for email. Make sure all the media outlets have the info 2 weeks, 7 days and 3 days prior to the event. Handle last-minute requests for interviews by getting media to the appropriate person(s) above.Skills: background in writing press releases and media contact(drum roll….)13. How We Choose PresentersKeynoters and Panelists:Choose presenters by first visioning the conference flow and determining how many slots we have for (a) keynotes and (b) panels and (c) how-to sessions. Produce a flow chart and then we get a lot of opinions for what’s “new” or “hot” in the upcoming months by reading and learning what’s out there.Then, nominate a wish-list of potential session leaders and send out “feelers” to our wish-list in January. We try to get a “marquee name” and some well-known people with expertise and credentials from out of town with whom our area people would like to interact. Some session leaders we want never respond and we nag a bit before moving on. We ask others in town who they know and can help secure for CS.No one person says “yes” or “no” to a presenter; rather, we talk it over and determine why someone may be opposed (or pro) but compromise for what’s best for the conference prevails. ONE person emails speaker requests (to ensure we don’t have 5 keynoters).We are concerned that our presenters are diverse in every regard (some years we do better than others but we are constrained by who says yes to our invitations). It took Ben two years to get Jason Calacanis; months for him to convince Robert Scoble. So please throw in for the long haul like Ben (so quietly) does. Some of our best stuff is done in IM.After round 1, we regroup, evaluate where we are and do it again. New names, new contacts, new suggestions appear and we begin inviting again (only one person issues invitations so we don’t have overlapping acceptances). The above is done in the early morning around coffee, that is, typical grassroots organization.Skills required: you should drink coffee, tea or caramel macchiatos, bring your dog to the outdoor meetings and/or can force yourself to smile a lot in the pre-light hours. You should be familiar with tech conferences, ConvergeSouth, have some contacts to offer, be on top of what’s “hotâ€? in the online world; read blogs of industry leaders; have familiarity with the topics likely to be presented, have online skills and play nicely with others.We have one fairly good promise from a keynoter and another out-of-towner who’d like to come back.How-to sessions and Workshops:We put out a Web site call for how-to sessions around the conference theme for people to self-nominate. Sometimes, we lean on our acquaintances to self-nominate because we think they have talents to share. We haven’t turned anyone down who wants to present (so far) and don’t plan to. Our only restraint is the number of rooms available in our buildings at A&T.New jobs for 2008:#1: College liaisonHelp us attract more college students. You know why. Help us do it. We want Guilford College, UNCG, Bennett, Greensboro College, more young folks from NC A&T, Elon University and High Point University (for starters) better represented.#2: Economic development liaison:Talk to the Chambers, Econ Dev people; the Partnership and more to help us show them that ConvergeSouth is a tool that shows businesses we have technology talent and worker force in Greensboro and the surrounding Triad area and should be funded. Help us get a presence with the Chambers, CVBs, and other organizations you know or research. Fill out a couple of grant request forms (before Feb. 15, 2008).#3: Fundraising (not new, but newly visioned)No one really likes fundraising but it has to be done. We need sponsors. We need people to help us find sponsors. We have a sponsor sign-up form that is very fluid (sponsorships range from $100 - $10,000). We have a list of potential sponsors. Someone has to talk to them. You know the skills required and if it’s for you, please volunteer.Get the PDF of the this post.

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Sue October 19th, 2007

Current TV promotes ConvergeSouth in the best way: video. We’ve got a “commercial.” Very cool.

Thanks to presenters Saskia Wilson-Brown and Brandon Gross for the shout out.

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Sue October 19th, 2007

Everything is in the Flickr group - join the group, identify people, and add your own pictures tagged “ConvergeSouth2007″ for starters.

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Sue October 18th, 2007

ConvergeSouth is held in two buildings at NC A&T State University, the General Classroom Building and the Crosby Building. Driving & parking maps are available at this link [PDF].

Get online using these instructions [PDF]

Ride the ConvergeSouth van from the downtown Biltmore Hotel. Get the schedule here [PDF]

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Ed Cone October 16th, 2007

Be sure to reserve your place for dinner with a ConvergeSouth presenter or leading Greensboro citizen. The wiki is here.
Hosted dinners are events where you pay for yourself but enjoy the company of a small group. Great discussion with session leaders and other folks you know in Greensboro. Sign up before all the seats are
gone.

Several dinners are early enough to get you to the Film Festival on  time.

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Ed Cone October 16th, 2007

Friday, October 19
A&T has, at best, very difficult parking on weekdays. We are going to use the Luther parking lot (near the intersection of East Market andBenbow, see map link below) on Friday but we encourage locals to
carpool, arrive early or use door #3, that is, park in the Greene Street Parking Deck (across from the Biltmore Hotel on Washington Street) and take the ConvergeSouth shuttle.
The 15-passenger van has been hired for Friday to help us move session leaders to and from the Biltmore Hotel area. We would like to van-pool as many attendees as possible. We have a van schedule online.  (The city parking deck is not free but the stress-relief may be well worth the cost.)
Links to PDFs:
Driving/Parking Map of A&T

Friday Oct. 19 Van Schedule

There should be no problems parking on Saturday, October 20.

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Ed Cone October 16th, 2007

Thanks to Robert Reddick of ONEVOX for the venue map for ConvergeSouth. More on Robert’s blog

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Ed Cone October 16th, 2007

One HOPES that with Mr. Gross out of town on some sort of online business event, Mr. Hoggard will supply appropriate quantities of banana pudding.

See you at the Aycock Neighborhood Barbecue at Hogg’s place on Friday night, circa 6:30 p.m. with plenty of time to get to the Independent Music Festival at the Green Burro at 8:15.

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Sue October 14th, 2007

From Producer Andy Coon’s blog,

ConvergeSouth Film Festival will be held at 2 Art Chicks Gallery on 609 S. Elm Street in Downtown Greensboro on Saturday October 20th, 2007. Doors open at 7:00 PM and the Festival will begin at 7:30.

We will have a fifteen minute intermission in which I will introduce Brian Conley from AliveInBaghdad.org and Farrah Hoffmire and Mitchell Davis from “Falling Together in New Orleans“. This will allow time for the audience to ask any questions to the present filmmakers. If it runs more than fifteen minuets so be it as long as it doesn’t run over 30 minutes.

ConvergeSouth Film Festival Schedule

TITLE: Deadly Finger
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jose Montesinos
RUNNING TIME: 4:01

Synopsis: The World-wide Master of the Deadly Finger technique challenges a martial arts instructor and his students.

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TITLE: Broken
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: David Wendelman
UNNING TIME: 15:22

Synopsis: Whether it’s been just to survive or to empower himself, every has been a fight for small-time boxer Luis Morales. Now after years of boxing, Luis’ promoter Marcel and his trainer Gerecke are pressuring him to leave the ring. But for Luis, the choice is not that simple. He is haunted by the memory of his father who, having once been a proud Mexican wrestler of the Lucha Libre, had died a broken man, struggling as a day laborer to support his family and to live the American dream. For Luis, to stop fighting is to fail, something he is more terrified of than of death. To fight is to exist.

FILM CREW:
Filmmaker - David Wendelman
Written by - David Wendelman
Producer - David Wendelman
Creative Producer - Michael Bentt
Executive Producers - John Riggi, David Wendelman
Original Music - Bobby Tahouri
Editor - Alex Ward
Sound Design - Jeffery Alan Jones, Daniel Pagan
Production Designer - Laura Paddock
Special Effects Make-Up Artist - Jacque Carroll
Fight Coordinator - Michael Bentt

FILM CAST:
Luis Morales - Jose Yenque
Gerecke - Gene Borkan
Marcel - Felix ‘Ryghin’ Pimentel
Francisco Morales - Paul Renteria
Juanita Morales - Doralicia
Julio - Ruben Bansie-Snellman
Pepe - Tommy Montoya
Augie - Joe Chacon
Javier - Brian Miller
Manuel - Will Morales
Young Luis Morales - Richard Garza
El Volcan (the masked wrestler) - Francisco Morales
Los Chivos - Enigma de Oro

Previous Festivals: Urbanworld VIBE Film Festival 2006, NY International Latino Film Festival 2006. Nosotros American Latino Film Festival 2006, Cinesol Film Festival 2006, Salento International Film Festival Italy 2006, 2nd International Short Film Festival La Nocha De Los Cortos 2006 Peru, Harlem International Film Festival 2006, Boston Latino International Film Festival 2006, 6 Festival International de Cine Hispano Mexico 2006, International Latino Film Festival San Francisco Bay Area 2006, CineMas Albuquerque Latino Film Festival 2007, 6ta Muestra Nacional de Nuevo Realizadores Havana, Cuba 2007, 14th San Diego Latino Film Festival 2007.

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TITLE: My Urban Report: Jena
CATEGORY: Citizen Journalism
DIRECTOR: Amani Channel
RUNNING TIME: 4:32

Synopsis:

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TITLE: Banana Bus
DIRECTOR NAME: Ajit Anthony Prem
CATEGORY: Vlog
RUNNING TIME: 2:12

Synopsis: JaCynthia Shepherd recalls her experiences on the Public School Bus system. It seems she received much of her education while riding to and from school.

FILM CAST & CREW:
Filmmaker - Ajit Anthony Prem
Voice over - JaCynthia Shepherd
Song - “She Was a Girl, She Was in Love� by Matt Baldwin
Previous Festivals: Ava Gardner Film Festival.

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TITLE: Blue Angel
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR NAME: Andrew Michael Warnecke
RUNNING TIME: 13:10

Synopsis: A disturbing, yet intimate and moving portrait of a girl (Jenafer Brown) confronted with her classmate’s (Aika Shima) confession of sexual abuse in the home. Based upon a short story by Christine Bollerud.

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TITLE: Honey I’m Home
DIRECTOR NAME: David Branin
CATEGORY: Short Film
RUNNING TIME: 5:40

Synopsis: This film tackles the topic of being unfaithful and having to confess the truth to one’s companion. Never before has infidelity been explored in the way that Branin does in this five minute masterpiece.

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TITLE: 80’s Man
DIRECTOR NAME: DC Douglas
CATEGORY: Music Video
RUNNING TIME: 3:28

Synopsis: This video was born out of lethargy and nurtured through an obsessive compulsive disorder.

8:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 31st, Lilia Popova calls up Robin Meyers and D.C. Douglas (who happen to live upstairs) and invites them down for pizza with her boyfriend, Abraham Peraza. D.C. Douglas, determined to break their vegetative demeanor, insists they also write a song. They all agree. 3 hours later, “Eighties Man� is born.

Over the next week, he is refined. It becomes apparent that a video must be made. The following Friday, several friends converge at a green screen studio in the aptly named Studio City. They have 2 hours to film. After one week of intensive editing and compositing, on August 20th, 2005, “Eighties Man - The Video� goes live on the web. Total cost: $600 and 100+ hours of creativity. The video is 3 minutes. Life is cruel.

What you are about to see is, indeed, one of the most important music videos of all time… (Yeah, bigger than “Let’s get Physical�)

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TITLE: Winds of Time: The Proposition
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jose Montesinos
RUNNING TIME: 4:57

Synopsis: Jorge Valenzuela must hire the Karate Boys to convince Carmen Dawn, Jiu-Jitsu Nurse, to go out with him. Comedy & action ensue…

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TITLE: F2
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jesse Knight
RUNNING TIME: 6:33

Synopsis: The decay of man coincides the decay of religion in a post apocalyptic world. A priest of the post apocalypse touches paintings and receives visions ultimately revealing his own sacrificial death at the hands of the high priestess.

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TITLE: Falling Together in New Orleans Vignette 3
CATEGORY: Citizen Journalism
DIRECTOR: Organic Process Productions
RUNNING TIME: 18:28

Synopsis: Emergency Communities is a non-profit organization that employs compassion and creativity to provide community-based disaster relief. Since Katrina, they have operated four relief sites, served over 300,000 meals and 25,000 residents of the Gulf.

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TITLE: Exit Strategy
DIRECTOR NAME: Valient Thorr
CATEGORY: Music Video
RUNNING TIME: 3:55

Synopsis:

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TITLE: Alive In Baghdad: An In-Depth Look at the Wall in Adhamiya
CATEGORY: Citizen Journalism
DIRECTOR: Brian Conley
RUNNING TIME: 8:07

Synopsis: When they began erecting a wall in Adhamiya the public response was varied, in Iraq, in the US, indeed around the world. Some responded with shock, others with outrage, others wondered why it hadn’t been tried before. Most importantly, there was a reaction, it was widespread, and strong. The press covered the issue of the wall repeatedly, with many papers writing multiple stories on the subject, extending over a period of months, some more. Unfortunately the images of the wall are few and far between. A Google image search reveals only 1,020 results for adhamiya wall, many of which are repeat images and many more are irrelevant to the search. Why has such an important event of the war and most recently the Surge, received so little visual coverage?

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INTERMISSION

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TITLE: Duck Duck Goose!
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: DC Douglas
RUNNING TIME: 20:52

Synopsis: Duck, Duck, GOOSE!� has no explosions or boobies. Well, wait a minute… It does feature one boob named Jacob who longs to keep his ex-wife close-by for masochistic pleasure. There’s also C.B., a nervous romantic with a hapless crush on an exotic burping beauty named Lizzie, who only wants to find a man with a mind like a woman, fall in love, and fly away to Paris. It’s an intoxicating blend of early sixties European romp and post-modern cynicism in glorious technicolor!

FILM CREW
Director - D.C. Douglas
Writer - D.C. Douglas
Producers - Rose Bertolero, D.C. Douglas, Josephine Gompertz
Original Music - Abraham Peraza, Lilia Popova
D.O.P. - Tom Robotham
Editor - D.C. Douglas

FILM CAST
Lizzie - Robin Meyers
Jacob - D.C. Douglas
C.B. - Bryan Cuprill
La Penis Woman - Courtenay Taylor
Le French Waiter - Christopher Carroll
Le Creepy Guy - Dan Butler
Le Romantic Guy - Michael Cade
La Crying Girl - Gina Marie Gian
La Matchmaker - Lisa Long
La Giggly Girl - Bess Meyer
La Religious Girl - Diane Mizota
Le Opera Singer - Abraham Peraza
La Pianis - Lilia Popova

Film Festivals: Tiburon International Film Festival, San Fernando International Film Festival, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Seattle SOS Film Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival, Newport Beach International Film Festival, Trenton Film Festival, Santa Cruz Film Festival, Empire Film Festival, The O.C. Short Film Festival, Seattle True Independent Film Festival, New York Gen Art Ignite, Sacramento Film and Music Festival, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Rome International Film Festival, DC Shorts Film Festival, Quittapahilla Film Festival, FAIF Film Festival, Ohio Independent Film Festival, Annapolis Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival

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TITLE: Deadly Finger Returns
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jose Montesinos
RUNNING TIME: 4:59

Synopsis: The Master of the Deadly Finger technique is back! Only this time he faces many more opponents!

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TITLE: My Urban Report: Twins
CATEGORY: Citizen Journalism
DIRECTOR: Amani Channel
RUNNING TIME: 10:51

Synopsis:

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TITLE: Tuning Out Roadkill
DIRECTOR NAME: Ajit Anthony Prem
CATEGORY: Short Film
RUNNING TIME: 4:22

Synopsis: We have a tendency to look away from all forms of death. Is it instinct? Is it to keep one’s insanity? Or does it just become meaningless when it happens so much?

FILM CAST & CREW:
Filmmaking & Music - Ajit Anthony Prem
Voice over - Scott Wallace

Previous Festivals: Ava Gardner Film Festival.

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TITLE: Alive In Baghdad: Iraq Journalist Killed in Heavy Traffic
CATEGORY: Citizen Journalism
DIRECTOR: Brian Conley
RUNNING TIME: 7:37

Synopsis: Iraqi police said that Suhad Shakir, an announcer in Al-Iraqiyah channel, was wounded when US forces opened fire on her car near the Foreign Ministry in central Baghdad. The US army said that it is verifying the truthfulness of the claim.

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TITLE: Thoughts on the Road
DIRECTOR NAME: Ajit Anthony Prem
CATEGORY: Vlog
SHOOTING FORMAT: DSLR Stills
RUNNING TIME: 1:39

Synopsis: Sometimes, the best place to think is on the road.

FILM CAST & CREW:
Filmmaker - Ajit Anthony Prem
Song by Hisato Higuchi

Previous Festivals: Ava Gardner Film Festival.

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TITLE: FAIT AC•COM•PLI
DIRECTOR NAME: Jason Marc Pierce
CATEGORY: Short Film
RUNNING TIME: 4:31

Synopsis: A Science Fiction piece that asks the question: “What would you do if you knew exactly when someone is going to die?�

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TITLE: Catastrophe
DIRECTOR NAME: Steven van Vuuren
CATEGORY: Short Film
RUNNING TIME: 6:48

Synopsis: Catastrophe is a black comedy about disturbed household that is changed forever by a surprising member of the family. Told from a unique perspective, Catastrophe uses imaginative camera work, sound design and stark colors to create an atmospheric tale.

FILM CREW:
Filmmaker/Editor - Stephen van Vuuren
Writers - Teresa Prevatte, Stephen van Vuuren
Producers - Sheila Duell, Marie van Vuuren
Script Supervisor/Edit - Andrew Johnson
Boom - Kelly Wall
Sound - Andrew Johnson, Marie van Vuuren
Grips - Alex Prevatte, Cameron Prevatte
PA - Diana Keyes-Johnson, Su Welikonich

FILM CAST

Husband - Reed Prevatte
Wife - Peggy Droz

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TITLE: Dear Stranger
DIRECTOR NAME: Ajit Anthony Prem
CATEGORY: Short Film
RUNNING TIME: 14:57

Synopsis: Dear Stranger follows the musings of a young woman’s erotic fantasies that develop harmlessly until they suffocate her mind and her real life relationships.

FILM CREW:
Filmmaker - Ajit Anthony Prem
Producer - Rachel Connolly
Executive Producers - Kelly Cook, Violette Harris
Still Photographer - Carl Gunhouse
Music Composer - Hunter M. McDermott
Additional Music - Bill Donovan

FILM CAST:
Rosie - Nikki Alikakos
Gordon - Steven Lock
Stranger - Michael Teh
Voice-Over - Kelly Cook
Rosie’s Friend - Maryse Karunaratne
Stranger’s Friend - George Rivas
Girls in Park - Lindsey Glass & Mandy

Previous Festivals: Annapolis Film Festival, Ava Gardner Film Festival.

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TITLE: Deathmatch Tournament 3
CATEGORY: Short Film Episodic
DIRECTOR: Matthew Sumner
RUNNING TIME: 4:59

Synopsis: Deathmatchtournament.com is a site where humans, cyborgs, and robots battle in a video game type world.

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TITLE: Housewifery
CATEGORY: Vlog
DIRECTOR: Jill Foster
RUNNING TIME: 3:18

Synopsis: In the last year Jill observed the life with her husband: they were emotionally awesome yet the remainder of their partnership looked imbalanced e.g. clutter at home, no living will, neither of them knew how to cook or invested the time in learning, and why did that retirement account still look empty despite their philosophically supporting savings, retirement plans, etc? These question demanded resolve … & a little humor too.

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TITLE: Gi Ho Lo: The Legacy of Richard Long
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jason Marc Pierce
RUNNING TIME: 8:01

Synopsis: Mockumentary about the youngest Gi Ho Lo master in America

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TITLE: Been You All Along
DIRECTOR NAME: Ajit Anthony Prem
CATEGORY: Vlog
RUNNING TIME: 2:31

Synopsis: Two people that were always meant to be together.

FILM CAST & CREW:
Filmmaker - Ajit Anthony Prem
Song by Buckethead

Previous Festivals: Ava Gardner Film Festival.

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TITLE: Winds of Time: Querida
CATEGORY: Short Film
DIRECTOR: Jose Montesinos
RUNNING TIME: 4:59

Synopsis: Jorge Valenzuela continues to long for Carmen Dawn. The Karate Boys, on their way to face Carmen again, are intercepted by their long-time rivals: The Throw-Down Team!

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Sue October 14th, 2007

Via DownloadSquad, Current TV, the Al Gore-backed TV network, is gearing up for a major relaunch of its web site that could help it break away from the nirvana of cable and recapture the Net. The official launch of the site is scheduled for Oct. 16, and Gore himself has been taking a break from the slideshow business to drum up publicity at the Emmys and on The Tonight Show, proclaiming that Current.com will “take interactivity to a new level.�

Current TV will hold two sessions at ConvergeSouth this year and address issues like how to make a Current pod, demo pods, answer questions and Saskia Wilson-Brown and Brandon Gross will take pitches. Be sure to sign up for dinner with them on Saturday night on the ConvergeSouth dinner wiki. There are only 4 seats left.

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