Bare Bones Film Festival Saturday Screenings at Muskogee Civic Center April 24, 2010

10:00 am: Muskogee Civic Center-4th And OkmulgeeDocs Fest # 4It's Just A Game-28:00Sports Reality, Social Issues Documentary Explores The Growing Epidemic Of Violence In Youth Sports. Every Year Sports Officials And Children Are Verbally And Physically Attacked By Fans And Parents. Viewers Are Empowered And Encouraged To Change The World Of Youth Sports. Marshall BurgtorfFilmmakerBend, OR Nominated Best Short DocumentaryFeature Presentation:Feature Family Dance Drama 41 Dancers. 10 Performers. 104 Rehearsals. 473 Costumes. 2, 197 Miles. One Incredible Year! Spend A Year With The Girls Of Nova Jazz. Andy MilkisFilmmakerCourtland Manor, NY Nominated Best Feature DocumentaryStars-Cars-Guitars-NoonGrand Marshal-Aki Aleong-Lifetime Achievement Honoree Featuring: Cruisin Angels Classic Car ClubBlues Guitarist: Selby Minner- Leading The 'Guitar Club'Indie Film StarsCelebrity Look-A-LikesCostumed Characters2:15 pm: Short Subjects #8 155:00 MinutesTaylors Trophy-21:00Urban Crime Comedy Work-Shy London Wide Boy Lester, Attempts To Solve The Mystery Of His Local Pub's Burgalry. If He Can Solve The Crime By Closing Time, He'll Claim The Cash Reward That Will Settle His Debt With Local Thug Ginge. Though A Series Of Flashbacks And Voice-Overs, We Witness Lester As He Fumbles Through His Investigation At Taylors, Culminating In A Damning Conclusion. Jason McdonaldFilmmakerPolar Films Ltd.London, UK Nominated Best International Short Toy Soldier-19:00Alt. Family Coming Of Age Romance Thriller A Recovering Heroin Addict Paints Toy Soldiers In Order To Distract Himself From Relapse And Hopes To Reunite With His Father After 5 Years. Painting For Sobriety. Russell WhaleyFilmmakerRd ProductionsTujunga, CA Nominated Best Short Thriller/Action Debt Of The Heart-23:00Family Romantic Drama Joseph Saunders Left His Small Town Home 3 Years Ago To Seek His Fortunes In The Financial Markets Of Chicago. Now A Success, He Returns Home To Attend His Mother's Funeral Only To Find That The Ghosts Of His Past Have Become The Cries Of His Present. Jonathan CohenFilmmakerJHC ProductionsChicago, IL Nominated Best Short DramaBlack-12:00A Man Continues To Try To Draw A Woman's Face In His Sketchbook To No Avail. What Will He Do To Complete It? Jason InmanFilmmakerJawii ProductionsTulsa, OKAlone-11:00Thriller/Mystery Brett Finds A Gun In A Parking Lot. In His Temptation, He Takes It. The Next Day He Receives Threatening Letters From Someone Who Wants It Back. Parke MetzerFilmmakerMetzer Films ProductionsEdmond, OKLong Dark Way-15:00 A Woman Is Stalked By Her Daughter's Boyfriend...Or Is She? Susan SybengaFilmmakerTall Chick ProductionsTulsa, OKButterfly Dreams-24:00Neo-Noir, Drama, HistoricalB And W Timothy HarveyFilmmakerTerraform ProductionsLees Summit, MOCounting Faces-30:00Romance/Drama Rachel And Her Ex-Husband Johnny Are Faced With More Threats From The Man Who Caused The Death Of Their Only Son. Oscar RayFilmmaker/InstructorDarkwood Film Arts InstituteRits Camp For Actors And DirectorsMuskogee, OK6:15 pm: Mini-Features #2Reverie-33:00Mini-FeatureDramatic Thriller Struggling With His Grasp On Reality , Ray Finds Himself Seeking Help For His Reoccurring Nightmares. Chris DawsonFilmmakerNew York, NY Nominated Best Mini-FeatureWelcome To Dreadville: The Lottery 42:00Mini-FeatureMystery/Thriller Josh Has A Gambling Problem And Is About To Lose His Apartment, But Worst Of All He Owest The Syndicated Mafia Money. Jason PatfieldFilmmakerBublenutz ProductionsHanover Park, IL 7:35 pm: Feature PresentationThe Vern-114:00FeatureDramedy/Road Trip- Pg13 Baseball Star Vern Grifts His Way To A Sleepy Texas Town, But Soon Finds Himself Embroiled In A World Of Sex, Drugs And Murder; More Sordid Than What He Left Behind. Chased By Drug Dealers, The Law And His Crazed Half Brother, The Hapless Vern Must Get To Los Angeles Before His Young Son Becomes The Next Victim. Joe McreynoldsFilmmakerSweet Baby Jane ProductionsAustin, TX Nominated Best Feature DramedyMini-Features #39:35 pm: Dark Mister-50:00Mini-FeatureThriller/Horror A Detective, On A Personal Search For A Man Related To Several Crimes Encounters A Dark And Powerful Force At A Vacant House In This Tale Of Addiction And Demons_In The Very Sense Of The Word. Christopher SneedFilmmakerBurning Clown ProductionsEnid, OK Nominated Best Mini-FeatureMessage In A Box-35:00Mini-FeatureRomantic Drama A Childless Couple Finds An Abandoned Baby. Heidi PriddyFilmmakerHidonia FilmsTulsa, OK Nominated Best Mini-FeatureLocation: Civic Center Room 110:00 am: Live Screenplay Readings Stars-Cars-Guitars-NoonGrand Marshal-Aki Aleong-Lifetime Achievement Honoree Featuring: Cruisin Angels Classic Car ClubBlues Guitarist: Selby Minner- Leading The 'Guitar Club'Indie Film StarsCelebrity Look-A-LikesCostumed Characters7:00 pm: Short Subjects-#9- 103:00 MinutesRoberto MendozaFilmmakerTulsa, Ok 11:00 am: Voyage Control: Attack Of The Terrifying Taulzan Sci-Fi/Comedy Two Older Friends Play Space Pretend In A Spaceship Made Out Of Cardboard And Their Imagination Takes Them From Space To The Jungle, And To The Darkest Areas Were Evil Lingers. Lisandro BoccacciFilmmakerGuerilla PerspectiveTulsa, OK Steak Dreams 13:00Coming Of Age Comedy B And W One Man. One Steak. One Dream. Jack Is Turning 30 And He Hasn't Done Anything With His Life So Far But, He's Figured Out How To Make His Mark. He's Going To Eat A Steak. A Really Big Steak. And If He Does It In 30 Minutes Or Less, It's Free! Scott SullivanFilmmmaker/ActorWilder, KY Nominated Best Shor Docu-DramaMaximum Credibility - 19:00Action Comedy Thief Rub Soho Is On The Run After Stealing A Million Dollars__Bruno Is Chased And Attacked By A Variety Of Characters While He Tries To Find Ruby And Get His Wallet Back.. Matt JenkinsFilmmakerLawton, OK The Magic Sofa 14:00Comedy A Lonely Guy Moves Into A New Place And Discovers That His New Roommate Has A Secret Weapon For Getting Women__A Magic Sofa. Troy HartFilmmaker, TX Nominated Best Short ComedyLovely Coffee 29:00Romantic Comedy/Art-Pg-13 Lovely Coffee Ia A Romanic Comedy That Satires A Group Of Cocky But Untalented Filmmakers And Actors. Warren PereiraFilmmaker/ActorSight House FilmsPortland, OR Nominated Best Short Comedy The Latest Thing 7:00Comedy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy-R When Eric Goes In For A Brain Upgrade, He Expects To Become 50 Percent More Efficient. Unfortunately, The New Software Doesn't Work As Well As Advertised. Hamilton ScottFilmmakerHamilton Scott FilmsCathedral City, CA9:00 pm: Feature PresentationSlightly Used 87:00This Movie Contains Course Language Recommended For Mature Audiences Synopsis:Producing Team And Brothers Neil Green & Rob Sweet Co-Founders Of Fusion Films Entertainment Are Being Helmed As The `New Kevin Smith`S Of Independent Filmmaking` And Present Their First Feature Length Film From The Critically Acclaimed Director Of Canada's First Superhero Movie Sidekick, Comes Blake Van De Graaf's Follow Up Hit Comedy Slightly Used. The Critics Are Calling Slightly Used A "Quirky Little Comedy And A Film With "Terrific Riffs On Classic Kung Fu Flicks, Superhero Flicks, And Even Gangster Flicks". Slightly Used Takes Place On The Battleground Of A Car Lot And Is A Fun, Fast-Moving Film That Offers Many Laughs And Some Memorable Characters". The Oddball Characters Never Fail To Entertain The Viewers With Their Humorous Jokes And They Certainly Add To The Overall Entertaining Atmosphere That Is Driven By The Movies Slick Writing And Dialogue. The Plot Revolves Around A Competition Between Sleazy Car Salesmen, Whose Obsession With Their Jobs And Sales Drives Them To Hilarious Fantasies And Transparent Lies. Slightly Used Embodies A Smart Fusion Of Kevin Smiths Clerks And The Canadian Tv Show Trailer Park Boys, Yet Has A Unique Story And "It's Certainly Not Difficult To Envision The Film Garnering A Cult Following In The Years To Come" Neil GreenRob SeeetA Blake Van De Graaf FilmFilmmakersFusion Films EntertainmentCanada Nominated Best Feature InternationalLocation: Civic Center Room 2