Zero Film Festival December 1, 2008

Focusing on a niche in the independent film community
which has been traditionally ignored, Zero Film Festival is dedicated to screening self-financed, zero budget films from the United States and around the world.

In an age where the majority of festivals are Hollywood marketing campaigns, and even “indie”
and “underground” festivals screen financed films, we are here to offer something different. We recognize authentically independent films and filmmakers who take risks and fight the odds to see their visions through.

The 1st annual Zero Film Festival is the first festival of it’s kind, designed to exclusively showcase zero budget films, and open up the door for original and innovative works from DIY filmmakers with inspiration and dedication (but not the budget),
who sadly are all too often overlooked by the mainstream festival circuit.

Zero Film Festival will take place in warehouses, underground venues and other unorthodox locations throughout downtown Los Angeles from December 1st-
6th. The festival will be a week-long celebration of the creative lifestyle, with real independent films from around the world and some of the best bands from the Los Angeles independent music scene. Each night of the event will be a night to remember.

Monday | 265 South Main Warehouse

Opening Night Party | 8:00 pm

Out of the Holes of the Rocks

Short Narrative
Dir. Jeremy Moss*
TRT: 11:00 | Pennsylvania

Chi Si Ferma e Perduto
Short Narrative
Dir. Giacomo Cesari
TRT: 25:00 | Bolivia

Buster | 8:30
Feature Narrative
Dir. Lovisa Inserra*
TRT: 72:00 | Brooklyn
This is a low budget fi lm. Not “put a DV
camera on my gas card” low budget
more like ‘shoot the whole thing in Super
8, develop the fi lm in the sink using
cheap equipment secured from Russia,
except the sulfuric acid, which you’ve
got to extract from old car batteries,
because trying to import sulfuric acid
from Russia looks just a little shady these
days”

10:00 pm Bands
Bobb Bruno
Of Aire
Warpaint
Kenan Bell

Tuesday

Showcase 1 | 1:00 pm
The Schedule
Short Narrative
Dir. John Liang
TRT16:00 | NYC

An Adaptation of Plato’s
Allegory in Clay
Experimental
Dir. Michael Ramsey
TRT: 4:00 | Colorado

Orange Peel
Experimental
Dir. Celia Hemken*
TRT: 15:00 | Los Angeles

Interrogate This:
Psychologists Take on Terror
1:35
Documentary Feature
Dir. Maryanne Galvin*
TRT 90:00 | USA
Should psychologists help the military interrogate
terror suspects? A deeply human story illustrating
the complexities encountered when terrorism,
psychology, politics, and ethics collide

1228 Flower
After Party Event | 8:00 pm

Desert Transmission
Experimental
Dir. Jeff Frank*
TRT 6:00 | Los Angeles

Pluto: A Father’s Tale
Narrative Feature
Dir. Peter Horn and Jared Marshall*
TRT 51:00 | Florida

Abram
Experimental
Dir. Marcos Pico*
TRT 5:00 | Nevada

Chiayi Symphony
Experimental
Dir. Stefano Giannotti
TRT 1:04:00 | China

Bands | 10:00
Leslie and the Badgers
Olin and the Moon
My Pet Saddle
My Imaginary Friend

Showcase 2 | 3:30 pm
The Plight of the Honeybee
Short Documentary
Dir. Jenny Townsend
TRT: 15:00 Colorado

Si Vola
Short Narrative
Dir. Laura Viezzoli*
TRT: 30:00 Italy

Plagued
Short Narrative
Dir. Michael Clark*
TRT 10:00 Los Angeles

Pluto: A Father’s Tale 4:25
Narrative Feature
Dir. Peter Horn and Jared Marshall*
TRT 51:00
After losing the two things that matter
most in his life, Raife Gutman is on a
quest to prove that Pluto is a planet. “We
feel that we have found a festival that
understands poor, homeless, and hungry
fi lmmakers.”

Showcase 3 | 6:00 pm
Eehappee
Experimental
Dir. Anne-Marie Bouchard
TRT 3:00 | Quebec

I Think It’s Love
Short Narrative
Dir. Susan Hippen
TRT 6:00 | Brooklyn

Il Male Assoluto
Short Narrative
Dir. Francesco Colangelo
TRT 10:00 | Italy

To Speak | 6:20
Feature Narrative
Dir. Craig Ower*
TRT 01:44:00 | Cambodia In a country
ravaged by genocide and civil war, a young
girl’s dream threatens to tear her village apart.

Showcase 4 | 8:30 pm
The Electric Arctic Circle
Experimental
Dir. Brian George*
TRT 15:00 | San Francisco

Pepeneitor
Short Narrative
Dir. Joe Rendon*
TRT 8:00 | Mexico

Gospel of Wonderland | 8:50
Feature Narrative
Dir. Sean Eisele*
TRT 01:20:00 | Philadelphia
A man escapes into the ghettos of Philadelphia
after he is shot and wounded in a crime.

Horror Showcase | 11:00pm
It Shines and Shakes
and Laughs
Experimental
Dir. Matthew Wade
TRT 7:00 | Boise

Stargazer
Short Narrative
Dir. Jacqui Siler*
TRT 10:00 | LA

Miyuki | 11:20
Feature Narrative
Dir. Immanuel Martin*
TRT 01:34:00 | California
Miyuki tells the story of a Japanese exchange
student with a buried past which
slowly begins to surface.
Showcases @ Downtown Independent
* Filmmaker in Attendance

Studio 1636
Shorts Night | 8:00 pm

Stargazer
Dir. Dir. Jacqui Siler* | LA

It Shines and Shakes and
Laughs
Dir. Matthew Wade | Boise

Invoice
Dir. Adrian Little | Michigan
Absorbed

Light on the Creek
Dir. Lee Bishop* | North Carolina

Near the Egress
Dir. Antonio Martinez | USA

Hunt
Dir. Yohei Ito* | Japan

Staubkaskade
Dir.Stefan Pautze* | Germany

Black Cat
Dir. Jon Clark | Olympia

Berenice
Dir. Bill Domonkos | USA

Men and Women
Dir. Natalie Frigo | Brooklyn

Undone Untitled Cafe Cut
Dir. Jane Meuter* | Seattle

Some of an Equation
Dir. Burke Roberts* | LA

Lily
Dir. Daniel Boneville* | NY/LA

Wednesday

Showcase 1 | 1:00 pm
Joey and Jerome’s Artistic
Meaningful Independent Film
Short Narrative
Dir. Josh Bass
TRT 24:00 Houston

The Day I Tried to Live
Short Narrative
Dir. John Chance*
TRT 18:00 UK/Spain

High Voltige
Music Video
Dir. Christina Soto
TRT 3:00 New Jersey

Larry and Roz
Animation
Kristen Palana
TRT 4:00 | Rome

Kin | 1:55
Feature Narrative
Dir. Brian Welsh
TRT 01:20:00 | UK
Frank’s life in London is uncomplicated.
A game of pool, a pint and spending
time with his care worker Sally are the
extent of his wants. His life takes a
dramatic turn though when a phone call
from his estranged sister forces him back
home to face a life he had long forgotten.

Showcase 2 | 3:30 pm
Light on the Creek/
Absorbed
Experimental
Dir. Lee Bishop*
TRT 4:00 | North Carolina

Faraway Look
Short Narrative
Dir. Sam Small
TRT 13:00 | London

Foreign English
Short Narrative
Dir. Armand Diab*
TRT 14:00 | Los Angeles

Burma All Inclusive | 4:05
Feature Documentary
Dir. Roland Wehap
TRT 01:36:00 | Austria/Burma
In the course of a fi ctitious all-inclusive
trip to Burma, the country is examined
from all possible and impossible
perspectives in a look behind its exotic
facade.

Showcase 3 | 6:00 pm
Jean’s Postmodern
Masterpiece
Short Narrative
Dir. Jason Outenreath*
TRT 14:00 | Ohio

Thanksgiving
Short Narrative
Dir. Anja Marquardt
TRT 11:00 | Brooklyn

The Bush Man
Short Documentary
Dir. Hanh Nguyen*
TRT 6:00 | San Francisco

Peripheral Vision | 6:30
Feature Narrative
Dir. Michael D. D’Andrea*
TRT 01:52:00 | New York
A misunderstood artist encounters unexpected
repercussions after reuniting with
a childhood friend and then attempting
to help a troubled young woman, fi nding
that people and life itself are rarely what
they seem on the surface.

Showcase 4 | 8:30 pm
Last Call
Short Narrative
Dir. Kurt Weitzmann*
TRT 36:00 | San Francisco

Compact Only
Short Narrative
Dir. Pamela Green*
TRT 14:00 | Los Angeles

Railed | 9:20
Feature Narrative
Dir. Ryan Fox*
TRT 01:20:00 | Los Angeles
Four thousand miles of tracks, three
hundred unsuspecting passengers, two
actors and one train. What could possibly
go wrong? It all depends, because
on the track where reality meets fi ction,
everybody has a story.

Horror Showcase | 11:00 pm
Invoice
Experimental
Dir. Adrian Little
TRT 2:00 | Michigan

Undone
Experimental
Dir. Jane Meuter*
TRT 4:00 | Seattle

Cromwell | 11:10
Feature Narrative
Dir. Jonathan Anderson*
TRT 01:10:00 | Toronto
This is a gruesome tale of a man gone
awry with serial murderous violence. Unable
to control his demons, the distorted
redemption offered through the love of
an exotic dancer just buries him further.

1228 Flower
After Party Event | 8:00 pm

Kismet Footage
Short Documentary
Dir. Pawnshop Byron*
TRT 28:00 | Arizona
A pawnshop owner discovers a tape that
depicts a grisly murder and solves the
mystery behind the disappearance of a
three high school kids who travelled to
a homeless village and never returned…
this fi lm is the real footage.

Los Vandalos
Feature Documentary
Dir. Shae D’lyn*
TRT 1:11:00 | Puerto Rico

Bands | 10:00
Brookline
Dalmacio Von Diamon & The
Enochian Keys
St. Motel
Eastern Conference Champions
LA Font
Showcases @ Downtown Independent
*Denotes Filmmaker in Attendance

Thursday

Showcase 1 | 1:00 pm
Silver State
Music Video
Dir. Brad Ungar*
TRT 3:00 | Los Angeles

Staubkaskade
Experimental
Dir.Stefan Pautze*
TRT 5:00 | Germany

The Beholder
Short Narrative
Dir. Roxanne Teti*
TRT 6:00 | Santa Barbara

Division Denim
Short Narrative
Dir. Barry Levy*
TRT 3:00 | Los Angeles

Standing Upright | 1:20
Feature Narrative
Dir. Donavan Kerr
TRT 1:33:00 | Portland
A down and out unemployed logger
in rural Oregon attempts to honor his
dying mother’s last wish: simply to be
cremated.

Showcase 2 | 3:30 pm
Desert Transmission
Experimental
Dir. Jeff Frank*
TRT 6:00 | Los Angeles

The Human Condition
Short Narrative
Dir. Alan Williams*
TRT 15:00 | Arizona

My Dying Day
Short Documentary
Dir. Courtney Sell*
TRT 10:00 | USA

Symphony
Animation
Dir. Eric Oh*
TRT 6:00 | USA

Chain Link | 4:05
Feature Narrative
Dir. Dylan Reynolds*
TRT 1:35:00 | Los Angeles
A real story about man recently released
from prison tries to re-connect with his
estranged son and girlfriend told with a
style reminiscent of Cassavettes.

Showcase 3 | 6:00 pm
Berenice
Experimental
Dir. Bill Domonkos
TRT 5:00 | Oakland

The Charade
Short Narrative
Dir. Emmett Kerr-Perkinson*
TRT 15:00 | Austin

The Westsider
Short Narrative
Dir. Charles Doran*
TRT 20:00 | Santa Monica

This Can’t Be Life | 6:40
Feature Narrative
Dir. Franco Clarke*
TRT 1:12:00 | Brooklyn
A Brooklyn story about two young
black men, Malcolm and Desmond,
who have just graduated from college
and are stepping into the real world.
Along with the frustration of trying to fi nd
employment, they must deal with other
obstacles life has thrown at them.

Showcase 4 | 8:30 pm
Nine Fourteen
Short Narrative
Dir. Carolyn Bevacqua*
TRT 19:00 | Los Angeles

Schism 8:50
Feature Narrative
Dir. John C. Lyons*
TRT 1:39:00 | Pennsylvania
The story of one man’s descent into the
world of Alzheimer’s dementia.

Horror Showcase | 11:00 pm
The Collective
Feature Narrative
Dir. Judson Morgan, Kelly
Overton*
TRT 1:21:00 | Los Angeles
A young woman must risk her own life in
order to save her sister who has joined a
secret community living in a deconsecrated
cathedral in the middle of New
York City.

The Collector | 12:25
Short Narrative
Dir. Dempsey Tillman*
TRT 15:00 | Los Angeles
A haunting tale of a young man struggling
with a mental illness that has consumed
his life. A powerful performance
by the late Brad Renfro, in his last fi lm.

1228 Flower
After Party Event | 8:00 pm
Film Showcase:
Georgian Filmmakers Think
Russian Invasion, not peaches!

Shivering Beauty
Experimental Feature
Dir. Robin Noorda*
TRT 53:00 |Amsterdam/Mongolia
Without an initial plan, means or fi nance
Noorda started to fi lm and let the country
tell him what he had to show. Set to the
Mongolian National Symphony.

Bands | 10:00
John Webster Johns
Glasser
Rainbow Arabia
The Growlers
Showcases @ Downtown Independent
* Filmmaker in Attendance

Friday
Showcase 1 | 1:00 pm
Inside Every Moment is
Another Moment
Experimental
Dir. Kacey Morrow
TRT 5:00 | Bellingham, WA

Entropy and Me
Short Narrative
Dir. Car Nazzal*
TRT 7:00 | Los Angeles

El Camino (The Way)
Short Narrative
Dir. F. Matilla
TRT 13:00 | Spain

Take | 1:30
Feature Narrative
Dir. Eric Bay-Andersen*
TRT 1:02:00 | UK
Shot in one “Take”, Take is the fi rst
mumblecore we’ve seen coming from
London. Looks like the movement is
meandering.

Showcase 2 3:30 pm
Panama
Short Narrative
Dir. Ben Bernschneider
TRT 9:00 | Germany

Hunt
Animation
Dir. Yohei Ito*
TRT 3:00 | Japan

Evidence
Short Narrative
Dir. Brian Ward*
TRT 1100 | Los Angeles

Homeland | 3:55
Feature Narrative
Dir. Christopher Young*
TRT 1:20:00 | Seattle
A Marine returns from Iraq to fi nd noone
to greet him at the airport. As he
searches for his father he fi nds his own
home has turned confusing and dangerous.
Now he fi ghts simply to belong.

Showcase 3 | 6:00 pm
Yard Work is Hard Work
Experimental
Dir. Jodie Mack
TRT 28:00 | USA

Pretty
Short Narrative
Dir. Jin Yoo-Kim*
TRT 9:00 | New York

Men and Women
Experimental
Dir. Natalie Frigo
TRT 6:00 | Brooklyn

The Wanderer | 6:35
Feature Nar/Doc
Dir. Ziggy Eisenberg*
TRT 1:33:00 | Las Vegas
A depressed American man who is
cheerless about his uninspiring ordinary
life and fed-up with his country’s
superfi cial antics embarks on a Far East
excursion to break the mundane shallow
chains of mental anguish. He fi nds
peace of mind stimulating freedom of
debauchery and exuberance broadening
his horizons globe trotting.

Showcase 4 | 8:30 pm
Straight to Voicemail
Short Narrative
Dir. Matthew Salisbury*
TRT 6:00 | San Diego

Something in the Way
Short Narrative
Dir. Pascal Payant
TRT 7:00 | Montreal

The Closer She Gets | 8:45
Feature Documentary
Dir. Craig Ouellette*
TRT 1:28:00 | Austin
Prepare for an emotional journey as you
travel through the exhilarating highs and
the crushing lows of battling brain cancer.
Shot by her 26-year-old son, ‘The
Closer She Gets’ is an unforgettable
portrait of Jane and her family. Using
no voiceover or interviews, the result is
unfl inching, thought-provoking, surprisingly
funny and incredibly personal. You
are invited to become a member of the
Ouellette family as they struggle through
this life-altering event - and, like the family,
the experience will leave you changed
forever.

Horror Showcase | 11:00 pm
Downsized
Short Narrative
Dir. Ran Riesser*
TRT 16:00 | Silverlake

Suspended | 11:15
Feature Narrative
Dir. Wilfried Meance*
TRT 1:21:00 | France
Three reunited childhood friends set off
together to enjoy New Year’s Eve in a
French chalet. A sudden accident sends
them off a cliff side where a tree holds
them “Suspended”.

Echo park Fim Center
Experimental Night | 8:00 pm

Victims
Dir. Nino Strohecker
TRT 23:00 | Stockholm

The Plugg
Dir. Alex Gunn*
TRT 10:00 | Arizona

Toumai
Dir. Carlos Stevens
TRT 5:00 | Portland

The Following Preview
Dir. Kevin Roy*
TRT 5:00 | Arizona

Inside Every Moment is
Another Moment
Dir. Kacey Morrow
TRT 5:00 | Bellingham, WA

It’s Magic
Dir. Jessie Kahnweiler*
TRT 15:00 | Echo Park

Black Cat
Dir. Jon Clark
TRT 1:00 | Olympia, WA

The Calistra Zipper Story
Feature Documentary
Dir. Craig Calman*
TRT 1:33:00 | Echo Park

1228 Flower
After Party Event | 8:00 pm
Soda Can Love
Feature Narrative
Dir. Brad Bores*
TRT 53:00 | Ohio

Journey Green Forest
Feature Narrative
Dir. Richard Wellington*
TRT 1:15:00 | Echo Park

Bands | 10:00
Dogweed
Next of Kin
Crooked Cowboy
Restavrant
Showcases @ Downtown Independent
* Filmmaker in Attendance

Saturday
Showcase 1 | 1:00 pm
Near the Egress
Experimental
Dir. Antonio Martinez
TRT 6:00 | Chicago

The Following Preview
Experimental
Dir. Kevin Roy*
TRT 4:00 | Los Angeles

L’Enfant Perdue(The Lost
Child)
Short Narrative
Dir. Josephine Mackerras
TRT 18:00 | Paris

Murmur of the Ruins | 1:30
Feature Doc/Nar
Dir. Nagorno Karabakh
TRT 1:32:00 France/Iraq
Where you will see: A truck full of fl our
lost, a taxi driver having an idea, a sad
woman having an idea too, a nosey and
lonely little boy who wants to know what
an idea is, Shushi, in Nagorno Karabakh,
and playing music among the ruins.

Showcase 3 | 6:00 pm
Getting Better All the Time
Short Narrative
Dir. Clay Zimmerman*
TRT 24:00 | Los Angeles

Steeped
Narrative Short
Dir. Peter Hermes*
TRT 10:00 | Portland

Luke and Brie Are on a First
Date | 6:35
Feature Narrative
Dir. Chad Hartigan*
TRT 1:15:00 | Los Angeles
Luke and Brie spend an evening navigating
the social jungle of Los Angeles and
the complicated landscape of attraction
during one eventful fi rst date.

Downtown Independent
8:30 pm | Free admission for fi rst
100 Attendees!

Omission
Short Narrative
Dir. Joe Rendon*
TRT 6:00 | Mexico

Alpha Maybe | 8:35
Feature Narrative
Dir. Steven Strauss*
TRT 1:18:00 | New York
Annette, the new house-sitter for a
divorced husband and his two sons,
begins a relationship with the teenage
son; while resisting advances from the
husband. Josh tries to backtrack out his
relationship when he fi nds out the girl he
barely likes is pregnant.
Plot-lines intersect to paint a picture of
which sex has control over the other,
and how ever-changing circumstances
jockey the upper-hand. Obviously balance
is out of the question.

Secret Location
Closing Night Party | 10:00
Bands
Death to Anders
We Are the World
Local Natives
Voxhaul Broadcast
Love Grenades

Showcase 2 | 3:30 pm
Beijing Ballers
Short Documentary
Dir. David Wang*
TRT 13:00 | China

Winter
Short Narrative
Dir. Valerio Ventura*
TRT 22:00 | Los Angeles

Buster 3:15
Feature Narrative
Dir. Lovisa Inserra*
TRT 1:12:00 | Brooklyn
This is a low budget fi lm. Not put-a-DVcamera-
on-my-gas-card low budget
-more like “shoot the whole thing in Super
8, develop the fi lm in the sink using
cheap equipment secured from Russia,
except the sulfuric acid, which you’ve
got to extract from old car batteries.”

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