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Void

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 7:00pm
Run Time: 
20m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
VOID, a supernatural thriller, follows FBI agent Liz Metera as she investigates a series of grisly murders in a small, desert town. She suspects they are the work of a serial killer but discovers that whatever is responsible is far more monstrous. While uncovering clues, she befriends a boy who is hiding a powerful and chilling secret. Uncovering it costs the FBI agent everything she holds dear, changing her life, and the town, forever.
Directed by: 
Meredith Berg
Produced by: 
Ethan Erwin and Nguyen Tran
Written by: 
Meredith Berg
Main Cast: 
Tim Guinee, Jennifer Christopher, Michael Len, John West

The Familiar

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
22m
Country: 
Canada
Synopsis: 
Sam has just accepted a very unusual job: become the assistant to an amoral, immortal, bloodsucking vampire.
Directed by: 
Kody Zimmermann
Produced by: 
Riley Walsh. Kody Zimmermann
Written by: 
Kody Zimmermann
Main Cast: 
Torrance Coombs, Paul Hubbard, Rachel Sehl, Brock Shoveller, Jason Harder, Luisa Jojic, Josh Blacker, Art Kitching, Suzka Mares, Rosette Sharma

Full Employment

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
12m
Country: 
Germany
Synopsis: 
The fictional documentary "Full Employment" introduces an innovative federal pilot project: The Agency for Assisted Employment. The extension of lifetime careers means that more and more older citizens have to continue working, and that there aren't enough jobs for young, less qualified workers, making Agencies for Assisted Employment a nationwide necessity. Young employees, similar to civil service workers, assist older people in carrying out their jobs. The film documents a workday for Miro and the client he assists, 78-year-old Mr. Janssen. Mr. Janssen is a zombie hunter."
Directed by: 
Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel
Produced by: 
Frank Kaminski & Ulrich Stiehm
Written by: 
Thomas Oberlies & Matthias Vogel
Main Cast: 
Wilfried Elste, Mark Auerbach, Wolfgang Stegemann, Antje Rau, Martin Baden, Rainer Knepperges, Rainer Gerlach, Fred Yorgk, Andreas Merker, Stefan Bergel

Hazel

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
9m
Country: 
Scotland
Synopsis: 
Hazel goes missing in a small Scottish community. The TV interviews show concerned neighbors and devastated friends. Weinstein the village loner slowly breaks down the web of lies that have held the community together. The shock is who did it, the horror is what they do to her and the surprise is the involvement of the man who claimed to love her the most (Weinstein) and his unwitting betrayal.
Directed by: 
Jonathan Baraclough
Produced by: 
Felix Gilfedder
Written by: 
Jonathan Baraclough
Main Cast: 
Shian Devonan, John. C Gilmour

Hunter's Moon

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
9m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A career criminal named Hunter has taken Celeste, the woman he loves, out to the desert after becoming suspicious of her behavior. Fearing that she has become an informant, he conducts a brief interrogation that provides him with an answer he could never have predicted.
Directed by: 
Matt Page
Produced by: 
Monique Anair & Lesley Woolfman
Written by: 
Matt Page
Main Cast: 
Christopher Dempsey, Trine Christensen, Tait Fletcher

In Twilight's Shadow

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No Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
12m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
In this fast-paced sci-fi/thriller, IN TWILIGHT'S SHADOW introduces the adventure of a female immortal caught between two worlds. Unable to exist with the consequences of her choice in accepting the dark gift, Carlisle has isolated herself in a suspended state between light and dark. But when the leader of her Coven takes revenge against the mortal she loves, Carlisle is summoned to rise and face the creature that lurks within.
Directed by: 
TM Scorzafava
Produced by: 
Jacov Bressler, Aaron Sherry
Written by: 
TM Scorzafava
Main Cast: 
Natasha Alam, Erica Luttrell, Nadia Gillespie, John Charles Meyer, Rodney Neil

Leftovers

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
17m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Claire has adjusted to life in the world of the dead. Alone after her husband and son fell victim to the scourge of walking corpses, she spends her days striving to maintain a normal life. However, a 'normal life' is a relative term in this dark, new world. When Claire saves a family from a horde of the dead, all of them come to realize a terrifying truth... There are some things worse than death.
Directed by: 
Paul Moore
Produced by: 
Eugene Johnson, Scot Tanner
Written by: 
Paul Moore
Main Cast: 
Sunny LA Rose, Jeff Schmidt

Rations

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World Premiere
Showtime: 
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:00am
Run Time: 
5m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
A couple is lost in the desert, with only one bottle of water... and a long way to go. Do you ration?
Directed by: 
Craig Oullette
Produced by: 
Craig Oullette
Written by: 
Craig Oullette
Main Cast: 
Carmen Elena Mitchell, Todd Buteau

Tinglewood

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US Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 9:30pm
Run Time: 
16m
Country: 
Australia
Synopsis: 
Tension between Sam and his father inspires a long overdue family outing deep into the Tinglewood forest. As darkness falls, the camping trip enters dangerous territory when they are attacked by an unseen enemy. Sam is forced to overcome his differences and step up to protect those closest to him.
Directed by: 
Alexander von Hofmann
Produced by: 
Antony Webb and Alexander von Hofmann
Written by: 
Antony Webb and Alexander von Hofmann
Main Cast: 
Nathan Coenen, Paris Graham, Mark Jones, Anna Head

Vampire Birth Certificate

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Los Angeles Premiere
Showtime: 
Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 9:30pm
Run Time: 
3m
Country: 
USA
Synopsis: 
Wanda is wrapping up another day at her service desk at the County Clerk's office. But when Michael, a well-meaning yet stressed-out vampire, shows up needing a copy of his 150-year-old birth certificate, Wanda is challenged to do what she fears most: help. A government employee and the living dead face off in this clash to determine which of them is the greater of two evils.
Directed by: 
Brian Horn
Produced by: 
James Reynolds, Brian Horn, Kim Kotfis Horn, and Brandon Walowitz
Written by: 
James Reynolds and Brian Horn
Main Cast: 
Tarvenia Jones, Ian Pfister