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www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 3 Welcome The Mississippi Film Office who we are 4 The Mississippi Film Office welcomes you to the 2014 Crossroads Film Festival. Whether you are here to watch the society 5 the films or to watch your film, we’re glad you’re here and proud you put Crossroads on your film festival calendar. sponsors 8 As an original sponsor of the Festival, we are true believers in the power of film. While our everyday mission workshops 10 is to attract and support film production, our long term vision is to create and encourage all filmmakers. Through Crossroads, we venues 11 are able to embrace both. Mississippi is a solid place to make a movie: beautiful locations, film listings 12 hospitable people, supportive communities, a Legislature that understands our mission, and a Governor who champions its progress. Our film incentive program includes a 25-30% cash rebate on your Mississippi live music 30 spend, including resident and non-resident cast and crew payroll. schedule back Mississippi is an amazing place of inspiration and accomplishment. A Mississippian stands at every crossroads of American culture. Through words and notes and paint and film...Mississippians have always been storytellers. Blemished as it is by unforgivable moments, Mississippi has yielded an unmatchable heritage. The challenge and responsibility of this Society President’s Letter office, and the obligation we feel to you, is to continue this great heritage, Dear Friends: and to create, nurture, and support every storyteller.

On behalf of the Board of the For us filmmaking is more than economics. Every film creates opportunity, and the greatest opportunity comes in the explanation of a life, of a place, Crossroads Film Society, I welcome of a people. In the telling of our stories, real or imagined, we create you to the 15th Annual Crossroads understanding, discourse, and illumination. There is nothing better than Film Festival! what we do, as there is no boundary to what we can achieve. Fifteen years ago a small group of We will always encourage you, the filmmaker, with financial and determined filmmakers and lovers educational opportunity. And we will continue to sustain you, the filmgoer, by supporting film festivals and filmmakers seeking the independent of film came together to form the voice. We know that all lives are made richer by the stories we share. We Crossroads Film Society with the goals hope you enjoy Crossroads. of broadening the experience of our Ward Emling viewers, and continuing the tradition The Mississippi Film Office of Mississippi’s storytellers by giving www.filmMississippi.org our filmmakers a home to showcase their talents. Why Film in Mississippi?

Over the years Crossroads has screened over 1,000 films from all over Recently expanded and improved, the Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Program is now among the best in the United States. the world, allowing our audiences the opportunity to see and experience It specifically includes feature film, television, documentary, stories, cultures, and perspectives to which many of us would not have commercial, video game, and new technology production; and it been exposed. In addition, we have hosted hundreds of filmmakers – and qualifies production distributed through every medium and on have shown many of them a Mississippi they did not expect! screens of every shape and size.

Thanks to the support of our numerous volunteers and our generous The incentive is a simple and direct cash rebate program of 25% sponsors, Crossroads has grown throughout the years and now includes on local spend, 25% on non-resident cast and crew payroll, and 30% on Mississippi resident cast and crew payroll. And we have children’s programs, film industry panels and discussions, receptions, and added a 5% bonus rebate on the salaries of honorably discharged music. We have a great festival planned for this year and hope you will Veterans. We have a very low $50,000 minimum spend. There is a come join us in celebrating 15 years of film! $10 million rebate limit per project, with an individual salary cap of $5 million and a $20 million annual rebate cap. Greg Smith President, Board of Directors And we come from the production community, so we understand the challenges you face and know how to support you and your film from research to premiere. For information about the Mississippi Incentive Program, call the Mississippi Film Office at 601.359.3297, or visit us online at www.filmMississippi.org 4 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Who We Are Festival Committee Awards 2014 Festival Jury Michele Baker, festival coordinator Best Feature Narrative Wes Benton • Allen Blackwell • Clint Bowie • Chandler Griffin • Hudson Greg Smith, co-director Best Feature Documentary Best Short Narrative Hickman • Brian Hilburn • Robert Lesley • Lynda Lesley • Chris Strompolos Nina Parikh, co-director Best Short Documentary • Missy Tanner • Angela Tucker • Diego Velasco Robbie Fisher, sponsorships Best Student For juror bios, visit crossroadsfilmfestival.com Jerel Levanway, sponsorships Adam Ford Youth Award Rick Patt, board liaison Best Animation Best Experimental Programmers Nan Beaumont, board liaison Best Music Video Michele Baker • Fran Baker • Lucian Dixon • Amy & Monte Kraus • Nina Parikh Robert Traub, screenings The Ruma • John Stenmark • Greg Smith • Philip Scarborough • Robert Traub • Carolina John Stenmark, workshops Programmer’s Choice Award Whitfield-Smith • Louisa Whitfield-Smith Zach Prichard, art director Audience Choice Award Transformative Award Shawn Rossi, marketing/pr Herman’s Pick Frank Owen, social media Screening Committee Darren Schwindaman, program design Crossroads Film Society Graham Ahlrich • Cooper Anderton • Dr. Fran Baker • Michele Baker • Madeline Thabi Moyo, designer Producer’s Club Bates • Nan Beaumont • Dean Blackwell • Lauren Blalock • Daniel Briner • Kiera Sid and Kathy Davis Philip Scarborough, technical Bronson • Caitlin Brooking • Bo Brown • Emily Brown • Rodney Brown • Victoria Bill Simonett, technical Director’s Club Burnham • Shuntasia Coleman • Daemon Condie • Kayla Cook • Katie Corley • Adam Daniel, technical Ann and Dean Blackwell Tyler Cox • Lucian Dixon • Nick Dodd • Misti Dossett • Josh Evans • Phillis Farmer Lida Gibson, technical Jeanne Luckett and C.B. Carroll • Robbie Fisher • Lyndon Giordano • Katie Greer • Wendy C. • Greif • Ben Griffin • Greg Smith Lisa Papale, festival jury Olivia J. Hall • Deborah Hammond • Kinsley Heckart • Heather Hedrick • Frank Henn Carolina Whitfield-Smith, Star • Kimberly Henry • Jeffrey Hess • Laurel Isbister • Arminda Johnson • Michael Jolly audience awards Bo Brown • Randy Khalaf • Benjamin Kirkland • Amy Kraus • Monte Kraus • Nicholas Lalo • Andi Agnew, music videos Nina Parikh and Jerel Levanway Thomas Lalo • Cameron Lemon • Sierra Lewis • Dr. Kentrell Liddell • Alfred Luckett Arden Barnett, music Katie McClendon • Sheera Lum • Allison Martin • Amy Mayhue • Dr. Debbie McCollum • Kelsee Mark and Anita Modak-Truran Britini Breazeale, music McKim • Janet McLeran-Porter • Ray Mikell • Stephanie Miller • Asher Mitchell Greg and Lola Williamson • Joel Montoya • Roger Murphy • Liz Nosen • Lee Ogletree • Amanda Orgeron • Mary Elizabeth Fair, parties & events Craig Orgeron • Octavia Kieara Pendleton • Warren Porter • Julie Radico • Breana Shannon Warnock, volunteers Film Buff Dr. Fran Baker Ratliff • Eric Reisman • Jontay Reynolds • Shivon Rockward • Mario Rosales • Adam Kentrell Liddell, student volunteers Beth Batton and Carver Brown Rylander • MaKensey Sanders • Zia Saraiva • Philip Scarborough • Keritan Larrella Clyde Watkins, box office Nan Beaumont Shelby • Chip Sheppard • Greg Smith • Janice Stenmark • John Stenmark • Joe Fran Baker, merchandise Sally and Jeremy Birdsall Stephenson • India Tate • Jenny Taylor • Michael Tompkins • Dallas Townsend • Jimmy Taylor, transportation Vidal Blankenstein Robert Traub • Akua Twumasewaah • Caleb Upton • Jane Wasser • Mychaela Waters Alec Martin, intern Raju Andre and Ronica Branson • Steven Watkins • Jeannette Weaver • Anne Welch • Carolina Whitfield-Smith • Mad Genius, commercial & pre-roll Lee Anne and Chase Bryan Louisa Whitfield-Smith • Ann Willett • Johannah Williams • students from Hinds Lida and Gregg Caraway Pam Brooks, Malco Community College, Mississippi State University, and Tougaloo College Robbie Fisher Fred Fisher, Malco Dr. Sunny Fridge Seth Tadlock, Malco Lida Gibson Volunteers Dr. Nola Gibson Simeon Bingham • Laura Blaylock • Janis Boersma • Gavin Brannan • Kiera Board of Directors Picture Jams Bronson • Shuntasia Coleman • Ailene de la Torre • Lucian Dixon • Christain Greg Smith, President Holly Lange Ervin • Marc Ford • Ben Griffin • Lea Gunter • Anna Ingebretsen Hall • Warren Kevin Slark, Vice-President Robert and Lynda Lesley Helmer • Michele Husbands • Jasmine Jackson • Jerrick • Lakendria Jones • Rick Patt, Secretary Upa and Nora Parikh Kristie Lipford •Natalie Long • Alfred Luckett • Shondra Macklin • Susan Marquez Mark Knight, Treasurer Zach Prichard Nan Beaumont • Christina Mayo • Ray Mikell • Tim Murphy • Becky Olthof • • Kahil Peets • Shawn and Quinn Rossi Dean Blackwell Eric Reisman • Jontay Reynolds • Otilia Sebuktekin • Michael Shadie • Melinda Dale and Janet Shearer Simmons • Arundel Simpson • Howie Smith •Linda Todd • Vikram Udeshi • Bo Brown Robert Traub Brianna Williams • Hinds, Tougaloo, and Mississippi State University students Sid Davis Jim and Malinda Warren (list as of 3/21/14) Robbie Fisher Clyde Watkins Brad Franklin Monte Kraus Filmmakers and Guests in Attendance Jerel Levanway Azod Abedikichi • Joy Abedikichi • Shelby Baldock • Jasmine Barclay • Chad Barton • Kira Britt • Juliet Buckholdt • James V. Dr. Kentrell Liddell Bulian • Meaghin Burke • Gregg Caraway • E. J. Carter • Khadija Charles • Melvin Cheng • Chris Clark • William F. Clopton • Zach Prichard Wilma Mosley Clopton • Andrew Corkin • Carson Culver • Jason Daniels • Casey Dillard • Greg Earnest • Josh Evans • Chase Yvetta Kai Williams Everett • Alison Fast • James Feeney • Chandler Ferriss • Ellen Ann Fentess • Brenda Fielder • George Ford • Lynn Forney Advisory Board • Darryl Freedman • Mary Ann Freedman • Jacob Fuller • Taylor Gahm • Harrison Givens • Dustin Grella • Katie Green • Ed Inman Chandler Griffin • Joelle Handy • Greg Hanks • Lola Mae McLain Hanks • Ian Hanson • Clay Hardwick • Christie Herring • Jeanne Luckett Jimbeau Hinson • Rex Jones • Nicholas Judt • Randy King • Venkat Krishnan • Linda Krogh • Daniel Lee Perea • Colin Lockey Anita Modak-Truran • Jordan Luby • Virginia Manchado • Jennifer Mathus • Jimbo Mathus • David Matthews • Adam McAlpin • Packer McBride Joy Parikh • Aaron McElfish • Melody McLain • Shannon McLaughlin • Matthew McLaughlin • Bonnie Meadows • Diondra Meravi • Nina Parikh Erica Montgomery • Matthew Morgan • Terrance Mosley • Monique Mosley • Rob Ontell • Corrie Parks • Glenn Payne • Philip Scarborough Robby Piantanida • Cindy Pitts • Patrik-Ian Polk • Joshua Powell • Zach Prichard • Aravind Ragupathi • Michael Randall Todd Stauffer • Bryan Reisberg • Tom Rice •David Rogers • Carlye Rubin • Jeremy Sande • Geoffrey Shrewsbury • Steve Smith • Marc Ferrell Tadlock Smolowitz • Alexis Spraic • Josh Starr • Dana Terry • Kerry Thomas • Maria Thomas • J.T. Trotter • Lori Tubbs • Jason Turner • Rob Underhill • Chris Voss • Alex Warren • Joshua Watson • Ginger Williams-Cook • Michael Williams • Amile Wilson • Christopher Windfield www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 5 The Crossroads Film Society Film Society Our Mission Become a Member Crossroads Film Society is the The mission of the Crossroads Film Crossroads Film Society relies on sponsoring organization of the Society is to celebrate the art of its membership and donations for Crossroads Film Festival. We filmmaking in all of its diversity a large part of its organizational are a multi-cultural, nonprofit and depth by bringing international budget. The extent and quality of organization dedicated to providing and domestic films to the Deep its programming is directly related access to international, national, South; facilitating discussions for to membership and donations. and local film and video. We film enthusiasts and filmmakers; Donate, join or extend your also encourage discussion and presenting and honoring films membership online with PayPal production of film and video, highlighting Southern experiences now at crossroadsfilmfestival.com. particularly as related to the (especially those from Mississippi); Individual: $35 / Student: $25 cultural, educational and economic and providing educational Make it happen and join the • Discount for screenings of Festival films and special events vitality of the state and region. opportunities to empower aspiring Crossroads Film Society! during the year Our society’s objectives are met storytellers to share their vision • Members-only film screenings through year-round programming, with the world.The Society strives Join online at and parties including special events, lectures, to be a cultural crossroads, crossroadsfilmsociety.com • Newsletters and special notice of workshops, and the annual bringing the world to the Deep or visit our membership upcoming events Crossroads Film Festival. South and sharing Southern table at the theatre • 2 Tickets to non-festival films perspectives with the world. • Invitation to planning meetings The Ruma Award Adam Ford Dual: $50 Crossroads bestows The Ruma Youth Filmmaking Award All regular membership benefits plus: Award annually on the most Adam Christian Ford (1993-2008) • 2 Membership cards promising Mississippi filmmaker was the only child of artist- Film Buff: $100 competing at the Crossroads Film filmmaker Dick Ford and USM All dual membership benefits plus: Festival. The award honors a journalism professor Barbara • 1 Crossroads Film Festival poster former Crossroads Vice President, Shoemake Ford (1961-1998). • 1 Crossroads Film Festival t-shirt the late Ruma Haque. The festival As a regular participant in the • Listing in Festival Program commissions a notable local artist Crossroads Film Festival and other • Invitation to all Festival receptions to create a new work each year for the award. film events, he looked forward Ian Hanson is an artist, designer and printmaker who lives and works in to a future in film and media. Star: $250 Jackson, Mississippi. He is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin- In commemmoration of Adam’s All dual membership benefits plus: Madison where he studied art and design, before returning to Jackson, his passion for filmmaking, Crossroads • 1 Crossroads Film Festival poster • 2 Crossroads Film Festival t-shirts home town. Ian is currently a founding member of Midcity Print, a screen has dedicated the Youth • Listing in Festival Program printing collective based in Midtown and a co-founder of Priced to Move, Filmmaking Award in his honor. • Invitation to all Festival receptions an annual Jackson art and music event created to showcase affordable art from emerging local artists. Transformative Film Award Envisioned by former board Director’s Club: $500 All dual membership benefits plus: About the Piece: member deborah Wright, this • 2 Crossroads Film Festival posters award is given to a film that has “Dutch the Horse” is a painting • 2 Crossroads Film Festival t-shirts the ability to transform opinions, on canvas created as a whimsical, • 2 All-Access Festival Passes lives, and ultimately, history. lighthearted take on the very real • Listing in Festival Program lengths those behind the lens Herman’s Pick • Invitation to all Festival will go to get the perfect shot. It receptions & exclusive events is intended to speak to both the In honor of former festival director, humorous and rather uncomfortable the late Herman Snell, we share a Producer’s Club: $1,000 situations production crews find film that would certainly have been All dual membership benefits plus: themselves in so often when they on his to-see list. Borrowed from • 2 Crossroads Film Festival posters set out to tell a story with film. the name of Herman’s weekly music • 4 Crossroads Film Festival t-shirts column in the Jackson Free Press, • 4 All-Access Festival Passes Festival Glass Awards Artist “Herman’s Pick” is chosen based • Listing in Festival Program 2014 Crossroads award winners are presented with a beautiful glass on elements he appreciated in • Invitation to all Festival sculpture created by Mississippi artist Jerri Sherer of Light+Glass Studio movies: time travel or altered time, receptions and exclusive events in Jackson. Jerri is an exhibiting member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of alternate realities, psychic powers, Mississippi, a member and officer of the Jackson Arts Collective, and double meanings or ambiguity, and/ volunteers every summer for VSA ArtBuds, a program that pairs artists with or the ability for a film to be thought- special needs children. Her work can be found at Light and Glass Studio, the provoking. In his words, “If a movie Craftsmen’s Guild Gallery and at Art Fairs throughout the Southeast. contains any of these elements, I’m going to like the movie on concept alone.” 6 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival

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Sponsored by the Mississippi Film Office Workshops Free and Open to the Public Saturday, April 5 @ Polk created the TV series Noah’s making Bryan’s first feature, Big music videos and commercials. Big 10:00 – 11:15 a.m., Malco Arc, for the Logo network and the Significant Things.Andrew has Significant Things is Bryan’s first Screen B independent features The Skinny worked with several first-time feature film and it premiered at and Blackbird. Patrik is a native of directors from conception to the 2014 South by Southwest Film A Conversation with Tom Rice and Patrik-Ian Polk Hattiesburg, and graduated from exhibition with all opening at major Festival last month. the film program at the University film festivals. of Southern Mississippi before Saturday, April 5 @ attending Brandeis and USC. 2:30 p.m., Malco (Arcade Room) Saturday, April 5 @ Filmmaking & the Legal 11:30 – 12:45 p.m., World Malco Screen B Entertainment attorneys host an Tom Rice

Some filmmakers have been with Crossroads since the beginning. At the first festival in 2000, Tom Rice Andrew Corkin and Patrik-Ian Polk premiered their first feature films. In the 14 years Matthew Morgan since then, they’ve grown as writers, Andrew D. Corkin, of Uncorked directors, and producers. Crossroads Matthew Morgan Casting Productions, is a Gotham Award is excited to welcome back and Mississippi winning New York-based Producer. celebrate two of our homegrown Casting Director Matthew of Within the past 6 years, Andrew has stars. Morgan Casting will share had 5 films at Sundance, 4 at SxSW, auditioning tips and share his See Tom’s recent film The Way Way and 4 at Cannes. Andrew’s recent experiences casting a diverse range credits include: Martha Marcy May Back on 4/4/14 at 7:10 and Patrik’s Ryanne Saucier of films. He has been responsible film Blackbird (filmed in Hattiesburg) Marlene, An Oversimplification of for all recent local casting for Her Beauty (Gotham Award winner), on 4/5/14 at 7:10 interactive session for filmmakers/ features filmed in Mississippi King Kelly, Burma (SxSW 2013, musicians/artists/creators Tom Rice, a Jackson, MS, native including As I Lay Dying, Blunt Special Jury Prize winner), We Are discussing case studies related to debuted his first film The Rising Force, The Historian, Starve, What We Are, Wild Canaries, and filmmaking and the creative arts. Place at the 1st Crossroads Film Blackbird, and Big Significant Big Significant Things. Andrew Bring your questions. Festival. He has since produced Things. recently executive produced Andrew the Sundance hit The Way, Way Matthew Morgan comes to Renzi’s feature debut, Franny, Ryanne Duffie Saucier is the Back (Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell), casting with educational training in starring Richard Gere and Dakota Deputy Executive Director for and the upcoming films Begin business (degrees in International Fanning. Support Services and Contracts at Again (Kierra Knightley, Mark Business and Foreign Languages). Mississippi Public Broadcasting Ruffalo), Merry Friggin’ Christmas Having lived and studied in the (MPB). Ryanne has worked in the (Robin Williams, Joel McHale), and United States, Canada, France entertainment industry for over Mississippi Grind (Ryan Reynolds, and Spain, Matthew has a diverse 15 years in the areas of artist Ben Mendelsohn) which was eye for people and a broad management, radio programming, partially filmed in Mississippi. understanding of international concert planning, artist promotion Patrik-Ian Polk is a film director, cultures, practices and trends in and film production. Prior to producer, screenwriter, singer, and marketing/advertising. He has joining MPB, she practiced actor. He is noted for his films that had over a decade of real-people entertainment law, working with explore the African-American LGBT casting experience, along with musicians, writers, filmmakers, experience and relationships. His casting professional models and and broadcasters in the areas of feature film directorial debut Punks, actors. Morgan Casting has offices Bryan Reisberg music licensing, music publishing premiered at in Toronto, Ontario; New Orleans, as well as copyright, trademark and media law. A graduate of the Sundance Louisiana & Canton, Mississippi. Bryan Reisberg’s first short film Mississippi College School of Law Film Festival Father/Son premiered at the 2012 Saturday, April 5 @ she has been published by the in 2000. BFI London Film Festival and he 11:45 – 1:00 p.m., Malco American Bar Association on the recently directed The Walker, topics of film and music licensing. Screen C a web series starring Carey Making Your First Feature Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Rightor Film Doyle. Since forming Uncorked Bryan Reisberg (Director) and Productions with Andrew Corkin Patrik-Ian Polk Andrew Corkin (Producer) in 2008, Bryan has also directed will share their experiences www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 11 Venues

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Films Mustard Yellow Sweater Music Video Showcase Thursday, April 13, 7:00 p.m. @ Hal & Mal’s $7 sponsored by WJTV News Channel 12 Radio

Music Video Showcase Monkey Rag (Mississippi premiere) Animation (4 min.) / Dir. Joanna Davidovich / Georgia

Devil’s Rope (by Tim Lee 3) Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Andy Feliu / USA

Born Too Late (by Dent May) Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Carson Culver / Jackson, MS

Say Yeah (by Kerry Thomas) (Mississippi premiere) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Kerry Thomas / Jackson, MS

You’re An Angel (by Jason Daniels) Say Yeah Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Packer McBride / USA

Radio (by The Furrows) (Mississippi premiere) Tennessee Walker Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Scott Allen / Jackson, MS

I Build Houses (by The Furrows) Music video (6 min.) / Dir. Zach Prichard / Jackson, MS Boogie

Circles (by 5th Child) (World premiere) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Christpher Windfield / Byram, MS

Boogie (featuring the North Mississippi Allstars) Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Shelby Baldock / Tennessee

Dog Beers (by the Growlers 7) Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Clay Hardwick / Jackson, MS Here on the Hill Here on the Hill (by Cindy Pitts) (World premiere) Music video (4 min.) / Dir. Dick Ford / Mize, MS Dog Beers Mustard Yellow Sweater (by Jason Turner) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Joshua Powell / Clinton, MS

Tennessee Walker Mare (by Jimbo Mathus) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Jennifer Mathus / Taylor, MS

Strange Emotion (by Jessy Lanza) Devil’s Rope Monkey Rag Music video (7 min.) / Dir. Alex Warren / Jackson, MS

Every Day Will Be Like This (by Spirituals) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Robby Piantanida / Jackson, MS

Serious (by Sanders Bohlke) Music video (5 min.) / Dir. Robby Piantanida / Jackson, MS

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FilmsBig Significant Things Block Shorts 1: Dark comedy & Satire Block – April 4, April 4, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. – Malco, Screen A 2014 @ 7:20 p.m. – Malco, Screen C

Why I Make Movies Short narrative (4 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Sam Frazier, Jr. / Alabama / Comedy, Personal Narrative A short explanation of one filmmaker’s unsatisfying life at Big Significant Things work and home, but glamorous lifestyle when he’s accepted into Real Democracy film festivals. (Adult language, Globe Trot (Mississippi premiere) Experimental (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Mitchell Rose / Ohio / Drama, Music Adult situations, Drug & alcohol use, Sexual situations) An international, crowd-sourced dance-film project, created by 50 filmmakers on seven continents who each shoot one second of dance by Democracy (Democracia) with Alex’s mom, too? Ann decides (Mississippi premiere) choreographer Bebe Miller. to give the relationship another try. Short narrative (11 min.) / Dir. Borja Big Significant Things (Mississippi premiere) Cobeaga / Prod. Nahikari Ipina / #RealDemocracy Feature Narrative (85 min.) / Dir. Bryan Reisberg / Prod. Andrew Corkin / Spain / Comedy, Satire (#DemocraciaReal) (USA New York / Dramedy, Satire premiere) The manager of a company Short Narrative (6 min.) / Dir. At 26, Craig (Harry Lloyd, Game of Thrones) has job stability, a supportive proposes a daring plan for keeping Chedey Reyes / Spain / Comedy family, and is about to start a new chapter with his girlfriend. With big life the workers’ morale high. changes on the horizon, what better time to lie to your girlfriend so you Is everybody ready to vote? The can go on a solo road trip through the south? Filmed in Jackson, Gulfport, A Day in the Life of a five members of Social Movement Bathroom Mirror (Mississippi 15M face an insurmountable and Oxford. Premiered at SXSW 2014. (Adult language, Adult situations, premiere) obstacle to democracy. (Adult Drug & alcohol use, Sexual situations) Short Narrative (8 min.) / Dir. language, Adult situations) Phil Hawkins / Prod. Dominic The Way Way Back – April 4, 2014 Rose / United Kingdom / Comedy, There Is No God And We Romance, Fantasy All Die Alone (Mississippi @ 7:10 p.m. – Malco, Screen B premiere) presented in celebration of Mississippi Creative Economy The reflective life of a bathroom Short narrative (21 min.) / Dir. mirror - love, lust, loathings and Harrison Givens / Prod. Diondra The Way Way Back longings - all in one day! Starring the Meravi / California / Comedy, voice of Tim McInnerny (Blackadder, Coming of Age Notting Hill). (Crude humor) After the death of his father, Henry The Blue-Collared Copper Fleetwood embarks on a whimsical Caper (World premiere) journey. He enlists an unlikely crew Short Narrative (19 min.) / Dir. of allies, becomes entangled in a Chandler Ferriss / Brandon, MS / cosmic coincidence, and comes Comedy, Drama, Crime, Satire face to face with Death itself. After a crime novelist’s second book (Adult language, Sexual situations) fails to make the bestseller list, he The Way Way Back Sheltered Love (Mississippi seeks inspiration by committing an premiere) Feature Narrative (103 min.) / Dir. Nat Faxon, Jim Rash / Prod. Tom Rice / actual crime – robbing a recently Short narrative (10 min.) / Dir. USA / Dramedy vacated television studio of its Alex Italics / Arizona / Comedy, Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her precious metals. (Adult language, Satire, Dramedy overbearing boyfriend, and the boyfriend’s daughter. Though he’s having Adult situations, Drug & alcohol use) In blissful 1950s suburbia, a a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, A Good Match (Mississippi lovestruck bobbysoxer and her no- manager of the Water Wizz water park. Starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, premiere) good boyfriend seek refuge from & Allison Janney. Producer Tom Rice is a native of Jackson, MS. His first Short Narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Lyn her overprotective and hot-headed feature “The Rising Place” screened at the 1st Annual Crossroads Film Elliot / Missouri / Comedy, Drama father in an unorthodox locale for Festival. Tom will be in attendance for discussion of the film. (Adult Ann and Alex have split up, but a romantic rendezvous: her family’s situations, adult language) does that mean it has to be over nuclear fallout shelter. 14 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival

Films Tickets for each block are $8; $6 for film society members/students/seniors 65+ Kid-Friendly incl. Summer 2013 Canton Young Filmmakers Projects (Junior) April 5, 2014 @ 10:00 a.m. – Malco, Screen C Sponsored by the Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau and Film Office Ninjas Beware Dream Game The Underdogs breakfast and is called upon to Youth (7 min.) / Dir. Perry Youth (8 min.) / Dir. Della Cox, Youth (9 min.) / Dir. Alijah Thomas, become a hero. Herrington, Brady Permenter, Edi Daniel Martin, Aidan Albritton, Gracie Gray, Jeffrey Blackmon, Black Rock Creek Craft, Elizabeth Hutson, Aidan Ray / Nathan Slack, Juliet Buckholdt, Morgan McCune, Sam Shearer / Short narrative (5 min.) / Dir. Canton, MS Preston Cobbins / Canton, MS Canton, MS Malone Lumarda / California / Who’s been robbing the local bank? A normal game of kickball turns Follow Channel 12 Action News Drama, Nature into a super game of kickball. as the underdogs take on the iControl (Mississippi A young girl takes a mystical walk undefeated Mighty Thunder in a premiere) Finding Fred along beautiful Black Rock Creek. round of dodge ball. Animation (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Youth (6 min.) / Dir. Case Bogue, Rhys Castro / Florida / Family, Rohan Udesh, Tim McSwain, Garret Baby Chicken Comedy, Sci-Fi Lundy, Gavin McCune / Canton, MS Animation (8 min.) / Dir. Azod Abedikichi / Prod. Joshua N. Evans Two girls run into some problems A group of kids break out of jail to / Jackson, MS / Family, Comedy when they find a smartphone that find a precious fruit. once belonged to “Steve.” A wooden man befriends his

Shorts 2: Teen-Friendly Block – April 5, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m. – Malco, Screen A

Why Not? (Mississippi Kitties - A Short Film up in New York City, tracing key Josecho de Linares / Spain / Drama premiere) Short narrative (2 min.) / Dir. Greg moments, and hoping to reconnect Zurdo had a close relationship Short narrative (5 min.) / Dir. Hanks / Prod. Melody McLain / with the past before progressing with his grandmother until he went & Prod. Mariah Hall / Kansas / Meridian, MS / Comedy, Horror towards a future identity. away to school. Now, he decides Dramedy A hunter and zombie struggle to The Apple of My Eye (Mi Ojo to visit her with the intuition that When a young man finds a credit gain the upper hand until they are Derecho) (MS premiere) he might not see her again. card in the park, he dreams of all both confronted by a new threat. Short narrative (14 min.) / Dir. the possibilities that could come out of it, from Twinkies to kittens When Life Hands you Lemons and everything in between. Youth (10 min.) / Dir. Jasmine Forev Block– April 5 @ 1:00 p.m. – Malco, Screen A Barclay / New York / Biography Memoirs of a Superwoman Jasmine and her mother are Student (11 min.) / Dir. Khadija estranged, her father is in prison, Charles / New York / Biography and she was forced to grow up too Adamant she will not become a fast, but she has worked though statistic, Khadija explores the fears these challenges and is working and obstacles associated with towards constructing a better her unplanned pregnancy and her future for herself… decision to keep the baby. Progress/Run Forev Bongo (Mississippi premiere) Youth (3 min.) / Dir. Melvin Cheng / Short Narrative (5 min.) / Dir. Evan New York / Student, News Sennett / Kentucky / Comedy, Deserted (Mississippi premiere) Melvin feels the pressure of Romance, Dance Short narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Virginia Crawford / Prod. Kim Beavers / responsibility as he realizes he California / Dramedy, Adventure A curious looking boy named has technological tools within his Estranged best friends are coming back from a costume convention Bongo sits at a table and admires a grasp to solve the problem of air when they find themselves stranded on the side of the road in the dancing couple. pollution. But rather than begin middle of nowhere. (Adult language) Evolution working on a solution, Melvin puts Youth (15 min.) / Dir. Kira Britt / on his running shoes and bolts in Forev (Mississippi premiere) New York / Student, Youth/Teen, the opposite direction. Feature narrative (88 min.) / Dir. Molly Green & James Leffler / Prod. Biography Janessa Ross / California / Comedy, Drama, Romance Impressions (Mississippi Kira has always struggled with premiere) On a last-minute road trip, disenchanted Sophie and her naïve neighbor her weight. But how has the Experimental (7 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Pete take a joke about marriage to the next level. Before long, they’re contemporary concept of beauty Nicholas Judt / New York / Drama engaged and stranded in the desert with Pete’s sorority-girl sister who is worked itself into her identity as a An abstract tour through one fresh off a break-up. woman and an artist? teenage boy’s memories of growing (Adult language, Adult situations, Drug & alcohol use) www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 15 16 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Films Life, Liberty & Resilience Block – April 5, 2014 @ 1:10 p.m. – Malco Screen B

Money 1955: The Emmett Till descendants of the residents of Murder Trial this once-thriving community. Short narrative (15 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Rob Underhill / North Carolina Life, Liberty & Resilience (Mississippi premiere) / Drama, Crime, Social issues Feature documentary (45 min.) International press descend on / Dir. Steffan Tubbs / Colorado / a remote Mississippi courthouse Human Rights, Social issues and draw the world’s attention to An African-American WWII veteran the murder trial of two white men Money 1955: Emmett Till Murder Trial and grandson of a slave re-trace his accused of the horrific lynching segregated roots and his U.S. Navy of a 14-year old black boy named service on Iwo Jima. From poverty Emmett Till. Actor Mike Wiley They Called it Home (USA Reveals the story of Farish Street premiere) to war, pharmacy to interracial reenacts all 20 roles in this true- Historic Neighborhood, founded by Short Documentary (12 min.) / Dir. marriage, Joe LaNier is able to crime story crafted from the actual slaves during the 1860s and 70s in & Prod. Wilma Mosley-Clopton / overcome life’s hurdles and lead an court transcripts. Jackson, MS, through the pictures, Jackson, MS / History, Black, Women remembrances and stories of the amazing, loving, and forgiving life.

Shorts 3: Animation for Adults Block – April 5, 2014 @ 1:20 p.m. – Malco, Screen C

existing only in scattered pieces. Corrie Parks / Montana / Drama, That is until a pillow’s needlepoint Romance, Nature rendering of three individuals – In this unusual romance, hand- known as the Clothespin Freaks – tinted sand becomes a metaphor finds the spark of life and surfaces for two souls as they join and to fulfill their destinies. separate. Is it love or merely a will The Missing Scarf to survive? Animation (7 min.) / Dir. Eoin Duffy Mr Hublot / Prod. Jamie Hogan / Ireland / Animation (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Comedy, Sci-Fi Laurent Witz / France, Luxembourg Hanging By A Thread A black comedy exploring some / Fantasy, Comedy of life’s common fears: fear of the 2014 Oscar Winner for Best Baby Chicken of a lone teacher chaperoning a unknown, of failure, rejection and Animated Short. Mr Hublot is a Animation (8 min.) / Dir. Azod school dance in 1970s Montreal, finally the fear of death. Narrated withdrawn, idiosyncratic character Abedikichi / Prod. Joshua N. Evans when a menacing motorcycle gang by George Takei. (Mild violence) with OCD, scared of change and / Jackson, MS / Family, Comedy, invades. Recreated using hand the outside world. His world is Children drawn animation, miniatures, Double Occupancy (Zweibettzimmer) turned upside down when Robot puppets, Kung Fu and explosions. A wooden man befriends his Animation (9 min.) / Dir. Fabian Pet arrives... (Cartoon violence and some mild breakfast and is called upon to Giessler / Germany / Drama, language) become a hero. Thriller, Crime Animation Hotline 2013 Beerbug Two old men share a hospital Animation (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Animation (8 min.) / Dir. & Prod. room in which the window is the Dustin Grella / New York / Comedy, Ander Mendia / Spain / Comedy, only connection to the outside Drama, Children, Environment Fantasy world and thus a highly valuable Anonymous messages left on resource. Joe decides to take a break, but the artist’s voicemail provide his efforts at enjoying his beer fail the content for these sometimes Monkey Rag (Mississippi because someone is robbing him insightful, sometimes bizarre, premiere) right under his nose. micro-shorts. Animation (4 min.) / Dir. Joanna (Drug & alcohol use) Davidovich / USA, United Kingdom Hanging By A Thread / Family, Comedy The Chaperone (Mississippi (Mississippi premiere) Baby Chicken premiere) Animation (10 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Mitzi and Spanko run amok in Animation (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Catya Plate / New York / Sci-Fi, paradise to the thumping sounds Fraser Munden / Canada / Comedy, Fantasy, Horror of the Asylum Street Spankers. B-Movie It’s the future, and humanity A Tangled Tale The previously-untold true story appears to be but a memory, Animation (6 min.) / Dir. & Prod. www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 17

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Shorts 4: Political Dramas Block – April 5, 2014 @ 2:50 p.m. – Malco, Screen B

Is it moral to torture someone who may be innocent in order to prevent mass murder? Based on true and little-known events, Red Snow reveals the inner conflict of a German Wehrmachtsofficer during the occupation of Serbia in 1941. (Adult situations, Violence)

Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution (Mississippi premiere) Short documentary (14 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Matthew VanDyke / Maryland / War, Social issues The story of the Syrian revolution as told through the experiences of two young Syrians, a male rebel fighter and a female journalist, as (םלוג טווינ) Deserted they fight an oppressive regime for .she’s forgotten something crucial… every day to improve their families’ the freedom of their people (םלוג טווינ) Deserted (Mississippi premiere) and their own living conditions. Cholera (Cólera) (Mississippi Short narrative (25 min.) / Dir. Yoav Modou Modou (USA premiere) premiere) Hornung / Israel / Drama, Action Red Snow (Roter Schnee) Short documentary (11 min.) / Dir. (Mississippi premiere) Short narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Aritz On the final assignment of their Virginia Manchado / Spain Short narrative (23 min.) / Dir. & Moreno / Spain / Thriller, Crime officer candidates course in the Prod. Luka Popadi / Switzerland, Modou Modou is the life of many When irate villagers rout an Israeli army, two women trek Serbia/Montenegro / Thriller, War, African people who live in Europe. infected man from his home, they through a harsh desert landscape Social issues Missing their countries, they fight get more than they bargained for. when one suddenly remembers (Violence)

Red Snow Cholera #xff14 18 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Films Kid-Friendly incl. 2013 Summer Canton Young Filmmakers Projects (Senior) April 5, 2014 @ 3:10 p.m. – Malco, Screen C Sponsored by the Canton Convention and Visitors Bureau and Film Office Strings (Mississippi premiere) Short narrative (16 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Crystal Us / USA / Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Music A musical journey about a mother and daughter who end up in two different dimensions after an ice skating accident. Gravity, super- string theory, and the strings of the heart entwine while exploring the connectedness that exists between all humans and the universe in which we live.

Camp Happy Sunshine Youth (6 min.) / Dir. Max Wooten, Mr. Hublot Laya Wyatt, Lily Garretson, Mikhail Love, David Rodgers / Canton, MS replace a broken lamp. Canton, MS Dr. Collins and Dr. Winstead share Bored campers tell scary stories to their tips on surviving a zombie Pay Attention A misunderstood zombie named spice up their camp experience attack. Youth (7 min.) / Dir. Sarah Kate Fred seeks a human friend. Mr Hublot Pollard, Marissa Landon, Alex Infamous Animation (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Under The Pillow (Bajo la Bryant, Lane Mitchell, Caleb Hall / almohada) (Mississippi Youth (9 min.) / Dir. Alec Martin, Laurent Witz / France, Luxembourg Canton, MS premiere) Anna Hill, Ceili Hale, Sarah Kate / Fantasy, Comedy Animation (9 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Pollard, TJ Riley / Canton, MS When a boy wants attention from Isabel Herguera / Spain / Drama, 2014 Oscar Winner for Best his parents, he hires a kidnapper The day in the life of a small town Sci-Fi, Fantasy Animated Short. Mr Hublot is a to get it. girl who is delusional about the withdrawn, idiosyncratic character The guitar, dances, a trip out to status of her fame. A Tangled Tale with OCD, scared of change and sea, and the Sisters who look after Animation (6 min.) / Dir. & Prod. the outside world. His world is them are just some of the treasures Corrie Parks / Montana / Drama, turned upside down when Robot and dreams the children keep Romance, Nature Pet arrives... hidden “under the pillow” in this In this unusual romance, hand-tinted String Cheez & the animated documentary made with Burgernator sand becomes a metaphor for two voices and drawings from children Youth (7 min.) / Dir. Gene Crunk, souls as they join and separate. Is who live in a clinic in India. Austin Starnes, Spencer Ladner, it love or merely a will to survive? Zombie Tactics 101 Nicholas Mungan, Josh Farris / Thriller Youth (5 min.) / Dir. Riley Collins, Canton, MS Youth (6 min.) / Dir. Lucas Foley, Nicholas Winstead, Taylor Gordon, A local food-eating contest offers Meghan Brown, Madison Hardin, Sara Martin, Caroline Riley / an opportunity to win funds to Ryland Newby, and Shelby Jones / Canton, MS

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Tickets for each block are $8; $6 for film society members/students/seniors 65+

Beautiful Jim Block – April 5, 2014 @ 3:15 p.m. Sing Over Me – April 5, 2014 @ 4:50 p.m. Malco, Screen A Malco, Screen A

Beautiful Jim Sing Over Me

Close (World premiere) Sing Over Me (Mississippi premiere) Experimental (5 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Steve Smith / Jackson, MS / Feature documentary (85 min.) / Dir. Jacob Kindberg / USA / Drama, Experimental Religion Visual stimulation on the membranes of home. Since the early 1990s Christians have been singing the songs of modern- day psalmist Dennis Jernigan. His music and ministry, sparked by his Unconditional (World premiere) lifelong struggle with homosexuality, have led him on a remarkable Short documentary (25 min.) / Dir. Hanna Teachey / North Carolina / journey of redemption and hope. Family, Social issues Two families navigate the legal system and struggle to obtain legal parental-child bonds in this short documentary that aims to raise awareness of ways that current North Carolina laws harm children and Will to Change – April 5, 2014 @ 5:00 p.m. parents in same-sex families. Malco, Screen B Beautiful Jim Will to Change (World Premiere) Feature documentary (54 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Rex Jones / Oxford, MS / Feature documentary (44 min.) / Dir. Alison Fast / Prod. Chandler Griffin Drama, Personal, Music, Social issue / Clarksdale, MS / Social issues Mississippi native Jimbeau Hinson is a Grammy-nominated singer/ William Kozielski, a 29-year-old parolee, is breaking the cycle of songwriter who has been HIV-positive for 30 years. He was also the first violence in his community and helping youth out of gangs and openly bisexual singer/songwriter in country music, and has been married delinquent behavior. Created as a talking tool for youth and residents to Brenda Fielder for 33 years. This is the story of his triumph over AIDS. of Clarksdale, Mississippi, the film will also be used by the Mississippi (Adult language) Department of Corrections to support pre-release and re-entry programs starting in 2014. Join Alison and panelists for a special Q&A after the screening. The Club Block – April 5, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m. Malco, Screen A

Last Fall Short narrative (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Glenn Payne / Blue Springs, MS / Drama One man’s story about living life while you have the chance.

The Club (World premiere) Feature documentary (72 min.) / Dir. Katie Green / Prod. Tina Grapenthin / USA / Family, Drama, Women Reflecting on the complicated nature of the mother-daughter relationship, The Club tells the stories of three ordinary women – an artist, a new mother and a high school senior – who all who lost their mothers during childhood. Also features Jane Fonda, Rosie O’Donnell and Molly Shannon. The Club Jackson, MS artist Ginger Williams-Cook is one of the subjects in the film. 20 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Films Blackbird Shorts 5: Tales from the Dark Side – April 5, 2014 @ 7:20 p.m. April 5, 2014 @ 7:10 p.m. Malco, Screen C Malco, Screen B Sponsored by University of Southern Mississippi School of Mass Communication & Journalism

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Blackbird Earthrise Echoes A young girl fears staying home Dir. Glenn Payne / Blue Springs, MS Short narrative (7 min.) / Dir. & alone when her mother is called Blackbird (USM Alumni Prod. Greg Earnest / Oxford, MS / in to work… are the noises in the Showcase) Catch a first glimpse at the trailer Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Thriller house nothing more than the Feature Narrative (102 min.) / Dir. for the upcoming feature length typical creaks or is something Patrik-Ian Polk / Hattiesburg, MS / thriller. After a terrible fall in the woods, actually in the house with her? LGBT, Black, Drama Joel climbs to safety only to be Bellringer A young singer struggles with his confronted by two old friends. Short Narrative (9 min.) / Dir. James Into the Silent Sea sexuality and the treatment of When he realizes they intend to (Mississippi premiere) V. Bulian / Oxford, MS / Comedy others while coming of age in a harm him, he must convince them Student (25 min.) / Dir. Andrej small Southern Baptist community. It’s one helluva’ drink. Don’t be to spare his life. (Violence) Landin / Prod. Heather McBride / Cast includes Oscar-winner that guy or you will get what’s Sweden, USA / Drama coming to you! Killer Kart (Mississippi Mo’Nique (Precious) and veteran premiere) Alexander, a lone cosmonaut actor Isaiah Washington (Blue The White Silk Dress Short narrative (15 min.) / Dir. adrift in orbit around Earth with Caprice). Director Patrik-Ian Polk (Mississippi premiere) James Feeney / Prod. Andrew dwindling life-support, makes a is a Mississippi native; his first Student (11 min.) / Dir. Adam Fairbank / Florida / Comedy, Horror desperate connection with a radio feature “Punks” was screened at McAlpin / Mississippi / Horror, operator in Sicily. The shopping cart: four wheels, the 1st Annual Crossroads Film Sci-Fi one basket, and tonight, for the Festival. Blackbird was filmed in Reveal (USA premiere) A young girl recounts living with closing crew of a small-town Hattiesburg, MS and stars Jackson Short narrative (14 min.) / Dir. her grandmother and her own grocery store… a blood-splattered native and USM student Julian Ignacio Estaregui / Spain / Drama, infatuation with her late mother’s aluminum nightmare. (Adult Walker. (Adult situations, adult Thriller, Crime white silk dress. (Sci-fi horror) language, Nudity, Violence) language) Photographer Adam Tramble Cupcake Do You Hear What I Hear? discovers an old camera with an Short narrative (3 min.) / Dir. & Short narrative (6 min.) / Dir. E. undeveloped roll of film inside. Prod. E. J. Carter / Ridgeland, MS / J. Carter / Prod. Loretta Paul / Chosen as this year’s Herman’s Pick Comedy, Horror, Thriller Ridgeland, MS / Drama, Horror, (Adult situations) There’s nothing sweet about it. Thriller

The Charlatan (Mississippi premiere) Short Narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Alexis Manya Spraic / Prod. Blackbird Nicholas Coles / Alabama / Dramedy, Thriller, Mystery Sleight of hand... Illusion... Smoke and mirrors... Call it what you will, it’s all magic just as long as you can get away with it. Echoes www.crossroadsfiwww.crossroadsfilmfestival.com lmfestival.com 29 21 barefootWORKSHOPS D o c u m e n t a r y I n t e n s i v e T r a i n i n g based in The Mississippi Delta The Mississippi Delta

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jfpdaily.com News Contests Giveaways Discount Gift Certifi cates 22 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Films Tickets for each block are $8; $6 for film society members/students/seniors 65+ Food for Thought for Life Block – April 6, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. – Malco, Screen A Enjoy free admission: Sponsored by Mississippi Humanities Council

Baking Alaska Soul Food Junkies

Mile High Pie including the pusharata, Mississippi Milk (Mississippi To many African Americans, soul Short documentary (4 min.) / Dir. a fruit-filled doughnut or premiere) food is sacrament, ritual, and a Melanie Addington / Oxford, MS / fritter traditionally enjoyed at Short Documentary (13 min.) / Dir. key expression of cultural identity. Biography Christmastime. Brittany Retherford, David Rogers But does this traditional cuisine & Shanna James/ Prod. Chandler do more harm to health than it A short doc on the mile-high pies Baking Alaska (Mississippi Griffin & Lisa Biagiotti / USA / soothes the soul? at Ed & Kay’s Restaurant in Benton, premiere) Food, History Arkansas. Short documentary (30 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Kari Barber / Washington, This is the story of one farmer’s Pusharatas: A Biloxi-Croatian DC / Family, Drama, Comedy struggle to get his local milk to the Tradition surrounding community. Produced Short Documentary (5 min.) / After the patriarch passes away, during the Barefoot Workshops Dir. Meaghin Burke / Prod. Greg two Oklahoma sisters and their three-week documentary Earnest / Oxford, MS / Educational, mother pursue a dream of opening filmmaking workshop in Clarksdale, Food, Women a bakery in Alaska, where they Mississippi. face the challenges of an extreme The women of the Slavonian environment and working with Ladies’ Auxiliary of Biloxi, Soul Food Junkies family. Feature Documentary (64 min.) / Mississippi shoulder the Dir. & Prod. Byron Hurt / USA / responsibility of continuing Pusharatas: Food, Culture Croatian culinary food traditions

The Campaign – April 6, 2014 @ 1:10 p.m. Malco, Screen B

The Campaign (Mississippi premiere) Feature documentary (60 min.) / Dir. Christie Herring / Prod. Marc Smolowitz / California / Human Rights, Social issues What inspires everyday people to opt in for something bigger than themselves? An inspiring look at California’s No-on-8 Campaign to defend same-sex marriage and the surprising US history of relationship recognition. Director Christie Herring is a Canton, Mississippi native. Join Christie and panelists for a special Q&A after the screening.

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Shorts 6: Family Dramedies Block – April 6, 2014 @ 1:20 p.m. – Malco, Screen C (Adult language, Adult situations, Sexual situations)

Rake’s Commitment (El Rastrillo se quiere comprometer) (Mississippi premiere) Short narrative (15 min.) / Dir. Santi Veiga / Spain / Comedy, Satire, Social issues “The Rake,” an unusual and memorable character, needs to find something in life to commit to in this lighthearted and humorous parable about social commitment and love.

Mr. Bear (Mississippi premiere) Coming Out Short Narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Andres Rosende / USA / Comedy OzLand On a Mississippi farm, two brothers The Beginning and the End While driving to Christmas Eve Dir. Michael Williams / West Point, clash over their responsibilities (Mississippi premiere) dinner, his car breaks down and MS to the farm, their father, and each Short Narrative (20 min.) / Dir. & Steve stumbles upon a crime other. Director Jackson Segars is a Prod. Kristin Wheeler / New York / Be among the first to see the scene. Mistaken for the notorious native Mississippian. Comedy, Drama, Romance trailer for the upcoming feature cleaner Mr. Bear, Steve faces a difficult choice: get rid of some film OzLand. Muina (USA premiere) How do we define ourselves in Short Narrative (8 min.) / Dir. Jo the context of love? This puzzle bodies or become a corpse himself. Through Moscow of a love story traces a series of (Adult language, Violence) (Через Москву) Graell / Spain / Dance, Drama dates/glimpses into the evolving Short narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Two figures dance towards each relationship of Mark and Jane. Ruslan Lagutin / Prod. Dmitry other through the complex Kupovih / Russian Federation / emotions of rage, fear, and Family, Comedy courage.

Many years ago Ivan Petrov, vice Coming Out (World president for a large company, premiere) went to work and never came back. Short narrative (7 min.) / Dir. Today, his son undertakes a trip & Prod. Taylor Gahm / Texas / through Moscow to discover his Comedy father’s fate. Tanner’s coming out of the closet Evergreen takes an unexpected turn, testing Short Narrative (19 min.) / Dir. & the limits of love and acceptance in Prod. Jackson Segars / New York / his family. (Adult language) Through Moscow Comedy, Drama

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Shorts 7: Feel-Good Fare Block – April 6, 2014 @ 2:50 p.m. – Malco, Screen B

Voice Over Short narrative (10 min.) / Dir. Martin Rosete / Prod. Kaldo Zuazua / Spain Three extreme situations are actually the same… Will you survive?

Ravi & Jane (Mississippi premiere) Short narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Stuart O’Rourke / Prod. Leah James / Australia / Drama, Social issues Ravi, a shy 10 year old, has just moved to Australia from his native Sri Lanka. On his first day at the new school he befriends Jane, until events beyond their control Butterfly Dreams attempt to divide them.

Butterfly Dreams (Mississippi premiere) A Tangled Tale Strings (Cuerdas) (Mississippi Ana is frustrated by her father’s Short narrative (22 min.) / Dir. & Animation (6 min.) / Dir. & Prod. premiere) stubbornness, but soon realizes Prod. Venkat Krishnan / India, USA Corrie Parks / USA / Drama, Short narrative (11 min.) / Dir. what the bookstore and home / Family, Drama Romance, Nature Pedro Solis / Spain / mean to Joseph, its customers, and particularly to her. A 9-year-old girl in rural India, In this unusual romance, hand- Maria’s routine at school is altered exploited by child labor, must tinted sand becomes a metaphor by the arrival of a very special The Apple of My Eye (Mi find a way to pursue her dream of for two souls as they join and child; soon, they become close Ojo Derecho) (Mississippi learning to read and write. She has separate. Is it love or merely a will friends. premiere) one last chance when an educated to survive? Short narrative (14 min.) / Dir. Brodsky Books (World Josecho de Linares / Spain / Drama, man comes to town. premiere) Family Short narrative (13 min.) / Dir. Pratyusha Gupta / Prod. Deep Zurdo had a close relationship Gurung / United Kingdom / Family, with his grandmother until he went Drama away to school. Now, he decides to visit her with the intuition that Anna returns to her father’s home he might not see her again. to close the bookstore that has taken over the family apartment. Despite warnings of eviction, Butterfly Dreams Voice Over Joseph conducts business as usual.

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Films Tickets for each block are $8; $6 for film society members/students/seniors 65+ Landscapes of the Heart Block – April 6, 2014 Walk On – April 6, 2014 @ 3:20 p.m. – Malco, @ 3:30 p.m. – Malco, Screen A Screen C

Creating Space

Creating Space (World premiere) Short documentary (13 min.) / Dir. Mary & Darryl Freedman / Prod. Chandler Griffin & Lisa Biagiotti / North Carolina / Family, Personal Walk On Narrative, Health Fifteen years after a tragic accident, a mother and son rebuild their lives Walk On (Mississippi premiere) through art and an exotic animal farm. Feature documentary (82 min.) / Dir. Mark Bashian / Prod. Joseph Kibler / Produced during the Barefoot Workshops three-week documentary California / Drama, Sports, Medical filmmaking workshop in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Despite medical forecasts, Joseph Kibler, a disabled HIV-positive man, took his first steps with a cane at age 18. Now training for an AIDS walk- a-thon, he educates others about HIV and disabilities with the help of a Quadriplegic, an Amputee, and a disabled Veteran. (Adult language, Adult/sexual situations)

Starve April 6, 2014 @ 5:10 p.m. – Malco, Screen A Starve Feature narrative (98 min.) / Dir. Griff Furst / Prod. Griff Furst, Sukhi Pabla, Rufus Parker / USA / Thriller, horror While researching an urban legend on feral children, three friends find themselves trapped in an abandoned high school, where they are confronted with an evil more sinister than the legend itself. Filmed in Landscapes of the Heart Canton, MS. (Adult language and situations, violence)

Landscapes of the Heart – The Elizabeth Spencer Story Feature documentary (59 min.) / Dir. Rebecca Cerese / Prod. Rebecca Cerese & Sharon Swanson / North Carolina / Educational, Coming of Age, All Access Pass Social issues $59 / $49 for Film Society Members, Students, or Seniors 65+ Good for receptions, films, workshops & parties all weekend Before civil rights seized the nation’s conscience, Elizabeth Spencer began Sat. or Sun. Day Pass writing about racial injustice. Now viewed as one of the most important $20 / $15 Good for films Southern writers of the last century, this documentary captures her extraordinary life and the sweep of her six decades of work. Individual Tickets Only $8/$6 for film blocks Elizabeth Spencer was born in Carrollton, MS, attended Belhaven College, Workshops and taught at the University of Mississippi early in her career. All free & open to the public 27 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 27

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Films Tickets for each block are $8; $6 for film society members/students/seniors 65+ Brasslands Block – April 6, 2014 @ 5:00 p.m. – Following the Ninth Block – April 6, 2014 @ 5:20 Malco, Screen B p.m. – Malco, Screen C From Cotton Fields to Movie Premieres Short Documentary (12 min.) / Dir. Geoffrey Brent Shrewsbury / Tennessee / Mississippi , History Luster Bayless was a sharecropper’s son who grew up in the Mississippi delta during the Depression. This film follows Mr. Bayless’s unique journey from picking cotton as a child to working with some of Hollywood’s biggest names.

Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony Feature Documentary (90 min.) / Dir. Kerry Candaele / Prod. Kerry Candaele, Ali Eckert, Kirt Eftekhar, Oliver Herder / California / Drama, History Part road trip, part adventure, this is a story about the power of music Brasslands and human resilience in dark times. Filmed on 5 continents and in 12 countries, four people’s lives are transformed, repaired and healed by the symphony’s message: “alle Menschen werden Bruder” (“all people are Zela Trovke (Cutting Grass) (Zela Trovke (Belarra mozten)) connected”). (USA premiere) Short documentary (13 min.) / Dir. Asier Altuna / Prod. Marian Fernández Pascal / Spain / Crime, Surreal, Music Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony “Zela Trovke” is a moritat (an old folk song about crime from Central Europe) from Slovakia which the Holland Baroque Society has recovered to include in its Barbaric Beauty programme. Maite Larburu, the orchestra’s violinist, unveils the song’s hidden secrets.

Lomax (Mississippi premiere) Short documentary (12 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Jesse Kreitzer / Iowa / Drama In 1941, folklorist Alan Lomax was sent from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. to the Deep South to record an oral history of the blues. Equipped with 500 pounds of audio equipment powered by his car battery, he ventured across nameless roads to discover the most beautiful and harrowing songs ever known.

Brasslands (Mississippi premiere) Feature documentary (84 min.) / Dir. & Prod. Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Meerkat Media Collective / New York / Culture, Music An eccentric New York brass band, a virtuosic group of struggling Roma Gypsies, and the reigning Serbian champions converge with half a million fans and transcend political and ethnic borders at the world’s largest trumpet festival in Guča, Serbia. www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 29

MR. JAMES CREEKMORE is proud to support the Crossroads Film Festival. CONGRATS CROSSROADS FILM FESTIVAL 30 The 15th Annual Crossroads Film Festival Live Music Sponsored by Thursday 4/3 Friday 4/4 Saturday 4/5 leaning Chelsea, Alabama church. Music Video Showcase and After party with live music Filmmakers’ Reception Janeway says, “The only secular Party @ Hal & Mal’s, 7pm @ Duling Hall, 9pm @ Georgia Blue in Madison, music that I heard at all was a ‘70s (music at 8:30pm) ($10 for non-passholders) 4-6pm group called the Stylistics, and ($7 for non-passholders) (passholders only) Sam Cooke. That was about it. The rest of it was all gospel music.” In his late teens, his world opened up to Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Otis Redding, James Carr, and O.V. Wright. His first band endeavor was in a Led Zeppelin cover band which connected him with Bassist Jesse Phillips. From there, they came together with four other talented Alabama musicians to form St. Paul & The Broken Bones. Half The DJ Young Venom City is the compelling full-length Single Lock/Thirty Tigers debut DJ Young Venom & DJ Jimbo Mathus Daniel Guaqueta for this Birmingham, Alabama- Sandpaper will spin some based sextet, who have already created a maelstrom of interest movie-themed tunes and get you Jimbo Mathus’ musical DNA DJ Daniel Guaqueta is a with their roof-raising live shows on the dance floor following the has been in him since birth Mississippi-born, Colombian- and self-released four-song 2012 Music Video Showcase featuring from relatives who were skilled raised composer/singer/musician. EP. Produced by Ben Tanner of 16 regional music videos beginning musicians filling the house with He’s an original member of Alabama Shakes, and recorded at 7pm. old folk, country and blues tunes. Esperanza Plantation Records’ and mixed in the storied R&B By the age of eight, Mathus joined prog-instrumental band Questions mecca of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Friday 4/4 them on mandolin, and by his in Dialect and creator of (TR). the album harkens back to the Opening Reception, @ MS teenage years he had learned Guaqueta has toured with Discover region’s classic soul roots while Museum of Art, 4:30-6:30pm guitar and piano. He played in America (supporting Circa Survive, (passholders only) extending the form with electrifying punk and new wave bands in high MUTEMATH, & Mae), Storage 24, potency. “I’m going to be dancing, school, and settled in Chapel Hill, Taylor Grocery Band, & Wooden getting in the aisles, climbing on N.C. after college and travelling. Finger. He was the drummer for the rock tables,” he says. “That’s just the way we do it. It really takes me band Metal Flake Mother before Saturday 4/5 starting the retro roots band back to church. There’s not a lot of After party with live music difference. When I get on stage, it’s, Squirrel Nut Zippers. After the @ Duling Hall, 9pm ‘All right, it’s time to pour it on.’” Zippers’ split, Mathus worked with ($10 for non-passholders) Buddy Guy, Elvis Costello, Luther St. Paul & The Broken Sunday 4/6 Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Bones deliver the promises of Filmmakers’ Awards Brunch Hart in the South Memphis String a great soul band- grit, elemental @ Iron Horse Grill, 10am - The Hustlers Band. He has recorded his own rhythm, tight-as-a-drumhead noon albums with the most recent called playing, and a profound depth (passholders only) “Dark Night of the Soul” recorded The Hustlers are Jackson’s own of feeling. Front man Paul Guests of the festival and at Dial Back Sound Studio near Matthew Magee (fiddle), TB Ledford Janeway’s stage name “St. Paul” passholders celebrate the films of Taylor, Mississippi. Considered his (guitar) and Aven Whittington alludes to his upbringing in a the festival. most personal and hardest rocking (bottleneck) - a Mississippi good non-denominational, Pentecostal- time music band! They’re a little album to date, it spans from juke joint, a little honkey tonk, southern roots music to soulful hill stomp, bluegrass, and some rock with fiery guitars, pounding rock and roll... howl at the moon piano, and sha-la-las. “I could music - Get you some! Drive down stay in Mississippi, Alabama and a highway in Mississippi... Pull Louisiana and never have to leave,” over into a truck stop. Not a Flying he admits, “but the point is I want J, but one of those Mom and Pop people to hear this album — to numbers.... That rack with the bring a little gris-gris to the rest of cassette tapes... That’s Hustler America.” style! St. Paul & The Broken Bones www.crossroadsfilmfestival.com 31

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Thursday, April 3 1:00pm 9:00pm Forev Block – Screen A After party with live music by St. Paul and the 7:00pm Deserted / Forev Broken Bones @ Duling Hall sponsored by WJTV News Channel 12 Music Video Showcase 1:10pm – Hal & Mal’s Life, Liberty & Resilience Block – Screen B Sunday, April 6 Music by DJ Young Venom & DJ Sandpaper Money 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial / They Called it Home / Life, Liberty & Resilience 10:00am Filmmakers’ Awards Brunch @ Iron Horse Grill Friday, April 4 1:20pm Shorts 3: Animation for Adults Block 1:00pm 4:30pm – Screen C Food for Thought for Life Block – Screen A Opening Reception with live music by The Baby Chicken / Beerbug / The Chaperone / FREE: sponsored by Mississippi Humanities Council Hustlers @ MS Museum of Art Animation Hotline 2013 / Hanging By A Thread Mile High Pie / Pusharatas: A Biloxi-Croatian / The Missing Scarf / Double Occupancy Tradition / Baking Alaska / Mississippi Milk / 7:00pm (Zweibettzimmer) / Monkey Rag / Soul Food Junkies Big Significant Things Block – Screen A A Tangled Tale / Mr Hublot Globe Trot / Big Significant Things 1:10pm 2:30pm The Campaign – Screen B 7:10pm Filmmaking & the Legal World - Arcade Room The Way Way Back – Screen B 1:20pm Presented in celebration of Mississippi’s 2:50pm Shorts 6: Family Dramedies Block – Screen C Creative Economy Shorts 4: Political Dramas Block – Screen B OzLand / Through Moscow / Evergreen / Muina Deserted / Modou Modou / Red Snow (Roter / Coming Out / The Beginning and the End 7:20pm Schnee) / Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution / / Rake’s Commitment (El Rastrillo se quiere Shorts 1: Dark Comedy & Satire Block Cholera (Cólera) comprometer) / Mr. Bear – Screen C Why I Make Movies / Democracy (Democracia) 3:10pm 2:50pm / A Day in the Life of a Bathroom Mirror / The Kid-Friendly incl. Canton Young Filmmakers Shorts 7: Feel-Good Fare Block – Screen B Blue-Collared Copper Caper / A Good Match / Projects (Senior) – Screen C Voice Over / Ravi & Jane / Butterfly Dreams / A #RealDemocracy (#DemocraciaReal) / There Is Strings / Camp Happy Sunshine / Mr Hublot / Tangled Tale / Strings (Cuerdas) / Brodsky Books No God And We All Die Alone / Sheltered Love String Cheez & the Burgernator / Pay Attention / / The Apple of My Eye (Mi Ojo Derecho) A Tangled Tale / Thriller / Under The Pillow (Bajo 9:00pm la almohada) / Zombie Tactics 101 / Infamous 3:20pm After party with live music by Jimbo Mathus @ Walk On – Screen C Duling Hall 3:15pm Beautiful Jim Block – Screen A 3:30pm Saturday, April 5 Close / Unconditional / Beautiful Jim Landscapes of the Heart Block – Screen A Creating Space / Landscapes of the Heart – The 10:00am 4:00pm Elizabeth Spencer Story A Conversation with Tom Rice and Patrik-Ian Filmmakers’ Reception with DJ Daniel Polk - Screen B Guaqueta @ Georgia Blue in Madison 5:00pm Brasslands Block – Screen B 10:00am 4:50pm Zela Trovke (Cutting Grass), Zela Trovke (Belarra Kid-Friendly incl. Canton Young Filmmakers Sing Over Me – Screen A motzen) / Lomax / Brasslands Projects (Junior) – Screen C Sponsored by the Canton Convention & Visitors 5:00pm 5:10pm Bureau and Film Office Will to Change – Screen B Starve – Screen A Ninjas Beware / iControl / Dream Game / Finding Fred / The Underdogs / Baby Chicken / Black 7:00pm 5:20pm Rock Creek The Club Block – Screen A Following the Ninth Block – Screen C Last Fall / The Club From Cotton Fields to Movie Premieres / 11:00am Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Shorts 2: Teen-Friendly Block – Screen A 7:10pm Beethoven’s Final Symphony Why Not? / Memoirs of a Superwoman / Bongo Blackbird – Screen B / Evolution / Kitties - A Short Film / When Life USM Alumni Showcase - Sponsored by All Access Pass Hands you Lemons / Progress/Run / Impressions University of Southern Mississippi School of / The Apple of My Eye (Mi Ojo Derecho) $59 / $49 for Film Society Members, Mass Communication & Journalism Students, or Seniors 65+ Good for receptions, films, workshops & 11:30am 7:20pm parties all weekend Matthew Morgan: Casting Mississippi Shorts 5: Tales from the Dark Side – Screen C - Screen B Sat. or Sun. Day Pass Earthrise / Bellringer / The White Silk Dress / $20 / $15 Good for films Cupcake / The Charlatan / Echoes / Killer Kart / 11:45am Do You Hear What I Hear? / Into the Silent Sea Individual Tickets Making Your First Feature Film - Screen C Only $8/$6 for film blocks / Reveal Workshops All free & open to the public