Indie Spirit Film Festival 2009

On the 11th annual National Day of Silence (April 18, 2007), ErinDavies was victim to a hate crime in Albany, NY. Because of sportinga rainbow sticker on her VW Beetle, Erin's car was vandalized, leftwith the words 'fag' and 'u r gay' placed on the driver side window and hoodof her car. Despite initial shock and embarrassment, Erin decided toembrace what happened and plan a 58-day cross country tour around the US and Canada in her car known worldwide as the fagbug. Along the way, Erin finds out about other more serious hate crimes, realizes VW of America wants to sponsor her trip, meets strangers who display random acts of kindness, has people attempt to remove the graffiti from her car, experiments with having a male drive her car to see what the difference would be, gains worldwide support while loses the support of those she's closest to back home. The film follows Erin's quest to drive her vandalized car over the course of one year while documenting the changes this journey has brought to her life. On the one year anniversary of driving her car with the graffiti, Erin decides to transform her car into a huge rainbow with fagbug written on both sides of it.

Who is good? Who is evil? Who rises? Who takes the fall? In this dark, unflinching, searing thriller/drama we explore sex, guilt, lies, religion, secrets and murder, as we search for the true answers to those profoundly human questions. We also challenge the characters and audience to decide what would they give up to live with the truth.Tony is careening through life as a super-cool, black sheep under-achiever. He is the polar opposite of his square, over-achiever D.A. older brother Frank, who is well on his way to becoming the youngest Governor in history. Then, one night and with one wrong turn, Tony is arrested for the murder of a priest. A murder he couldn't possibly commit. Big brother Frank wants to come to his rescue, but Tony won't reveal his alibi for where he was at the time of the murder. As the trial gets closer, and life imprisonment or worse becomes a real possibility, Frank is shocked when he discovers where Tony was and with whom. Frank now has the alibi and evidence to set his brother free. But when this revealing and tawdry evidence threatens to end Frank's career and dredge up a very incriminating incident in their past, will Frank go public? Or let Tony take the fall? Or will Tony set himself free?

A boy struggles to understand his strange, silent father - an immigrant who has become an emotional refugee in his own home.

A family descends into a vortex of denial and paranoia after the death of the oldest son. Though labeled a suicide, the bizarre circumstances lead the mother to believe darker forces are at work. He threw black paint over everything reflective in his decrepit Victorian house and set an explosive trap in his bedroom. A woman from his past haunts the cemetery where he lies buried. But when the mother's investigation threatens to ruin the life of her teenage daughter and possibly her own sanity, she realizes there is but one escape from this nightmare - the very route attempted by her dead son. Finale captures mystery, horror and suspense in the colorful visual style of the 1970's Italian gialli.

A short portrait piece on my father, Oscar San Luis, as he reflects on his boyhood love for bike riding after immigrating to Los Angeles from the Philippines.

Joe, a man who can't keep from delving into his fantasies in order to liven up his dull life, is surprised by his girlfriend Sarah when she tells him their relationship is over. Joe realizes that life could get pretty lonely without her so he decides to go after her. Along the way he imagines himself in elaborate scenes from different types of movies in which the guy gets the girl back while trying to figure out which method will work best with Sarah. He finally arrives at Sarah's balcony and, in front of a crowd of bystanders, serenades her with a cheesy song that he wrote just for her. Sarah is so happy to see Joe she runs down to him as the crowd cheers and the love birds make up. Suddenly, Joe is brought into reality at Sarah's door where she forces him to choose between his imagination and her.

Four ten-year-olds are kicked out of their favorite playground by two aggressive drunkards. When they realize their parents are not going to help them, there's only one solution. They have to find a way to get the toughest boy in the neighborhood to help them.

In 1999, at the young age of fifty-seven, my father became one of the nearly 100,000 Canadians diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Forgetful not Forgotten is our family's story. The documentary combines seven years of family footage with my own journey as I try and understand the disease that not only took my father away from us but is now threatening to cast its dark shadow on me. Having watched my father from the day he was diagnosed I know how horrific a disease it is. My father had Early Onset Alzheimer's which is a rare form of Alzheimer's, which occurs in people under 65, sometimes even as early as 30. So now I question every time I misspell a word or forget someone's name. Through conversations with family, friends, and doctors, I hope to discover more about my Dad when he was my age and more about this deadly disease. I know we have many things in common including our love of music and the natural world. What I hope is that we do not share this disease. I will undergo a series of memory tests to try to determine if I am possibly heading down the same path as my father. Forgetful not Forgotten will intertwine that journey along with the documented footage I filmed of my fathers' last years. This will be a deeply personal film juxtaposing my father's life with my own personal issues with the possible loss of control.

This is a story about Apple your typical fruity guy. Trying to live his life like a normal Apple; hold a job, have friends etc... but his tree mates try to hold him back from achieving his normal life.In this episode Apple, tries to go to work but ends up being Chased by Grape, Banana and Barky the Tree in which they all reside.It becomes a race against the odds as Apple's fruitmobile is pit against Barky's long legs.The story comes to a climax as the characters finally reach the 'finish line', and the unimaginable happens.