2010 Films
The 2010 Tallahassee Film Festival offered a multitude of diverse and exciting filmmaking! In case you missed it, here's the schedule of films that played:
Narrative Short (38) |
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AT LAST, OKEMAH! Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:A comedic retelling of Don Quxiote featuring Jeff-nominated actor Kevin Viol as Winston Thomas, a former hipster who becomes the self-styled greatest, most authentic folk singer of all time. Af... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FSU Student Life Cinema
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BIRD BRAIN Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 8 minutes (00:08)
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Synopsis:Brain feels invisible to the world. He still lives with his mum, and he's resigned himself to a life of petty crime. His only escape is his artwork. Until one day he steals from the right person. |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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BLIND DATE Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:A love-damaged actress, who won’t admit she still yearns for the real thing, must eliminate the opposition to make love work on her terms. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FAMU School of Journalism
FSU Student Life Cinema
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CAREER DAY Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 13 minutes (00:13)
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Synopsis:When tenacious 8-year-old Marco Casanova secretly follows his mother to work to complete his Career Day essay, he is shocked to discover that she is not actually a nurse, but a stripper. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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CHARLIE AND THE RABBIT Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:After watching Bugs Bunny, Charlie, a four year old boy sets off on an adventure to hunt down his own rabbit. |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Children's Collection Rated: All ages Running Time: 75 minutes (01:15)
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Synopsis:This year, the Tallahassee Film Festival brings together three hilarious and enchanting films especially for children! Join us for the Oscar nominated animated feature The Secret of Kells prece... |
Show Times:Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Comedy Shorts Program Running Time: 117 minutes (01:57)
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Synopsis:Everybody loves comedy. And what could be funnier than mafioso mothers, neurotic New Yorkers, blind dating, spirits of Woody Guthrie, gigolos, strippers, tubas and robbers looking for love? |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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Dark Shorts Program Running Time: 103 minutes (01:43)
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Synopsis:Not your average drama, these luminously dark shorts will keep you at the edge of your seat. An adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story A Country Doctor, an intriguing and mysterious blend of w... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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DEATH RANCH Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:A dissolute older cowboy and his adolescent protege go head-to-head in a mysterious western landscape, where nothing is as it seems. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Dramatic Shorts Program Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 105 minutes (01:45)
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Synopsis:Drama. It comes in all sorts of storylines. Two uncool Hawaiian teenagers find a common ground. A writer finds inspiration hidden in his backyard. A strange girl's misfortunes unravel in a visual folk... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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EVOLUTION Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 14 minutes (00:14)
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Synopsis:Approaching 50, Andy finds himself changing as he enters this new phase in his life; but Tim, his partner, isn't ready to get old, a disagreement about whether to stay in or go out becomes a cause of ... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Explorations: Music Running Time: 116 minutes (01:56)
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Synopsis:Explore the comical and dramatic perseverance it takes to be a rock musician in two diverse films about music. At Last, Okemah! is the comic retelling of Don Quixote where a former hipst... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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Explorations: Relationships Running Time: 84 minutes (01:24)
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Synopsis:Explore the comedy, drama, equalities and inequalities of love and same-sex relationships in these three insightful films. |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
FSU Student Life Cinema
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Florida Shorts Program Running Time: 95 minutes (01:35)
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Synopsis:What do young love, the occult, parental responsibilities and fortune cookies all have in common? Why all these films were either shot in Florida or have some connection to Florida. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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FORGOTTEN COAST Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:Dylan escapes his suffocating life in the city and befriends Hunter, an outcast from the forgotten coast of Florida. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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FREE PARKING Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:Meet Len: He has a budding writing career and he is engaged to Sophie, the girl of his dreams. Together they share an apartment in the heart of New York City. But, like every other New Yorker, he is o... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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FROG, CHEMICAL, WATER, YOU Rated: All Ages Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:Because amphibians have sensitive skins, scientists use them to gauge the health of the worldwide ecosystem that we all share. With nearly half of the world's amphibian populations in decline, we're a... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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HEAD IN THE SAND Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:Henry goes to war in Afghanistan. It's not at all what he imagined. |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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IMBALANCE Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 11 minutes (00:11)
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Synopsis:An ex-con trying to stay legit and a mysterious woman play a deadly game of cat and mouse that reveals a haunted past. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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INGELORE Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 40 minutes (00:40)
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Synopsis:Ingelore Herz Honigstein is a deaf Jewish women born in Germany. She says her first word at age six and completes her first sentence at twelve. She offers a unique prospective to the events leading to... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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KAVI Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 19 minutes (00:19)
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Synopsis:The 2010 Oscar nominated short film, Kavi, is about a boy in India who wants to play cricket and go to school, but instead he is forced to work in a brick kiln as a modern-day slave. Unsatisfie... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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LOVE BUG Rated: All Ages Running Time: 6 minutes (00:06)
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Synopsis:Nine-year old Turtle Thompson thinks his bug-loving best friend Maddy is the coolest girl in the whole wide world. If only he had the guts to ask her to the Spring Fling Dance. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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LUCKY BREAK Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:Travis begins seeing unique messages inside fortune cookies. The fortunes help Travis at first, but all is not what it seems. The fortunes soon turn menacing. Now, Travis must do as the fortunes ask, ... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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MILDRED RICHARDS Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 18 minutes (00:18)
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Synopsis:Mildred Richards, an egomaniacal, nearly bankrupt actress, enlists the assistance of her reluctant brother, Gerald, to wrest away the fortune of their elderly, ailing aunt. Mildred has nothing short o... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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OMIE WISE Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 16 minutes (00:16)
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Synopsis:A cinematic folktale about a strange girl dealing with misfortune and loneliness in unusual ways. |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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PAGE TURNER Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 14 minutes (00:14)
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Synopsis:Lisa and Jonathan are on a first date when they come upon a night time yard sale. Jonathan buys Lisa an old photo album. Later, Lisa begins flipping through the album which somehow has photos of her f... |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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PICTURE DAY Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 17 minutes (00:17)
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Synopsis:High school is tough. Freshman Miles Dufort will risk everything to take a perfect school picture for a chance to survive the next four years. |
Show Times:FSU Student Life Cinema
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POI DOGS Rated: All Ages Running Time: 12 minutes (00:12)
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Synopsis:Poi Dogs is the story of two local Hawaii teenagers who take a small step towards love by moving beyond their desires to act cool. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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SANTA ANA WINDS Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 16 minutes (00:16)
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Synopsis:Jason and Claire have been together in Los Angeles for a few years, but a new job is taking Claire to New York. They've sorted out the particulars of their breakup, but she allows Jason to take her to... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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SPIT Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 20 minutes (00:20)
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Synopsis:In the small town of Calvin Alley, everybody plays the card game Spit at the annual Spit tournament. On the day of this year's tournament, Sherry, the champion for the last three Spit tournaments is f... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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STONEY Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 16 minutes (00:16)
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Synopsis:What would you do if you had a hole leading to hell in your backyard? Watch Tom Noonan (Synedoche, New York) go crazy as he tries to figure it out. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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Student Shorts Program Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 97 minutes (01:37)
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Synopsis:While one man explores space in search of a loved one, another tries to avoid being a mob hit for his wife. While one man finds inspiration for his next book in a strange discovery in his backyard, a ... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
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TAKE MY WIFE Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 22 minutes (00:22)
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Synopsis:A married couple intending to hire a gigolo to save their stale sex life mistakenly hires a hitman in this dangerous comedy of errors. |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
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THE GODMOTHER Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 15 minutes (00:15)
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Synopsis:In this quick paced romantic-action-comedy, Rosella Wu is convinced by her mother to kill her mobster husband Danny. But when Danny quits the mob and cleans up his act, she tries to cancel the hit. Ex... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FAMU School of Journalism
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TOGETHER Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:A loving father hides his violent tendencies by working secretly as a professional thug. One day, determined to quiet down his noisy neighbor, he goes up to his apartment to beat him up. What he does ... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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TRUE BEAUTY THIS NIGHT Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 10 minutes (00:10)
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Synopsis:Last night, Rhett Somers met the love of his life. Now all he has to do is convince her she's the one. Not an easy feat considering how they met... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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UM MÉDICO RURAL (A COUNTRY DOCTOR) Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 21 minutes (00:21)
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Synopsis:Adapted from Franz Kafka's short story, the film shows the psychological tension of a night gone awry for a lonely bourgeois Jewish doctor suddenly called to attend an urgent medical matter in a poor ... |
Show Times:All Saints Cinema
FSU Student Life Cinema
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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UNEARTHED Rated: Parental Advisory Suggested Running Time: 25 minutes (00:25)
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Synopsis:A man moves to the country to write and happens upon a strange discovery in his back yard. The initial distraction caused by this mystery becomes an obsession marked by visions and nightmares that ult... |
Show Times:FAMU School of Journalism
Regal Miracle 5 Theater
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