The winners from each of the four categories will be screened at the Lagoon Cinema on June 10th where they will be voted on by the audience for the Audience Award.
The Vern
Running from a violent, vengeful New York crime family, former baseball star Vern grifts his way to a sleepy Texas town, but soon finds himself embroiled in a world of sex, drugs, and murder more sordid than what he left behind. Chased by drug dealers, the law, and his crazed half-brother, the hapless Vern must get to Los Angeles before his young son becomes the next victim.
SCISSU
A deconstruction of reality. A story about loneliness. A movie about obsession. A trip in time and space. A collage about the darkness in between us. A scenario of greed and abuse. A point of view on humanity in a society which is based on consuming. A film about frozen hearts. A picture of ritual sensuality. A story about slashed souls. A movie about desire.
Channel News
Two estranged, 20-something siblings, find themselves living together once again in their parent’s Minnesota home, where they discover home movies they used to make together as kids. After watching their old James Bond spoofs, talk shows, and Saturday Night Live sketches, they are inspired to make ‘The Sarah and Beau Show’, a talk/variety show for the Internet.
Moonlighting
Ernest ‘Ernie’ Niro, an eccentric costume apprentice has delusions of leading a double life. Documented by a camera crew, Ernie works in his Father’s costume shop by day, and lives like an animal by night. With help from a paranormal expert, Ernie attempts to take control of his lucid blood lust and nightly debauchery.
The Last Obedient Dog
A Teenage S&M Love Story
CHANNEL NEWS dir. Jacob Kindberg
