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Congratulations to our Spring 2013 Finishing Funds recipients, and thank you to everyone who submitted their work - we greatly appreciate your participation!

FINISHING FUNDS SPRING 2013 AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Mingyuan Huang, Mrs. Chai’s New Year

Mrs. Chai, who is 81 years old, would be celebrating Chinese New Year all by herself. However, she has hope: her son promised to come back to visit her this September and learn how to make bannock from his mother.

Qiuchen Cao, I Don't Speak English

"I Don't Speak English" describes a Chinese girl's experience when she first arrives in the US as a total unacquainted land. She arrives her apartment without any furniture and sleeps on the floor for the first night. Because of the time difference, she cannot sleep and begins to feel hungry. But even without the ability to express herself, how can she find food?

Charles Blevins, Archer and Little Bear

A brother and sister play all day together, ultimately butt heads.

Jon Kaufman and El Sawyer, Pull of Gravity

700,000 people are released from prison each year in the U.S. What happens when they come home?

Lise Raven, Kinderwold

A Western set in 1854 about the family of two small children who go missing in the mountains.

Amberien Alqadar, A Day in the Life of Ayesha

An ex-marine, an Indian cab driver and his daughter in a web of interconnected hallucinatory reality.

Tatiana Bacchus, Altered

From infected scientist to grieving mother, Beth Darren is Altered.

Zachary Auron, Vocabulary of the Mysteries

A rebellious god Hephaestus enlists the help of a dancing robot to build his own Mt Olympus on Earth.

Malia Bruker, Heirloom

Trekking the US and tracing their histories of rebellion, 2 baby-boomers consider the future.

PIFVA, Philadelphia Indie Film Showcase (PIFS) and Philadelphia Screenwriters Network co-host Cinema Speakeasy, a showcase of short films, with filmmakers, cast and crew on hand for questions and discussion.

WHEN: March 19, 2013 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

WHERE: L'Etage, 6th and Bainbridge Streets, Philadelphia

Tickets are $8.00, $4.00 for PIFVA members

Parking is limited to street parking

Dinner and bar is available, and pay as you go. It's a full restaurant and bar.

For tickets, go to http://short-filmz.com/short-film-showcase/

Proceeds from the ticket sales will be split equally among the participating filmmakers, motivating them and providing much needed financial support to these independent filmmakers.

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WORDS OF ATONEMENT – PGC Studios – 10 mins

Italy, winter 1944 - A small American convoy makes its way through an old village. Warner, an Allied medic, is writing to his girl back home. As the company drives through the town, a small group of Germans prepares to ambush them.
Winner of "Best Undergraduate Picture" in the Temple Diamond Screen Film Festival 2011
Best Film - Roslyn Film Festival 2012
Written, Directed and Edited By: Phillip G. Carroll Jr.
Produced By: Kurt Eberling Jr.
Starring: Steven Costa, Gary Oswald, Mike Kettyle, Gerhard Laemmele, Friedrich Haas

DEAR DAD – Filter Productions – 15 mins
Sarah has her own way of making people realize their mistakes. Rick, a 30-something, single dad, discovers that his teenage daughter, Sarah, commits a prank on his boss. It launches a series of events that involve her and two others that throws their world upside-down changing their lives forever.
Starring: Leandro Hernandez, Charlie Cook, Vic Mancini, Shirin Caiola, Joe Pittro, and Vinoth Perk
Directed By: Abad Leyva
Written and Produced by: Bharathwaj Vijayakumar
Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0JzwX4FH7o
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/deardadshortfilm

The Last Hug – Chicago Talkies – 19 mins

Mini is a young girl who has everything that she could dream of: a big house, a car, a secure future…but what she doesn't have is a father. There are no pictures in the house, no one ever talks about him and mother always kept lying. Where else could she turn to for help? She gives up and decides to leave forever when a total stranger walks in and, within moments, changes her hatred towards her mother into love.

Starring: Jay Disney, Quincey Krull, Walt Sloan, Jennifer Sall, Hilary Staton

Written & Directed By: Raza Siddiqui
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/withoutabox/vi2857475097?ref_=tt_pv_vi_1

 FATE ACCOMPLI – SIGSALY Entertainment– 25 mins
Spending a lonely night in his luxury hotel room, Gabriel, a merciless contract killer, hires Faye, a beautiful, sultry call girl, to pass the time. But Gabriel gets more than he bargained for when Faye reveals another agenda and may not be what she appears to be.
Starring: Walt Sloan, Erin Breen, Carlo Aparo, Jill Schultz
Written and Directed By: Eric Neal
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXFhEIahArY
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FateAccompliFilm

February 16, 2013 - from 7.00pm until 9.00

Broken On All Sides free screening and discussion with Mainline UU
Devon, PA - Mainline Unitarian Universalist Church, McGinness Room
Broken On All Sides screening and discussion with Mainline Unitarian Universalist Church in the McGinness Room, the movie “Broken on All Sides”, followed by a discussion

Mainline Unitarian Universalist Church, 816 South Valley Forge Rd. Devon, PA. 19333 http://mluc.org/social-action/social-action-calendarwww.brokenonallsides.com

February 24, 2013 - from 12.30pm until 2.30pm