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Bucksville
Director: Chel White
1 hr 45 min, USA, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
In a small, wooded town, a young man struggles to leave a secret militia started by his father.
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Dead Weight
Directors: John Pata, Adam Bartlett
1 hr 30 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
In the wake of an apocalyptic viral outbreak, Charlie must face physical exhaustion, malicious survivors, and perhaps most menacing, his own emotional burdens.
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Peter Scott |
Heathens & Thieves
Directors: John Douglas Sinclair, Megan Peterson
1 hr 50 min, USA, 2010
MIDWEST PREMIERE
In the Old West, lawmen, drifters, and hired guns converge on a ranch, believing its Chinese owners possess stolen gold.
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Schlafende Hunde
Director: Michael O'Connor
1 hr 25 min, Germany, 2010
IOWA PREMIERE
In this thriller, a man is haunted by visions of his own violent death and is convinced he doesn't have long to live. He sets out to reconcile with his son, who isn't pleased to see his father. |
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Ronal the Barbarian
Directors: Kresten Andersen, Thorbjorn Christoffersen, Philip Lipski
1 hr 30 min, Denmark, 2011
U.S. PREMIERE
Ronal is the scrawniest, weakest Barbarian, but when his village is attacked, he's the only one left to rescue everyone else. In English.
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Route 30 Too!
Director: John Putch
1 hr 30 min, USA, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
New story, same highway. In 2009, John Putch brought Route 30 to Landlocked, and now he's back with the outrageously wacky sequel, which stars Beth Behrs of the hit show 2 Broke Girls.
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As Goes Janesville
Director: Brad Lichtenstein
1 hr 23 min, USA, 2012
This documentary catapults viewers to the front lines of America's debate over the future of our middle class – a debate that has become a pitched battle over unions in the normally tranquil state of Wisconsin.
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Michael Zimmer, Brent Watkins |
The Entertainers
Directors: Michael Zimmer, Nick Holle
1 hr 33 min, USA, 2012
Six piano players strive to win the World Championship of Old-Time Piano (mostly ragtime). Heartwarming and funny and filled with great music.
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Hualing Nieh Engle |
One Tree Three Lives
Director: Angie Chen
1 hr 35 min, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, USA, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
An intimate film on the novelist Hualing Nieh Engle, who has been a major influence on generations of writers in the Chinese Diaspora, and beyond. |
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Party Crashers
Director: Travis Burroughs
1 hr 15 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
This chronicle of the rise of The Tea Party, from the movement's beginnings to the explosive growth of the first conservative protest movement of the internet age, includes interviews with Rand Paul, Sharron Angle, Matt Taibbi, and Andrew Breitbart.
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Mercedes Kane |
Today We Saw the Face of God
Director: Mercedes Kane
1 hr 8 min, Haiti, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
A team of medical volunteers from the USA arrives in Haiti right before the devastating earthquake.
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Words of Witness
Director: Mai Iskander
1 hr 11 min, Egypt, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
Words of Witness follows 22-year-old Heba Afify, a newly-minted journalist
navigating historical times in Egypt. Defying cultural norms and family
expectations, she takes to the streets to report on an Egypt in turmoil.
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Kelly Rundle,
Tammy Rundle, Edgar Epperly |
AXMAN
Director: Kelly Rundle
24 min, USA, 2012
WORLD PREMIERE
In 1955, a college student named Edgar Epperly began researching the details behind a 1912 mass murder. Now, nearly 60 years later, the retired college professor is still actively searching for a solution to the crime.
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From Wasioja to Washington
Director: Samuel Henderson
53 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
This Civil War documentary engagingly tells the story what happened to the men and boys from Wasioja and Dodge County, Southeastern Minnesota.
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Seth Camillo |
Gridiron Heroes
Directors: Andy Lauer, Seth Camillo
54 min, USA, 2012
After Chris Canales was paralyzed in a championship high school football game, he set out to help others who have suffered brain damage and spinal cord injuries, and to seek a solution to prevent these injuries.
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How Do You Play Football When You Live on a Floating Village
Director: Matt Devine
5 min, Thailand, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
The kids who live on a tiny island in the south of Thailand love to watch football but have nowhere to play or practice. But they don't let that stop them.
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The Kessler Plot
Director: Josh Thorud
9 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
The subject of this mock-documentary is an imprisoned artist (and perhaps terrorist)
whose final 'masterpiece' is a foiled plot to suicide bomb the Museum of Modern Art in New York City at the opening day of his new art space.
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L'equip Petit
Director: Roger Gomez
9 min, Spain, 2011
Fourteen little kids go over an unsolved football mystery, and they end up teaching an unexpected life lesson to grown-ups.
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Madres 0,15 el Minuto
Director: Marina Seresesky
52 min, Spain, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
Women who travel thousands of miles from Central America to Spain in order to find work and give a better future to their children, tell how they live through the reality of being mothers across a telephone or computer.
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Nrityagram: For the Love of Dance
Director: Nanette Melville
26 min, India, 2010
IOWA PREMIERE
Founded by the extraordinary Protima Bedi, the Nrityagram Dance Village and School near Bangalore, India, is home to dancers and their choreographer who contribute to the growing appreciation of Indian classical dance around the world. |
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Postcards from Earth's Whisper
Director: Ram Devineni
30 min, Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, UAE, 2011
A series of short transmedia pieces about a trip by writers from the International Writing Program, including their experiences in Pakistan when Osama bin Laden was killed.
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Road Comics
Directors: Hillary Demmon, Robert Clift
53 min, USA, 2012
The creative brilliance of three stand-up comedians working the comedy club circuit in the 'flyover zones' of middle America is featured in this loving look at working class artists who make their living on the road.
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Take Off One Ear!
Director: Sabine Golz
22 min, Ukraine, 2010
This experimental film is a meditation on the process of representation in general and music recording in particular, as it explores the displacements between what is seen and what is heard, between live and playback, between visual and audio tracks, and between the film and its spectators. |
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Writing in Motion: A Nation Divided
Director: Sahar Sarshar
52 min, USA, 2011
International writers travel to Gettysburg, New Orleans, the Achafalaya Basin, Birmingham, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. to examine the different challenges presented by historical crises and upheavals, both natural and social. |
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12 Drawings a Day
Director: Denis Chapon
4 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
Twelve drawings of animation equal one second of film. This lyrical short film is an experimental animated diary of hand-drawn animation by the film's director.
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Another Dress, Another Button
Director: Lyn Elliot
3 min, USA, 2011
A charming stop-motion animation that explores the plight of the spare buttons: carefully saved, but never used.
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Dung Boy
Director: Hyesung Moon
4 min, Korea, USA, 2012
This uniquely humorous animated short portrays the semi-autobiographical metaphor of Dung Boy's adventure,
as he explores themes of individualism, irregularity, and the unexpected sources of inspiration.
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Hund I Himlen
Director: Jeanette Norgaard
25 min, Denmark, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
Lora, an orphan, brings a dog to a secluded monastery. When the dog dies, she decides to turn into a dog herself, breaking all the house rules and teaching the other orphans to be individuals.
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On-a-Slant: Miti-bah-wah-esh
Director: Jeffrey Clark
11 min, USA, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
This animated documentary is a visual immersion into a long ago era on the Western Plains, and provides a means to travel through time and walk through a Mandan village as it existed around 1776.
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Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto
Director: Johan Oettinger
8 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
Based on an actual event that occurred during World War II, the film is about a little boy in the middle of the brutal world of the Holocaust. |
Mark Jones & students |
The Robot and the Butterfly
Director: Mark Jones
10 min, USA, 2012
A little robot must go through a series of adventures to capture its artistic muse, the butterfly. Animated entirely by Iowa City K-6th grade art students.
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The Story of Animation
Director, David Tart
2012, Denmark
For anyone who has ever wondered about how animation is made, or simply enjoys animation, this animated story will educate in an entertaining way. |
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Worlds Apart
Director: Michael Zachary Huber
9 min, USA, 2011
Part science fiction, part thriller and part cautionary fairytale, Worlds Apart encompasses the universal themes of innocence, friendship and the possible fate of humanity.
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DxONE
Director: Dan Masucci
18 min, USA, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
A family shares ups and downs as they come to terms with their son’s diagnosis with type 1 diabetes.
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Fangst
Director: Adrian Dexter
17 min, Denmark, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
In turn of the century Denmark, a nomadic hunter writes poems about his power over nature. His philosophy is challenged when he discovers a woman living alone in the woods.
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Fat Girls Can't Dance
Director: Beth Cannon
15 min, USA, 2010
Emily is a fat girl who doesn’t know her own beauty. She spends her days pining over Hipster Hottie, a regular customer at the bakery where she works. |
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Into Thick Air
Director: David Story
19 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
They rebuffed Sherpas, rejected supplementary oxygen, and refused advice to turn back. Now, ten years after an unthinkable expedition, seven friends confront the long-lost footage of their attempt to climb the notorious Seven Summits...of the Great Plains.
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Luminaris
Director: Juan Pablo Zaramella
6 min, Argentina, 2012
In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things in this creative and clever stop-motion animated film. |
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Marooned
Director: Paul David Benedict
19 min, USA, 2012
Two actors from the coasts arrive in the Hawkeye state to work on local films, but when Iowa's tax incentive program is canceled, they find themselves stuck in flyover country.
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Pow Pow Pow
Director: Dianne Bellino
18 min, USA, 2011
Middle-aged hipster Danny is a sometimes artist who recreates himself as a clown for kids’ birthdays. Finding himself before a tough crowd of suburban parents and kids, he has an unexpected moment of insight. |
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Stairs of Spider
Director: Hiroshi Toda
29 min, Japan, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
A strange old man visits the house of a Jenica and Masai, telling them that he came from the moon 800 years ago. Since his visit to their house, mysterious things start happening. |
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Thor's Hammer
Director: Fenar Ahmad
21 min, Denmark, 2010
MIDWEST PREMIERE
A trio of teens decide to steal booze from the local drunk once their party runs dry. This stylish mood piece contrasts split-second cause with everlasting effect. |
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The Man at the Counter
Director: Brian McAllister
8 min, USA, 2011
After noticing some strange behavior from an old man, a boy working at a coffee shop is forced to deal with some of life's most basic questions.
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When Walt Whitman Was a Little Girl
Director: Jim Haverkamp
12 min, USA, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
Based on a prose poem by M.C. Biegner, the film mixes drama, dance, puppetry, and oddball humor to portray the world through the eyes of a 'sensitive kid.'
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When You Find Me
Director: Bryce Dallas Howard
29 min, USA, 2011
MIDWEST PREMIERE
Two sisters' childhood bond is tested by a tragedy they are too young to understand. Alternating between past and present, this emotional fable shows what it takes to find peace within yourself and reconciliation with loved ones. |
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Arlington
Director: Mary Ann Skweres
Music: Lisa Nemzo
7 min, USA, 2012
This music video was inspired by the grief and struggles of the families of the dead and injured soldiers from our recent wars and the hope that their sacrifice won't be forgotten.
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Lie Down Beside You
Director: Brad Cooper
Music: Tack-Fu
4 min, USA, 2012
This spoken word track by Rachel Kann is complemented with a gorgeous pas de deux for two men, choreographed by Keith Johnson, formerly of Bill T. Jones Dance Company.
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Killer
Director: Tryan George
Music: Ravi Dhar and the Heartless
3 min, USA, 2012
MIDWEST PREMIERE
A blast of punk power turns the tables on the standard formula of rockers and chicks.
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Race Car
Director: Waleed Mursi
Music: Yulianna
3 min, USA, 2011
IOWA PREMIERE
Magic realism and pure pop combine in this video where human bodies - courtesy of the Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater - form cars and rocket ships.
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Vucciria
Director: Michele Di Salle
7 min, Italy, 2011
U.S. PREMIERE
Under a cloudy sky where the world feels black & white, a young lady wanders through the streets of the town. Outside a curiosity shop she sees herself in a mirror and in a moment steps through to a new world. |
Ian Bennett |
Walk with Me: The Shoes
Director: Ian Bennett
Music: Bamboo
5 min, Asia, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
After three years living in Asia, the director stumbled upon an idea - walk all over the place and let people decorate his shoes.
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Angel/Devil
Director: Blake Rice
5 min, USA, 2012
While sitting in class, Tyler is forced to make the difficult decision of going to the bar or studying tonight. However, he is forced to make his choice with the unexpected help of two surprising characters.
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City of Literature
Director: Zhao Lewis Liu
15 min, USA, 2011
Through the perspectives and voices of international writers, City of Literature attempts to provide audiences with a fresh view of Iowa City, the UNESCO city of literature.
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Hadar
Director: Beni Fredman
29 min, Israel, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
Seven-year-old Hadar destroys animals in order to eliminate an imaginary monster that's pursuing her. To what lengths will her mother go to protect her from trauma?
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Load
Director: David Rene Christensen
6 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
A man covered in responsibilities and burdened by the weight of his work is swept away on a journey that changes his perception of life. |
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Plasticmann 2
Directors: Milos Mitrovic, Fabian Velasco
25 min, Canada, 2012
In this science fiction tale, a young man goes on a quest to find a soul for his only friend, a talking plastic mannequin.
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Ride of Passage
Director: Christian Boving-Andersen
5 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
Toki's tribe expects him to bring home the head of the biggest animal possible. In return, he will receive honor and respect. However, this rite/ride of passage does not turn out as planned.
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Slug Invasion
Director: Morten Helgeland
6 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
As morning dawns on a suburb, a detachment of killer-slugs, led by the notorious Sergeant Slug, prepare for a head-on attack on a small garden. |
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Storywoods
Director: Mary Horan
8 min, USA, 2012
Rebecca Dudley is the creator of a miniature world known as Storywoods, elaborate wooded scenery made from scratch, mirroring the world of her childhood in Durham, New Hampshire.
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Vaesen
Director: Adrian Dexter
6 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
A prince sets off on a journey to save his dying father, driven by his fear of failing him. |
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Wing
Directors: Asger Grevil, Mette Vestergaard Madsen, Michael Bech, Jonas Kirkegaard
5 min, Denmark, 2012
IOWA PREMIERE
A lonely, one-winged creature has to get by in an unfriendly forest where he is constantly harassed by a flock of demonic crows. |
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SCRIPTS
FINALISTS ARE ANNOUNCED!
The Falling Man, written by Stephen Fife
Peach Boy, The Musical, by Steven M. Hirohama
Ripple, written by Heather Faris
The Voyeur, written by John Bengel
SEMI-FINALISTS
The Falling Man, written by Stephen Fife
The Heckler, written by Mike Hanson
The High Mesa Colony, written by Thomas Pace
The Next Ten Minutes, written by Ellen Raines
Peach Boy, The Musical, by Steven M. Hirohama
Ripple, written by Heather Faris
Shake the Lake, written by Machi Block & Zachary Ryan Block
The Voyeur, written by John Bengel
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DISCLAIMER
The views and opinions expressed in the films and videos shown at the festival are not necessarily the views and opinions of Landlocked Film Festival or any person associated with Landlocked Film Festival. Independent filmmakers share diverse and sometimes controversial subject matter and viewpoints with audiences. Furthermore, independent films generally are not rated by the MPAA. It is the responsibility of the parents to make decisions about what their children may view.
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