The Tillamook Treasure
US, 65 minutes. Feature
(Coming Of Age Film)
Filmmaker: Jane Hill
Julie, a lonely fourteen-year old, moves to the Oregon seaside after her father loses his job. Her family has trouble adjusting to life in a small town. Julie's parents struggle with her father's unemployment and her sister finds solace in a summer fling with Tom, a not-too-bright local logger. Her Grandpa and his Indian friend, Standing Elk, seem to be the only ones with time for Julie.
The tale begins with Julie's dramatic mystical encounter with a large Elk on the beach where she finds an old Spanish gold coin. The Elk becomes Julie's watchful guide as she becomes fascinated by the legend of the Tillamook Treasure. Four hundred years ago, so the legend goes, Spanish explorers buried a chest of gold on a seaside mountain. A Slave was killed and buried with the treasure to frighten away the Indians. The legend also tells of an elk, saved from drowning by the slave. Treasure hunters have searched ever since.
Julie looks for the buried gold and in the process she discovers more than she's bargained for including the spirit of the slave. Magic realism and a mystical myth, based on a real Oregon legend, create an enchanting and humorous tale.
Most of all, The Tillamook Treasure is the story of a young girl's adventure in the most intriguing summer of her life. Julie rediscovers the real treasure she already possesses - her family.
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Hamoudi and Emil
Mahdi Fleifel - Denmark - 23min
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GUY IN ROW FIVE
Feature, US, 97 Minutes
Filmmaker: Jonathon Stewart
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Clare Kramer (Rules of Attraction, Bring It On, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Bobby Field (Fifteen Minutes, Blowback, Degenerate, Godmoney)
Colin Ferguson (Coupling, Opposite of Sex)
Jennifer Aspen (Come to Papa, LA Twister, Party of Five)
Rachel Miner (Bully, Joe the King)
Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie (I-III), The Rookie)
Hal Ozsan (Dawson's Creek, Simone)
'Guy in Row Five' is a comedy about an aspiring hopeful named Thess (Bobby Field) who moves to Hollywood to become a star. Ever optimistic, he lands a gig as a 'background performer' on the hit TV series 'Rodeo Nights'. After pestering his way into an audition for the show’s new series regular, he is so convinced that he's booked the role that he decides to document his last day of being a struggling actor. With his girlfriend Rose (Clare Kramer) as boom operator, and a soft-spoken friend Tony behind the camera, Thess takes us on a journey of the relentless pursuit of his dream. From Starbucks to the soundstage, Hollywood Boulevard to the Hollywood sign, “Guy in Row Five” is a comedy about the relentless determination of a Hollywood underdog who will inspire the dreamer in all of us.
*Cinequest Film Festival - Viewers' Voice Award
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John Heard (Pelican Brief, Home Alone, In the Line of Fire)
Richard Portnow (The Soprano's, Goodmorning Vietnam)
Mike Starr (Goodfellas, Ed Wood, Dumb and Dumber)
Shot for under $60,000, Under The City chronicles the fact-based descent of unreformed, ex-con Nate Mayott into the secret world of police corruption and white slavery in Chicago- where
anything can be bought or sold if the price is right and
the demand is there. Which it is.
Piece by piece, Nate sells his soul for freedom until he is
finally backed into an impossible corner- he must kidnap
an innocent young girl in order to save his own.
“A minor miracle of independent cinema, it is an utterly respectable piece in the 1970’s film school tradition (of) Scorsese, Lumet (and) Coppola…”
– Beat Magazine Australia, Simone Ubaldi.
"A riveting modern-day noir pricked with fascinating details. This is moviemaking on a shoestring that takes its time, and wins the small battles, before sucking you in completely with it's dystopic vision."
- Julian Shaw, FILMINK Magazine Australia.
"A tough, macho, kick-down-the-door arrival for Director Adam Golomb and lead Dean Rabaiov. It punches above its weight (and) the determination is there on the screen; it's taut, muscular, and for Dean, who's in almost every scene of the film, it really is an impressive and physically imposing
performance." – The Age - Australia, James Hewsion.
