Promising Filmmakers Vie for Awards at Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival

Promising Filmmakers Vie for Awards at Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival

SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) has announced its official selections for films to compete in the juried event which will be held in conjunction with the largest comic book and pop culture event in the United States: the San Diego Comic-Con (Comic-Con) from July 23-26, 2009.

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Beth Accomando, president of the San Diego Film Critics Society; Mark A. Altman, writer/producer of the hit ABC television show Castle; and Marc Bernardin, editor for Entertainment Weekly magazine serve as judges for films in competition. The films have no current distribution deals in place.

"Comic-Con is the meeting place for talent from a variety of popular arts fields," commented David Glanzer, spokesperson for the non-profit event, "and we're excited to see such talented filmmakers in competition this year."

Films will compete in seven categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary, Horror/Suspense, Humor/Parody and Science Fiction/Fantasy. This year 64 features, shorts and documentaries will screen as part of the four-day event. Schedules permitting, many films will include a member of the production company on hand to discuss their project and answer questions from the audience.

Official Selections of the 2009 Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival include:

   Side Effect   Writer/Director: Liz Adams    Allure   Writer/Director: Ian Hunter    Page Turner   Writer: Nick Rufca; Director: Oliver Pearce    Lifeless   Writer: David Sasich; Directors: David Sasich & Eli Sasich    Asylum   Writer/Director: Francesco Erba    Alice Jacobs Is Dead   Writer/Director: Alex Horwitz    Soccer Mom   Writer/Director: Leetal Platt    The Hurricane Fist   Writer/Director: Jimmy Lu    Al's Beef   Writer/Director: Dennis Hauck    Missy and the Maxinator   Writer/Director: Daniel J. Lynch    Inside Out   Writer/Director: Adam White    Every Other Day Is Halloween   Writer/Director: C.W. Prather    Died Young Stayed Pretty   Writer/Director: Eileen Yaghoobian    Mr. Wire's Nostalgia   Writer/Director: Jonathan Ostos Yaber    Botnik   Writer/Director: Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan    The Bone Orchard   Writers/Directors: Steven & Whitney Boe    Capes   Writer/Director: Bryan Cohen    Articles of War   Writer/Director: Daniel M. Kanemoto    Fear   Writer/Director: Agustin Graham    Snuggle Time   Writer/Director: Angela O'Sullivan    She Farted and Created the World   Writer/Director: Scott Coello    Max the Hero   Writers: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mike Salva;   Director: Mike Salva    Chroma Chameleon   Writers: Marc F. Adler, Scott Biear; Directors: Marc F. Adler, Warren   Grubb    Her Lion's Jump   Writer/Director: Regis Camargo    FOT--The Next Big Thing   Writers: Alex Dron, Rhys Darby, Karl Wills; Director: Alex Dron    Kanizsa Hill   Writer/Director: Evelyn Lee    Caney Mountain   Writers/Directors: Brian Simpson, Travis Schlitter, Tim Kail, Brandon Todd    This Is Not A Fly   Writer/Director: Carlos Fraiha    Pit Stop   Writer: Aaron Pollard; Director: Aaron Pollard, Cherie Tsukayama    The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl   Writer/Director: Mike Roush    Horn Dog   Writer/Director: Bill Plympton    Fallen Shadows   Writer: Miuccia Prada; Director: James Lima    Subcutaneous   Writers/Directors: Mike and Keith Rishkofski    Little Spirit: Christmas in New York   Writer: Andy Rheingold; Directors: Leopoldo Gout & Susan Holden    Zombie Girl: The Movie   Directors: Aaron Marshall, Justin Johnson, Erik Manck    Monsterland    Writer/Director: Jorg Buttgereit    The Book of Tomorrow   Writer/Director: David M. Yohe    Magritte Moment   Writer/Director: Ian Fischer    The Junior League of Superheroes   Writer: Brian Leahy; Director: Justin Fair    The Swing   Writers: Justin Cowden, James Cluster; Director: Justin Cowden    Death in Charge   Writer/Director: Devi Snively    Gorlac and Friends: A 5-Second Film Parade   Writers/Directors: Brian Firenzi, Eric Forrest, Erik Sandoval, Michael   Rousselet    My Four Inch Precious   Writers: Sou Yun Sim & Adam Lucas; Director: Sou Yun Sim    Spider-Cide   Writer/Director: Joel Sandvos    300 Pounds   Writer/Director: Jeff Centauri    Dada   Writer: Brad Jones; Director: B.C. Jones    Coming Out   Writer/Director: Nolan Wang    Super-Anon   Writers: All cast members and Stephen H. Plitt; Director: Stephen H. Plitt    Animated American   Writer: Tim Talbot; Directors: James Baker, Joe Haidiar    Mutant Swinger from Mars   Writer/Director: Michael Kallio    Drawing Between the Lines   Writer/Director: Bruce Parsons    Dig Comics   Writer/Director: Miguel Cima    The Aquabats   Writer/Director: Nathan Fackrell    Last Son   Writer/Director: Brad Ricca    Diabolikal Super-Kriminal   Writer/Director: SS-Sunda    Hirsute   Writer/Director: A.J. Bond    Turbo   Writers: Jarrett Lee Conaway & Erika Cervantes; Director: Jarrett Lee   Conaway    The Son of Santo   Writer/Director: Adonay Guerrero    The Winged Man   Writer: Jose Rivera; Director: Marya Mazor    Afterglow   Writer/Director: Andres Anglade    Over the River and Through the Higher Dimensions   Writer/Director: Dillon Markey    Believe   Writer/Director: T. Justin Ross    Goodsam and Max   Writer/Director: Gil Nevo    Schrodinger's Girl   Writers: Huw Bowen & Paul Hardy; Director: Huw Bowen   

A complete schedule with screening times will be posted at www.comic-con.org. Comic-Con is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

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Source: Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival

CONTACT: David Glanzer of the Comic-Con International-Independent Film
Festival, +1-619-414-1020

Web Site: http://www.comic-con.org/

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