AXE MAN, The*
Atlanta, GA.

Mayan Moon Films

Director:
Wade Ballance

Writer:
Wade Ballance

2006/15min./Color

Drama/Short

Who do you call when your company has to fire people? A lot of people? A lot of pissed off people?

You call Derek Dean, the best 'Axe Man' in the business.

Three people lay dead after a disgruntled employee opens fire. With dozens of layoffs still to go, a friend offers Derek more money than he can refuse for one more assignment.

As corporate lies and clashes with existing management mount, Derek struggles to finish the assignment. But, as mysterious events unfold, he finds himself traveling down the same road which led to the initial shooting.

CAST:
Chuck Hoey
Clay Seymour
Jamey Propst
Jason Bonner
Larry Brueckner
Shayne Kohout

DIXIE-PG

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)

BLAME FALLS * "Georgia Premiere"
Atlanta, GA.

MASON-DIXON AWARD

Director:
Ly Bolia

Writer:
Adam Boyer

2006/20min./Color

DRAMA/SHORT/GA. FILM

Grieving the loss of his wife and son, Ira Goldstein desperately searches for why his life has gone so terribly wrong. With malice and anger he finds a scapegoat in Wille McGuff, a collection agent who while trying to collect on debts past due crosses Ira.

CAST:
Adam Boyer
Aimee Boyer
Patrick Cusick
Noah Boyer
Jeff Rose

DIXIE-PG (AS)

*Nominated: Oustanding Original Story/Screenplay
*Nominated: Oustanding Actor In A Film: Adam Boyer

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)

BRIDGE, The* "World Premiere "
Atlanta, GA.

Krimson-Noiro Productions

Director:
Richard Aguayo

Writer:
Richard Aguayo

2006/12min./Color

Drama/Short

Two women meet and share thoughts on how their respective pasts have shaped and dictated their present, however, only one woman has a greater insight into how getting what you want isn't always as beneficial as getting what you need...and what you see may not be exactly what you get, in a tale that blurs the line between life and death.

CAST:
Bobbie Elzey

DIXIE: PG (AT)

www.krimson-noiro.com

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)

CAVALIER, The* "World Premiere "
Atlanta, GA.

Director:
Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn

Writer:
Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn

2006/4min./Color

Comedy/Short/GA. FILM

A man is on the run from someone or something. He apparently is being chased or has done some wrong as we follow him through a parking garage in his car to the top where he ends up having no where else to go.

CAST:
Damian Dunn

DIXIE-PG

*Directors Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn will be in attendance

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)
Tickets

FOUND* "Festival Premiere"
Lawrenceville, GA.

Solo Productions

Director:
Sherri Larsen

Writer:
Sherri Larsen

2005/10min./Color

Documentary/Experimental/Short/GA. FILM

FOUND is an experimental film documenting the process of digging through the treasures of other peoples' past lives from the point of view of a complete stranger. In the process of viewing and archiving these documents (approximately one thousand 8mm home movies of strangers), the film re-maker wonders if the images in the movies might be changing her as much as she is changing them for her own new document, and she discovers that her own questions are both unanswerable and answered in the same breath.

DIXIE-G:

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)
Tickets

GRIM'S DIARIES * "World Premiere"
Atlanta, GA.

Noir Productions

Director:
Zac Florence

Writer:
Kevin Parlagreco & Zac Florence

2006/8min./Color

Drama/Short/GA. FILM

A MAN AND WOMAN ARE HAVING A NORMAL DAY UNTIL THE MAN MYSTERIOUSLY DIES, LEAVING THE WOMAN ALONE AND BROKEN HEARTED. OR DOES HE DIE? DOES SOME FORCE ALLOW HIM TO LIVE AGAIN?

CAST:
BOB MATTESON
JOHNIE SABIN
KAY MATTESON
MICHELA NOVIELLO


DIXIE-PG

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)
Tickets

HELL BENT FOR GOOD TIMES* "World Premiere"
Orlando, FL.

Best Friend Films

Director:
James K. Best

Writer:
James K. Best

2006/30min./Color

Drama/Period/Short

A Southern tale of family, hard times, and down home living.

The story of the Lambert family in the rural south in the 1920's.

LEAD ACTOR
James Best (Dukes Of Hazzard, Twilight Zone,Andy Griffith)
Peggy Stewart (Roy Rogers Show, Seinfeld, Yes Dear)
Jennifer Lyons (Desperate Housewives, Navy NCIS)
Bug Hall (The O.C., C.S.I.)
Dorothy Best

http://www.jamesbest.com

DIXIE-PG


*Director James Best and wife Dorothy will be in attendance

*Q&A will follow

*Showtime: Friday, October 13, 2006: 8:30pm

IDIOT BOXER, The*
Atlanta, GA.

Director:
Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn

Writer:
Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn

2005/5min./Color

Drama/Short

Two couch potato remote control freaks find TV to be entertaining but in a most unusual way as they battle it out in the most “idiotic” race to the finish you’ve ever seen.

CAST:
BRIAN DIDSBURY
CONNOR NOLAN
GREER HOWARD
IAN CONE

DIXIE-PG


*Directors Scott Balzer & Damian Dunn will be in attendance

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)

MY CHRISTMAS SOLDIER*
Lawrenceville, GA.

"East Coast Premiere"

Dogwood Motion Picture Company

Director:
Owen Smith

Writer:
Mauriel Joslyn

2006/36min./Color

Drama/Period/Short/GA. FILM

A small Georgia town struggles with the rationing and sacrifices of America at war. Christmas is no exception as 11-year-old Gordy and his sister Priscilla sense a fear in the train station where they await their father’s homecoming. Propaganda posters and tense adult talk drive home the evil of the enemy.


CAST:
Aidan Rogers
Ben Johnson
Cheri Christian
Emily Jordan
Frank Brennan
Jeff Rose
Koko Chalfant
Leigh Hays
Mac Powell
Minnie Tee
Silvio Busch
Taylor Collins
Ted Huckabee

www.mychristmassoldier.com

DIXIE-G

*Director Owen Smith will be in attendance

*Writer, Mauriel Joslyn will be in attendance

*Producer, Jeff Rose will be in attendance

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)

UNTOUCHED* "Atlanta Premiere"
Savannah, GA.

Director:
Raphael Vieira

Writer:
Joseph Lane

2005/17min./Color

Drama/Short/GA. FILM

When Mitch Thomas, III graduated from the University of Georgia he knew he would be heading to law school. It was his destiny and his birthright. His father Mitchell, Jr. was a powerful Savannah attorney who had groomed Mitch.

When he headed to Tybee Island to spend one final Summer in the sun, Mitch was not expecting to fall in love. Then he met local girl, Angela Hart. The two became inseparable. As the Georgia Coast grew hot, so did their love. Of course, Mitchell did not approve.

'Tybee Trash' would derail his plans for Mitch. When Angela became pregnant, he forces Mitch and Angela to make a decision. The decision would haunt Mitch for the rest of his life.


CAST:
Chip Lane
Noelle Monteleone

SHOWTIME: Friday, October 13, 2006 (6:00pm)