2011 Festival Film List

Lily's Mom

Michigan, 103 min.; directed by Edmund Messina

Synopsis: Produced by Messina and the staff of the East Lansing Michigan Headache Clinic, this drama centers around the difficulties faced by a woman battling depression and crippling migraines.

The film won an award in the Dramatic Feature category and was Official Choice of the Indie Gathering International Film Festival in Cleveland.

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LILY'S MOM will be screened on Friday, November 4 at 7:00 PM.

Fairview St.

Michigan, 110 min.; directed by Michael McCallum

Synopsis: Paroled after serving four years in prison for involvement in an armed robbery, James Winton is coming home and ready to start new with his young wife and his father. But when a murder occurs unbeknownst to Jim, he becomes the prime suspect, hounded by two detectives determined to make him pay for his past.

The film has won 15 major awards, been nominated for 9 other awards and been accepted into 27 film festivals internationally.

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FAIRVIEW ST. will be screened on Sunday, November 6 at 6:30 PM.

The Key

Michigan, 110 min.; directed by Jack Schaberg

Synopsis: Having grown up without a father, a woman receives a midnight phone call on her 18th birthday from a man who may or may not be her father. His instructions for her to get "the key" and meet him at the airport begin a 12-hour odyssey during which she unlocks family secrets in hopes of finding a treasure - and living to tell about it.

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THE KEY will be screened on Saturday, November 5 at 8:30 PM.

The End of Art

Michigan, 101 min.; directed by Bruce Bennett and Jack Schaberg

Synopsis: When a struggling artist and stay-at-home dad teams up with a demented insurance salesman on a half-baked double indemnity scheme, things go horribly wrong.

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THE END OF ART will be shown on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 10:30 PM.

Waiter from Hell

Michigan, 53 min.; directed by Michael McCallum

Synopsis: Encounters with the worst waiter anyone could imagine.

The anthology won an Honorable Mention for Best Comedy at The Indie Gathering International Film Festival in Cleveland.

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WAITER FROM HELL will be shown Sunday, Nov. 6 at 5:30 PM.