Beginning Monday, October 12th, 2009 - Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Exhibit 9: Evil Things 1:20:00 N/F Dominic Terez
Five college students planning a quiet weekend at a mountain cottage are besieged by an unknown evil and disappear, leaving a video-taped record of their terrifying ordeal.
 
The Spam Job 0:12:47 D/S Padraic Culham
Four friends. Three suspects. One can of meat. The almost unbelievable true story of a prank that started at Montana State University, traveled the world, and ended almost a decade later.

12 Years in the Making 1:06:00 D/F Martin West
Working artists, all between 70-95 years old, share insights into the creative process as the face the challenges of aging. The film captures their passion for art and for life… an inspiration to old and young, artists and art lovers.

Love’s Journey 0:55:30 N/F Rick Bechard
The documentary provides a deeper look into the abstract experience of love, and demonstrates how the human relationship serves as an important tool in everyone’s journey into awareness.
  
Abandoned Heroes 0:28:00 D/S David Block
This film deals with issues veterans face – namely, lack of support from the VA - trying to reintegrate into a peace-time society after returning home from combat.
 
Elevate Her 0:06:35 N/S Jeff Nicholson
A chance encounter in an elevator between an NYC department store’s head of security and a desperate femme fatale takes an unexpected turn when the elevator stalls.
 
Barbarossa and the Towers of Italy 0:47:00 D/S Tony Olmetti Schweikle
(Italy) A history of ancient sea raiders of the Mediterranean Sea and the infamous Turkish Saracen pirate Khair Ad-Din’s attack on the coastal Italian village Ispani in 1532 and the thousands of coastal towers built to defend
against them.
 
Beyond the Call 1:22:00 D/F Adrian Belic
In a Mother Teresa meets Indiana Jones adventure, three middle-aged men – former soldiers and modern day knights – travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians in some of the most dangerous, yet beautiful, places on earth… the front lines of war.
 
C-C-Cut 1:25:00 D/F Allan Holzman
An autobiographical film about the trials and trevails of an Emmy Award winning director/editor who stuttered his way through the Hollywood meat grinder and survived to stutter about it.

And the Winner Is… 1:33:00 N/F Christina Grozik
The small Ohio town of Centerville made a bold announcement: they would radically reinvent the American election process by electing their next mayor through a beauty pageant style event. Seven aspiring candidates launched colorful political campaigns as the town swelled with excitement and pride. When the host, Jerry Springer, announced “and the winner is…”, things took an even more bizarre turn in this telling look at American politics.
 
If Stone Could Speak 0:56:46 D/F Randy Croce
Italian carvers created stone masterpieces across America. This is the fascinating story of their craft, their immigration, their life-and-death fight with silicosis and their struggle to forge new identities from their Italian and American legacies.
 
Drawing from Life 0:14:55 D/S Chole McFeters
A fine arts major falls in love with a charismatic but troubled foreign student when she models for him. As their involvement deepens, her tangled background becomes entwined with his own, causing secrets from the past to be unraveled with devastating consequences.
 
The Cloggers 0:07:00 N/S Elaine Hendrix
A couple from no-man’s land, Arkansas, have big dreams about ‘clogging’ their way to national fame in Hollywood. Despite their reality-challenged view of the world, these misfit dreamers believe they deserve riches and stardom – and are ready to prove it to anyone in their path!
 
The Twenty 1:32:00 N/F Chopper Bernet
Carty has a new baby, a tense marriage, and four months of fragile sobriety. When he discovers a twenty dollar bill with a message written on it, an obsession begins. Will it free him? Or will it destroy him?
 
Amanda’s Return 0:11:16 N/S Troy Warell
Young Amanda was sexually abused by her foster father for years. Her foster mother and sister knew what was going on but did nothing to help. Once Amanda reached her teens, she was sent away. Several years later, Amanda returns to pay her former foster family a surprise visit.
 
Leftovers 1:41:00 N/F Robin Nations
Anna is a young, single mother whose bold personality and twisted sense of humor leads people to either love or hate her. Carol, a family therapist, decides to be Anna’s friend and wants to help. But inviting this reckless young mother and her three rambunctious sons into her life ends up bring a lot more than she bargained for.
 
Crap Shoot 0:97:00 D/F Ken Close
Join Toledoans John and Ken on a hilarious road trip as they head to Hollywood to take an analytical look at the movie business and try to find out “what makes a movie work?” The film is not just a fascinating discourse on Hollywood’s creative process it is “epic pathos veiled in brilliant satire.”
 
 
And watch for these great films to be a part of Black Swamp Films On Demand
 
Repaired? 0:03:18 A/S Seung-Hoo Ihm
Two inept aliens try to fix their UFO after crashing from the Moon to Earth but they don’t know how to fix it. While one tends to follow by the manual, the other tries to fix it by instinct. But after finally fixing the UFO, they encounter an unexpected problem.
 
Rendezvous 0:09:28 N/S Cole Simon
While en route to an unknown location, female assassin Chapman receives a phone call from fellow hit man Booth who tells her that he has just botched an important hit. The conversation that follows makes it clear that they have a close relationship as they explore how they relate to their current profession. A shocking turn of events abruptly concludes the conversation. Shot on location in downtown Toledo.
  
Dried Up 0:06:08 A/S Isaiah Powers
The beautiful, stop motion animation story of a quiet old man who, surrounded by Jeremy Casper desolation and apathy, perseveres to be true to the nature of his own beliefs and Stuart Bury character. He toils daily to forge a last ditch effort to bring back hope and life to a faithless, drought ridden old town.
 
Veiled Legacy 0:07:20 D/S Darin Hohman
Following WWII, Bowling Green State University president Frank Prout took an unconventional approach raising morale at BGSU. The Spirit Crew, known as SICSIC, was founded sixty years ago and today the clandestine organization is still going strong. No college since has been able to match the effectiveness of SICSIC.

Call of the Wild 1:27:00 N/F Richard Gabai
A modern-day adaptation of Jack London’s classic follows Ryann (Ariel Gade) a 9-year old girl visiting her grandfather (Christopher Lloyd) in Montana. When a wild hybrid wolf/dog shows up injured on the back porch one night, Ryann wants to take him back to Boston as a pet, but her grandfather knows the animal will eventually have to return to the wild. To help his granddaughter understand, he begins to read her Jack London’s Call of the Wild each night ... but Ryann has ideas of her own, and helps a local boy train the magnificent animal to become a sled dog leader. Also features Timothy Bottoms and Aimee Teegarden. This film made history by being the first live action, family film to have been shot entirely in 3D without the use of any computer graphics. It will be exhibited in 2D at the festival due to technical and economical issues. Produced by Braeburn Entertainment, Ltd. of Monclova, Ohio.
 
Boxing Day 1:25:00 F/NF Francis Abbey
(Canada) After too many failed romances, Emmy finally finds her soulmate and settles into a two-bedroom apartment with him. When it comes time to meet her hilariously dysfunctional family the day after Christmas, the trouble has just begun! You see, Emmy forgot to tell anyone that her fiancée is black! The new couple hopes to survive with their marriage and sanity – intact. A politically-incorrect take on “Guess Who’s Coming Dinner.”
 
Glass City 1:37:0 N/F Cole Simon
Mike is turning 30, living in Toledo and going nowhere. He’s worked at the same laundromat for ten years, he has few friends, his relationship with his family is on the rocks, and the book he never finished lies dormant on his desk. At the request of his estranged sister Mike hesitantly joins an amateur theater company for their summer production. Over the course of the summer, Mike is transformed, coming out of his emotional shell and developing new friendships and a relationship with the young, spunky tech director, a girl nine years his junior. The film follows Mike’s journey of self discovery and forgiveness as he realizes that the city and people he has come to loathe may just save him in ways he never expected.
  
Le(s)banese 0:26:30 F/DS Alissar Gazal
(Lebanon) A one-of-a-kind documentary exploring the lives of lesbians in Lebanon. Who they are, where do they hang out, what do they wear, and – most importantly – how do they negotiate their desires within a troubled and traditional nation like Lebanon. This documentary will open a window to a hidden world and introduce you to women who are savvy, sexy, and confident about themselves. It will delight and surprise you!
 
In/Significant Other 1:38:00 N/F John Schwert
A follow-up to the festival hit Among Brothers, Joh Schwert’s second feature is a mutli-narrative drama that navigates through the different lives of one city’s residents, each of whom is connected to the same local homicide investigation, many in ways they don’t even understand. A skillful and enthralling look at how the lives of people are intertwined in ways we never realize.
 
Fuel 1:34:00 N/F Oktay Ortabasi
The story of a young man’s struggle to save his girl from an abusive environment. Emilio discovers that he has the ability to run incredibly fast. With the hope of a scholarship, he sees as an opportunity to be able to leave his hometown, along with all his troubles, and take Sandy with him. But a tragic flaw, a violent streak he possesses, induced by exposure to gasoline vapors, will destroy his best laid plans.

Because There Are Things We Will Never Forget  0:13:00 F/SN Lucas M. Figueroa
(Spain) Naples, Italy, 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out in the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady’s yard. They’ll never play with their ball again… and for that the revenge will be deadly.
   
A Little Bit Crooked 0:27:30 N/S Andrew Crabtree
Jack finds himself stuck when the girl of his dreams decides she like him because he is gay and therefore not a threat… except that Jack is not remotely gay. This is a decidedly delightful film with the surprising twist that it is – a brilliant musical!
 
Caught in Paint 0:05:54 D/S Rita Blitt
This film captures painter/sculptor Rita Blitt painting on transparent surfaces while the David Parsons Dance Co. dance in mid-air thru the painting imitating Blitt’s paint strokes. Photographer Lois Greenfield shoots dynamic stills during the process.
 
The Anchorite 0:09:45 A/S Matthew Maloney
This moving, stop-action animation story is a dream-like vision of self. A homeless muralist struggles with his painting on the rooftops of a surreal post-war city. He catches a glimpse of a young boy whom he attempts to incorporate into their work. As cold and solitude begin to overwhelm him, he begins to understand that achieving creative wholeness and reckoning with the subject of his painting may be impossibility.
 
Two-Year Guarantee 0:17:00 F/SN Juan Parra
(Spain) Berta, fed up with her husband’s bad treatment, decides to leave him. He procures a substitute for her immediately but the substitute doesn’t satisfy him at all and he asks his wife to come back. She does, and with a substitute of her own.
 
Death In Charge 0:14:43 N/S Devi Snively
The Grim Reaper is mistaken for a babysitter when an impatient single mom mistakes the robed one for her tardy babysitter and leaves Death to care for her precocious 9-year-old daughter, Whitney. Whitney manages to teach Death a thing or two about real life through the magic of macaroni and cheese and Sea Monkeys, but when Whitney reveals some dark tendencies of her own, it is up to Death to lighten thing up before returning to the grim duties that lie in wait

Windows of the Soul 0:12:00 F/NS Sarah MacDonald
(Canada) A young couple goes camping for the weekend. While looking for food in Guy’s backpack, Girl finds Guy’s notebook and his plan to kill her. Will she be able to escape the budding serial killer or does fate have other plans for her?
 
Sunday 0:11:50 A/S Brian Ratigan
A mind-exploring hybrid stop motion animation/live action short tale of a man whose mundane routine affects his mental instability and brings about his demise

My Stepdad’s a Freakin’ Vampire! 1:30:00 N/F David Matheny
High school student Rusty Funkhouser finds out that his brand new step-dad is actually a vampire looking to raise some serious hell with the help of the netherworld. With the unlikely help of the high school janitor, Rusty races to save the world from disaster!
 
Reach 0:03:50 F/AS Luke Randall
(Australia) A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, his lust to live outside his reach, may be his demise.

Zap Squad and the Sands of Time 0:28:09 A/S Martin Grebing
A family-friendly, animated cartoon about a secret team of super kids that protects the world from evil. Filled with action, adventure, humor, and plenty of effects, this cartoon was made for kids but will appeal to the entire family.
 
A View from the Mountain 0:28:00 D/S Cap Averill II
The mountains between Colombia and Mexico are filled with beauty and life. Millions of pairs of eyes watched as the ships began to arrive over 500 years ago. They brought change. Now people from all over the world lay claims to this land. Each morning and each evening, the howler monkeys make their tribal calls. They will not let it be forgotten that there was a time when these mountains belonged to them alone. Produced by Mantis and Moon Productions of Toledo, Ohio.
 
Thunder on the Farm 0:34:00 D/S Cap Averill II
The brick home was built over 200 years ago on 1200 acres of forest which was known as “The Indian Land”. It has stood for so long that now the summers pass as if in just one day. But the old man who lived in the house died, and a neighborhood was born. Will these new homes remain in another 200 years? Thunder on the Farm is a documentary which shows the natural drama of a typical Midwestern backyard over the span of what appears to be one day. It was shot in states ranging from Arkansas to Michigan during the summer of 2006. It is presently in national distribution on PBS Television. Produced by Mantis and Moon Productions of Toledo, Ohio.
 
The Time Traveler 0:19:30 N/S Nathan Whitcomb
In 1961, Air Force test pilot Carter Cartwright becomes the first successful time traveler, traveling through time to fight the Soviets. Carter becomes a national hero and celebrity. As he becomes more involved in his mission, though, he begins to lose touch with his devoted wife, Bonnie. When their relationship hits the breaking point, Carter resorts to “timely” but desperate measures.