DAY SEVEN: June 9, 2010

Happy Wednesday everyone!

What an amazing day yesterday was. Even though the industry reports that the box office has been down for studio and indie films, our attendance has never been better! Our amazing filmmakers continue to screen to full houses, and knock their sox off with their wonderful films! It's truly been a joy to meet everyone and watch you support each other's works.

Yesterday we completed final 2-minute short films and they will be screening tonight in front of the evening features. (Don't worry if you missed any, because will be able to see all 8 at the closing night party!) The happy hour food from The Counter was fantastic, and then Doris Roberts (from "Everybody Loves Raymond") showed up in the audience for SPLATTER. Yes, another great day here at the 13th annual Dances With Films Festival. It's hard to believe it's the second to last day before the festival ends!

TODAY AT A GLANCE:

4-6pm Happy hour in the Filmmaker Lounge

Screenings:

2:45pm A FOUNDLING

After rescuing her sister from a brothel in Virginia - a young Chinese-American woman in the Old West - begins the perilous journey across the desert to her home in San Bernardino. But when the two sisters find the wreckage of an other-worldly craft, their journey becomes more dangerous than they ever could have imagined.

5:00pm Fusion Shorts Group 3: A short Film About Letting Go, Burden, Koreatown, Night Stand, Showboys, Up Under the Roof, Walk

7:15pm PLAY ON (with 2-min 2 step "Ahab's Sushi")

Rugby was the last sport to go professional. When it did, it created a schism between generations. PLAY ON tells the story of Scottish legend Finlay Kilgour and his materialistic son Keir, who find themselves stranded on opposite sides of this divide. When Keir’s drive for fame and money ultimately collides with the way his father played the game, he’s ostracized throughout Scotland and must redeem himself in America.

9:30pm YEREK YEREKO (with 2-min 2 step "A Bump in the Night")

**Filmmaker Arshak Amirbekyan will be in attendance all the way from Armenia!

Caught in boredom of his solitude and everyday life, Simon, an ordinary Soviet scientist, lives quietly and lonely in his cheerless apartment. But one evening he meets a woman with a drama of her own; her husband is having an affair with Simon’s neighbor. Born out of compassion, quite soon but very naturally a new friendship emerges.