Washington DC Independent Film Festival 2009

After getting dumped by her boyfriend and stranded in the desert, a heartbroken woman meets an unlikely trucker with a tool box full of miracles and an invitation to a magical place. Genres: Comedy, Women, Coming of Age , Road Trip, Student, Action/Adventure Contact: Tess Sweet Director's Biography: Tess Sweet received her Bachelors degree in film at San Francisco State University in 2006 and is currently pursuing an MFA in film directing at UCLA. In 2005, her comedic sex education cable access television show, Sexpro, won the Western Region Cable Alliance's WAVE award for excellence. As a storyteller, Tess lives in the world of dark comedy. She enjoys writing female-centric stories, creating super powered heroines, and objectifying men with a smile. VROOM-VROOM! is Tess Sweet's first film. Student Film Filmmaker Tess Sweet will be in attendance for the weekend of the Mar. 8th screening.

One autumn day, a determined dung beetle finds a fresh pile of dung. As he shapes it into a ball, he begins to roll it across the landscape on a long journey. On his way home he thinks fondly of his wife and family waiting for him. Finally, at the end of a day of overcoming several difficult obstacles, he nears home and sees his family awaiting him in the distance. However, despite the end of his arduous journey in sight, there is one more unexpected obstacle in store for him... Director's Biography: Erick Oh is an animation artist and freelance illustrator. He was born in San Francisco, US, in 1984, and grew up in Korea. He studied fine art at Seoul National University in Korea where he received his BFA in 2007. Erick spent the following year on a Soul Animation Center grant in Seoul where he produced his videos and animations with Sunwoo Entertainment. He's currently enrolled in the MFA film program at UCLA and mainly working on his third independent film, "Symphony." Contact: Erich Oh

Does a family secret ever really stay in the past? Charlie is unsure and needs to expose this memory before she loses herself. If only a lullaby could still be the answer... Genres: Drama, Women, Avant-garde, Independent, Youth/Teen, Silent Film, Art Contact: David Impicciatore Production Company: Folded Leaf Productions Director's Biography: Actress and self taught independent filmmaker Christina Vinsick was born and raised in the Hudson Valley Region of upstate New York. She pursued her passion of photography for more than ten years before shifting to the opposite side of the lens. She studied acting in Manhattan and Woodstock, NY. She has worked side by side with director / instructor Sande Shurin; and has been a student of the guru in Transformational Acting for many years. This experience inspired the inception of her East Coast based company Folded Leaf Productions in 2005; and subsequently DimpsiK FilmS was co-founded with Cinematographer David Impicciatore. Christina became a first time=2 0writer / director in 2008 with the independent short film “Whisper Me a Lullaby”. Also writer for the feature screenplay of the same name, she will be teaming up with producer Gyongyi Henson in 2009 to complete the full length film. She has worked with companies such as Hill House Productions, Oh, My! Productions, Shurin / Levy Enterprises, Knightsfalls Productions, Vassar Film Department, Win / Win Creatologies in all facets of production. She also has ties with the Ellenbogen Group and is a member of Upstate Independents.Christina remains active in her hometown community as the operating owner of a popular neighborhood pizzeria since 2001. Filmmaker Christina Vinsick will be in attendance March 7th-8th,

Sean Penn executive-produces and narrates this gripping documentary of an American Witch Hunt that chronicles entire families whose lives are destroyed when a community is whipped into a frenzy by allegations of child molestation. Genres: Crime, Independent Contact: Don Hardy

Earving and his teenage son Terry don't have the best relationship, so to get through this weekend they're going to have to do some heavy lifting--literally. Genres: Comedy, Drama, African American, Black, Sport, Student, Youth/Teen, Dramedy Contact: Sami Khan

Where do you turn when a Blaze sets the World On Fire and everything turns to Ash? Genres: Drama, Independent, Surreal, Student, Mature/Adult, Art List of Festivals and Awards for Film: Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner 05/2008 Contact: Jack Niederer Student Film