Tallgrass Film Festival 2009

The terrorist attacks on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City forever scarred the trust of the American people. On the same date, 28 years before, the US-supported military overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende ushered in 17 years of autocratic rule under dictator Augusto Pinochet, leaving more than 3,000 dead and countless victims of torture.

A beautiful, touching, tale about a farmer who goes about his endless days, unaware of the letter that's on its way to him from someone long ago.

Inspired by the Soviet avant-garde phase of Russian constructivism, this music film is based on the song “Autumn”, composed by Vadim Kozin in 1939. Recorded and filmed in Los Angeles over the span of three months, the music film in the style of music video reevaluates the era of Soviet utopia in the light of Kozin’s diary entries of 1955-56, and examines the singer’s own psychological states of mind in the midst of chaos, depression and totalitarianism.

Milo (Damian Lewis) is a hit man who has second thoughts about his career and seeks refuge from his boss who will see him dead rather than see him quit. The retired assassin hides out in a rural Welsh village where he discovers he must hone his baking skills in order to pass himself off as the village baker and protect his cover. Milo learns that if he wants to have his cake and eat it, he must face his past as well as embrace his future.

A former Wall Street executive leaves prison and heads for the small town of Bunker Hill, Kansas, where his ex-wife and their children have started a new life. Soon after he arrives, an apparent massive terrorist attack against America darkens the town. Cut off from the world, the town’s militant past is reawakened and forces coalesce to protect citizens from an unseen enemy. The town’s fear leads to the creation of a posse of gunmen, resulting in torture, illegal searches and eventually, murder.

Naples, Italy. 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old ladys yard. They will never play with their ball again — and for that the revenge will be deadly.

Martos wants to leave his dark past behind, so he undergoes cosmetic surgery to change his appearance. However, his obsessive paranoia keeps him from his main goal: the getaway.

Nixie tricks Death … after a scuffle with squirrels.

A frustrated artist longs to win the heart of a sexy beatnik chick. Creative block and deadline pressure threaten to crush his dreams of showing her his art, so he produces a robot artist to create the ultimate art show and save the day. Unfortunately, the robot artist succumbs to the pitfalls of his human counterparts. BOTNIK is the story of every artist when desire to create is convoluted by external forces. It is only when passions are released and there are genuine heartfelt ideas to express, that true art is created and success achieved.