Enzian Film Slam | September 2009

Enzian Film Slam
*an hour of locally- submitted short films
September 13, 2009 | 1pm
Enzian Movie Theatre

Listen to an interview with organizer John Thiesen

#1 - Le Voyages de Jenny Alexandria (2009) / 5 Min 55 Sec
Written/Directed/Produced by: Justin Cecil
Oviedo, FL - swampmoose1@msn.com
Description: In an alternate version of the early 20th century, a young woman named Jenny Alexandria runs away from a forced marriage to live the life of world-wide adventure that she has always dreamed of.

#2 - ICE (2009) / 9 Min 20 Sec
Written by: Spencer Hall, Directed by: Dean Zarbaugh & Marti Rivera, Produced by: J. Boyette, J. Kosik, K. Beaumont, E. Stork & L. Mixson
Winter Park, FL - allen.t.wiggins@gmail.com
Description: A typical white collared worker, Justin Croy's life becomes a struggle when he soon realizes marriage is not as simple as he once thought.

#3 - Taco Truck Taste Test (2009) / 2 Min 56 Sec
Written/Directed/Produced by: Dan Ginader
Winter Park, FL - danginader@gmail.com / www.TheDailyCity.com
Description: Every month Mark Baratelli of TheDailyCity.com organizes Taco Truck Taste Test. They meet, they eat, they retreat.

(And now you know why I wrote this post. Go see Dan's work on the big Enzian screen! FYI, Dan did all the work on this video, from filming and editing and uploading to submitting and getting it into FilmSlam. Big mad huge stinky wet props to Dan!)

#4 - The Transplanted Life (2009) / 20 Min
Written/Produced by: Aron Chapman, Directed by Aron Chapman & Natalie Vazquez Rivera
Clermont, FL - planetmax@comcast.net
Description: The Transplanted Life shows both sides of the lives of an organ transplant patient, showing life on dialysis and the dramatic changes in quality of life after a transplant takes place.

#5 - Parting (2009) / 7 Min 2 Sec
Written/Directed/Produced by: Jason Giraulo
Palm Coast, FL - jgiraulo@yahoo.com
Description: In an empty room, a man torments himself, remembering the bright moments that have slipped from his grasp. He cannot escape the reproach of the man in the mirror.

#6 - Henry Poole is Here (2009) / 4 Min / *Music Video
Performed by: Ron Irizarry
Written/Directed by: Mark Pellington, Produced by: Liah Kim
Orlando, FL - ron@ronmusic.com / www.ronmusic.com
Description: Overture Films, Lakeshore Entertainment, MySpace, and director Mark Pellington held a nationwide songwriting contest to write and record the theme song for their upcoming film, “Henry Poole Is Here”. Ron Irizarry’s song was selected from over 3500 entries and chosen as the film’s theme song.

#7 - Vanilla Tuesday (2009) / 14 Min 4 Sec
Written/Directed by: Phillip Dishon, Produced by: Phillip Dishon, Rodolfo Rivera & Frank Halpern
Miami, FL - phill_dishon@yahoo.com
Description: Rick was paralyzed in a brutal robbery three years ago. Since then he has watched helplessly as his life has fallen apart. But this Tuesday everything changes...