THURSDAY, MAY 1
Opening Night

TERRACE THEATER
1956 Maybank Highway
Charleston, SC 29412

BLOCK 1 - 7:00PM
PIVOT (EAST COAST PREMIERE)

Genre: Drama (15 mins.) USA          
Director/Writer/Producer: Julius Ramsay           
Cast: Ron Rifkin      
Synopsis: After awaking on a deserted beach, an old man wreaks havoc in the lives of two estranged lovers.  As his mysterious motives come to light, the destinies of the three converge towards a strange and fateful end.

CAMILLE (EAST COAST PREMIERE)

Genre: Romance (90 mins.) USA                 
Director: Gregory Mackenzie
Writer: Nick Pustay
Producers: Albert Ruddy (2X Academy Award Winner), Bruce McNall and Steve Markoff
Cast: Sienna Miller, James Franco, Scott Glenn, David Carradine and Ed Lauter
Synopsis: Camille is a love story about a honeymoon trip from the Carolinas to Niagara Falls.  SILAS PARKER (James Franco), a moody petty-thief, is marrying CAMILLE (Sienna Miller), his parole officer’s niece, believing he can escape to Canada during their honeymoon.  As the newlyweds make their way to Niagara Falls, Silas realizes just how much he loves Camille.  After all, Camille is one of the prettiest and sweetest girls you’ll ever meet.  Camille believes she can change her “bad boy” for the better.  Now, she won’t let anything stop her dream honeymoon, not even her death.
BLOCK 2 - 9:00PM
Shorts Program

HOLE IN THE PAPER SKY

Genre: Drama (34 mins.) USA
Director: William Purple
Writers: Howard Kingkade and William Purple
Producers Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple       
Cast: Jason Clarke, Jessica Biel, Garry Marshall, Stephen Collins and Jeff Nordling
Synopsis: A brilliant, misanthropic math genius is inexplicably drawn into a friendship with a doomed laboratory dog.

BOLETOS POR FAVOR

Genre: Fiction (15 mins.) Spain
Director/Writer/Producer: Lucas Figueroa
Cast: Antonio Regueiro, Mariano Vricella and Tomas Saez
Synopsis: A train, a pursuit, one way to escape.

VARTAN LLP

Genre: Drama (17 mins.) USA          
Director/Writer: Myles Price
Producers: Malona P. Voigt and Myles Price
Cast: Jay O. Sanders, Bronwen Coleman, Christopher Hoffman, Joel Swetow and Wally Dunn
Synopsis: Sidney Taylor heads up one of the most successful hedge funds on Wall Street. He has always escaped the pain and disappointment of life by throwing himself one hundred percent into his work.  When Sidney discovers his estranged best friend and former business partner Barry Green has died of cancer, all the emotional walls he as built to protect him disappear.  He is shaken to his core with regret so powerful he can barely stand it.

SON

Genre: Fiction (18 mins.) England, United Kingdom
Director/Writer: Daniel Mulloy
Producer: Ohna Falby
Cast: Nathalie Press (Sara), James Wilson (James) and Glenn Doherty (Director)
Synopsis: Within the confines of an underground theatre’s vaults, a young boy finds himself trapped as the evening’s events unfold.

MAKING A KILLING

Genre: Comedy (14) U.S.A.               
Director: Derek Woods             
Writer: Brad Vassar
Producers: Amanda Ellis, Chris Manigualt, and Christin Mizelle
Cast: Jason Whisman, Steven Engle and Jaime Andrews
Synopsis: Mockumentary about two doctors who turn euthanasia into an art form.

9:00 PM AFTER PARTY

AFTER PARTY AT CHAI’S
462 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403

  • Open Bar and Entertainment.
  • Guest List or Wristband Required.
  • Email RSVP@CharlestonIFF.com for availability.

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