Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival

Festival History ◊ 2007 ◊ Films: Additional Shorts

A few of our out-of-competition films:

Billy's Balloon
Writer/Director/Producer: Don Hertzfeldt
Based partially on a dream, animation for Don's final student film began shortly after Valentine's Day 1998. He was eager to animate pure action again after the tedious nine months of drawing Lily and Jim's endless talking heads, dialogue lip-synchs, and gesticulations. Also, he was depressed about a girl. A dangerous combination.
Animated Comedy*, USA, 6 min

Danger Zone
Writer/Director: Dylan Keeling; Producer: Joseph Alberti
Jerry, a shy man in his early 30s, has a problem. He has retreated into a private world. Oh, and his penis has started to grow. A lot. At first he was a little pleased, but the problem has become unbearable. All his social interactions are affected, particularly his date with Reanne, a young lady from work. Sometimes, size does matter, and two heads are not always better than one.
Horror Comedy, United Kingdom, 12 min

(Part of our late night Inappropriate Films block)

Deployment Strategy
Writer/Producer/Director: Mark Cheng
In 2055, artificial intelligence is possible. Society's increasing dependence on technology is equaled only by its vulnerability to it. The nearly bankrupt United States Homeland Security Cyber Crime Division struggles to enforce the paranoid laws of the world's last superpower and stem defections of rogue AI programmers to renegade nations. Lt. James Lee, computer psychologist, embarks on his first assignment. His wits and training will be put to the test. But what about his beliefs? In a time of self-aware software, who exactly is endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights? Man? Machine?
Science Fiction*, USA, 30 min

Fracture
Writer/Producer/Director: Gordon Woolvett
One man struggles to hold onto reality as he flip-flops between two very different lives. Every time he goes to sleep he wakes up in the opposite life; the one he thought he was living apparently just a dream. Which one is real? Which one is the dream? His world rapidly blurs around him as the two lives overlap more and more, even while he is awake. He fights to keep his sanity and determine the truth.
Thriller*, Canada, 23 min

From Beyond
Writers: Michael Granberry, H.P. Lovecraft; Producer/Director: Michael Granberry
An unsuspecting man falls into an otherworldly trap set by a psychotic genius in this spine-tingling tale based on the classic short story by H.P. Lovecraft.
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Animated Horror*, USA, 10 min

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The Last Man in Brooklyn
Writer: Raven Burnett; Producer/Director: Roberto Bentivegna
Following a nuclear war, the only two men in Brooklyn, The Man and Geronimo, survive and deal with each other as best as possible. But all this is about to change when The Man finds Daisy, an inflatable doll, in the nearby stream. He attempts to humanize Daisy, much to the anger and frustration of Geronimo. The two men deal with their differences as only men know how: with violence.
Science Fiction*, USA, 9 min

Rejected
Writer/Director/Producer: Don Hertzfeldt
In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...
Animated Comedy*, USA, 9 min

Repossessed
Writers: John Coven, Cornell Christianson; Produces: Snowden Bishop, Bob Joyce; Director: John Coven
For sale: Craftsman style house, three bedrooms, two baths, fireplace, hardwood floors... haunted. Starring JoBeth Williams and Juliet Landau.
Horror*, France/USA, 8 min

The Return Of Sergeant Pecker
Writer/Producer/Director: Pierre Delarue
A romance.
About the Artist: Pierre Delarue was born in Thorens-Glieres, France on April 11, 1966. He studied at the State Art College in Hamburg under Horst Janssen, but after a few months the school courteously asked him to leave. Peirre traveled the world with his sketchbook as an “admirer of female beauty.” He lived in various continents working as a graphic artist and producing erotic art primarily for brothels.
Animated Comedy*, France/USA, 2 min

(Part of our late night Inappropriate Films block)

Stunt C*cks
Writers: James C. Leary, Michael R. Meredith, Kirk Pynchon; Producers: Tom Hodges, James C. Leary, Kirk Pynchon; Director: Tom Hodges
We've brought it back, one of the funniest short films ever. This mocumentary tells the story of Bill and Earl, two kind hearted, young men who have taken their severe sexual dysfunction and used it to turn the adult film industry into a business filled with family, friendship, and love. Through their job the two are able to heal the porn community of its emotional wounds.
The cast includes James C. Leary (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall), adult film legend Ron Jeremy, as well as celebrities...well, it would give away too much if we said who.
Comedy*, USA, 8 min

(Part of our late night Inappropriate Films block)

Valley of Gwombi
Producer/Director/Writer: Michael Granberry
Oh no! A time-machine malfunction has left Professor Marshall Gwombi and his two children, Wes and Polly, stranded in a mysterious jungle filled with hungry dinosaurs! Professor Gwombi says dinosaurs don't eat people, and father is ALWAYS right...isn't he?

Valley of Gwombi utilizes breathtaking claymation effects to tell a classic story of hope, courage, and why they don't mean crap. It is a film destined to take up 5 minutes and 41 seconds of your life...if you sit all the way through it.
Animated Fantasy & Science Fiction*, USA, 6 min

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*Out of competition.