CLIQUETASTROPHE
5:57 minutes/US/English / Student Short/Comedy
Director: Michael Felker* (Florida State University School of Motion Picture Arts)
MIAMI PREMIERE / Filmed in Florida
ABOUT THE FILM: Set in 1999 at the Cobb High School cafeteria, Clarke Averbush, a movie geek, attempts to ask Becky Lauderdale, a popular cheerleader, to the STAR WARS: PHANTOM MENACE premiere during their lunch period. But first, Clarke has to overcome the adversity of the intimidating football jock, Brad Stokes, and a cafeteria food fight started by a held-back giant bearded punk rock student. Will the movie geek get the girl of his dreams before lunch is over? Love can get a little messy. Source: filmmaker
CAST: John Wilkstrom, Victoria Nugent, David “Ruty” Rutenberg, Trevin Connor, Adam Johns and Andrew Syder.
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GAME GORILLA
8:42 minutes/US/English / Student Short/Gaming/Dark Comedy
Director: Michael Felker* (Florida State University School of Motion Picture Arts)
WORLD PREMIERE / Filmed in Florida
ABOUT THE FILM: Jeremy Milton, a thirty-five year old overweight greasy man-child with no job and is currently living with his aging nagging mother. One thing he can claim as his own is his dominance at the local arcade as the reigning high score champion and mentor to the kids there. But all that slowly crashes down when a mysterious player starts taking his high scores, and Jeremy’s moody inner bully starts coming out. Source: filmmaker
CAST: Greg Milton, Julien Bensimhon, Tommy Varnado, Janet Findling, Ryan Koch, Corinne Gallagher, and Trevin Connor.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Michael Felker, enthusiastic filmmaker since 2005, graduated from the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts in 2010. From his humble beginnings living in Huntsville, Alabama to his current endeavors in Los Angeles, California, Michael loves taking part in anything involving a camera. Whether its shooting petite projects on the weekends to tackling elaborate multi-day productions, Michael throws himself into any aspect of making a quality film, from boom operating to producing. Michael also enjoys playing not one but two musical instruments. He played clarinet in school bands for seven years and played saxophone for three. He continues to play in his free time for inspiration and relaxation. Michael is also an outdoor enthusiast, and loves to hike and camp in national parks whenever he gets the chance. While he isn’t exactly Bear Grylls of MAN VS. WILD, he can build enough of a fire to toast some marshmallows on a nice night. Source: filmmaker
* Be sure to catch director Michael Felker at the Florida Filmmaker panel and screening Q&A’s!