ION FIlm Festival strives to bring awareness to individuals and organizations who are creating socially relevant films to positively impact our worlds. In an effort to fully engage an array of transglobal creativity we wish to provide a forum for everyone's ingenuity to be premiered. The ION Film Festival promises to be like none other. This 4-day event of screenings, forums and workshops will allow directors, producers and actors the opportunity to learn from one another and build networking connections through a wide array of artistic prospectives.
Deadline for the 2008 ION Film Festival is: September 15, 2008 |
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4th annual Ion: January 13, 2008 Cine space, Hollywood
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Dance Eli Dance (USA) Directed by: Ava Hess Directed and produced by 17 year student Ava Hess. "Dance Eli Dance” follows a girl as she dances east to west through the varied and colorful neighborhoods of Los Angeles, ear-phones on, moving to her own beat. |
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Elvis and Me (Germany) Directed by: Michael Sommer Hermine’s 70th birthday present is an Elvis impersonator’s performance. A dream has come true for her. After all, she once met Elvis during his military service in Germany. Now she believes he has come back. Hermine’s son Aaron, on the other hand, seems to be having some trouble with the reunion. |
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Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood (USA) Directed by: Ramy Katrib, Jeff Orsa & Evan York Mardik Martin is one of American Cinema’s most important screenwriters — and least known. Mardik: Baghdad to Hollywood traces his journey from Iraq to America, his friendship with Martin Scorsese that began at NYU and resulted in some of the greatest film in American Cinema, including Mean Streets, New York, New York, and Raging Bull, as well as his rise and fall from Hollywood’s echelon. Ultimately, Mardik is a modern-day fable about reaching for your dreams and finding redemption in the end. |
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Simulacra (Thailand) Directed by: Tachapon Lertwirojkul In the vast galaxy, there is one robot planet where all natural life is extinct. Where only machine and robot live. When one robot finds a piece of organic life he travels to a forbidden planet where his adventure begins. |
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Beyond the Call (USA) Directed by: Ardian Belic In a Mother Teresa meets Indiana Jones adventure three middle-aged men, former soldiers and modern day knights travel the world delivering life saving humanitarian aid directly into the hands of civilians in some of the most dangerous yet beautiful places on Earth, the front lines of war. |
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ANIMATION THE MANTIS PARABLE Josh Staub (USA) |
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MUSIC VIDEO CON TODA PALABRA Brigitte Henry, Ralph Dfouni (Canada) |
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