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1st Annual Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival | Individual Shorts Opening for Southern Circuit Filmmakers On Tour

The short films selected for the 2007-2008 season will travel in two formats: (1) as a self-contained 2 1/2 hour film festival featuring all twelve shorts, and (2) individual shorts will be paired with filmmakers on the 2007-2008 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers as their opening acts.

1st Annual Short Circuit Traveling Film Festival

Click here for a list of films featured in the festival.

Date

City, State 

Screening Venue [with Links to Contact E-mail]
Oct. 13 Atlanta, GA Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Oct. 14 Meridian, MS  Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts - Mississippi State University 
Oct. 29 Tuscaloosa, AL  The Bama Theatre
Nov. 13 Pensacola, FL University of West Florida, Commons Auditorium
Dec. 2 New Orleans, LA Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Dec. 5 Chapel Hill, NC UNC-Chapel Hill, 116 Murphey Hall
Jan. 4 Statesboro, GA Averitt Center for the Arts
Jan. 11 Statesboro, GA Averitt Center for the Arts
Jan. 30 Fort Pierce, FL Sunrise Theatre for the Performing Arts
Feb. 7 Jacksonville, FL  Florida Community College of Jacksonville - Wilson Center for the Arts on South Campus & Kent Campus Auditorium on Kent Campus
Feb. 7 Clayton, NC The Clayton Center
Feb. 10 Elon, NC The Elon School
Feb. 13 Jacksonville, FL  Florida Community College of Jacksonville - Wilson Center for the Arts on South Campus & Kent Campus Auditorium on Kent Campus
Feb. 17 Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Feb. 23 Lake Charles, LA   Business Conference Center at McNeese State University
Mar. 21 Melbourne, FL Florida Institute of Technology - Olin Engineering Complex, Rm 118
Mar. 22 Hattiesburg, MS Saenger Theatre
Apr. 11 Thibodaux, LA The Le Bijou Theater at Nicholls State University
May 17   Ashland, KY Paramount Arts Center
May 22 Charlotte, NC Duke Power Theatre at Spirit Square


Individual Shorts Opening for Southern Circuit Filmmakers On Tour:

See the list of films for more information on the individual short films.

CIRCUIT #1: TUE - High Point, NC; WED - Asheville, NC; THU - Clemson, SC; FRI - Charleston, SC; SAT - Lake Charles, LA; SUN - No Screening; MON - Jackson, MS; WED - Louisville, KY; THU - Hollywood, FL

  • September 4 - 13, 2007* - Sandstorm (animation) - opens for Eric Patrick
    * Standard dates are out of order as follows - Asheville and Clemson switched dates with Louisville and Hollywood respectively.
  • October 9 - 18, 2007 - Bowl Digger (documentary) - opens for Cynthia Hill
  • October 30 - November 8, 2007 - Wood Diary (experimental) - opens for Jay Craven
  • February 5 - 14, 2008 - Dear Sweet Emma (animation) - opens for Socheata Poeuv
  • March 4 - 13, 2008 - The Cole Nobody Knows (documentary) - opens for Thomas Nybo & Simon Umlauf
  • April 8 - 17, 2008 - Theodore (fiction) - opens for Cathy Crane

CIRCUIT #2: WED - Athens, GA; THU - Columbia, SC; FRI - Beaufort, SC; SAT - No Screening; SUN - Orangeburg, SC; MON - Montgomery, AL; TUE - Mobile, AL; WED - Baton Rouge, LA; THU - Lake Worth, FL

  • September 12 - 20, 2007 - Mr. Extion (fiction) - opens for Roger Beebe
  • October 17 - 25, 2007 - The Language of Limbs: A Documentary of the Agrifolk Art Movement (documentary) - opens for Andrew Garrison
  • November 7 - 15, 2007 - An Abstraction on the Chronology of Will (fiction) - opens for Christopher Metzler
  • January 30 - February 8, 2008* - Dick-George, Tenn-Tom (documentary) - opens for Paul Festa
    * Standard dates are out of order as follows - No screening on Tuesday, February 5th.  Mobile, AL screening moved to Friday, February 8th.
  • March 12 - 20, 2008 - Tour of Homes (documentary) - opens for David Redmon
  • April 23 - May 1, 2008 - Moth to Light (fiction) - opens for Jim Haverkamp