1pm Films

"MARATHON FOR MIRACLES" -  Directed by: Joshua Smooha -   8-minutes - Documentary - Florida.  Imagine hundreds of college students staying on their feet for forty  hours, dancing every hour on the hour, and imagine them doing it all over the  country. This is Dance Marathon, a nationwide philanthropic movement that raises  millions of dollars for Children's Miracle Network, a charity dedicated
to  providing compassionate and comprehensive health care for sick children, 
regardless of cost. Website.  IMDB

"HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR" Directed by: Seth Wessel-Estes.  10-minutes - Drama - Washington. Housewife Meryl has just about had enough when on their anniversary she can't seem to get her husband Ralph's attention away from the football game. When he invites his drinking buddy Ned over right as she's about to serve dinner things may turn ugly.  IMDB

"AUDITIONING FANNY"  -  Directed  by:
Mia'kate Russell - 15-minutes - Winner: Best 
Musical - Australia. Auditioning Fanny follows an eventful week in the life of Fanny Love, A naive woman with stars in her eyes for an old Hollywood world long gone, and a dream of a love story lost in modern society. With the innocence of a child and a temper of a psychopath she is thrilled when auditions for a new musical film starring heart throb Jack Baron are announced. With a spring in her step Fanny knows everything  will work out just dandy. Or will it.  IMDB

"THE HANDSHAKE"  -  Submitted
by: Danny Hankins - 7-minutes -  Winner: Best 
Comedy - Florida. Nooo! Derek just blew another job interview because of his terrible  handshake. His overbearing, retired marine dad schools him on the proper  technique, and Derek comes into his next interview with fresh
confidence...  which is shattered when he sees the massive paws of the interviewer. Can Derek  man up?   IMDB

"TREACHERY"  -  Directed by: Martin Lemaire - 5-minutes - Drama - Florida. Special Agent 'K'
learns a  lesson in loyalty when the tables are turned and he becomes the hunted.  IMDB

"A LOVE SUPREME" -Directed by: Evan
Houston - 9-minutes - Drama - Florida. Recently released from  prison, former high school basketball star Saul is hopeful to meet his daughter,  Abigail, for the first time. When he
learns that she is unaware of his  existence, he struggles to decide what role he will now play in her life. IMDB

"SEARCY COUNTY" -  Directed by: Noam Osband - 6-minutes - Photo Essay - Arkansas.  This short film depicts the  little-known and unusual world of the Searcy County
Livestock Auction in  Marshall, Arkansas.  IMDB

"WHERE'S THE BLOODY MONEY?" -  Directed by: Sam Kauffmann -  Winner: Best  Cinematography - 15-minutes  - Drama - Mass.  Three  robbers pull off a brilliant bank heist that has state and local police  completely baffled. But when the robbers return home with the
money, they find  that one of them has skimmed $15,000 off the top.  IMDB,
Website

"THE GIFT OF LIFE" -  Directed by: Louis Molina - 14-minutes - Documentary - Florida.  Vets Helping Heroes is a non  profit organization to raise funds for the training of service dogs for our war  veterans. It is the story of the training and the people involved in the care of  the dogs, and how those dogs can change the life of a veteran with mental and  physical problems for the best. The companionship dogs provide can be the  difference of life or death.