Moondance - Stars Featured in Moondance Films

AVAILABLE MEN Short film, comedy, US. A Hollywood agent (dispatched to sign a hot new writer, or else) and a sensitive gay man (waiting for a blind date) mistake each other for the person they were expecting to meet. David Dean Bottrell (best known for his role as the creepy ‘Lincoln Meyer’ on “Boston Legal”), will be at the screening and the Q & A.

BLIND SPOT Short film, drama, US. A struggling novelist encounters an aging Hollywood diva. Starring Oscar nominated actor Sally Kirkland, William C. Mitchell and Clare Carey.

CAKE TIN Short film, drama, New Zealand. Shut up in a rest home, Florence has an urge to get out and see people. Borrowing a cake tin, she ducks through a hole in the fence and finds her way into the night to go exploring. Rosemary Riddell, the film's director, and a supreme court judge in New Zealand, will be at the screening and the Q & A.

DALAI LAMA RENAISSANCE Feature documentary film, US. The Dalai Lama of Tibet invited 40 of the West’s leading, most innovative thinkers in their respective fields to his residence tucked away in the Himalayan mountains to discuss the world’s problems and how we can solve them. Narrated by actor Harrison Ford.

DANCE OF THE BLUE ANGELS Short multi-media film, Czech Republic. A young girl, immobilized from her neck down, dreams of turning into a whale, and making the oceans her home, where she escapes into the mysterious watery world of these gigantic creatures. US premiere. Media representatives from the Czech Republic will be at the screening and the Q & A.

ETERNALLY YOURS Short film, comedy, Japan. Comedic battle of wits between the two sly characters plays upon social prejudice and preconceptions about senior citizens. Japanese director Atsushi Ogata, internationally known for his art videos, will be at the screening and the Q & A.

EXECUTION Feature film, docu-drama, US. Unprecedented access to death row and the final 7 days of one man’s life before his execution by electric chair. Donald Cabana (author & the executioner of 4 death penalty sentences) will be at the screening. The "Condemned Man" in the film, William Neal Mooreu, will attend the screening, and will come face-to-face with the warden in the film who came close to executing him. Both men will be available for Q and A after the film, and for interviews.

FORGOTTEN ON THE BAYOU: ROCKEY'S MISSION TO THE WHITE HOUSE Feature documentary, US. Rockey Vaccarella, a survivor from south Louisiana who drove a FEMA trailer to Washington, DC to meet the President, will be in attendance at the screening and the Q & A to answer questions.

HONOR KILLING Short documentary, US. Two Palestinian women creatively confront the issue of the murders of women, by members of their own families because of supposed violations to the family honor, through the mediums of hip-hop street music and guerilla cinema.

HUNGER Feature film, drama, US. A journey around
Los Angeles in a noble effort to sell a screenplay.
Joseph Culp and Robert Culp will be at the screening
and the Q & A.

LUCY'S PIANO Short film, drama, US. A single mother trying to cope with the loss of her daughter by learning to play her piano. Stephanie Zimbalist, the Golden Globe® nominee best known as Laura Holt on TV’s Remington Steele, may be at the screening and the Q & A.

ME AND MICHAEL Feature documentary, comedy, US. Comic Willard Morgan turns the indie filmmaking world upside down in his manic chase for a mentor as he stalks Michael Moore - the king of stalkers.

MIRAGE Short animation film, US. A bio-mechanical character must fill his glass chest-cavity with water, and it overflows with awareness of the true meaning of life, in this incredibly beautiful and memorable animation film.

MOTHER'S DAY Feature documentary film, US. Susan Sarandon and activist Cindy Sheehan, at the Women for Peace vigil, join women activists and grieving mothers in a contemporary exploration of women united to end war.

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Short film, dark comedy, US. a well-planned suicide seems like a perfectly logical solution, until Mr. Death’s bumbling assistant arrives to process a death just a few minutes early. Tristan Rogers (“General Hospital”) will be at the screening. and the Q & A.

PIRATES OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE Invited feature film, action/adventure comedy, US. Pirate life isn't all it's cracked up to be, even for the greatest pirates the Great Salt Lake has ever known.

STIILIPIDU (SHOP OF DREAMS) Feature film, drama-comedy, Estonia. A life-affirming film about creative women, true friendship, love and life. The Shop of Dreams can provide people with everything they'll need to make their most coveted and secret dreams come true.

STEEL TOES Feature film, drama, US. A neo-Nazi skinhead on trial for a racially motivated murder is defended by a court-appointed, liberal Jewish lawyer. Academy-Award® nominated David Strathairn may be at the screening and the Q & A.

TRAIL END Short film, drama, US. by Barry Corbin (from award-winning, long-running TV series “Northern Exposure”) will be at the screening. and the Q & A.

WOMEN BEHIND THE CAMERA Feature documentary, US. What will the world of film be like when the vision of women informs it in a fuller way?There will be a question & answer period with the film’s director and several camerawomen after the screening.

NOTABLE CELEBRITY Joey D. Vieira has just celebrated over five decades in show business. Some of his films you will remember him by are: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Free Enterprise", and "The Patriot", with Mel Gibson. Some of his earlier work includes:"Meet Mr. McNulty", "The Pride of the Family", "Lassie", "Shirley Temple's Story Book", "My Three Sons", "The Private War of Major Benson", “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice”, and "Moonlighting". He has also worked on: "Married with Children", "Remington Steele", "Grizzly Adams", and "The Legend of Dark Mountain". As well as acting in film and television, Mr. Vieira is an award-winning music composer and screenwriter.