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Comic-Con Announces Film Festival Line-Up

SAN DIEGO - The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) has announced its lineup for the 2007 event to be held July 26 - 29.

Winners in each category will receive a unique award designed specifically for the CCI:IFF in addition to prizes from the following sponsors: FX Home, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Film Academy, Write Brothers Writing Software.

"We’re very excited about this years line-up," said David Glanzer, spokesperson for the non-profit event, " as long time attendees know Comic-Con has had an extensive association with Hollywood from Comic-Con guest Frank Capra in 1972 to Francis Ford Coppola later, and the huge list of producers, writers and actors who have visited us throughout the years. For that reason alone, having a festival where budding filmmakers can show their works seems like a perfect fit."

Over 55 features, shorts and documentaries were selected to compete and will screen as part of the four-day convention which utilizes the entire convention center in San Diego California.  Organizers try to assure that each film will include a member of the production company on hand to discuss their project and answer questions from the audience.

In addition to the film festival, Comic-Con will hold a variety of seminars on various aspects of filmmaking including the Comic-Con Film School which features seminars on various aspects of filmmaking for the novice filmmaker; from pre to post production.

The following are the official selections for the 2007 CCI-IFF in their specific categories:

ACTION/ADVENTURE

Razor Sharp
Marcus Perry, writer/director

The Tyrants of Nazca
Ben Beames, writer/director

ANIMATION

Approximately
Maryam Khalilzade

Assignment: Moon
Brian Simpson, director

The Cocktail Party
Brandon Duncan, animator/writer/producer/director

Creepers
David & Helen Lyons, producers/creators

Destiny
Markcus Dunn, writer/director

Fission
Kun-I Chang, director

Golf Cart Caper
Kerri Jaworski, animator/director

Guy’s Guide to Zombies
Daniel Austin, writer/producer/director

Kuro Kumo
Jesse Norton, director

Paper Hearts
Kelly Matten, director

The Pit and the Pendulum
Marc Lougee, producer/director

Rindin The Puffer
Len Simon, director

The Struggle
Frank Forte, director

Teddy Scares
Joe DiDomenico, creator

Who Saved the Moon
Luke Feldman, creator

DOCUMENTARY

American Scary
John E. Huduens, director

Done The Impossible:
The Fans’ Tale of Firefly & Serenity Brian Wiser, producer

Moebius Redux
Bart Simpson, producer

The Secret World of Superfans
Sam Okun, producer/director

Vampira: The Movie
Kevin Sean Michaels, producer/director

COMICS-ORIENTED

Goggles
Crystal Page, producer/director

RocketBoy
Justin Guerrieri, writer/director

When We Were Bengs
Alaric Tay, producer

HUMOR/PARODY

07
Peter Sullivan, director

The Adventures of Death
Chris Fetherolf, writer/producer/director

Back Issues
Jonathan Parra, writer/ producer/director

A Fellowship of Excellence
Adam White, co-director

How To Talk Like A Pirate
Graham Start, producer/co-writer/director

Orion Slave Girls Must Die
Eric Kallevig, producer/director

Pinkerton
Aleem Hossain, writer/director

Pimp My Casket
Lyz Holder, animator/writer/producer/director

Raven Gets A Life
Devi Snively, director

The Sparkle Lite Motel
Cory Kinney, writer/producer/director

Wheeled Migration
Robert Reeves, writer/director

Zombie Love
Yfke van Berckelaer, director

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY

Algesia
Cathy Alberich, director

Automatons
James Feliz McKenney, co-producer/director

Descendents of Eden
Timothy Elliott, producer

Man Vs. Woman
Juan Carlos Vargas, writer/producer/director

Jerome Bixby’s The Man From Earth
Richard Schenkman, producer/director

Repressing Tansy
Scott Russell, writer/director

Smart Card
James Oxford, director

Tomten Hollow
Evan Daugherty, writer/director

Transgressions
Valerie Weiss, director

HORROR/SUSPENSE

By Appointment Only
John Faust, writer/producer/director

The Cabinet
Karen Wong, producer

Crazy Love
William VanCuyck, writer/director

Eli
Tyler Erskine, writer/producer

Eye of the Beholder
Jim Nestor, producer

Shut Eye Hotel
Bill Plympton, director

Revenge
Robert M. Conrad, producer

Watcher
Eli Sasich, writer/director

Into The Maelstrom
Marc Ferrero, producer

A complete schedule with times of the films being shown is posted on the Comic-Con International website, www.comic-con.org, closer to the event.

Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.