FirstGlance Film Festival Announces Official Selections for 12th Annual Event

PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 13, 2009 -FirstGlance Film Festival (www.firstglancefilms.com), Philadelphia's Independent Film Festival since 1996, is proud to announce official selections for its 12th annual indie film fest being held Thursday, October 22nd to Sunday, October 25th, 2009 at Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Films in Competition include:

Features
Chasing the White Dragon – Kathilynn Phillips
How I Got Lost – Joe Leonard
Friends (with Benefits) – Gorman Bechard
Dark Room Theater Double Feature – Benjamin Pollock

Feature Documentaries
Butterflies – Ester Brym
Smile ‘Til It Hurts:  The Up With People Story – Lee Storey
The Colorbearers – John Foley

Shorts
Peter Arthur – James Bartolomeo
The Beneficiary – Theodore Melfi
In the Dark – Alex Fazeli
Peace Of Mind – Nathan Crooker
Ergotism – Stefan Rochfort
ABUELO - Mary Ann Kellogg
Death In Charge – Devi Snively
Elko – Christoph Kuschnig
Holy Water – Tatiana Lamela-Rabell
Lady Feet – Christopher Toppino (Shot in Philly)
In Search of Aztec Gold – Nardeep Khurmi (Shot in Philly)

Shorts Too
Crossing the Line – Martha Elcan
True Beauty This Night – Peter Besson
Tripping Up – Greg Koorhan

Mini-Documentaries
Free the River Park – Rob Stuart & Tara Nurin (Shot in Philly)
Friends of Independence – Joe Medeiros (Shot in Philly)

Student Shorts
Melancholamorbus – Ryan O'Laughlin
Martin – Sean Branigan

Animation
American Terror: Company Man – Joseph Krzemienski
Skylight – David Baas
Un Duelo – Felipe Esquivel
Autonomy – Brad Regier
Duke Baa - Shu-Han Yang

Music Videos
Annakin "Alive" – Christian Ammann
Visa "Breakout the Violins" – Tadeh Daschi
One Word Song "Time Stood Still" – Rodrigo Orozco
Delmar "Until the Sun" – Brandon Nguyen

William Ostroff, Festival Director, said, "FirstGlance is proud to present an amazing selection of films from Philadelphia, the nation and around the world at our annual event."  

Once again, FirstGlance will be exhibiting 30-40 short films in a month long on-line contest beginning September 22, 2009.  One on-line winner will screen as part of the Closing Night Screening program and take home over $2000.00 in prizes.

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FirstGlance Films' year round activities include:

FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia and Hollywood, Feature & Short Screenplay Competitions, On-line Film Competition, Show Us Your Shorts Screenings, OctoberfestPhilly, and Short Film Productions. 

In 2007, MOVIEMAKER Magazine named FirstGlance as "One of 40 Most Indie Friendly Businesses" and "One of 20 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee," and in 2006, TIME Magazine named FirstGlance "One of the Top 10 Festivals for the Rest of Us."

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