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PBIFF2013 Saturday, April 6, 2013 9:00 PM- Shorts package (100 min)

PBIFF2013 Saturday, April 6, 2013 9:00 PM- Shorts package:

Death & The Red Dress, USA (15:50 mins)
Directed by Jeremy C. Colfer and Christopher Franchino
Cast: Jonathan Marc Sherman, Austin Lysy, Mia Barron, Christopher Clawson, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Chris Sullivan
An homage to Film Noir of the 1940s, the film follows the character of Death as he attempts to convince a stubborn soul that his time is up.

Gator Green, USA- FLORIDA PREMIERE (15 mins)
Directed by Jim VanBebber
Cast: Jim VanBebber, Roger Marshall, Maureen Allisse, Scott Gabbey, Betanya Grant
A demented Vietnam veteran and his pals run amuk at an alligator farm in Florida in 1973.

X-Ray Man, USA- US PREMIERE (8:53 mins)
Directed by Kerri Yost
No, this is not a sci-fi scenario. This is real. At the height of the Cold War, the U.S. government attempted to create 'super troops' who could withstand nuclear war by exposing human beings and animals to extremely high levels of radiation. Meet Darrell Robertson, a real-life superhero (and Missouri dairy farmer) who has miraculously survived these experiments and tells his shocking true story.

Rice Wine, Taiwan- WORLD PREMIERE (35:11 mins)
Directed by Jarred Davidson
Cast: Henry Lin, Kun Zhang, Stanley Chan, Duke Rood, AJ Tseng, Huan Wen Zhe, Mei Shi Deng
A young man deeply in love battles to commit to his girlfriend fearful of losing his freedom, then comes face to face with his own fate in order for him to realize the true nature of freedom.

Battles, United Kingdom- WORLD PREMIERE (17 mins)
Directed by Montserrat Lombard
Cast: Sean Harris, Aglae Froment
Battles is the tale of a man who has run away from his home life as he suffers from depression. He hides away in a hotel room waiting for someone or something to give him the strength he needs to return to reality.

Have We Met? USA- U.S. PREMIERE (7:50 mins)
Directed by Bill Ronat
Cast: Terrence Girard, Roy Padrick
A once powerful but aging professor with diminished abilities gets a surprise visit from a man with orders to kill the professor. The professor and hit man engage in a cat and mouse play, with the professor trying to figure out who ordered the hit.