Saturday, Clearview Cinemas -
Times and Locations subject to change

12:00 pm - 2:45 pm   (Theatre 1)

Emerging Filmmakers 2007

The series that brings you the best in local high school filmmaking returns for its 5th year. One film was selected from each participating school. Scholarships will be awarded to at least three of the participating students.

Time To Go - 7 mins - Rumson Fair Haven High School - Directed by Joe Pentecost

Taco Bell, The Movie - 7 mins - Middletown HS South - Directed by Glenn O'Connell

Amid Symmetry - 5:30 mins - Howell High School - Directed by Zack Williams

The Bully - 4:30 mins - Industry Film School - Directed by Emily Kemp

Quantums From Blazar - 8:45 mins - Holmdel H.S. - Directed by Adam Finchler

Green - 4 mins - Communications HS - Directed by Aislinn Tomchak and Jenn Lewis

Lobster Boy - 3 mins - Ocean Twp. High School - Directed by Garrett Scheffler

Under the Surface - 6 mins - Wall HS - Directed by Caitlin Goldberg (w/ Maggie Maher)

Fate - 4:30 mins - Hunterdon Central Regional HS - Directed by Chris Davies

The Surface - 10 mins - Raritan High School - Directed by Chris Porter

Latvian animator Signe Baumane's curated segment returns to RBIFF for its fourth annual installment - and as always, she is bringing some of her fellow artists in tow. Signe will deliver commentary that is sure to be as entertaining as the films themselves. Mature Audiences Only -SEGMENT INFORMATION - 1. Excerpts from Bill Plymton's new feature film "Idiots and Angels", 6 min 2. "Tony Cartoons", 2 brand new episodes, 4 min - Sean McBride 3. Sneak Preview of Andy and Carolyn London's new film "A Letter to Colleen", 8 min 4. "Queen of May" 3 min - Eun Ha Paek 5. "Teat Beat of Sex" 4 min - Signe Baumane 6. "Mirage", 8 min - Youngwoong Young 7. Time lapse of Pat Smith painting, 3 min 8. "The Ballad of Thaddeus Lowe" 3 min - Kelly Jones 9. "Arts Desire", 3 min - Sarah Wickliffe 10. "Crumpled" 3 min - Jen Prokopowitcz Following the segment there will be a reception at the Cel-ebration Animation Gallery, 30 Monmouth Street, Red Bank.

Focusing upon the the international aspect of the Festival, RBIFF presents a presentation of six Mexican and Spanish shorts. (All in Spanish with English subtitles) -SEGMENT INFORMATION-

3:15 pm - 5:15 pm    (Theatre 1)

RBIFF Presents:   JERSEY FRESH


Living Past

An old high school janitor is haunted by the ghost of a young student who was involved in a fatal accident caused by the janitor's negligence. 5 mins,    (New Jersey, USA) Directed by Ian J. Keeney

The Battlefield that is Bussing Tables. 8 mins,    (New Jersey, USA) Directed by Tim Eberle

On the brink of a network deal, life finally seems to be falling into place for the young film student. There's only one problem. He doesn't think so. Sacrificing his integrity in a world of reality TV, Charles feels trapped. Breaking free, he kicks in a door to the underbelly of the city on a hunt for his missing mentor.

New Jersey's infamous Snake Hill was the last stop for thousands of terminally ill patients, indigents, "lunatics" and prisoners from 1870 to 1962.

Over 10,000 bodies and their belongings were buried two-deep on the grounds. Abandoned and forsaken, they lay in deplorable conditions for decades as millions of unsuspecting motorists passed by on the New Jersey Turnpike every day.

When a 2002 Turnpike excavation unearthed human remains at Snake Hill, one man's 22 year search for his grandfather took a dramatic turn.

As the only living lineal descendents on record, Patrick Andriani and his father, Gennaro, served as the impetus for a court ordered disinterment/re-interment project that became the largest of its kind in U.S. History.

1 hr. 30 mins    (New Jersey, USA)
Directed by Debra Higgins, Sandra Longo and Anna-Mária Vág

Cliff and Charlie work together selling bathroom supplies. Charlie is the seasoned traveler, having been to over 50 countries before his 30th birthday. Cliff dreams of travelling but always finds an excuse not to go. When Charlie asks Cliff to go to the Full Moon Party in Thailand, it is no surprise to anyone when Charlie is rejected.

Things suddenly change when Cliff gets a phone call informing him that one of his childhood friends died unexpectedly. At the funeral, Cliff learns his buddy had been planning a trip around the world. Cliff decides to make sure his friend still makes that trip, even if it means carrying his ashes in a thermos to do it. Together, all three embark on a trip of a lifetime.

1 hr. 20 mins. - Directed by Neil Mandt    (USA)

Drawn from the coming-of-age experiences of writer Gabrielle Berberich, 'Greetings From The Shore' is part memoir, part fairytale. The film was shot on an island off the coast of New Jersey, Barnegat Island, in the same seaside town where the real events occurred to Berberich. Like the setting, each character is an island. They are loners, dreamers brought together by fate for one chance summer.

2 hrs -    (New Jersey, USA)
Directed by Greg Chwerchak (Written by Gabrielle Berberich and Greg Chwerchak)

The chaos of Bombay assaults his senses and his new office there is paralyzed by cultural misunderstandings. As he gets to know his co-workers, Todd finds them disarming and thoroughly likeable, including his friendly replacement, Puro (Asif Basra), and the charming, opinionated Asha (Ayesha Dharker).

1 hr. 45 mins. - Directed by John Jeffcoat    (USA)

For your late night viewing pleasure, RBIFF presents a series of shorts to die for! -SEGMENT INFORMATION-

When Quasimodo (Lon Chaney), the deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame cathedral, is sent out by Jehan, the evil brother of the the kindly priest of the cathedral, to kidnap a gypsy woman named Esmerelda, he is captured by the guards and sentenced to a public flogging. He gains an attachment to Esmerelda when she is the only person to give him water to drink after his flogging. Then when Esmerelda is arrested for the attempted murder of the guard Phoebus (an act actually performed by Jehan), the hunchback takes it upon himself to rescue her from execution.