Saturday -- September 25, 2004 -- Fantasy/Animation
San Joaquin River Room -- Modesto Centre PlazaTheatre, K St between 9th and 10th St.

All times are approximate and subject to change. The time scheduled for each film includes approximately 5 minutes for Question and Answer session after each screening.

10:00 am -- 12

The Greek Gods are alive and well and living in Los Angeles where they remain a quarrelsome, arrogant, and mischievous family. With the ability to inhabit random bodies, they take great delight in wreaking havoc on the affairs of both mortals and demigods alike..
 

12:15 pm --The Kiss

THE KISS is a supernatural thriller that revolves around three bachelors — Kyle, Mike, and Jim. What starts as an afternoon hike leads to a late-night rendezvous with a beautiful seductress full of centuries of rage. In the 28 days that follow, Kyle will experience physical and psychological changes that endanger the lives of everyone around him.

12:45 pm -- Laundry Day

Everybody dreads laundry day, especially those of us who have to bang our socks on rocks in a river. But for those of us with modern creature comforts such as electric washers and dryers, we have become increasingly complacent over the ages with regards to this once awe inspiring ritualistic act of hygiene. And now we must pay the ultimate price for our apathy.

1:00 pm -- The Transfigurations of Harold Mains.

This is the story of a man and his horse. . . sort of. What would you do if from early childhood, you believed that you were trapped in the wrong body? That is the issue that confronts Harold Mains. This story deals with his attempts to face his "deamons" and the result of that conflict.

1:40 pm -- Dream of the Lizard.

A 14 minute martial arts/fantasy short in which the hero, Timpay, is sent on a quest to prove himself and must face three sets of opponents that appear to him in a magical, dreamlike environment.

2:00 pm -- Teenage Bikini Vampire

A young vampire dreams of fun in the sun, but ultimately settles for the next best thing.

2:12 pm -- Armadillo

During a haunting wind storm on the plaines of La Pampa, Argentina, a country girl falls in love with a mysterious wild boy. Their love unravels into an apocryphal legend of metamorphosis and blood.

2:39 pm -- The Gamers

Ray and his friends are playing tabletop fantasy role-playing games tonight, like they do every Saturday night, but this time something is different. When Ray is mysteriously injured during an in-game battle, he begins to suspect that a dangerous link to a magical object in the game world is at fault. The other gamers don't believe his theory, and accuse him of pulling away from their circle of friends. Now Ray must decide: quit playing and risk losing his friends, or continue and risk losing his life.

3:00 pm -- Man in the Moon

A younger brother, Joseph, doubts the veracity of his older sister, Joan's, strange childhood recollection of the man in the moon. He inquires of his Great Aunts, the only other people who could verify his sister's story, but they divert quickly from the subject. When sudden visions of that past occurence overtake the young Joseph, he becomes convinced of his older sister's story.

3:16 pm -- Portal: The Movie

"Portal, the Movie" is an epic comedic-short film in the proud tradition of the great toilet comedies of the Early East Prussian Expressionist Film Period.

3:42 pm. -- My Beautiful Wickedness

A dark look inside the mind of a child molester. Don't take candy from a stranger.

4:00 pm -- Rockfish (Animation)

RockFish is a comic book-influenced, high adventure tale set on a barren planet in a distant corner of the galaxy. Sirius Kirk is a no-nonsense working man tasked with rounding up creatures that "swim" through rocks far below the planet¿s surface and plague the miners who live and work there. The story starts out as just another day on the job for Kirk but quickly turns into a titanic struggle with the catch of his life.

4:15 pm -- a word (Animation)

A short computer animated film tells a simple story...
A funny, defenseless mouse runs across the room. It is worried. It is scared because there is a cat who is going to attack it. The cat is behind the door. The door opens and it seems like the mouse's days are over. But the mouse has a powerful friend... It is a bright light resembling a shiny ball...

4:25 pm -- Fly Away (Animation)

A little wooden plane, despite the price it must pay, does the impossible and joins a world it could only dream of.

4:40 pm -- Willis Sillim's Tall Tales (Animation)

Tormented since birth by his extreme height, Willis Sillim joins the circus sideshow. From a distance, he falls in love with Irene, the Big Top belly dancer, but his height thwarts him from meeting her. A train accident could finally be the chance for Willis to reach his true love.

4:55 pm -- Il Diavolo, The Balck Violin (animation)

Its sound was legendary. The black violin was celebrated as the greatest violin ever made, but it belonged to the Emperor. Only the elite virtuosi were given the honor of perfoming with it, and then only for an audience of one: the Emperor himself. Nicolo was the greatest violinist the land had known, and it was his destiny to play the fabled Black Violin in one final performance.

5:20 pm -- Son of Satan

Sometimes being young ain't easy.

(Film contains offensive language and sadistic violence and should not be viewed by young children.)

5:40 pm -- Neila

Ray is an introverted nightshift worker at an isolated Deli. When he becomes involved with a mysterious Alien girl, Ray’s world is transformed.

7:00 p.m.

Featured Presenttion -- Arbor Theatre

DAY OF THE DEAD

The original by George A. Romero, with Question and Answer session by FX and Make-up master, RICK GONZALES.