Indie Memphis 2009

What is small town America like in the 21st century? There are still echoes of Norman Rockwell, but 45365 (pronounced: four, five, three, six, five) brilliantly assembles disparate sketches to infuse life into a larger portrait of the people living in Sidney, Ohio -- population 20,000 and Zip Code 45365. The film drops in on diverse communities in this Anytown, USA -- the radio station, the high school football team, a ladies' luncheon at a senior center, cops on the beat, the barber shop, the county fair. Filmmakers Bill and Turner Ross don't force a dominant storyline, instead letting us eavesdrop on the judicial candidate, the high school girl phoning her needy boyfriend, the reformed ex-con, the coach, the fishermen and skateboarding boys. This terrific blend is backed up by beautiful high-definition cinematography, extraordinary audio and a deft selection of music. ~Jon W. Sparks ** Tickets are $8 each / $6 for Indie Memphis members. Members and Silver & Gold passholders should log in to the member/passholder box office redeem benefits, pull tickets or purchase at the member discount. Not already an Indie Memphis member? Join today!

Mississippi Blues Trail shorts A selection of three 4-minute shorts from a series being developed for viewing by cell phone at historical markers. Produced and Directed by Robert Gordon and David Leonard, editing by Eileen Meyer, these Mississippi Blues Trail shorts get quickly to the heart and soul of their subject, and evoke a deep blues feeling. $5 Cover: Amplified is a collection of 12 intimate journeys into the songs and into the lives of the musicians featured in Craig Brewer's $5 Cover: Memphis . Featuring: Paul Taylor, Jason Freeman, Craig Brewer, Brad Postlethwaite, Alicja Trout, Jack Oblivian, Kate Crowder, Muck Sticky, Harlan T. Bobo, Ben Nichols, Cody Dickinson, Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Crosthwait, Valerie June, Amy LaVere, Al Kapone and Young AJ. (Directed by Alan Spearman; Editing by Eileen Meyer; Co-Producers John Hubbell and Andria Lisle) Program will be preceded by the trailer the upcoming Memphis wrestling documentary, directed by Chad Shaffler.

Adelaide is looking for love in all the wrong places. Seeking attention by faking illnesses, she runs into Brad at the pharmacy counter, turning her strategy - and their lives - upside down.

Young love is tested when a married actress, Alexander, finds herself attracted to her new co-star, Jamie, as they create an intimate couple for the stage. Things grow more complicated when the actress’ sister, Helen, becomes involved in a sexual relationship with Jamie offstage. Justin Rice of indie band Bishop Allen plays Alexander's husband, also a musician, who comes home from tour to find that his relationship with his wife has become distant. His own opportunity to fall to temptation soon unfolds. In this spontaneous and often ad-libbed drama from writer/director Joe Swanberg, the ensemble cast explores the highs and lows of making decisions with the heart and the libido. ~Rachel Hurley Filmmaker Joe Swanberg is scheduled to attend. ** Tickets are $8 each / $6 for Indie Memphis members. Members and Silver & Gold passholders should log in to the member/passholder box office redeem benefits, pull tickets or purchase at the member discount. Not already an Indie Memphis member? Join today!

Spanning the realm of poker from its everyday origins through its prohibition to the current television craze, ALL IN: THE POKER MOVE chronicles the rags-to-riches tale of Memphis-area high roller Chris Moneymaker while taking a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 1998 poker-centered feature film, ROUNDERS. Poker enthusiasts will be engaged by the candid interviews with heavy hitters in the card world such as Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer and the original poker celebrity, "Amarillo Slim" Preston. The film also supplies a generous heap of facts and human interest, leading viewers on a well-edited road of high-stakes and trivia, all to the rousing score by New Orleans' Preservation Hall Jazz Band. ~Christina Bradway Filmmaker Douglas Tirola is scheduled to attend. After the film, join Doug and his crew for the All In After-Party at the Bardog Tavern . Enjoy drink specials with your festival pass or ticket stub and join in on a friendly game of poker! ** Tickets for the screening are $8 each / $6 for Indie Memphis members. Members and Silver & Gold passholders should log in to the member/passholder box office redeem benefits, pull tickets or purchase at the member discount. Not already an Indie Memphis member? Join today!

In the retro-engineered future of the 2001 feature debut from Cory McAbee (STINGRAY SAM), our solar system is a lonesome place of gritty drifters and shifty characters in pursuit of a quick buck, a better life, or the occasional mass disintegration. Our hero is Samuel Curtis (Cory McAbee), an interplanetary trader piloting his space-rig on a Homeric journey from Jupiter to Venus and points between. He is pursued by the enigmatic Professor Hess (Rocco Sisto), a dapper, childish killer from his past, with an itchy trigger finger and a compulsion to murder anyone he has no reason to kill. Along the way, they encounter a pirate who steals only fruit, an entire planet of sexually inexperienced men, and a floating barn full of super-intelligent miners from Nevada. Designed to resemble a 1950s sci-fi universe gone to seed and populated with weirdos worthy of David Lynch, the most surprising part of the THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT may be that it is also a rockin’ musical, with an original soundtrack by the The Billy Nayer Show. Cory McAbee is scheduled to attend. ** Tickets are $8 each / $6 for Indie Memphis members. Members and Silver & Gold passholders should log in to the member/passholder box office redeem benefits, pull tickets or purchase at the member discount. Not already an Indie Memphis member? Join today!

An animated tale of an android named Thelma.

June, a struggling ukulele player, lives alone with her talkative dog Friday. When June's career takes a turn for the worse, the stress begins to damage the most important relationship she has.

In an increasingly online world, interpersonal interactions become a less integral part of our cultural make-up. The exploration of this phenomenon is the thematic concept that activates this triptych-split-screen short film.