ReelHeART International Film Festival

Alex and Megan go out on a second date while we get to hear their thoughts.

Carl (13) is a child in foster care, growing up is difficult enough but he has no proper family life. After many moves he arrives, settles in and is happy at his new foster home. Suddenly the same old problem crops up. How can he stop it ever happening again?

This true short film tells the story of a heroic act of sportsmanship and heroism between opposing teams during a Girls Softball Conference Championship Game. Gabi Reynolds never hit a home run though out her career as a high school softball player. That is until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Gabi would hit her first home run, only to tear her ACL before reaching home plate. After the umpire denies a pinch runner to be put in her place, players from the opposing team are faced with a decision to help her and loose the game, or to do nothing and win it all.

Michael is a smart, lively 8-year-old kid that lives the perfect childhood in the perfect suburban family. As we see him grow up into an early teenager, he is confronted with the harshness of abandoning the perfect world he lived in and coping with the betrayal of his best friend Tom, something he will never be able to forget. Finally the chance of taking revenge over Tom arises. But it comes with a price…

Chronically depressed SVEENER becomes increasingly angry when his dim-witted brother, THE SHMIEL, falls in love with an emotionally-troubled girl.

Emmy Award-winning special visual effects artist, David B. Sharp (Passion of the Christ, Mission Impossible II, Event Horizon, The Arrival, Flight of the Navigator) in his feature film debut. An all-original musical soundtrack, the independent movie features the combined works of over 50 musicians and introduces several musical groups. The film also introduces five songs by Saint Motel www.myspace.com/saintmotel, a Southern California “indie” rock ‘n roll band.