Event

ION Film Festival - Program 7

ATTIC MAN,
HIC,
INCONVENIENCE STORE,
JUDGMENT CALL,
RENT-A-PERSON,
SNACKERS

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ATTIC MAN
Eric Bergerson - USA 2004
Old houses sometimes come with ghosts. In this world, all houses come with a dependent underclass of people living a cramped, marginal existence wedged in the attic.

HIC
Nick Reed - United Kingdom 2004
Bob tries every cure known to man but nothing will get rid of his hiccups, the question is will Bob's hiccups get rid of him.

INCONVENIENCE STORE
Mirjam Kositchek - USA 2003
How hard can it be to rob a mom and pop conveience store? The Stranger is about to find out.

JUDGMENT CALL
Robert Budreau - Canada 2004
As three Major League Baseball umpires prepare for the first day of spring training, they debate their roles and the value of 'America's Past-time' in our post 9/11 world. Based on the award-winning play by New York playwright Frederick Stroppel.

RENT-A-PERSON
Kurt Kuenne - USA
A romantic musical comedy about a men's room attendant who founds an organization which revolutionizes rush hour traffic.

SNACKERS
Jeff Picket - USA
Chuck Livingston, a middle-aged, middle-American husband and father, eschews the rat race in favor of questing to exactly reproduce a popular candy at home. When his resolve inspires the son who once disrespected him, Chuck has achieved something greater even than never having to pay retail prices again.