The 2007 Moondance International Film Festival is scheduled to be held at
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CITY WALK: Hollywood, California
Friday through Sunday SEPTEMBER 7, 8 9, 2007


FEATURE FILM FINALISTS:
Anderson's Cross Jerome Scott
ArtSafaris With Ray Shaw Bob Garner & Jan J. Jones
Effin Sports Camp Joe Reilly
Execution Steven Scaffidi
Hunger Maria Giese
Rain in the Mountains Joel Metlen Christine Sullivan
Shut up and Do It! Bruno Irizarry
Speed Dating Tony Herbert
Steel Toes David Gow
Stiilipidu (Shop of Dreams) Peeter Urbla
Waiting for Dublin Roger Tucker
Wrong Number Lewis Hausler

SHORT FILM FINALISTS:
A Piece of Pie Scott & Paula Merrow
Bleeding Shutter Brenna Bates
Blind Spot Gianluca Galtrucco & Nikhil Prakash
Blow Off Cass Marks
Buying Porn Brett Foraker
Cake Tin Rosemary Riddell & Mike Riddell
Christine.1403. Erica Berg
Chronicles of Impeccable Sportsmanship Erika Tasini
Cigarettes and Fresh Air Brian McDermott
Crossroads Matthew Hoad-Robson
Dance of the Blue Angels Steve Lichtag
Donkey Oatie Joan Kinsey & Gail Kinsey Hill
Edgy Swing Set Richard Codding
Eternally Yours Atsushi Ogata
Free Parking Laura Jean Cronin
Gone Andrew Watson
Good Luck In Her Eye Jonathan Jedeikin
Grace Camille Cellucci
Heroic Girlz Cindy Parrish
Il neige à Marrakech (It Snows in Marrakech) Hicham Alhayat
Kushmir Pa Kredit (Cashmere on Credit) Maximilian Hult
La Nic (At Nic's) Patricia Radoi
Learning to Curse Bret Kerven
Life Unkind Shaun Kosta
Little Wings Morgan Rhodes
Lucky Sevens Zac Nicholson
Lucy's Piano Lynn Hamilton
Lynx Wynn Padula
Madame Ajay Bhai & Marquise Lee
Marked Anne-Sophie Dutoit
Miracles Only Happen in Stories David Sabshon
Missed Conception Lance Richards
Monsoon Shyam Balsé
Moviebonics Donald Unverrich & Lance Miller
My First Time Driving Rebecca Feldman & Liz Feldman
Name Day Nikhil Prakash
Namibia, Brasil Miguel Silveira
Opportunity Knocks Aaron Wells
Organism Ken Glaser
Photograph Sarah Lambert
Piece of Cake Jennifer West
Portrait of a Whig Daniel Califf-Glick
Pudding-Bowl Vanessa Caswill
Rocketboy Justin Guerrieri
Rose Ian Wexler
Running For River Angus Jackson
Sadie Turns Seven Todd Tinkham
Saving Mom And Dad Kartik Singh
Somewhere In the City Ramsey Denison
Super-Anon Stephen Plitt
Sweet Jesus Swati Kapila
Tanhgi Argentini Guido Thys
Tenderness Marta Renzi
The Counter Lauren Wagner
The Father Unblinking Ziggy Attias
The Grass Grows Green Jesus Beltran
The Healing Nancy Hendrickson
The Lesson Maninder Saini
The Little Gorilla Harry Kellerman
The Windfisherman Anna McRoberts
To Spiti Me Tis Elies (The House of the Olive Trees) Thouli Dosios & Christina Ioakeimidou
To the Sea Again Mark Jordan
Tomoko's Kitchen Shawna Baca
Totalka Klemen Dvornik
Trail End Shannan Keenan
Trick or Treat Mitch Collier
Twilight's Grace Jeremy Weaver
Water Moccasin Lisa Cole

KID'S SHORT FILM FINALISTS:
Donkey Oatie Joan Kinsey & Gail Kinsey Hill
Heroic Girlz Cindy Parrish
Learning to Curse Bret Kerven
Miracles Only Happen in Stories David Sabshon
Project Kick Talk™ Aaron Kohn
ROCKETBOY Justin Guerrieri
Sadie Turns Seven Todd Tinkham
The Little Gorilla Harry Kellerman
Trick or Treat Mitch Collier

FEATURE DOC FILM FINALISTS:
Behind the Mask Shannon Keith
Between Creation and Destruction Philip Becque
Bragging Rights Sonia Gonzalez
Dalai Lama Renaissance (narrated by Harrison Ford) Khashyar Darvich
Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath Sharat Raju
Finding Kraftland Richard Kraft & Adam Shell
Forgotten on the Bayou: Rockey's Mission to the White House Steven Scaffidi
Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl Phil Grabsky & David Bickerstaff
Lost and Found in Mexico Caren Cross
Me and Michael Willard Morgan
Mother's Day Diane Mason
NOT IN GOD'S NAME Paula Fouce
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa Jeremy Stulberg
Suffer the Children Trevor Glass & Neville Jordan
The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance John Evans
The Squad Germany Street Sessions Elizabeth Lewis & William Scripps
Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead Stuart Urban

SHORT DOC FILM FINALISTS:
Absolute Zero Alan Woodruff
Chet Helms- 'The Big Brother of The Summer of Love' James MacLeod
Girl Stars: Anita the Beekeeper Vikash Nowlakha
Hawaiian Blue – Hawaii Reef Etiquette PSA Ziggy Livnat
Honor Killing Jessica Habie
Los de la Glorieta de los Hongos (Warriors of the Mushroom Round-About) Michele Zacched
Project Kick Talk™ Aaron Kohn
SASA! A film about Women, Violence and HIV/AIDS Chanda Chevannes
Stolen Childhoods: Child Brides in Ethiopia Andi Gitow
The Final Frontier: Explorers or Warriors? Stephen Sotor & Trace Gaynor
The Silk Road Judith Frey

ANIMATION FILM FINALISTS:
Dear Alphabet Marina Budovsky
Emily and the Bad Hat Richard Gorey
Evocation Jaeyoon Park
For Annie Andy Collen
Hallucii (Illusion of Life) Goo-Shun Wang
Little Frogs Terry Mitchell
Mirage Youngwoong Jang
Raccoon and Crawfish Shaun Foster( and 5 others)
Rain MariaElena Doyle
Soeyoun (Substance of Earth) Jinman Kim
Stone Savior James Martinchek
Superstitious Ned Paul Franco
Too Absurd Ishay Hinkis

FEATURE SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:
A Burning Desire Lorna Kanter
A Complete Unknown Mark Mc Devitt
A Home for Christmas Ann Eskridge & Brian Webster
Abilene Michael Raymond
Bright Lights and Promises Tom Basham
Buddha Eyes Cynthia T. Kennedy
Caught in a Wish Desi Poteet
Chronically Single Abby Anderson
Do It Yourself David Chester & Blake Pinter
Eyes of a Secret Janet Ross-Pilla
Fat Chance! Leyla Ali & Rustry Travis
First Casualty Steve Lyons
Getting There Julia H. Kubik
Golden Birthday Victoria MacDonald
Gutted Sharon Byrne & Melissa Garner
Hangman Virus Guillaume Tunzini
Hat Trick Robert Gately
Holy Cow Kara Moran
Hope Now Skin Mead
Hotel Kid Rodney Johnson & Jason Mosberg
I Said That? Stacy Baker
Julie's Vineyard Eva Benedikt
Kheng Kheng Crocodile Donna Lisa
Messiah #247 Yarrow Wayman
Mind-Blowing State of Love Nation Katherine Carter
Momsky for President Sarah Bernstein Newman
Murder in the Third Samantha A. Marshall
Octagon Magic Leah Barnett
Purple Rayne Alina Stephanie Cushing
REBELS Alexandra Swenson
Renovating Family Loretta Chen
Samurai GI Alyson Mead & Noel Brinkerhoff
Serena's Thunder Jean Hunter
Shoot Nothing With a Heart Melinda Mullins
Sweeps Frank Brady
The Court of Lions Amy Quick Parrish
The Lost Covenant Primrose Roberts
The Root Cellar Kate Bergquist & Patricia Thorpe
The Seventh Generation Claudia Franklin & Susan O'Dell
The Shift Kmberly Champion
The War Against California James E. Burnside
The White Raven Naomi Lazard
Toucans of the Amazon Donna Lisa
Whale Songs Carolyn Sarver
Written in the Sand: The Search for the Secret Writings of Christ Bonita Maffei
Zookeeper Marc Horowitz

SHORT SCREENPLAY FINALISTS:
Arthur's Salvation Karen Webb
Bag Boys Mitch Collier
Charlie Malloy's Golden Key Anthony Amenta
DIAL H FOR HAPPINESS Anthony Amenta
Shadows 'Round the Moon Janice Kennedy
Take Too Long Kwesi Davis
The Inspiration Virginia Hayden

LIBRETTO FINALISTS:
Eliot William Roetzheim
Quantum Physics: The Musical Vanessa LeBourdais & Ian Gschwind
The Adventures of Anansi, the Spider Christina Biggs

KID'S LIBRETTO FINALISTS:
Tink! Diane Uniman

SHORT STORY FINALISTS:
A Summer Tale Leslee Becker
Ancient Highs Janet Ross-Pilla
Boys Will Be Boys Dianalee Velie
Call Me Bernie Elena Kaufman
Fear is a Powerful Motvator Billy Maddox
Nachman's Christmas Melinda Mullins
Rollo - The Halloween Head Adele M. Bicknell
What Happened to My Mother Paula Brancato

STAGEPLAY FINALISTS:
Fireworks Diane Uniman
Frost William Roetzheim
Harry Wilson's Fifteen Minutes Dennis Jones
How a Nation Changed Its Spots Tevia E. Abrams
Pieces of Cake, Shots of Bourbon Madelyn Sergel

TV PILOT FINALISTS:
The Bridge, Episode Four: Hannah, Ann & Jonas Robert T. Allen
Another World: Return to Sender Pamela Pinch

TV 1/2 HOUR EPISODIC FINALISTS:
The Shield: Beastin' Austen Rachlis

MUSIC VIDEO FINALISTS:
Disown, Delete Karina Garcia Casanova
Doppler Effect Ken Glaser
Lies Sarah Elgart
Lonely Children Maria Markosov
Moonbabies "War on Sound" Eric Althin & Shannon Henegan
Music Video/Silver Bubbles Shasta Lusk
Never Ending Martin Chab
Paramount Carlos Florez
The Dog Wedding Michael Berns
Umbrellas are Useless Thomas Pullar

FILM SCORE FINALISTS:
Autumn's Harvest Sonia Rutstein
Conviction Denise Gentilini
Dos Patrias Cuba y la Noche Michael E. Rodriguez
Fate of the Lhapa William Susman
Killing Snakes Rick Del Castillo
Last of the Romantics Vohn Regensburger
Losing Ahmad Wassim Imam
Mississippi Son Kim Hoyt
Pray For Morning Vincent Gillioz
Pyramid Scheme Diane Uniman
Racing Daylight Sarah Plant
Road to Victory Surque
Transmuteo Patrick Dumont

* Winners & films to be screened will be selected from this finalist list
* Not all finalist films will be selected for screening at the festival

* There were no finalists selected in the following categories:
FEATURE MULTI-MEDIA FILM
RADIO PLAY
SHORT MULTI-MEDIA FILM
SHORT SCREENPLAY BY KIDS
SHORT STORY BY KIDS
TV 1 HR EPISODICS
TV MINI-SERIES


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