Malibu fest will feature 30 and open with Mad Hot Ballroom

THE MALIBU FILM FESTIVAL6th EDITION
Festival to Take Place April 14 – April 18

The Malibu Film Festival (MFF) will screen over 30 films at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica in the sections of Short Live Action Films, Animated Short Films, Short Subject Documentary Films, Feature Length Documentary Films, Narrative Feature Films, announced today by new Festival Director, Tiffany Peckosh. The Festival will feature 5 World Premieres, 9 West Coast Premieres, 3 Los Angeles Premieres and 4 Academy Award Nominated shorts. Awards night will take place at Wolfgang Puck’s Granita Restaurant in Malibu which will award the winning films and filmmakers of this year’s festival and honor Pierce Brosnan with an Award for Achievement in the Arts.

OPENING NIGHT FILM
Mad Hot Ballroom, written by Amy Sewell directed by Marilyn Agrelo (U.S.A.) – West Coast Premiere
CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Apres Vous, directed by Pierre Salvadori (France) - Los Angeles Premiere
SHORT LIVE ACTION FILMS
Everything In This Country Must, directed by Gary McKendry written by Colum McCann and Gary McKendry (U.S.A.) - 2005 Academy Award Nominee
Dog Eat Dog, written and directed by Jonathan Zames (Canada) - World Premiere
Gabriel, directed by Cherie Knott written by Janine Brchett (Australia)
Rosbeef, written and directed by Bruce Burgess (France)
In The Morning, written and directed by Danielle Lurie (U.S.A.)
"I?", written and directed by Wade Robson (U.S.A.)
Premonition, written and directed by Renata Adamidov (U.S.A.) - World Premiere
The Big Empty, co-written and co-directed by J Lisa Chang and Newton Thomas Sigel (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
The Intervention, directed by Jay Duplass (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
Show & Tell, directed by Chris Dollard written by Sean Patrick Murphy (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
The Fourth, written by Justin Varava and directed by Jared Varava (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
Replaced, written and directed by Sean Carter (U.S.A.) - World Premiere
Morphin(e), written and directed by Alex Ranarivelo (U.S.A.) - World Premiere
Twitch, written and directed by Leah Meyerhoff (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
The West Bank Story directed by Ari Sandel (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
7:35 In the Morning (7:35 de la Manana), directed by Nacho Vigalondo (Spain) 2005 Academy Award Nominee
Candy Viola, directed by Fabio Simonelli (Italy)
ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
Gopher Broke, written and directed by Jeff Fowler (U.S.A.) - 2005 Academy Award Nominee
Lorenzo, story, production design and direction by Mike Gabriel (U.S.A.) - 2005 Academy Award Nominee
The Meaning Of Life, written and directed by Don Hertzfeldt (U.S.A.)
Catching Kringle, written by Adam Himoff directed by Jeff Wadlow (U.S.A.)
SHORT SUBJECT DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Viva Morrissey! written by Jonathan Miertschin directed by Jessica Hundley / Jonathan Miertschin (U.S.A.) - West Coast Premiere
The Hot 8, written by Luis Macias and directed by Greg Samata (U.S.A.)
DOCUMENTARY FILMS
Between The Bridges, written and directed by Adam Ross (U.S.A.) - World Premiere
The Hard Straight, directed by Goro Toshima (U.S.A.)
Sonny Boy, directed by Soleil Moon Frye (U.S.A.) - Los Angeles Premiere
TBA - Untitled Boxing Documentary, Work In Progress (U.S.A.) Special Screening
Mad Hot Ballroom, written by Amy Sewell directed by Marilyn Agrelo (U.S.A.) – West Coast Premiere
NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
Four Eyed Monsters, directed by Susan Buice & Arin Crumley (U.S.A.) - Los Angeles Premiere
Ellecktra, directed by Rudolph Mestdagh (Belgium) – West Coast Premiere
Apres Vous, directed by Pierre Salvadori (France) - Los Angeles Premiere
Hooligans, directed by Lexi Alexander, written by Lexi Alexander, Dougie Brimson, Josh Shelov (USA)