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15th Annual Film Festival
Comedy Vanguard

Presented by Austin Film Festival

October 16-November 2, 2008

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In addition to hosting its annual screenwriters’ conference, the AFF will screen approximately 190 feature and short films including World, U.S. and Regional premieres.Festival Films are listed according to categories. Following are the Comedy Vanguard screenings. Other categories are Marquee Screenings; AFF Presents…; Narrative Feature Competition; Documentary Feature; Dark Matters; Target Family Film Series and Austin Screens. The Festival will also host 14 short film programs.  All films are listed with writer, director and cast information as well as a short synopsis.

Comedy Vanguard:  (Venues and Times noted beside Film Titles)

“Adventures in Power” (USA, 96 min.) Regional Premiere • Fri, Oct 17, 06:00PM • Dobie
Writer/Director: Ari Gold
Cast: Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Adrian Grenier, Nick Kroll, Steven Williams
Power is obsessed with drums. Only problem is, he’s never played them—but he has become an expert “air-drummer.”

“Happy Birthday, Harris Maldin” (USA, 80 min.) Regional Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 5:15PM • Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Writers/Directors: Juan Cardarelli, Ben Davidow, Nick Gregorio, Eric Levy, Matthew Sanchez
Cast: Juan Cardarelli, Ben Davidow, Nick Gregorio, Eric Levy, Matthew Sanchez, Matt Walsh, Brigitte Hagerman, Susan Slatin
Harris wears fake facial hair, but no one in his small, protective neighborhood has the heart to tell him it looks ridiculous. But one day, an outsider points out the obvious.

“HottieBoombaLottie” (USA, 75 min.) Regional Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 12:15PM • Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Writer/Director: Seth Packard
Cast: Seth Packard, Lauren McKnight, Matthew Webb, Shay Williamson
Trapped in Utah with an overbearing mother and an older brother bent on sabotaging his entire life, teenaged Ethan channels all his ambitions into a deluded obsession with uber-hottie Madison Sweet.

“The Stanton Family Grave Robbery” (USA, 81 min.) Regional Premiere • Fri, Oct 17, 12:15PM • Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Writers: Cole Selix, Kevin Costello, Mark Potts
Director: Mark Potts
Cast: Avery Cannon, Brand Rackley, Cole Selix, James Blackmon, Kevin Costello, Lisa Selix, Sara Rae Foster, Mark Potts
Against his wishes, a man is buried in Texas. His older two sons decide to take matters into their own hands by kidnapping their baby brother and digging up their father’s coffin to returnit to Oklahoma.

“Psycho Sleepover” (USA, 86 min.) World Premiere • Oct 18, 11:00PM • Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Writers/Directors: Adam Deyoe and Eric Gosselin
Cast: Rachel Castillo, Emilia Richeson, Ariel Teal Toombs, Frankie Frain, Ryan Martin, Todd Prictchett
Debbie has a problem: her boyfriend went crazy and she had to kill him with an axe. Now she’s sixteen, a misfit, harassed by her mother, and invited to a party. With psychos.

“Visioneers” (USA, 90 min.) Regional Premiere • Sat, Oct 18, 9:15PM • Paramount
Writer: Brandon Drake
Director: Jared Drake
Cast: Zach Galifianakis, James LeGros, D.W. Moffet, Judy Greer, Missi Pyle
When people around him begin to spontaneously explode, George tries to ignore them, like the rest of the population. But as the epidemic increases, he is told by his doctor that the dreams he’s having are the first symptom.

“Who is KK Downey?” (Canada, 90 min.) Regional Premiere • Fri, Oct 17, 11:00PM • Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Writers: Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely, Matt Silver
Directors: Darren Curtis, Pat Kiely
Cast: Darren Curtis, Matt Silver, Pat Kiely, John Lameray, David Fruchter, Charles D’Angelo, John Webb, Katye Stevens, Trevor Barnes
Two hipsters, sick of rejection, hatch a plan to take the literary world by storm by taking the book written by one and saying it is the autobiography of the other.

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