2:20 p.m. Grand Cinema

Her Best Move

(Family, 100 min, Directed by Norm Hunter)

High School is crazy enough, but for fifteen-year-old soccer sensation Sara Davis, it's about to get even crazier. Like any teen, Sara is already juggling a million problems, but unlike the others, she's got U.S. Team scouts watching every shot she makes on the field. Sara has to face the challenge of discovering her true self so she can make the best move of her life.

2:30 p.m. School of the Arts

River Ways

(Documentary, 90 min, Directed by Colin Stryker

River Ways presents a collage of personal perspectives concerning the proposed removal of four dams on the Snake River in Eastern Washington. Environmental groups and fishing interests criticize the dams for their negative impact on salmon populations, but agricultural communities dependent on the dams oppose efforts to remove them. River Ways examines the lives of ordinary people whose futures depend on whether the dams are removed or remain. Filmmakers in attendance.

2:45 p.m.  Tacoma Art Museum

TAM Shorts – 5 short films

A Problem Like Maria

(Documentary, 25 min, Directed by Laura Hadden)

A look at the struggles for gender equality waged by local religious sisters within the Catholic Church today as well as a retrospective on the immense amount of changes their lives have faced since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s. Filmmakers in attendance.

Alternate Endings (TAM Shorts continued)

(Drama, 14 min, Directed by Elisabeth Fry)

Susan is a loner, a successful photojournalist who is never afraid to step into harm's way to 'get the story.' A last-minute assignment from her editor sends her once more into action, but on this fateful day she steps too close and is shot and wounded in a Los Angeles gang clash. While stuck at home recovering, painful memories return when she witnesses the near-abduction of a child next door and must ultimately make the choice to confront her painful past. Actress in attendance.

Winter Sea (TAM Shorts continued)

(Drama, 26 min, Directed by Erika Tasini)

A secretive woman's intimate relationship to her brother is threatened when an unexpected guest shows up for dinner at their eccentric mother's house.  Tasini describes "Winter Sea" as her bourgeois version of a vampire story, a family that can exist in perfect self-sufficiency only as long as it remains isolated from interference from the outside world.

For All the Marbles (TAM Shorts continued)

(Children's adventure, 12 min, Directed by Kris Booth)

Recess begins – the schoolyard is flooded with kids! Ten-year-old Jeff reveals his prized Cat's Eye in a bid to win the 'Universal Marble Championship'. Just before his winning shot, Cricker, the schoolyard bully, grabs it and launches it to the other side of the playground.  Jeff sets out to cross the infamous 'big kid's area'. With danger at every turn, he plays his way through various games. During his journey, Jeff befriends Rhonda who helps him defeat Cricker after he
finally reclaims his marble.  Jeff races back, and with seconds to spare flicks his 'Cat's Eye' for a game-winning knocksie!.

South 5 - True Grit (TAM Shorts continued)

(Comedy, 10 min, Directed by Bryan Johnson)

Two short films made for Tacoma by Tacomans. First, the Audience Choice Award winner from this year's 72 Hour Film Competition, South 5. Then, the world premiere of the follow-up film made just for the Tacoma Film Festival, South 5 - True Grit. Filmmakers in attendance.

4:15 p.m. Grand Cinema

Inlaws and Outlaws

(Documentary, 97 min, Directed by Drew Emery)

Inlaws & Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of couples and singles— both gay and straight — and all into a collective narrative that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. At the top of the film, you meet real people one on one. You don't know who's gay or straight or who's with whom. As their stories unfold and stereotypes fall by the wayside, you won't care because you'll be rooting for everybody. With candor, good humor, great music and real heart, Inlaws & Outlaws gets past all the rhetoric to explore what we all have in common. Filmmakers in attendance.

4:30 p.m. School of the Arts

GPS-The Movie
(Suspense/Thriller, 98 min, Directed by Eric Colley)
After their most recent GPS Hunt victory, best friends Andrew and Bob return home to find another special invitation on the GPS Hunt website. It's from their old college friend, Shep, who was recently arrested for stealing over 2 million dollars in wire fraud and identity theft scams and has just jumped bail. The two guys, along with five other friends, decide to embark on this GPS Hunt challenge. The excitement of the hunt soon turns to anxiety as they reach the initial coordinates and find what looks like a small grave. Inside is a picture of a woman tied up and masked with a new set of coordinates that lead them deeper into the forest. Is it real, or just part of the game? World Premiere.

6:00 p.m. Grand Cinema

Room 314

(Drama, 100 min, Directed by Michael Knowles)

Room 314 is five different stories about five couples in various stages of their relationships. Longing for connection, underlying tensions, and need for understanding all swirl about as these couples struggle to say what they want and occasionally succeed.  Room 314 gives the audience a look at these characters that's so close as to be uncomfortable at times, but shows a universal truth: Wanting connection with someone else and knowing how to achieve it are two entirely different things. Filmmakers in attendance.

6:15 p.m. School of the Arts

Sunday Night Shorts – 3 short films

Twilight of Youth

(Fiction, 28 min, Directed by Jerald Fine)

A young, brash stockbroker who despises the elderly contracts a strange virus that causes him to age rapidly. He then has to deal with the consequences of the transformation.

All Together (Sunday Night Shorts continued)

(Drama, 12 min, Directed by Przemek Pardyak)

A young couple find themselves caught in the painful aftermath of a recent break-up. What they need most to be able to move on is communication--but that's exactly what they don't have at the moment. Old accusations and an unmentionable secret mix with new blows and denied tenderness as the two try to release themselves from this painful place. Filmmakers in attendance.

All About Haggarty (Sunday Night Shorts continued)

(Documentary, 48 min, Directed by Justin Peterson & Teddy Haggarty)

Teddy M. Haggarty is one of the Pacific Northwest's great artists. Set in his hometown of Tacoma, the film documents a day in the life of the artist. Teddy's unique way of looking at life, loss, and the pursuit of art has gained him many fans over the years, including Alec Baldwin, his largest collector. Teddy's gritty and free-flowing style is echoed by the film, which mixes together interviews, real life moments and lots of humor for a thought-provoking and entertaining result. Filmmakers in attendance.

8:00 p.m. School of the Arts

Rapping With Shakespeare

(Documentary, 90 min, Directed by Michael King)

Rapping With Shakespeare is a colorful, compelling and dramatic tale of the young people of Crenshaw High School as they struggle to achieve their dreams while coping with the universal teenage problems of violence, sexual relationships, insecurity, loneliness and embattled, mercurial identity. The film also examines how a popular English teacher uses hip-hop and rap to make Shakespeare accessible. Filmmakers in attendance.

8:20 p.m. Grand Cinema

One Night

(Drama, 97 min, Directed by Michael Knowles)

Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.  As the night unfolds, the characters all convene at the same music venue, and their lives intersect in ways both humorous and poignant. We can see that they're driven by an unconscious desire for human connection, and their interactions with strangers reveal to them what they've been missing, allowing them to see others -- and themselves -- in a truer light. By the morning, their lives have changed -- some subtly, some dramatically, but all irreversibly.  This film is truly an ensemble piece emphasized by the many long takes that deliver us from storyline to storyline.  Michael Knowles also directed the preceding movie playing at the Grand, Room 314. Filmmakers in attendance.