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2011 Finalists
Below are the 15 finalists from the 2011 National Film Challenge
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 Team: ASH
City/State: Las Vegas, NV
Genre: Dark Comedy
Character: Erin/Aaron Robbins, Photographer
Prop: A vinyl record
Line of Dialogue: “It's gonna be a slow night.”
Synopsis:A family vacation in Vegas brings a father and daughter closer together under the most unusual circumstances.
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 Team: ISO Pictures
City/State: Reno, NV
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Erin/Aaron Robbins, Photographer
Prop: A vinyl record
Line of Dialogue: “It's gonna be a slow night.”
Synopsis:One man's obsession turns RED!
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 Team: Trifecta / HeatStroke
City/State: Albuquerque, NM
Genre: Fantasy
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: A broken down country singer finds that having a simple drink in a bar is much more than she bargained for.
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 Team: MDHS Productions
City/State: Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Dark Comedy
Character: Erin/Aaron Robbins, Photographer
Prop: A vinyl record
Line of Dialogue: “It's gonna be a slow night.”
Synopsis: Two men, both dying patients at a hospice care center, imagine different ways to end their lives before their diseases get the best of them.
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 Team: Heavy Petting
City/State: Middlesbrough, UK
Genre: Mockumentary
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: Gary is afflicted by a short attention span, just like many oth... ah, I'll finish the synopsis later...
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 Team: Tadaa Team
City/State: Beijing, China
Genre: Fantasy
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: A guy in the Ming Dynasty gets banished to the present, to a life of running, when he is discovered to have created an elixir that alters the natural order and transports through time.
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 Team: Unrendered Productions
City/State: Denver, CO
Genre: Romance
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: A homeless man cares for his wife while preparing her for the uncertain future.
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 Team: Too Many Cooks
City/State: Des Moines, IA
Genre: Horror
Character: Cameron Murphy, Pizza Delivery Person
Prop: A bag of potatoes
Line of Dialogue: “Are you sure you should be doing that?”
Synopsis: A tortured pizza delivery man is haunted by an unforgiving tragedy.
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 Team: Thumbcat
City/State: St. Louis, MO
Genre: Horror
Character: Cameron Murphy, Pizza Delivery Person
Prop: A bag of potatoes
Line of Dialogue: “Are you sure you should be doing that?”
Synopsis: In a failed attempt to reach out to the spirit of his recently deceased wife Victoria, a man invites something unexpected into his home.
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 Team: The JLIB Film Crew
City/State: Tom's River, NJ
Genre: Dark Comedy
Character: Casey Scott, Bicyclist
Prop: A lightbulb
Line of Dialogue: “It's probably poisonous”
Synopsis: Casey, a man suffering from OCD hits a jogger on his morning bike ride and calls friend Anthony to help him hide the body; they go through multiple attempts to hide the body.
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 Team: Mutaintuta Productions
Location: Rome, Italy
Genre: Film de Femme
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: Sometimes one starts training for life before being born.
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 Team: Jo-Jo the Dog Films & Tokem
Location: Tornio, Finland
Genre: Period Piece
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: A Boy is trying to learn how to become a long distance runner, with a help of the village idiot.
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 Team: Clockwork
Location: Rome, Italy
Genre: Thriller/Suspense
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: One man's interior voyage to confront his troubled past on the way to self-redemption.
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 Team: Street Cheese
City/State: New York, New York
Genre: Detective/Cop
Character: Casey Scott, Bicyclist
Prop: A lightbulb
Line of Dialogue: “It's probably poisonous”
Synopsis: Regular guy Keith comes home to find the hallway light bulb missing. His neighbor joins him in his search to find answers to the truth. They unravel a not so intricate web of ridiculous masterminded by The Night Rider.
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 Team: NOVAUREA
Location: Rome, Italy
Genre: Period Piece
Character: Francis Tucker, Long Distance/Marathon Runner
Prop: A wine glass
Line of Dialogue: “Let's pretend this never happened.”
Synopsis: "I am what I am, but I'm not what I want to be"
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