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1:00pm MDT

The Cage (27 min)

The Cage (27 min)

Anthem Films

The Cage

Short Narrative

Peter Wells, dir. (27 min) A young man drives to the Mendocino Coast to get away from his marital and financial problems. He goes to a quiet beach at sunset and is surprised by a seemingly homeless older man who sits on a driftwood log beside a small fire and greets him warmly... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 1:00pm - 1:30pm MDT
Sin City Theater

1:30pm MDT

Where We Go from Here (14 min)

Where We Go from Here (14 min)

Anthem Films

Where We Go From Here

Short Narrative

Matthew Szewczyk, dir. (14 min) When a Pakistani journalist secures a rare interview with government whistleblower Edward Snowden, she doesn’t realize how much it will cost her.

Wednesday July 8, 2015 1:30pm - 1:50pm MDT
Sin City Theater

2:00pm MDT

Helio (20 min)

Helio (20 min)

Anthem Films

Helio

Short Narrative

Teddy Cecil, dir. (20 min) One worker sparks a revolution when he attempts to break free of his dystopian underworld.

Wednesday July 8, 2015 2:00pm - 2:30pm MDT
Sin City Theater

2:30pm MDT

Junk Girl (17 min)

Junk Girl (17 min)

Anthem Films

Junk Girl

Short Narrative

(animated) Mohammad Zare, dir. (17 min) This poignant story, about a lonely girl trying to find friendship and meaning in her life, is based on a poem by Tim Burton and also shares Burton’s artistic style and musical sensibility. Beautifully animated and poignantly told by Iranian... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 2:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:00pm MDT

Police Strike Force (19 min)

Police Strike Force (19 min)

Anthem Films

Police Strike Force

Short Documentary

Deron Brunson dir. (19 min) Former Sheriff William J. “Dub” Lawrence of Davis County, Utah, provides riveting analysis of the impact of lethal force currently being used by police officers against U. S. citizens. POLICE STRIKE FORCE shows the increasing awareness and involvement... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 3:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:30pm MDT

When We Meet Again (14 min)

When We Meet Again (14 min)

Anthem Films

When We Meet Again

Short Narrative

Jimmy Lui, dir. (14 min) It's never easy surviving the death of the love of your life. What would you do to spend one more day together? What if your love didn't have to end with "'til death do us part"? This suspenseful and thought-provoking story explores the responsibilities and... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 3:30pm - 4:00pm MDT
Sin City Theater

4:00pm MDT

Wigs (24 min)

Wigs (24 min)

Anthem Films

Wigs

Short Narrative

Matt Edwards, dir. (24 min)Sick and tired of seeing all the attention that comic book superheroes garner on the sidewalks of Hollywood Blvd., Virginia, a widowed grandmother with some disposable income, founded Wigs on Wheels. A group of historical re-enactors that travel around... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 4:00pm - 4:30pm MDT
Sin City Theater

4:30pm MDT

Shelter (15 min)

Shelter (15 min)

Anthem Films

Shelter

Short Narrative

R. J. Daniel Hanna, dir. (15 min) SHELTER stars Clea DuVall (Argo, Zodiac, Girl Interrupted) and April Grace (Whiplash, Magnolia), and takes place in one day at a local animal shelter, where Petra (Clea DuVall), a prison inmate trustee, works to help socialize a dog deemed too aggressive... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 4:30pm - 5:00pm MDT
Sin City Theater

8:00pm MDT

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (Tim Skousen, Jeremy Coon, dirs.)

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (82 min)

Anthem Films

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

Talk about a dream come true... Over 30 years ago, a group of friends aged 11 and 12 decided to remake Raiders of the Lost Ark shot for shot, entirely from memory, using their parents' basements and backyards as studios and neighborhood kids as cast members. For seven years they... Read More →

Wednesday July 8, 2015 8:00pm - 10:00pm MDT
Wilshire

9:30am MDT

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (40 min) (Stephen Cox, mod.)

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall (40 min)

Speakers

Stephen Cox

Professor, UC San Diego; Editor, Liberty Magazine

Stephen Cox is the editor of Liberty magazine, an American monthly libertarian and classical liberal review. He is also a professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego and author of several non-fiction books. Cox, who had been a longtime... Read More →

Anthem Films

Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall

Short Documentary

Edgar Barens, dir. (40 min) PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL is a moving cinema verité documentary that breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 9:30am - 10:20am MDT
Sin City Theater

12:00pm MDT

PANEL "How Comedy Can Save Us from Outrage Culture and Censorship” with sneak peak of upcoming film, Can We Take a Joke? Ted Balaker, dir. Panelists: Courtney Balaker, Ted Balaker, Greg Lukianoff, Zach Weissmueller

Panel: 'How Comedy Can Save Us from Outrage Culture and Censorship” with sneak peak of upcoming film, Can We Take a Joke? Ted Balaker, dir. Panelists: Courtney Balaker, Ted Balaker, Greg Lukianoff, Zach Weissmueller

Speakers

Courtney Balaker

Co-Founder, Korchula Productions

Courtney Balaker is a filmmaker and co-founder of Korchula Productions, a film production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. She has produced for the likes of Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company, Universal Pictures, and PBS. She is the director of LITTLE PINK... Read More →

Ted Balaker

Co-Founder, Korchula Productions

Ted Balaker is a filmmaker, journalist, and co-founder of Korchula Productions, a film production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. He has produced for the likes of John Stossel, Drew Carey and Reason TV. His written work has appeared in many outlets including... Read More →

Greg Lukianoff

President, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Greg Lukianoff is a First Amendment attorney and president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) a national nonprofit that fights for free speech on college campuses. He is the author of Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate and... Read More →

Zach Weissmueller

Writer, Video Producer, Reason TV

Zach Weissmueller is a video producer and writer who works for Reason TV. He is a co-producer on the Korchula Productions project CAN WE TAKE A JOKE?, a feature documentary (currently in post production) about comedians, outrage culture, and free speech that features Adam Carolla... Read More →

Exhibitors

FIRE

The mission of FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights in Education) is to defend and sustain individual rights at America’s colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience—the essential... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 12:00pm - 12:50pm MDT
Sin City Theater

1:00pm MDT

PlantPure Nation (92 min) Q&A with T. Colin Campbell

PlantPure Nation (92 min) Q&A with T. Colin Campbell

Speakers

T. Colin Campbell

Cornell University

T. Colin Campbell (born, January 1, 1934) is an American biochemist who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a... Read More →

Anthem Films

Plantpure Nation

Feature Documentary

Nelson Campbell, dir. (92 min)PLANTPURE NATION tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. When nutritional scientist T. Colin Campbell speaks before the Kentucky legislature, he inspires his son... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 1:00pm - 3:10pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:15pm MDT

Shelter (15 min)

Shelter (15 min)

Anthem Films

Shelter

Short Narrative

R. J. Daniel Hanna, dir. (15 min) SHELTER stars Clea DuVall (Argo, Zodiac, Girl Interrupted) and April Grace (Whiplash, Magnolia), and takes place in one day at a local animal shelter, where Petra (Clea DuVall), a prison inmate trustee, works to help socialize a dog deemed too aggressive... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 3:15pm - 3:45pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:50pm MDT

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (59 mn)

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (59 mn)

Anthem Films

BitCoin: The End of Money As We Know It

Feature Documentary

Ben Wolley, dir. (59 min) World Premier!Bitcoin: The End Of Money As We Know It traces the history of moneyfrom the bartering societies of the ancient world to the tradingfloors of Wall St. The documentary exposes the practices of centralbanks and the dubious financial actors who... Read More →

Thursday July 9, 2015 3:50pm - 4:40pm MDT
Sin City Theater

9:00am MDT

Police Strike Force (19 min)

Police Strike Force (19 min)

Anthem Films

Police Strike Force

Short Documentary

Deron Brunson dir. (19 min) Former Sheriff William J. “Dub” Lawrence of Davis County, Utah, provides riveting analysis of the impact of lethal force currently being used by police officers against U. S. citizens. POLICE STRIKE FORCE shows the increasing awareness and involvement... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 9:00am - 9:50am MDT
Sin City Theater

10:00am MDT

The Biology of the Second Reich (14 min) George Gilder, discussant

The Biology of the Second Reich (14 min) discussion by George Gilder

Speakers

George Gilder

Co-founder, Discovery Institute

George Gilder is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, Republican Party activist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 international bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a practical and moral case for supply-side economics and capitalism... Read More →

Anthem Films

Biology of the Second Reich

Short Documentary

John G. West, dir. (14 min) THE BIOLOGY OF THE SECOND REICH tells the disturbing story of the impact of Social Darwinism on German militarism in the years leading up to World War I, including an exploration of the role played by German scientists and documentation of the German genocide... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 10:00am - 10:30am MDT
Sin City Theater

10:30am MDT

Searching for Eddie Running Wolf (98 min)

Searching for Eddie Running Wolf (98 min)

Anthem Films

Searching for Eddie Running Wolf

Feature Documentary

Thomas Hartmann, dir. (98 min) Who is Eddie Running Wolf? Many asked that question along the road as two likable documentarians searched for the elusive Native American artist. Legend hinted of an artist so talented that he could carve anything out of a piece of wood. Rumors swirled... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 10:30am - 12:20pm MDT
Sin City Theater

1:30pm MDT

Helio (20 min)

Heilo (20 min)

Anthem Films

Helio

Short Narrative

Teddy Cecil, dir. (20 min) One worker sparks a revolution when he attempts to break free of his dystopian underworld.

Friday July 10, 2015 1:30pm - 2:00pm MDT
Sin City Theater

2:00pm MDT

2:00 Junk Girl (based on a poem by Tim Burton) (17 min)

2:00 Junk Girl (based on a poem by Tim Burton) (17 min)

Anthem Films

Junk Girl

Short Narrative

(animated) Mohammad Zare, dir. (17 min) This poignant story, about a lonely girl trying to find friendship and meaning in her life, is based on a poem by Tim Burton and also shares Burton’s artistic style and musical sensibility. Beautifully animated and poignantly told by Iranian... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 2:00pm - 2:20pm MDT
Sin City Theater

2:30pm MDT

The Cage (27 min)

The Cage (27 min)

Anthem Films

The Cage

Short Narrative

Peter Wells, dir. (27 min) A young man drives to the Mendocino Coast to get away from his marital and financial problems. He goes to a quiet beach at sunset and is surprised by a seemingly homeless older man who sits on a driftwood log beside a small fire and greets him warmly... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 2:30pm - 3:00pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:10pm MDT

Stumped (10 mn)

Stumped (10 min)

Anthem Films

Stumped

Short Documentary

Robin Berghaus, dir. (10 min) 'Stumped' is an uplifting documentary about the survival and physical rehabilitation of a filmmaker who suddenly finds himself a quadrilateral amputee. It highlights the trials and triumphs of adapting to a world he never could have imagined, including... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 3:10pm - 3:20pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:30pm MDT

Power’s War (65 min)

Power’s War (65 min)

Anthem Films

Power's War

Feature Documentary

Cameron Trejo, dir. (66 min) As America entered WWI, Congress passed a law making it illegal to speak out against the war or fail to register for the draft. These two laws led to the deadliest shootout in Arizona’s history as a family of silver prospectors silently protested America’s... Read More →

Friday July 10, 2015 3:30pm - 4:45pm MDT
Sin City Theater

9:00am MDT

Vision: Healing the Blind in Ethiopia (15 min)

Vision: Healing the Blind in Ethiopia (15 min)

Anthem Films

Vision: Healing the Blind in Ethiopia

Short Documentary

Eric Perlman, dir. (16 min) VISION is the story of five blind Ethiopian farmers and housewives, helpless and hopeless and waiting for death. We follow their lives from darkness, through a simple surgical process, to the astonishing moment that sight returns and their lives become... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 9:00am - 9:30am MDT
Sin City Theater

10:30am MDT

Farming in Fear (28 min)

Farming in Fear (28 min)

Anthem Films

Farming in Fear

Short Documentary

Sean Malone, dir. (28 min)In 2006, Martha Boneta bought a tattered, two hundred year-old farm in Paris, Virginia, on 64 beautiful acres about an hour West of Washington DC. Liberty Farm was the realization of Martha's childhood dream to become a working farmer and bring homegrown... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 10:30am - 11:10am MDT
Sin City Theater

11:10am MDT

For Love of Gov (10 min)

For Love of Gov (10 min)

Exhibitors

Independent Institute

Booths 400 & 402

The Independent Institute is a non-partisan, public-policy research and educational organization that shapes ideas into profound and lasting impact. The mission of Independent is to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies grounded in a commitment to human worth and... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 11:10am - 11:20am MDT
Sin City Theater

1:30pm MDT

Imminent Threat (74 min)

Imminent Threat (74 min)

Anthem Films

Imminent Threat

Feature Documentary

Janek Ambros, dir. (74 min) Executive produced by Oscar nominee James Cromwell and filmed in part at FreedomFest, this documentary examines the consequences of the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to your civil liberties and political discourse. From the Authorization to... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 1:30pm - 2:45pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:00pm MDT

Where We Go from Here (14 min)

Where We Go from Here (14 min)

Anthem Films

Where We Go From Here

Short Narrative

Matthew Szewczyk, dir. (14 min) When a Pakistani journalist secures a rare interview with government whistleblower Edward Snowden, she doesn’t realize how much it will cost her.

Saturday July 11, 2015 3:00pm - 3:20pm MDT
Sin City Theater

3:30pm MDT

When We Meet Again (14 min)

When We Meet Again (14 min)

Anthem Films

When We Meet Again

Short Narrative

Jimmy Lui, dir. (14 min) It's never easy surviving the death of the love of your life. What would you do to spend one more day together? What if your love didn't have to end with "'til death do us part"? This suspenseful and thought-provoking story explores the responsibilities and... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 3:30pm - 4:10pm MDT
Sin City Theater

4:00pm MDT

Wigs (24 min)

Wigs (24 min)

Anthem Films

Wigs

Short Narrative

Matt Edwards, dir. (24 min)Sick and tired of seeing all the attention that comic book superheroes garner on the sidewalks of Hollywood Blvd., Virginia, a widowed grandmother with some disposable income, founded Wigs on Wheels. A group of historical re-enactors that travel around... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 4:00pm - 4:25pm MDT
Sin City Theater

4:25pm MDT

PANEL “Film and the Power of Storytelling” Teddy Cecil, Matt Edwards, R. J. Daniel Hanna, Jimmy Lui, Matthew Szewczyk; Adam Guillette, mod.

anel: “Film and the Power of Storytelling” Teddy Cecil, Matt Edwards, R. J. Daniel Hanna, Jimmy Lui, Matthew Szewczyk moderated by Adam Guillette

Moderators

Adam Guillette

President of Development, Moving Pictures Institute

MPI's Vice President of Development, Adam Guillette has extensive experience in the liberty movement. In 2007 Americans for Prosperity selected Adam Guillette to launch their Florida chapter. Within a year the chapter gained over 150 media hits statewide while defeating over $370... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 4:25pm - 4:50pm MDT
Sin City Theater

10:30pm MDT

ANTHEM FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Prize Director - Encore! See the Grand Prize Winner

Exhibitors

Anthem Film Festival

Tabletop 16

Now in its fifth season, Anthem Libertarian Film Festival is one of the fastest growing features of FreedomFest. Many attendees spend more time at the movies than in the speaker sessions! This year we are bringing you 19 fascinating films. See your program guide, pocket agenda, or... Read More →

Saturday July 11, 2015 10:30pm - 11:00pm MDT
Melrose 3