Sunscreen Film Festival 2009

A groundbreaking new noir film, YESTERDAY WAS A LIE is a 'fresh and stylish tale of intrigue and metaphysical darkness' (Ain't It Cool News). Award-winning writer/director James Kerwin 'offers up a magnetic force with endless repeat value' (Film Threat) that teases the boundaries of reality.Kipleigh Brown 'exudes Bacall' (Slice of SciFi) as Hoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon who finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius (John Newton).  But her work takes a series of unforeseen twists as events around her grow increasingly fragmented... disconnected... surreal.With a sexy lounge singer (Chase Masterson) and a loyal partner (Mik Scriba) as her only allies, Hoyle is plunged into a dark world of intrigue and earth-shattering cosmological secrets. Haunted by an ever-present shadow (Peter Mayhew) whom she is destined to face, Hoyle discovers that the most powerful force in the universe -- the power to bend reality, the power to know the truth -- lies within the depths of the human heart. 'Like Blade Runner before it, YESTERDAY WAS A LIE manages to meld film noir and science fiction into a fresh new world unlike anything we've seen before' (iF Magazine).Also starring Nathan Mobley, Warren Davis, Megan Henning, Jennifer Slimko, and famed radio personality Robert Siegel.

'You're Gonna Feel Funny After' is a tragic comedy about an older brother's arrangement for his younger brother to lose his virginity with a hooker. It is a J.D. Salingeresque tale about loss of innocence in the pressures of a speeded up world. In a shadowy, timeless motel room, we meet a pimply teenager, Duke. Duke is in bed waiting for the prostitute that has been ordered for him. Duke's older brother hovers over him, giving Duke Alcohol and reassuring him that he will be a good lover. As the film progresses we realize it is actually the older brother, Mike, who is nervous and conflicted about the night's aim. Mike begins to look back on his own first sexual experience and the repercussions that followed. Somehow, delusional or not, Mike begins to connect his present hollow life as a business man with the night his virginity was lost. By the time the prostitute arrives, Mike is more than a bit wary and protective. Does the prostitute understand that his little brother is a very special kid? 'You mean retarded?’ asks the prostitute. 'No, not retarded, special.' Mike tries to call it all off, but it's too late, the money has been paid and the wheels are in motion. As he stands in the doorway to leave, watching the prostitute move closer to his little brother, he says goodbye once and for all to Duke and to his own childhood.