Macon, GA Macon Clones at the Macon Film Festival.

Four Macon Clones films have been accepted into the Macon Film Festival.

Busted: A self proclaimed Sith Lord has engineered an assault on a small moon during the Clone Wars. With the resources of the Republic spread thin throughout the galaxy, a lone Jedi is dispatched by the Council to stop him.

Speeder: In this award nominated piece, a speeding motorist is pulled over by local authorities and attempts to use the Force to get out of a ticket.

Remote: A lazy couch-potato tries to use the force to get his T.V. Remote.

Blue Milk: In our lastest offring, Princess Leia is the new spokes kid for Hutt?s All Natural Bantha Blue Milk.


Here is the info for the festival:


MAGA Film Festival

Daily Breakdown:

Thursday, April 6th ? MAGA Kick Off

Reception (Off Broadway & Capitol Theatre) featuring a performance by Mike Willis and the Escape Artist 6:00-8:00pm
MAGA Special Screenings (The Accountant dir Ray McKinnon) 8:00-9:00pm
(29th and Gay dir Carrie Preston) 9:00 ? 11:30pm

Friday, April 7th ? MAGA Day One

Laurel & Hardy?s ?Two Tars? 7:00pm (organ performance by Ken Double)
MAGA Film Screenings 8:00-10:00pm
Buster Keaton?s ?06 Week? 10:00pm (organ performance by Ken Double)
MAGA Special Screening (Deliverance dir John Boorman) 10:30 ? 12:00am

Saturday, April 8th ? MAGA Day Two

MAGA Screening 12:00-2:00pm (Macon filmmaker submissions)
MAGA Film Screenings 2:00-7:30pm
MAGA Special Screening (Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus) 7:30-9:00pm
Art Opening (11th Hour Office) 9:00-12:00am

Sunday, April 9th ? MAGA Day Three

MAGA Awards Ceremony and Screening of Winning Films 5:00-7:00pm
MAGA Special Screening (Wise Blood dir John Huston) 7:00-9:00pm

MAGA Passes:

Executive Producer Pass - $50.00

Gives entry to all MAGA film screenings, special screenings, awards ceremony, and receptions. Pass is valid for all four days of the festival.

Director?s Pass - $20.00

Gives entry to all MAGA film screenings and special screenings. Valid for all four days

Production Assistant Pass - $30.00 (Student Pass)

Gives entry to all MAGA film screenings, special screenings, awards ceremony, and receptions. Pass is valid for all four days of the festival.

Daily Pass - $10.00

Gives entry to MAGA and special film screenings for one day only.



SPECIAL SCREENINGS:

The Accountant ? directed by Ray McKinnon

Georgia born director Ray McKinnon?s short film The Accountant was the 2001 Academy Award Winner for Best Live Acton short.

Synopsis - The Accountant, the 2001 Academy Award Winning ® Best Action Live Short film, Ray McKinnon tells the story of a mysterious accountant whose remarkable mathematical skills just might save the O?Dell family farm. (courtesy of Internet Movie Database)

29th and Gay ? directed by Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston is a Macon native who got her start at Theatre Macon. She is an accomplished actress and 29th and Gay is her first film in which she plays the role of producer, director, and editor.

Synopsis - 29th and Gay' is the movie for the gay everyman. Following a year in the life of James Sanchez, it's a story about a guy rapidly approaching thirty, who doesn't have a six-pack, full head of hair or a boyfriend. While his best friend Roxy, an actress-turned-activist, struggles with showing him there's life beyond the glitz of the disco ball, his other friend, Brandon, one of those gay boys comfortable in his own gay skin, works on getting James to at least talk to a boy. Feeling out of place in the world of circuit boys, caught between his Hispanic-American heritage and being gay, we watch James find his place in the world, realizing that life is in the journey, not the destination. (courtesy of Internet Movie Database)

Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus ? directed by Andrew Douglass

Jim White plays himself in this engaging journey into the Deep South. Director Andrew Douglas tracks the alternative-country crooner as he brings his music to such diverse establ

 

For those who didn't make it, "Busted" won 3rd place in the Comedy category.