The 11th annual KAN Film Festival will screen 78 finalists June 1 at Kansas University’s Lied Center. This will include a professional division, as well as many student works.
The festival begins at 8:30 a.m. with the presentation of awards at 5 p.m. Admission is free; the event is open to the public.
The KAN Film Festival, is principally sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission, and the Missouri Film Commission, and is the largest student film festival in Kansas and Missouri.
For more information visit the Web site at www.kanfilmfest.org.
The schedule is as follows:

Venue 1
Main auditorium at the Lied Center
8 a.m., registration table opens lobby
8:30 a.m., opening remarks

COLLEGE DIVISION
Music video:
starting at 9 a.m.
“Annie O’Brien by The Trio Plus One” (Jonathan Dillon, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park)
“I Smell The Rain by Galen Brent Roberts” (Galen Brent Roberts and Randall Moore, Southwest Missouri State University, Nixa, Mo.)
“Just Another Day in My Life by Matt Lawless” (Matt Lawless, Southwest Missouri State, Ozark, Mo.)
“St. Belial by Italian Angels” (Troy Blank, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Independence, Mo.)
“Summer Days by Calsto” (Jeremy Osbern, Kansas University, Lawrence)

Documentary:
starting about 9:30 a.m.
“Building New Lives, One Life at a Time” (Patrick Rea and Vickie Goetz, KU, Schuyler, Neb.)
“Many Steps” (Patrick Mureithi, Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, Mo.)
“Movin’ on Down the Line” (Kyle Hamrick, Ravi DeSilva and Spencer Post, KU, Lawrence)
“Noland Road” (Troy Blank, UMKC, Independence, Mo.)
“Prostitution in Kansas City” (Toby Lawrence, UMKC, Kansas City, Mo.)

Drama/comedy:
starting about 11:10 a.m.
“10 Speed” (Ethan Shaftel, University of Southern California, Lawrence)
“Get Out of Dodge” (Katie Ackerman, California Arts, Dodge City)
“Paradise Lounge” (Shandra Kehl, Columbia College, Chicago.)
“Peeping Tom” (Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, USC, Kansas City, Kan.)
“Razorburn” (Nicholas Gartner, Webster University, St. Charles, Mo.)
12:30 p.m.-1p.m., lunch break

Industrial education:
starting at 1 p.m.
“Myasthenia Gravis Assn. Corporate Video” (Sara Maley, Avila College, Kansas City, Mo.)
“Starbright Kansas Nights” (Bryan Dembinski, New York University, Olathe)
“Training to Be the Best” (Megan Bridge, Avila College, Evergreen, Colo.)

Original:
starting about 1:25 p.m.
“Catch the Buzz” (Peter L. Cutler, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.)
“Francis Bacon” (Nathan Christner; Hutchinson Community College, Hutchinson)
“Held Captive” (John Hull, Southwest Missouri State, Springfield, Mo.)
“Man Versus Refrigerator” (Jeremy Osbern, KU, Lawrence)
“Vivid Dreams of Desolation” (Erin Barnes, Avila College, Kansas City, Mo.)

OPEN DIVISION
(Pre-judged)
Music Video:
starting about 1:55 p.m.
“Satchmoe by Nick Bergwell” (Thom Blackburn and Nick Bergwell, Leawood)
“Take Me Back” (Adam Lockridge, Olathe)
“The Darkness” (Malak Muhammad, Topeka)
“The Naked Eye” (Luis DeVega, Los Angeles)
“The Ranger’s Song” (Dan Spurgin, The Hypothetical Seven, Lawrence,)

Drama/comedy under 30 minutes:
starting about 2:25 p.m.
“Bagged” (David Hodes, Overland Park)
“Dwindling” (Arnie Lerner, Albuquerque, N.M.)
“Killing Michael Bay” (Todd Norris and John McGrath, Overland Park)
“Prisoner Of Love” (Rich Ambler, Fairway)
“Your Loss” (Ty Jones, Lake Winnebago, Mo.)

Original:
starting about 3:40 p.m.
“Content” (Tamara Christensen, KU, Lawrence)
“Farkleberry Farm” (Jeff Owens,Kansas City, Mo.)
“Rain” (Matthew Jacobson, Lawrence)
“The Nightmare” (Peter Cutler, MU, Columbia, Mo.)
Screenings end about 4:40 p.m.
5 p.m., awards presentation in main auditorium.

Venue 2
Oldfather warm-up room at the Lied Center

INTERMEDIATE
DIVISION
D.A.R.E.:
starting at 9 a.m.
“A Dreamworld’s Reality” (Kevin Lander, Shawnee Mission East, Overland Park,)

Drama-comedy:
starting at approximately 9:15 a.m.
“A Little Murder on Palmer Court” (Jenny and Katie Schaetzel, Southwest Junior High, Lawrence)
“A Walk in the Woods” (Jacob D. Frese, Council Grove Middle School, Council Grove)
“Kickin’ It with the Shake: Scene 3, Act 1, You Wan Tubble?” (Sean Gartner, St. Charles West High School, St. Charles, Mo.)

Documentary:
starting about 9:45 a.m.
“Bloody Bill Anderson: Terror in Civil War Kansas” (Jacob D. Frese, Council Grove Middle School, Council Grove)
“Juliette Gordon Low: The Revolution of Girl Scouts”(Kayla Wagner, Uniontown Junior High School, Uniontown)
“Parts of a Cell, Demonstrated through Toys” (Kayla Frost, West Junior High School, Lawrence)
Original:
starting about 10:30 a.m.
l “Blue Moon Shuffle” (John Coulter, Lee’s Summit North, Lee’s Summit, Mo.)

OPEN DIVISION
Industrial educational:
starting about 10:45 a.m.
“Blue Valley West: A Student Odyssey” (Bryan Dembinski, Olathe)
“Fundacion Vida Nueva” (Bryan S. Lawler, Joplin, Mo.)
“Starbright Kansas Nights” (Bryan Dembinski, Olathe)

SECONDARY DIVISION
Original:
starting about 11:50 a.m.
“Come on Down by The Shambles” (Bryan Cox, Olathe East High School, Olathe)
“Does Anybody Care?” (Kevin Dudzinski, Olathe North High School, Olathe)
“From Outer Space” (Jon Ulasien, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence)
“Passing Time” (Tim Bryan, Blue Springs South High School, Blue Springs, Mo.)
“The Shape Shifter” (Stacey Johnson, Shawnee Mission North High School, Lake Quivira)
12:30 p.m.-1 p.m., lunch

D.A.R.E:
starting at 1 p.m.
“Out of Control” (Ben Lindner, Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee)
“Paint it Black” (Dan Ryckert, Olathe East, Olathe)

Documentary:
starting about 1:15 p.m.
“Life in a Jar: The Courageous Story of Irena Sendler”(Elizabeth Cambers and Stewart/Underwood/ Coons, Uniontown High School, Mapleton)
“Properties of Fire” (Chelsea Lagerquist, Olathe North, Olathe)
“Vanuatu’s Gaua” (Tim Bryan, Blue Springs South, Blue Springs, Mo.)

Drama/comedy:
starting about 2:25 p.m.
“3 Shots in the Wind” (Ryan Dawson, Olathe East, Olathe)
“Barely” (Andrew Holder, Olathe North, Olathe)
“D.A.D.S.” (Tim Bryan, Blue Springs South, Blue Springs, Mo.)
“Oliver’s Pet Shoppe” (Dan Ryckert, Olathe East, Olathe)
“The Impresario” (Dan Gartner, St. Charles West High School, St. Charles, Mo.)

PRIMARY DIVISION
Documentary:
starting about 3:55 p.m.
“Elizabeth Cody Stanton: Women’s Right To Vote” (Elisabeth Knutzen, Carl Junction School, Carl Junction, Mo.)

Drama/comedy:
“To Dig The Truth” (A.S.P.I.R.E. Students, Highland Park Elementary; Lee’s Summit, Mo.)
screenings end about 4:15 p.m.

VENUE 3
Ron Evans Apollo

OPEN DIVISION
Drama/comedy
over 30 minutes:
starting about 9 a.m.
“Deconstruction” (Mark L. Adams, Great Bend)
“Fish Don’t Blink” (Charles DeBus, Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
“Stuck On Star Wars” (Dennis Ward, Bucyrus)

Noon -1 p.m., lunch break

Documentary:
starting about 1 p.m.
“Airplane Crazy” (Benjamin Meade and Michael L. Adams, Lenexa)
“Life in a Jar:The Courageous Story of Irena Sendler” (Elizabeth Cambers and Stewart,Underwood,Coons, Mapleton)
“Medicine on the Kansas Prairie” (Dan Ginavan, Eudora)
“Unreasonable Doubt: The Joe Amrine Case” (John McHale, Columbia, Mo.)

starting about 2 p.m., Benjamin Meade speaking on “Vakvagany”