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Following Welcome Reception & Special Awards
OPENING FEATURE: Thurs. May 2, 2024
7:00 pm 3 RIVERS BED & BREAKFAST
2601 W. BROADWAY-Muskogee, OK 74401
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THANK YOU AMELIA EARHART
Health issues are finally forcing the elderly Myrtle out of her house. She's foul-mouthed and bigoted to everyone, including
Season, her latest fresh-out-of-school caregiver. The truths the two women learn from each other leave both forever changed.
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FOOLS GOLD
Would be gold thieves are foiled by a Cherokee curse.
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T.J. MOREHOUSE
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INTERIMS
An interim minister takes her agnostic child psychiatrist son with her to new churches, while he tries to help kids from being
bullied.
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DEAN DC CUMMINGS
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LIMITED RESCOURCES: EPISODE 1
Looking to increase its exposure to resources, Megacorp opens a portal to another world. It is dying. Its inhabitants know
it is dying and they just got a lifeline. All they have to do is move through the portal and conquer earth.
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ANTHONY F. LoPRESTI
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SEMI-FINALISTS
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BANDIDA
A brave paramedic confronts a human trafficker and rescues a child who comes to her own front door.
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ANDREW BROADHURST
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POUR MYSELF A CUP OF AMBITION
In the surreal world of Becky, an Uber driver and die-hard Dolly Parton fan, life takes an unexpected turn when her admiration
for Dolly evolves into vivid apparitions of the country music icon. Unexpectedly, Becky's imaginary Dolly Parton friend steers
her to a life of vigilante crime.
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WILLOW ALEXANDER
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THE SURVIVOR'S SUITE
A mother and daughter come to terms with incest and their fragile relationship in the liminal space of a hotel in a strange
town.
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WILLIAM SCOTT WILLIAMS
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PICKLEBALL KILLER
Brigg, an aging pickleball sensation, with supernatural speed, and dark mysterious origin, becomes the target of the Cartel
after he inadvertently rescues a young trafficked girl from their clutches. In an attempt to give Amy a better life, he becomes
her father figure and she his daughter. The two develop a touching relationship that turns dangerous when they rescue her
sister and other enslaved girls. The cops are closing in, but the cartel beats them and reclaims the girls. Brigg must use
his special abilities and all his resources in a suicidal mission to free the girls.
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JIM CARROLL
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CANADA
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WHEREWOLVES
Bullies, jocks, and geeks. A teacher. The woods. An unspeakable horror. A fresh take on an old theme where nothing is what
it seems. What is out there? Can it really be werewolves?
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JOHN VAMVAS & OLGA MONTES
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WICKED SEASON
(Based on a True Story) During the 20s, a lot of Osage Native Americans are being murdered because of their wealth and royalties.
Sarah Whitecloud's name is listed as a suicide. Decades later, a young investigator arrives at the city of Pawhuska, bringing
news that Sarah's being part of the planned murders back then. Along with Sarah's niece, he is about to discover a lot more
beyond the surface.
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JOMO MERRITT
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITH-ALTERNATIVE HORROR
A chilling tale of the internal struggles between the forces of good and evil within oneself, and the invisible universe that
surrounds us all.
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SAMUEL TAYLOR
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FAMILY
Inspired by true experiences, "Family" is a cultural horror film about a mother, Vanessa, of two young daughters
who is frequently experiencing horrifying episodes that she believes are related to her separation from her husband, Nicolas.
But after an encounter with a healer, Vanessa begins to believe that the evil presence is coming from someone close to them.
In order to protect themselves from the malevolent force that threatens to destroy them, the family must confront their past
secrets and fears. This is a haunting tale of a family's fight against the unknown, as they strive to face an unimaginable
evil.
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VICTOR DAVID CABALLERO
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LIFE'S A WITCH
A witch discovers she has lost the ability to do magic after the death of her last living descendent. Her grief-ridden life
drastically changes once she meets her new neighbor - a young girl. This unlikely friendship might be the answer to all of
her problems.
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MADISON FAYE WALTERS
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THE TENTVILLE KNIGHTS
An abused woman flees her small town with hopes of a fresh start, but instead ends up homeless in Oklahoma City while struggling
with PTSD.
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ERIN ELIZABETH COOK
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ADDIE SLAUGHTER: THE GIRL WHO MET GERINMO
Indian attacks, outlaws, rattlesnakes, smallpox and blizzards are a few of the true-to-life dangers experienced by Addie Slaughter,
daughter of the famous John Horton Slaughter, a Texas Ranger, famed Cochise County Sheriff and an early settler of the San
Bernardino Valley in the late 1800s.
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SUSAN L. KRUGER & REBA WELLS GISANDRUD
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AT THE MERCY OF FAITH-TERROR VERSION
During his "time and season," can Marvin overcome the harrowing trauma of his past... to reclaim his peace and salvation?
Or will his discombobulating guilt continue to spew him down the path of his HELL BOUND demise?
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SAMUEL LEE TAYLOR
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COREY'S HAND
A high school boy born with a deformed hand is determined to pitch for his school, like his father. His dream seems impossible
until someone very unusual appears and coaches him.
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JIM NORMAN
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TIME OUT
A man who has willfully taken a time out from his marriage for fourteen years, is suddenly thrust back into it to save the
life of an ailing son he never knew he had.
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RUSS MEYER
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BACK TO DIRECTOY & NOMINEES-PARTS 1, 2, 3, 4
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