FREE FILM - Moonshine - 8/21/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE  Moonshine: A young convenience store clerk’s passionless existence is altered eternally when a vampire steps out of the shadows. From the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, this impressive debut film by indie director Roger Ingraham breathes new life into what a vampire film can be.

SHORT  Ring of Blood: A mercenary hired by the Asian mafia to steal a diamond ring worth millions of dollars decides to go against them and keep it for himself along with the exchange money, bringing a bloodshed to everyone who gets close to it. Starring Davis Choh as the unruled mercenary and Viktor Murakami as the villain. It’s only a matter of time to see who finally gets that precious ring.

FREE FILM: Iron Jawed Angels - 8/26/08 - Tuesday

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

FREE FILM - To The Hills 2 - 8/28/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE   tothehills 2: Living on credit? Roommate sneaking your milk? Caught under uncomfortably long eye-contact? Run tothehills Fill your closet with other peoples’ clothes, buy ‘real’ estate on the moon, travel time, lose friends over a moustache and gain them back online. Do it all and be everything, tothehills. 

SHORT  Louder Than Words: A Flipbook Story: A young man tries to poison a bunny rabbit for eating from his perfect little garden. As a result, he discovers that for every action there’s an equal and opposite reaction, when his home becomes infested with maggots, and flies are ruining his meals and his peace. To win back control of his home he must defeat the tiny enemy invaders in an epic fly battle.

FREE FILM - The Lonely Bull - 9/4/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE   The Lonely Bull: The story of a lost individual who attempts to change his losing ways and win the love of another through a dream of becoming a professional matador.

SHORT  AI: A young woman, haunted by the memories of her parents being murdered, discovers the truth about herself and her sensei. Inspired by the great tradition of Japanese cinema, Ai is an exploration of themes that stem from the era of the fearless warriors, the samurai.

FREE FILM - Charlie - 9/11/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE  Charlie: A man who has failed in love and continually destroyed the lives of the people he loves most embarks on an emotional journey to discover where he went wrong. After seeing another man’s car parked in his driveway, Charlie becomes convinced that his wife is having an affair. Determined to discover the truth behind the stranger he has transformed into, he seeks out his ex-girlfriend and enters a disastrous confrontation with his best friend. As Charlie’s journey sends him reeling through the streets, he sets out in search of a stranger in hopes of making some kind of emotional connection.

SHORT   I F*CKING HATE YOU: Sabi Pictures presents the breakthrough performances of John T. Woods and Marion Kerr in this raw, compelling glimpse into a young man’s ill-conceived scheme to redeem himself in the eyes of his ex-girlfriend. Praised by Ain’t It Cool News as “Brilliant”, Zak Forsman’s directorial debut is an emotionally-charged work with highly authentic performances

FREE FILM - Meditate and Destroy - 9/18/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE  Meditate and Destroy: A feature documentary about punk rock, spirituality, and inner rebellion. This powerful documentary shows how author Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream) uses his personal experience and punk-rock sensibilities to connect with young people within juvenile halls and urban centers around the country. Tattoos, motorcycles, and an engaging punk rock soundtrack are featured in this hardhitting look at how Buddhism has a place in the world of punks.

SHORT   Soledad Is Gone Forever: Part of the Cannes Film Market- Short Film Corner in 2007, this is a spellbinding, visually stunning, psychological drama that explores the chilling consequences of political persecution through the eyes of Soledad Gonzalez, a young Chilean photographer living in San Francisco.

FREE FILM - Damage Done - 9/25/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE   Damage Done: When Elliot comes to the aid of a beautiful hitchhiker named Andrea while traveling on the open road, he is drawn into a world of drugs and deceit his quiet Middle American background never prepared him for. As a relationship develops between the two loners, Elliot becomes convinced that he can give Andrea a good life that will lift her up from the throes of heroin abuse and criminal activity. Ultimately, it is the deep wounds of his own past that prove to be the greatest obstacle in his quest to save his damaged love.

SHORT   Fragments: A man begins to recall a repressed memory from his past, but in a fractured and nonsensical form. This film explores the unsettling images that come to him as he discovers what in his past was so terrible that he initially drove it from his mind.

FREE FILM - All For Melissa - 10/2/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

HUB-BUB presents the "From Here to Awesome" Showcase Film Festival every Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., starting August 7 and ending October 2. Each week another short and feature length film will be screened and the public is invited to attend these FREE showings. Independent films competed to be one of the select films shown at theaters and other venues like The Showroom worldwide. For updates and more insight check out this blog. "From Here to Awesome" is the brainchild of Arin Crumley, a filmmaker who did a three-week residency at HUB-BUB in May 2008.   *17 and over admitted.

FEATURE   All for Melissa: Set in Hawaii, this film tells the story of a young man whose obsession for Hollywood’s “It” actress leads him on a quest to meet her and win her heart. During the journey, he discovers he may already be in love with another girl, his best friend.

SHORT  Memoirs of the Elderly: A young man meets an old stranger at the park who recollects crazy memories from his past involving unicorns and dinosaurs. Indulge yourself in the silly animations by Edgar Nielsen that will leave you confused for the rest of your life.

FREE FILM: The Real Dirt on Farmer John - 10/9/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Green Screen Film Series returns! Sponsored by HUB-BUB, the Hub City Farmers Market , Partners for Active Living and Upstate Forever , this seven-week series runs from Oct. 9 to Nov. 20. These films, all "green" documentaries, were a huge hit in 2007 and are back by popular demand. Each event features a panel discussion and offers audience participation.

FREE FILM: TBA - 10/16/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

FREE FILM: KIng Corn - 10/23/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

FREE FILM: Renewal - 10/30/08 - Thursday

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary about how the family household has become one of the most ferocious environmental predators of our time.

Concerned for the future of his new baby boy, writer/director Andrew Nisker takes an average urban family, the McDonalds, and asks them to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months.  filmmaker Andrew Nisker skillfully and succinctly puts all of the information in one place—shifting the movement from melting glaciers and oil slicks to our neighborhoods and into our homes, so that average people can connect the dots between their actions and the environment and be inspired to change their polluting ways.