Oxford Film Festival 2009

A special preview of selections from $5 Cover, a multiplatform series from MTV Networks, directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan). Emerging musicians from Memphis, Tennessee, play themselves as they fight for love, inspiration, and money to pay the rent.

Song by: Blue Mountain

A middle class couple in retirement takes a leisurely excursion to the park for a picnic. The serenity of an intimate meal in nature is shattered by the appearance of a distraught mime on the run from a mysterious threat.

This documentary exploration of lives both deeply and permanently affected by Elvis Presley follows those who have been imprinted, fathered, fulfilled and even destroyed by the “King of rock and roll.” Included among the interviews is Paul McLeod, owner of Graceland Too in Holly Springs, Miss.

In a cold and hostile future, an old lady is forced to break the rules in order to get some food for her little dog.

Inspired by film noir and black and white Hollywood horror films. In these videos – a series of short video loops produced exclusively with composited computer animation – there is no beginning and no end, only a single moment continually repeating like a skipping record. Questions are not answered; the story is implied but never defined.

A boy in the Mississippi Delta struggles to come to terms with the death of his father, while his mother and uncle squabble over what to make of what’s left of their tentative family bonds. Presented by Ground Zero Blues Club.