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Immortality

by Bill Ball

Immortality 2008, 23 minutes Description: Strange tiles in the road, death, the planet Jupiter, dealing with your mother: Eli struggles against time and pressure to complete the work that only he seems to fully understand. Immortality was inspired by the mysterious “Toynbee tiles” found in Philadelphia and other major cities around the world. Cast Eli ~ Tim Hinton Iris ~ Virginia Barrie Prof. Wales ~ Ted Borodaeff Henna ~ Alycia Naylor Alton ~ James Graham Bogdan ~ Bogdan Dorohonceanu Extras ~ Ellie Fogarty, Candice Feiring, Susan Ryan, Marta Ryan Crew Sarah Keifer John Fialk Production locations Hopewell Township NJ, Ewing NJ, and Princeton, NJ

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Almost Forgotten

by Bill Ball

Almost Forgotten 2006, 11 minutes Film Festival Official Selections: Trenton Film Festival, May 5, 2007; NJ State Film Festival at Cape May, Nov 17, 2006; Opening selection, Delaware Valley Film Festival, Nov 3, 2006. Description: Grant is experiencing a crisis of existence. He is drawn into the night where he finds himself in a real life or death situation. Cast Grant………………Bob Heath Mia..................Tiffany Mualem Quentin……………Tim Hinton Police Officer……Katrina Bledsoe Connie………………Virginia Barrie Car Passenger…Sue Harris Crew Created by……………Bill Ball Assistant Director…Julianne Jones Lighting…………….....J.D. Hartman Location Sound……Jeffrey Scharf, Aaron Ratzan Production Locations Hopewell Twp. and Lawrence, NJ

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Rummy

by Bill Ball

Rummy 2005, 10 minutes Film Festival Official Selections: Trenton Film Festival, May, 2006; Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival, November, 2005; Last Picture Show Film Festival (NJ), October, 2005; Delaware Valley Film Festival (PA), September, 2005. Description: Ronnie lives on the street, trying to make it through another day. Pushed around by strangers and beset by his own demons he desperately tries to unravel his past, using an old Polaroid camera to stimulate memories of happier times. Cast: Ronald. . . . . . . . . . . . .Ted Borodaeff Minister. . . . . . . . . . . . James Graham Store Clerk. . . . . . . . . Nick Baker Skateboarder #1 . . . . . Tom McKeon Skateboarder # 2. . . . . Aubrey Holmes Ronald’s Mother. . . . . . Allison Payne Ronald’s Wife. . . . . . . Cathy Liebars Little Girl. . . . . . . . . . . Marta Ryan Little Girl’s Mother. . . . Susan Ryan Extras: Ellie Fogarty, Deborah Knox, Janet Gray, Margaret Martinetti, Paul Martinetti, Katrina…

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Lieder

by Bill Ball

Lieder 2004, 22 minutes Official Selection at the 2004 Cape May New Jersey State Film Festival. Description: Parenting takes courage to deal with all the terrible things that might happen. Is it possible to seek redemption after loosing one's nerve? Oskar must find that answer, even while doubting he ever was a legitimate parent. Exhausted from torturing himself with imaginary play-pieces of what could go wrong with being a parent, Oskar must give up the dramatics he uses to deny his past and account for himself. Lieder is inspired by the music of Gustev Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. A principal location is the historic train station in Hopewell Borough, NJ. Cast: Oskar..............James Graham Susan..............Cathy Liebars Marlene............Allison Payne Carol..............Jeanine Vivona Kyle...............Rob Walsh Katie..............Martha Ball Oskar’s daughter...Sophie Paul Crew: Katrina Bledsoe, Andy Leynes, Tim McGee, Mark Boswell