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SAN DIEGO, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) has announced its official selections for films to compete in the juried event which will be held in conjunction with the largest comic book and pop culture event in the United States: the San Diego Comic-Con (Comic-Con) from July 23-26, 2009.

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Beth Accomando, president of the San Diego Film Critics Society; Mark A. Altman, writer/producer of the hit ABC television show Castle; and Marc Bernardin, editor for Entertainment Weekly magazine serve as judges for films in competition. The films have no current distribution deals in place.

"Comic-Con is the meeting place for talent from a variety of popular arts fields," commented David Glanzer, spokesperson for the non-profit event, "and we're excited to see such talented filmmakers in competition this year."

Films will compete in seven categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary, Horror/Suspense, Humor/Parody and Science Fiction/Fantasy. This year 64 features, shorts and documentaries will screen as part of the four-day event. Schedules permitting, many films will include a member of the production company on hand to discuss their project and answer questions from the audience.

Official Selections of the 2009 Comic-Con International-Independent Film Festival include:

    Side Effect
    Writer/Director: Liz Adams

    Allure
    Writer/Director: Ian Hunter

    Page Turner
    Writer: Nick Rufca; Director: Oliver Pearce

    Lifeless
    Writer: David Sasich; Directors: David Sasich & Eli Sasich

    Asylum
    Writer/Director: Francesco Erba

    Alice Jacobs Is Dead
    Writer/Director: Alex Horwitz

    Soccer Mom
    Writer/Director: Leetal Platt

    The Hurricane Fist
    Writer/Director: Jimmy Lu

    Al's Beef
    Writer/Director: Dennis Hauck

    Missy and the Maxinator
    Writer/Director: Daniel J. Lynch

    Inside Out
    Writer/Director: Adam White

    Every Other Day Is Halloween
    Writer/Director: C.W. Prather

    Died Young Stayed Pretty
    Writer/Director: Eileen Yaghoobian

    Mr. Wire's Nostalgia
    Writer/Director: Jonathan Ostos Yaber

    Botnik
    Writer/Director: Jacqueline Smessaert Brennan

    The Bone Orchard
    Writers/Directors: Steven & Whitney Boe

    Capes
    Writer/Director: Bryan Cohen

    Articles of War
    Writer/Director: Daniel M. Kanemoto

    Fear
    Writer/Director: Agustin Graham

    Snuggle Time
    Writer/Director: Angela O'Sullivan

    She Farted and Created the World
    Writer/Director: Scott Coello

    Max the Hero
    Writers: Bill Corbett, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mike Salva;
    Director: Mike Salva

    Chroma Chameleon
    Writers: Marc F. Adler, Scott Biear; Directors: Marc F. Adler, Warren
    Grubb

    Her Lion's Jump
    Writer/Director: Regis Camargo

    FOT--The Next Big Thing
    Writers: Alex Dron, Rhys Darby, Karl Wills; Director: Alex Dron

    Kanizsa Hill
    Writer/Director: Evelyn Lee

    Caney Mountain
    Writers/Directors: Brian Simpson, Travis Schlitter, Tim Kail, Brandon Todd

    This Is Not A Fly
    Writer/Director: Carlos Fraiha

    Pit Stop
    Writer: Aaron Pollard; Director: Aaron Pollard, Cherie Tsukayama

    The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl
    Writer/Director: Mike Roush

    Horn Dog
    Writer/Director: Bill Plympton

    Fallen Shadows
    Writer: Miuccia Prada; Director: James Lima

    Subcutaneous
    Writers/Directors: Mike and Keith Rishkofski

    Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
    Writer: Andy Rheingold; Directors: Leopoldo Gout & Susan Holden

    Zombie Girl: The Movie
    Directors: Aaron Marshall, Justin Johnson, Erik Manck

    Monsterland 
    Writer/Director: Jorg Buttgereit

    The Book of Tomorrow
    Writer/Director: David M. Yohe

    Magritte Moment
    Writer/Director: Ian Fischer

    The Junior League of Superheroes
    Writer: Brian Leahy; Director: Justin Fair

    The Swing
    Writers: Justin Cowden, James Cluster; Director: Justin Cowden

    Death in Charge
    Writer/Director: Devi Snively

    Gorlac and Friends: A 5-Second Film Parade
    Writers/Directors: Brian Firenzi, Eric Forrest, Erik Sandoval, Michael
    Rousselet

    My Four Inch Precious
    Writers: Sou Yun Sim & Adam Lucas; Director: Sou Yun Sim

    Spider-Cide
    Writer/Director: Joel Sandvos

    300 Pounds
    Writer/Director: Jeff Centauri

    Dada
    Writer: Brad Jones; Director: B.C. Jones

    Coming Out
    Writer/Director: Nolan Wang

    Super-Anon
    Writers: All cast members and Stephen H. Plitt; Director: Stephen H. Plitt

    Animated American
    Writer: Tim Talbot; Directors: James Baker, Joe Haidiar

    Mutant Swinger from Mars
    Writer/Director: Michael Kallio

    Drawing Between the Lines
    Writer/Director: Bruce Parsons

    Dig Comics
    Writer/Director: Miguel Cima

    The Aquabats
    Writer/Director: Nathan Fackrell

    Last Son
    Writer/Director: Brad Ricca

    Diabolikal Super-Kriminal
    Writer/Director: SS-Sunda

    Hirsute
    Writer/Director: A.J. Bond

    Turbo
    Writers: Jarrett Lee Conaway & Erika Cervantes; Director: Jarrett Lee
    Conaway

    The Son of Santo
    Writer/Director: Adonay Guerrero

    The Winged Man
    Writer: Jose Rivera; Director: Marya Mazor

    Afterglow
    Writer/Director: Andres Anglade

    Over the River and Through the Higher Dimensions
    Writer/Director: Dillon Markey

    Believe
    Writer/Director: T. Justin Ross

    Goodsam and Max
    Writer/Director: Gil Nevo

    Schrodinger's Girl
    Writers: Huw Bowen & Paul Hardy; Director: Huw Bowen

A complete schedule with screening times will be posted at www.comic-con.org. Comic-Con is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.