1996 Workshops & Programs
1996 Program:
Atypical Families
- In Grandfathers Shadow - doc. (15min)
The film explores the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of the second
generation after World War II. Student: Emerson College, Katja Seebohm
- Second Generation - doc. (23min)
Chris is a second generation member of the Unification Movement, more
commonly referred to as the "Moonies". He participated in the 1995
mass wedding ceremony in which the Reverend Moon arranged & married
360,000 couples. Chris examines his relationship with his new wife
and the Unification Church. Student: Cornell University, Jane Greenberg
- Family Portrait - nar. (27min)
Family Portrait is an intriguing look a relationship between a
brother,
a sister, and a mother. Student: American Film Institute, Catherine
Doherty
- Protrait of a Boy and his Dog - doc. (24min)
This work is a view from the streets, rooftops, and parks of one
child's
Moscow. He provides a unique and personal perspective of changes
occurring
to himself as well as his country. Student: Brown/VGIK Russia, Robin
Hessman
Balistics
- Gun Nuts - nar.
(13Min)
A dark comedy about guns and tofu. Ind.: Los Angeles, CA, Andrew
Kimbrough
- The High Sheriff - doc.
(22Min)
A portrait of controversial Sheriff Gerald Hege of Davidson County,
NC.
Student: UNC Greensboro, Rich Keen
- duet/ biology - exp./nar. (10Min)
A sci-fi avant noire exploring the prospects of life among the
cyborgs,
a trilogy of failed posthuman duets. Student: Duke University, Roger
Warren Beebe
- Yellow Wasps: Anatomy of War Crime - doc.
(69Min)
This documentary chronicles the activities of one Serbian paramilitary
group,
both victims & criminals, and what officials knew about "ethnic
cleansing".
Ind.: New York, NY, Rory O'Connor
Social Change
- Taxi-vala - doc.
(48Min)
A community of South Asian taxi drivers and a second generation film
maker
share estranged cultural relationships in NYC. Student: Vivek Renjen
Bald
- The Birds for Christmas - nar. (20Min)
A film about fear, real and imagined. Student: UNC-Greensboro,
Charlie Holden
- Holding Ground - doc. (58Min)
A Boston community ravaged by arson and crippled by decades of
redlining and
government neglect rebuilds itself through the efforts of a racially
diverse
group. Shot over a 5 year period, it shows how the Dudley St. Neighborhood
Initiative was able to create and carry out its own agenda for change.
Ind.: Dorchester, MA, Mark Lipman & Leah Mahan
A Different Voice
- These Shoes Aren't Made for Walking - doc. (27Min)
A documentary about four generations of women in the film maker's
family,
using the stories of their shoes to explore the roles and aspirations of
Chinese women over the past century. Ind.: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Paul
Lee
- Dierdre's Choice - ani. (23Min)
A headstrong heroine, Dierdre, defies King and Kingdom to pursue her
love
and her fate in this classic Irish tragedy. Created in cameraless style
of animation by drawing and painting directly on 35mm film. Ind.:
Portland, OR, Rose Bond
- Hong Kong or Hay River - doc. (25Min)
A women tries to get a job. Ind.: Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada,
Marie Cambon
- Girlish-Boyish - nar.
(17Min)
A love story. Student: New York University, Stephane De Sepibus
Mitchell
Portraits
- Farley Mowat Ate my Brother -comedy (7min)
A short comedy about fictitious devastation. Ind.: Vancouver, BC,
Canada, Ken Hegan
- No Hands - nar.
(8Min)
Hungry for the wind in her hair and the thrill of an unknown destiny,
a young
daredevil awaits the ride of her life. Student: University of Southern
California,
Colleen Noelle Crabtree
- Emily, Greensboro - exp./ani. (6Min)
He is the spectator. He watches Emily. He desires Emily. But that is
a problem because... Emily changes. Student: UNC-Greensboro/San
Francisco
Arts Institute, Andres Sanz
- We Will Live Forever - ani. (5Min)
People walk in a night city. They seem to be city people, but deep
inside
they have memories from aboriginal man. Ind.: Lexington, MA, Yvonne
Andersen &. Dominic Falcone
- Statuary - exp./nar.
(27Min)
Combining humor and melancholy, Statuary follows two women, each at a
different stage in life.
Ind.: Providence, RI, Laura Colella
- Life's a Drag - music video (4min)
Portrait of the "girl next door"- in this case a drag queen. "Connie
Chung
let me rock you." Original music by Richard Hezlep. Student:
UNC-Greensboro, Richard Hezlep
- Mailman - nar. (16Min)
A dedicated mailman, a lying post office, and confused neighbors.
Ind.: Beverly Hills, CA, Lysa
- The Method - comedy/nar
(16 Min)
Black satire about the film making process in the near future .
Student: London
International Film School, Rick Onorato
- Family Fugue - nar. (27Min)
A brief melody, written as a child and rediscovered in a packing box
in the
basement, becomes the catalyst for a young musician to break out of the
shell
of a paralyzing family structure. Student: Merion, PA, David Borden
Media Pranksters
- Wall of Noise - exp. (30Min)
A visual narrative , comprised entirely of film trailers from the
1930's through
the 70's. By extracting words and phases from these animated text a love
story
unfolds. Ind., San Francisco, CA, Tari Abranovich
- Sonic Outlaws - exp./doc. (87min)
Eight formats are mixed in this feature length experimental
documentary on contemporary
media-arts. Controversies centered around issues of
copyright-infringement, "fair use",
and culture-jamming. This dense montage of music, interviews, and found
footage spirals
dizzily through the inspired activities of media pranksters. Ind.: San
Francisco, CA,
Craig Baldwin
United by Difference: Animation and Experimental
- R.M. Leviticus - ani. (3Min)
Letviticus examines the futile life of an alienated character who
rejects
the chaos of the outside world. Student: UNC-Greensboro, Reade Whinnem
- Eat at Joe - ani.
(3Min)
One man's appetite created in eight months by a group of high school
students.
Student: Old Lyme Highschool, Old Lyme, CT, Matthew Bradford, Jim
Sanders,
Andrew Beyer, Elizabeth Hand
- Tack - exp./ani.
(6Min)
By using 16mm outtakes, Super 8 nostalgia, negatives from every still
photo
Kate has ever taken, and her very own finger prints, Tack is a film
collage
that consistently challenges the viewer's persistence of vision. Student:
University of the Arts, Kate McCabe
- Fan-Tasy - ani.
(.5min)
A fan's dream. Student: Mississippi State University, Matt Menees
- Salmon Tales - ani. (6Min)
Second grade students explore the life cycle of two Chinook Salmon,
Neon and Flippy-Flop. Student: Willamette Primary School, Portland OR
- Card Trick - ani.
(4.5min)
Can a deuce be a King? Student: U of CA, at San Diego, Robert
Herrick Russ
- Stampede - ani.
(2.7min)
A calf sets himself apart from the herd and stumbles upon an
adventure.
Student: CA Institute of the Arts, Sharon Wu
- Solo io e te - exp
(4.5min)
Two "gangsters" confront each other on the streets of New York.
Student:
Saint Ann's High School, New York, NY, Anthony Stone
- For Robin - exp.
(3.5min)
"A cry for the woman I love." Ind.: Los Angeles, CA, Jay Dunn
- Sandman - exp. (8Min)
Sandman is a hand-processed, hand manipulated film exploring the frenetic,
living qualities of memory. Student: UNC-Greensboro, Reade Whinnem
- Still Leben - exp.
(11Min)
"What isn1t caught, does not exist; what has been caught is dead.
Nude bodies in front of a black background, object of perpetual motion,
ritualistic movements. Human dissection, material and machine." Student:
Institute for the Science of Evidence, Wien, Austria, Caroline Welhs,
Barbara Graf, Micheal Domes
- HandJob - exp. (4.5min)
"Longing, warning, innocence, empathy, grace, pain, feeling, numb,
gender, control, wish, giving, reach, EMBRACE" Student: Chicago Arts
Institute, Bea Bellino
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