Friday, October 8

STUDENT FILMS

11 am - 7:30 PM

Student Films Block 1

$4

11 - 11:55 am -- Kent State University  Entrees from the 2010 "Black Squirrel Flix Fest"

1. Fish for Dinner (9 min.) - Jocelyn Roueiheb [2010 - narrative short comedy]
2. Me and My Monkey (2:45 min) - Michael Thompson [2010 - narrative short comedy]
3. About the Author (8 min.) - Alex Rodia [2010 - narrative short comedic drama]
4. Recycling is a Beautiful Thing (2 min.) - Kelly Thewlis [2010 - short comedic psa]
5. Developing Hysteria (10 min) - Anthony Reif [2010 - series of shorts - Monty Python style]
6. Sucktacular (10 min) - David Burkhart [2010 - narrative short comedic drama]
7. Turn That Frown (3 min) - Josh Belford [2010 - short animation]
8. Racist GPS (4 min) - Jocelyn Roueiheb [2010 - narrative short comedy]
9. The Fall (8 min) - Stephen Vanderpool and Sean Baxter [2010 - experimental short drama]

$4

Student Films Block 2

12:10 - 1:55 PM --   Malone University  Entrees from the '09/'10 "Open Frame Film Festival"
(w/ a 10 min. break)

1. Questionable Behavior by Stephen Thomas / 13 min. / 2008 / Narrative Fiction
Will the police officer succeed in his attempt to bring in this drunken driver? Will the driver manage to keep his wits about him? Or are these the wrong questions to be asking?

2. Another Winter in Canton by Dan Walton / 5:20 min. / 2009 / Experimental
One long day in Canton, Ohio shows the quiet and subtle beauty of winter set to the music
of a local band, Wild Boy of Aveyron.

3. Definition by Alyssa Pearson / 14:37 min. / 2009 / Narrative Fiction
Val Carter feels trapped in monotony and decides to take drastic measures to escape her mundane reality. The further she is from familiarity, the more she learns that assigning meaning to her life does not need to be so definite.

4. Sloth by Dusty Jenkins / 16 min. / 2009 / Documentary
An impromptu game invented by bored college students becomes a cherished tradition lasting for seven years despite threats from the institution and even the city.

5. Benedict Sexton by Dusty Jenkins and Michael Popp / 12:44 min. / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
A break-in at midnight morphs into an unlikely connection.

6. Keepsakes by Alyssa Pearson / 16:26 min. / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
Aiden's estranged grandmother has just passed away, leaving him in a state of mournful disappointment. At the release of the will, he finds a to-do list written in her hand. Spontaneously, he decides to attempt the written tasks in order to get to know her.

7. Two for Tuesday by Ryan Baechel / 5 min. / 2009 / Experimental
One night with big questions is handled in a trippy, dreamlike (?), drugged-out (?) way in this experimental short about personal spiritual struggle.

8. (w)hole by Taylor Hazlett / 6:14 min. / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
This silent film uses iconic images to wander through a girl’s journey into adulthood. The story is big, the telling is simple. A parable about loss and recovery.

9. Always by Ashley Barstow / 3:49 min. / 2010 / Short Documentary Subject
This short documentary uses old family films to explore the connection between a song and a relationship.

10. Chalk Burst by Nate Ross, Chris DeMichel, & Meredith Borling /3:51 min. /2008 /Experimental
A class project yielded this stop motion meditation on beauty and movement; on art and nature.

Student Films Block 3

$4

Student Films Block 4

$4

3:30 - 5:25 PM --  California Institure of the Arts Film and Video Program
(w/ a 10 min. break)

1. Chit Chat Amongst the Giants by Spencer Holden / 5:50 min. / 2010 / Docu-comedy
This video takes current events and asks the question: what is man in the infinite?

2. Aberrations in the Cycle by Beaux Mingus / 6:12 min. / 2010 / Experimental
A microscopic view of both sound and image.

3. Goodbye by Stephanie Swaim / 3:27 min. / 2010 / Experimenatal
Letting go. Going within and releasing, an exploration of femininity.

4. Castaic Lake by Brigid McCaffrey / 28:30 min. / 2010 / Experimental Documentary
Taking its course, the camera drifts into the coves and surveys the shorelines of this multi-use reservoir to unearth fragments of its young history and consider a series of possible relationships to this man-made environment.

5. Forgiveness by (Kelly) Sun J. Kim / 1:10 min. / 2010 / Experimental
A visual statement about forgiveness: I attempt a psychological encounter between the unconscious and consciousness in order to help reconcile them.

6. Manahan by Kelman Duran / 30:30 min. / 2010 / Experimental Documentary
Manahan lives in Harlem.

7. Terrain/Refrains by Hong Huynh / 3:00 min. / 2010 / Experimental
An experimental medley originating on 16mm celluloid which pays homage to Man Ray as well as other direct-on-film approaches.

9. Ancient Eyes by Matt Reed / 6:06 min. / 2010 / Experimental
Cross your eyes to overlap the left and right circle to reveal a third mandala in the center. The sound recreates the frequency of a sleep state along with a slowed down Tibetan Rite to attract the spirit of kindness.

Student Films Block 5

$4

5:40 - 7:30 PM --  Columbia University (New York) Film Program
(w/ a 10 min. break)

1. The Christmas Carrot Directed by Shawn Wines/ 11 min / USA 2010 / Narractive Fiction C

2. Goodbye Sweetheart by Valerie Bischoff / 10 min. / USA / 2009 / Narrative Fiction
June struggles to say good-bye to her boyfriend Cyrus. When they reach the end of the line, she reveals her guarded secrete.

3. The Queen  Directed by Christina Choe / 5 min / USA / 2009 / Narrative Fiction
Bobby, a Korean-American teenage outcast, is working at his parents dry cleaners on prom weekend. When the prom queen and her boyfriend, stop by with their dress and tuxedo, Bobby has his own prom to remember.

4. Bone White  Directed by Michael Toscano / 15 min / USA / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
Claire and George look like the perfect couple, but when an innocent flirtation with her mysterious neighbor ends tragically, the rifts between them are revealed and she is left with no choice but to escape.

5. In Plain Sight  Directed by Alexis Perkins / 9 min. / USA / 2008 / Narrative Fiction
On what is supposed to be a relaxing day off, a young woman encounters trouble...but not where she expected it.

6. The Last Cigarette  Directed by Brooke Sebold / 8 min. / USA / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
When a teenage runaway is unexpectedly confronted by her father on her smoke break, she gives him the length of a cigarette to convince her to come home.

PREMIERE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE AS A TRILOGY:

7. Junkyard Jesús  Directed by Christoph Kuschnig / 12 min. / USA / 2010 / Narrative Fiction
Manny fences cars for quick cash. When he brings his buddy Jesus in on the scam, their friendship takes a dangerous for the worse.

8. Junkyard Dogs  Directed by Sohrab Noshirvani / 14 min / USA / 2009 / Narrative Fiction
When Eddie goes to help his older brother Jay break into a junkyard to prove his manhood, he discovers that becoming a man means more than getting your hands dirty.

9. Junkyard July  Directed by Rory Haines / 15 min / USA / 2009 / Narrative Fiction
When junkyard owner Big Mike's estranged son rolls on the lot to say he's leaving town, he realizes too late that this last chance to reconnect means goodbye forever.

For a continutaion of Friday Events go to "Friday films p.2"