PAST EVENTS
WMFF
2024 Long Descriptions
AUG 27-TUESDAY
7PM SAUGERTIES "WOODSTOCK '94" Preventing a toxic megadump paved the way. Enter Michael Lang. Town approves festival. Festival footage & 25th reunion at Saug. Sr. Ctr. Q&A
AUG 28-WEDNESDAY
7PM IROQUOIS POWER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY American history told by Haudenosaunee orators includes essential elements that were omitted. Q&A
AUG 29-THURSDAY
7PM THE BEGINNING DAOYOU Woman faces challenge of U.S. assimilation. Her ingenuity and keen ability overcomes obstacles. Q&A
Director Biography - Jingwen Zhao
Jingwen Zhao is a Chinese filmmaker who grew up in every corner of the United States. Raised in a Chinese household and educated with American values, she represents a unique blend of cultural perspectives. Her storytelling focuses on creating memorable characters demonstrating that what is seen on the outside does not always represent the truth of what is inside. Jingwen focuses on showcasing thrilling outcasts to lovable role models. She has a passion for creating dark characters that her audience can empathize with and provoke responses by their moral choices as well as role models that kids can aspire to become like in their future.
She tells stories which center around misjudged and mistreated character's upbringing. Amplifying a perspective of the under-represented that at first glance may not be appreciated but ends with entertainment and understanding. Jingwen thrives in stories filled with drama, action, provocative psychological themes, and thrill rides.
Her recent short film THE BEGINNING OF DAOYOU shares a perspective of an immigrant college student's journey of self appreciation and cultural identity while learning to understand her mysterious super power. Previously, her thriller short film A MODELED WOMAN won Film.Gate Miami Jury Award. Her 3 minute short JOLINA won the Scene Awards Audience-Choice Best 3 Minutes short.
Besides directing, Jingwen produces short films. She produced GUT HOOKED, a coming-of-age short film that follows a young boy combatting the traumatic memories of his grandfather's death. She also freelanced as a Content Acquisition Manager and several below-the-line roles in the United States for documentaries, game and reality shows.
Jingwen Zhao is a member of the New York Women in Film and Television since 2019. She graduated with a Masters from Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts. When she is not filming, she loves to travel and experience the food and culture of new locations. In addition, she has spent time as an animal trainer, helping strengthen the pet's bond with its parents.
Director Statement
This film is a result of my profound inspiration that stems from personal experiences. Growing up, I grappled with the challenges of fitting in due to cultural disparities between China and America. It was my own longing for a relatable role model, someone who resembled me and faced similar struggles, that motivated me to bring this film to life. I wanted to shine a spotlight on individuals who are battling to find their place.
At the core, this film delves into the theme of identity. Our protagonist, Daoyou, finds it difficult to accept herself in this foreign land, burdened by the expectations imposed by her parents to assimilate. They believed that blending in and avoiding attention was the key to fitting in. However, Daoyou, already standing out due to her extraordinary powers, realizes that denying her true self is not the solution. It is through her journey that we explore the repercussions of conformity versus embracing one's uniqueness. The stakes are high, as her decision to stand out becomes a matter of life and death when she must save others from a reckless driver crashing into a restaurant.
When determining the style, tone, and genre of this film, I drew inspiration from the "Florida Project" . I wanted to infuse a dream-like quality, capturing the essence of childhood through flashbacks. The tone strikes a delicate balance between happiness and sadness, emphasizing the constant feeling of displacement that accompanies Daoyou wherever she goes. This film falls under the coming-of-age genre, as we all experience a sense of not belonging at some point in our lives.
Throughout production, we encountered numerous challenges that could have jeopardized the realization of this project. From casting to scouting suitable locations on a shoestring budget, the scope of this film seemed daunting. However, the unwavering support from those who believed in this story made all the difference. I am profoundly grateful for the incredibly talented individuals who have brought this narrative to life, as they are destined for stardom. Moreover, the generosity of those who shared their resources and expertise, driven by their love for this story, has made filming this project an absolute dream come true.
Ultimately, my aspiration for this film is for the audience to gain insight into the immigrant experience in America, where superpowers serve as both a source of strength and a scapegoat. I want them to find entertainment and be warmed by the heartfelt nature of this coming-of-age tale. By immersing themselves in Daoyou's journey, I hope viewers will not only appreciate the struggles faced by immigrants but also celebrate the beauty of embracing one's true self, no matter the circumstances.
7:45 - THE DREAMER- Memorializing artist friend, filmmaker uses art and storytelling.
A video tribute to my late friend, the wonderful artist Herb Rogoff. Herb passed away several years ago, but his artwork and personality continue to inspire me. None of the visual material you see here was shot for this " memory video," which is based on Herb's actual medical condition and artistic decline.
These shots of Herb were captured shortly before I moved to Bar Harbor, Maine, many hours from the assisted-living facility in New Jersey where Herb was living. I wanted images of him to tide me over until I saw him again. Then the pandemic hit, and the gulf between us grew farther. I never saw Herb again--except in my memories and in these images.
7:50 - HALLOWEEN - Tolerance, understanding, empathy and coexistence become obsolete concepts in the Hamas/Israel conflict.
I don't usually dabble in current-event videos, but I see this as a necessary exception. I made this video a few weeks after the terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas, and Israel's military response. All of which unleashed a new round of global anti-Jewish hatred. This Halloween, the world feels like a much more frightening place. People on both sides are barricading themselves behind ideology, and are refusing to see our shared humanity. My biggest fear is that for many people tolerance, understanding, empathy, and coexistence have become obsolete concepts.
8:PM - MANUFACTURING MADNESS Gary Null explores moral implications of the medical industrial complex. Shocking footage of deeply flawed decision-making.
In an honest ride thorough the history of psychiatry, from blood letting, induced epilepsy, electroshock therapy, lobotomies and other discarded "cures", to the latest psychotropic medication, the "preferred" drugs of the day, Manufacturing Madness takes a deep look into the snake pit. Who is insane, what causes mental illness and how should it be treated? Why are approximately 22 US veterans committing suicide each day? Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled in the last two decades? Why have hundreds of thousands of people have died, as a result of using pharmaceutical drugs.
Manufacturing Madness looks at the moral implications of the medical industrial complex, the pharmaceutical industry, drug reps, medical schools, the journals, the media, the absence of real medical science, and the lack of oversight by our captured regulatory agencies, private insurance firms and lobbying influence upon our corrupted legislators. Medicine is becoming problematic, as it claims undisputed control over the lives of of the people of this world. Is psychiatry the new religion, as it seeks absolute compliance and decision-making power, over our bodies and souls? Manufacturing Madness should be required viewing for anyone who has used, is using or considering using psychiatric medicine.
Director Biography - Gary Null, Valerie Van Cleve
Gary Null has been one of the foremost voices of the health movement. A New York Times best selling author, documentarian, and daily radio host, Gary Null has continued to be a strong voice for the consumer. Along with leading experts, he examines a wide range of topics from food production, alternative healing, politics and our economic system. Gary has aired many of his documentaries on PBS. Gary uses well-researched scientific information to support his points of view. Gary has done an original investigative reporting series on a regular basis and has published over 100 original investigative articles., and published over 100 books.
AUG 30-FRIDAY
7PM WHAT HAPPENED TO BOBI A grandmother's alien abduction story at age 22. Events that follow courageously revealed. Q&A
Three reenactments of my grandmother's alien encounters, performed by members of our family.
Director Biography - Ian Faria
Ian Faria is a writer, director and editor from Long Island, New York. He directs videos for the comedy group Simple Town, which have been featured on Adult Swim, Comedy Central and Short of the Week.
Director Biography - Ian Faria
What Happened to Bobi is an oral history of my grandmother's alien abduction at 22, and the unexplained events that followed throughout her life. Family archives are played against staged reenactments of her experiences, performed by members of our family and Bobi herself.
7:50 - BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Perfect marriage is soured when husband suspects wife is having an affair. Adult film. Q&A
Marco and Joanna enjoy an electric marriage, until Marco is witness to a series of events that lead him to suspect Joanna is having an affair with a co-worker. Starring Bob Celli (Gotham), Jennifer Plotzke (Blacklist), Dave Roberts (Blue Bloods), and Melissa Joyner (The Morning Show)
Director Biography - Bob Celli
Bob Celli is an award winning Writer/Director and
Actor. Bob's most recent film, MY OVER THERE, is making its festival run. The
film stars Emmy Winner Penny Fuller. Other films include The
KEEPER, a short film about a lonely woman yearning for connection who meets a
collector of art at a speed dating event. We soon realize that what they are
looking for in each other is vastly different. BROOKLYN IN JULY, the story of
an African-American WWII veteran, drawn to New York by
the promise of better life only to be confronted by the same realities, fear,
and hatred he hoped he had left behind. FIGS FOR ITALO, based on a true story
that happened to his mother during WWII and is also inspired by actual events.
GOING HOME, after a platoon is split up, a soldier attempts to defy the odds to
keep his men alive and get them home. Collectively, Bob's films have played at
festivals in both the US and abroad, and garnered multiple awards for Best
Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Thriller, Best Suspense, Best
Screenplay, Best Song, Best Score, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best
National Short, and Best Dramatic Short. Bob was also the recipient of a
Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Achievement for BROOKLYN IN JULY. In front
of the camera, along with starring in upcoming BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, Bob recently
co-stared on the CITY ON A HILL, FBI: MOST WANTED, BLACKLIST, and was a guest
star on GOTHAM. He appeared on The ONION NEWS NETWORK, AS THE WORLD TURNS, and
THE KEEPER, and GOING HOME. He was in the original cast of Circle, a play based
on Arthur Schnitzler's, Le Ronde. Circle was the recipient of the OOBR Award
for best Ensemble Cast. Bob also appeared in the play Down Range, a play
dealing with how military spouses face and overcome repeated deployments. Bob
is currently developing the script into the feature film, AMIRA.
imdb.me/bobcelli
Director Statement
The initial idea for Because I Love you came to me after a discussion I had with friends about communication and the danger of jumping to conclusions. What happens when everything you think you know is shattered? Not too long after that conversation, I read a true story about a relationship steeped in jealousy that took an unexpected turn. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU takes a hard look at jealousy and how it can propel humans to act in ways that can change lives forever. Many of us have been bitten by the "Green Monster" at one point or another, but we all have a choice whether or not we act on our base instincts. The action you take defines you. BBECAUSE I LOVE YOU is a short, sexy, slow burn part suspense, part thriller, and part dark comedy film.
My intent was to keep the feeling of the film deeply intimate, to make the viewer feel like a fly on the wall. We all have thoughts of good and bad. What keeps our actions in the good lane?
8:20 NO SILVER BULLET Daughter resorts to extreme measures when mother says "no to junk food."
8:22 - I'M NOT A ROBOT Questioning future robots that look and act human, a woman takes an online test to learn her identity.
After several unsuccessful attempts to complete a Captcha, feminist Lara sets out to answer the disturbing question of whether she's a robot, and therefore bought by her own boyfriend.
Director Biography - Victoria Warmerdam
Victoria Warmerdam, born in 1991, graduated as a director and writer from the Art School in Utrecht in 2015. In the same year, she earned the Burny Bos Talent Award at the Cinekid Festival for her sci-fi feature concept, SpaceKees. In 2019, she wrote and directed her short film, SHORT CALF MUSCLE, which has been showcased at over 150 festivals, including Oscar-qualifying ones such as Leuven, St. Louis, Winterthur, Edmonton, Gijon, Foyle, Show Me Shorts, Aesthetica, and Asiana ISFFF. This short film has garnered more than 50 international awards, with the IRIS Prize of £30,000 being the pinnacle. In 2021, her short film SNORRIE (MUSTACHIO) premiered at the Oscar-qualifying LA Shorts and was featured in over 150 festivals, including Oscar-qualifying events like Leuven, Flickers, Uppsala, Go Short, Foyle, and Gijon. This short film also earned over 50 international awards. I'M NOT A ROBOT marks her third film and had its international premiere at Sitges IFF, where it clinched the prestigious Best Short Film award, making the film eligible for the 2025 Oscars.
Director Statement
A short film delving into the complexities of human identity, technology, and AI, where I explore my apprehensions about these blurred boundaries. It's a narrative that also touches upon themes of labeling, embracing uniqueness, and advocating for equality and feminism. My inspiration for this story sparked when I repeatedly encountered the 'I'm not a robot' captcha while trying to access a specific website or program. After several failed attempts, a wry thought crossed my mind—what if I actually turned out to be a robot? The idea of my life unraveled by this revelation intrigued me. It led me to contemplate how my existence might change if the very foundation of my beliefs crumbled beneath me, leaving me with no solid ground to stand on. This introspection served as the catalyst for writing this narrative, a way to give shape to my anxieties straddling the intersection of technology and humanity.
8:30 - HEAR ME Seven at-risk young people share thoughts on root causes of gun violence in affluent BerkshIre County, Western Mass. Q&A
We sat down with experts on the root causes of gun violence with seven young people from the front lines.
Guns are the leading cause of death for Americans under 22 years of age, and mass shootings account for less than 1% of deaths by firearms.
We rarely listen to the young people caught up in the mass proliferation of gun violence in the US.
"Hear Me" is crafted from in-depth conversations with seven at-risk young people in the affluent Berkshire County of Western Massachusetts. Each of our remarkable cast members are working through various aspects domestic abuse, neglect, and street violence. In our film they are the experts—on their own lives, and on the root causes of gun violence.
We hear reports on mass shootings, urban street violence, and we follow political debates on the proliferation of firearms in America. But for members of the protected class gun violence usually feels like it happens elsewhere. Our cast reminds us that gun violence is happening in every community. They share wisdom, humor, creativity, and prescriptions for a way forward. They remind us that we all share responsibility for identifying and addressing the root causes of gun violence in America.
Director Biography - Dave Simonds
ΩDave Simonds (director) is an actor, writer and award winning filmmaker. He directed the docs Hear Me, The Hoy Boys, Cherry Cottage and Forgotten Farms. As an actor, Simonds worked extensively in New York, and regionally at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Long Wharf Theatre, and The Portland Stage Company. He was a familiar face in the indie-film renaissance of the late 80s and early 90s and his screen credits include Amateur, The Book of Life, Signs and Wonders, The Fish in a Bathtub, Henry Fool, B Movie, among many others. He appeared in music videos for Everything But the Girl, Beth Orton and others. He was the co-founder of the award winning Cucaracha Theater. The New York Times proclaimed, "Cucaracha Theatre has become a center for some of the most interesting experimental theatre in New York."
AUG 31-SATURDAY
7PM THE PUPPET GROOVE Music video depicts a band whose singer comes to reveal his trans identity. Animation.
Director Biography - Stefan Eling
Born in Cologne, Germany in 1963. - Studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Cologne. Since 1987 he's been an Illustrator and Animation film producer, director, animator and lecturer.
7:20 - THE UNIFORM Lonely woman dresses up as a cop in her search for human connection. Adult film. Q&A
THE UNIFORM tells the story of a lonely woman who has slipped through the cracks of life and the extremes to which she will go in her search for human connection.
Filmed in The Bronx, NY, featuring a blisteringly raw performance by Jammie Patton (The Devil You Know, Flatbush Misdemeanors, Justified) and stunning cinematography by Jeff Hutchens (Remember This, Maddoff: The Monster Of Wall Street, Murder In Big Horn)... The Uniform explores lack of human connection as a form, and a cause, of mental illness.
Director Biography - Dylan Gary
Writer/Director Dylan Gary began his screenwriting career on the writing staff of HBO's critically-acclaimed series TELL ME YOU LOVE ME. Since then he's had his original pilot BEHIND THE SUN was included in Sundance TV's 2015 development slate He received a " blind pilot" deal from Sony. Television, and was hired to do an adaptation of a novel by Steve Buscemi's company Olive Productions.
But film and filmmaking is Dylan's first love and deepest passion. And he's recently formed Three Umbrella Films, a New York based production company focusing on low and micro-budget features.
His short film, THE UNIFORM, is the first film under the Three Umbrella Films banner, and the hope is that it will be helpful in attracting like-minded filmmakers and artists to collaborate with for years to come.
Director Statement
My childhood was a peculiar one. Born in NYC, my family moved to Los Angeles when I was quite young. And there, after a horrendously violent itching reaction to my first SoCal sunburn, doctors eventually concluded that I was allergic to the sun... which was problematic,because there's a lot of it out there.
But I suppose the sense of isolation I often felt growing up, and the feeling of being somehow out of step with my own life, forged my most prominent thematic preoccupation as a writer/filmmaker...The search for connection in a disconnected world, a connection more fundamental than shared interests or political affiliations, deeper even than race or gender. That most essential yet often overlooked connection is shared by all of us: that we are alive together, right here, right now. And no matter what we may be going through, we are not alone. THE UNIFORM explores the search for this connection, and the mangling our lives can face without it.
8PM MARRIED TO COMICS Autobiographical cartoonists lay their personal lives to bare. A troubled marriage & testament to the power of love. Q&A
A rare glimpse into the life and art of two giants of autobiographical comics, who are also married. Laying their personal lives to bare in comics, including the intimate details of their troubled marriage, Justin Green and Carol Tyler pioneered and set the bar for one of comics' most important genres. In 1972, during the height of the Underground Comix movement in San Francisco, Justin changed the course of comics with his magnum opus, "Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary," about growing up Catholic with OCD. It was one of the earliest examples of an autobiographical comic and immediately influenced Art Spiegelman and Robert Crumb to create their own autobiographical work, inspiring thousands more. After reading Binky, Carol was drawn to San Francisco and to Justin, sparking a romance and marriage. For years Carol worked to distinguish herself in comics and to get out of her husband's shadow. But when their marriage is put to the ultimate test, they separate and Carol forges a path to her own comic masterpiece, " Soldier's Heart." But can the marriage survive their troubled past? " Married to Comics" is a riveting documentary that is a testament to the power of autobiographical comics, and the resilience of love.
Director Biography - John Kinhart
Renowned for his captivating documentaries, John Kinhart is an accomplished director with four feature films to his credit. Notably, he served as an editor on the critically acclaimed "8: The Mormon Proposition" (2010), which premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. His latest documentary, "Married to Comics" (2023), reflects his fascination with autobiographical cartooning and offers an intimate and gripping portrayal of the art and marriage of pioneering autobiographical comics couple Justin Green and Carol Tyler.
Kinhart's journey into documentary filmmaking began with the award-winning "Blood, Boobs & Beast" (2007), an intimate portrait of Baltimore B-movie auteur Don Dohler. This early success paved the way for opportunities, including a role as a camera operator for the MTV docu-series "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life" (2013), providing a behind-the-scenes look into the life of the celebrated pop star. Additionally, he edited "On Your Mark, Get Set, MOW!" (2012), a captivating glimpse of the offbeat yet fiercely competitive world of lawnmower racing. Among his directing credits is "Pigheaded" (2016), a in-depth exploration of the life and art of underground cartoonist Skip Williamson. In 2021, Kinhart collaborated with legendary filmmaker Jeff Krulik on "Punk & Tomatoes" (2021), a compelling web series documenting the unwavering passion of Washington, DC punk enthusiast Bill MacKenzie. Throughout his documentary career Kinhart has interviewed such notable people as J.J. Abrams, George Stephanopoulos, Art Spiegelman, Arianna Huffington, Robert Crumb, Tom Savini, and Phoebe Gloeckner.
In addition to his filmmaking pursuits, Kinhart finds fulfillment in painting, cartooning, and photography. He resides in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two children.
News & Reviews
"Their undersung art changed comics. Their marriage changed each other." The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2023/09/19/married-to-comics-carol-tyler/
"Intimate, perceptive and artfully deep" Cincinnati CityBeat https://www.citybeat.com/arts/new-film-about-cincinnati-creators-of-autobiographical-comics-gets-screening-here-17349072
"A fascinating look at a complicated but durable union, and about the high price of making truly individual art." Washington City Paper https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/623054/ink-stained-fingers-til-death-do-us-part/?fbclid=IwAR3oK17L7lDCKIA_T8YF92ILZZuZbALLm76jpx_PRJsb5CfGcukXBi-ZJjw
"Married to Comics is a great film, ranking right up there with Terry Zwigoff's Crumb" The Comics Journal https://www.tcj.com/married-to-comics-a-powerful-film-about-the-lives-of-justin-green-and-carol-tyler/?fbclid=IwAR1Pg_mlB94bzqA3YSnGME8FG8z-ZtFpPcZBnDaO0DPhoENHHCf-PnZoqeE
"Deeply moving exploration of comic arts, love, tragedy, and redemption" Washington City Paper https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/622967/married-to-comics-queerotica-and-more-best-bets-for-sept-7-14/
"Kinhart tells their story in a loving and dramatic fashion" Film Threat https://filmthreat.com/reviews/married-to-comics/
SEPT 1-SUNDAY
7PM NANA & THE BLACK MONARCHY Black women challenge subjugation & march for liberation from sexual assault & domestic violence. Q&A
What even is Black Girl Magic? Well it's the miraculous alchemy Black women and girls synthesize from the adversity, abuse and subjugation they endure throughout their existence. Yaania Bell's radically profound short documentary on the slutty social worker, @Nanagal_ and her sex positive, anti-patriarchal demonstrations, introduces audiences to a colorful reality of BIPOC sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. These brave young women are not cowering in the margins of society that they've been socially designated to. Instead, they are courageously marching in the streets and publicly communing together around their unified intentions for liberation and healing.
This project is presently in post for another cut; a more comprehensive 20 minute version which should be ready for distribution by Fall 2024.
Director Biography
Born and raised in Harlem, NYC, Yaania Bell is an emerging documentarian and multimedia artist with a passion for community building and archiving. Having graduated from Maysles Teen Producers Program, Yaania has been on the documentary path prior to her time at NYU. The summer before their first year at the Kanbar Institute, she independently produced, directed, edited and released a 42 minute documentary called, Chosen (2020). The film explores education inequality in NYC, specifically through the lens of six Black alumni from a private high school; a project they intend to expand into a more comprehensive series. While at Tisch, Yaania has written, produced, directed, and edited one short animation, four short narrative pieces and eight short documentaries. She is presently producing, directing, and editing her doc thesis on patriarchy, specifically rape culture's impact on BlPOC women and girls. Graduating this May with a degree in film and tv and a minor in social work, Yaania plans on integrating creative media with her community organizing efforts; collaborating with nonprofits and unsung heroes to inspire service work as well as advocacy.
With thoughtful intention, Yaania's technical proficiency includes concept development and research as well as post production editing, versed in both Avid and Premiere. Her work cultivates cultural dialogues through engaging illustrations that remarkably subvert existing mainstream narratives and constructs. Her approach to film is rooted in ethical, community-minded documenting, ethnographic as well as personal reflection. As a former student organizer, Yaania uses media as a tool for evoking social contemplation that supports individual as well as collective education and evolution.
Director Statement
My mother is an actor, not famous but working. I grew up reading scripts, running lines and eventually filming self tapes. I began noticing trends in the types and sizes of roles she would get and how her characters were written, wondering: who's writing this stuff? I realized that the options for BIPOC women and gender non-conforming people were sparse and lacking. As I continued on this inquiry, I recognized that who I am in this world, both my external and internal identity, compels me to commit my life to liberation work. I see it as my responsibility to make art as well as communal experiences that are accessible to all, creating space for both inclusion as well as affinity through my work. This is what drew me to filming: wanting to actively advocate for artists of all backgrounds by sharing my story and helping others share theirs'. Acknowledging while not solely focusing on oppression and adversity is at the crux of my artistic exploration; discovering and presenting various forms of healing. Celebrating the magnetism of marginalized peoples' endurance and ingenuity while also emphasizing our nuanced humanity is a central component to my artistry; ultimately analyzing the human condition through film.
Throughout my time at Tisch making short film after short film, I am most grateful for my focused yet flexible vision; ability to ebb and flow in the direction a project takes me while remaining true to my conceptual objectives. This is largely due to my extensive preparation and research prior to all productions as well as my immense consideration for filmed collaborators. Both set a sturdy foundation for my pieces that allow me to go through each stage with a sense of ease and clear direction. I don't have any ‘horror stories' on set or fraught relationships with former participants because I'm extremely thoughtful about who I work with and how I work with them specifically. Communication, transparency and empathy are paramount, putting the humanity of those I work with above the projects themselves. The relationships within these collaborations are more important to me than the aesthetics or social perception of the work and this is something I'm proud of. While visual tactfulness and technical proficiency are certainly integral to my work, they are not what motivate me. It is imperative for the conversations posed in my work to extend past the medium of film, spreading throughout communities in the form of dialogue as well as service-minded action.
The exploitation of the sexuality and lifestyle of lower-middle income BIPOC queer people must end and that starts with putting those people in charge of telling their own stories. As a Black queer woman coming from a lower-middle income background, I don't intend to tell the stories of others similarly or more marginalized than me for them; but instead, plan to share my individual perspective as well as empower and support the telling of others' respective truths on their terms. Finding and facilitating ways for those of us with academic and professional privilege to share both the knowledge and resources we've been exposed to with those who haven't is a motivation behind my approach to BIPOC & LGBTQ+ storytelling. Archiving and actively creating spaces of joy, safety and personal investigation for BIPOC and Queer people is also central to my artistic approach. To uplift as well as evoke critical reflection in myself and others is at the root as well; highlighting the magnificence within our community as well as where we have room to grow.
7:40 - THE LAST SWINGIN SUPPER CLUB Retro Swing culture rooted in the past. Reinvented decades later in NYC. Q&A
"Cool to Boot!" - Mike Watterson (DogBites Radio Show)
"It drew me in right away and celebrated a diverse world!" - Filmmaker Jeremiah Kipp (Slapface)
"A nostalgic, entertaining, and informative documentary that pulls you into the world of Retro Swing. I immediately wanted to visit Swing 46!" - Filmmaker Patrick Rea (Nailbiter)
"Swing 46 introduced me to a subculture that I didn't know it existed. By the time it was done, I was sorry I missed it." - Festival Founder/Filmmaker Skip Shea (Shawna Shea Film Fest)
"Fantastic job! It really zapped me back to another lifetime - a very fun and exciting (and somewhat blurry) time in my life." - Eldon Daetweiler (Bandleader of the Alien Fashion Show)
This short documentary is A Strange Man in a Film Land Production, LLC. production and also developed as part of the Montclair State University Film Program (2021-2022).
Swing 46 is one of the last swingin supper clubs out of the neo/retro swing era. Born on Restaurant Row in Manhattan, it is still going some 27 years later. "Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club" is a short documentary developed at Montclair State University that gives a snapshot of the overall impact of this key music venue as well as the nationwide swing movement of music, community, history, culture, passion, style, and humanity that brought so many together to swing out like a wildfire! Featuring vintage and modern swing music, photos, and videos as well as live performance footage from Swing 46, memorabilia, and interviews from 16 key figures of the retro swing era spread across several states on the east coast of the United States, "Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club" will have you hooked from the first beat until the final dance!
"Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club" features interview subjects including Swing 46 Founder/Owner John Akhtar and Talent Booker/Performer Michelle Collier. Writers Ken Partridge and Ralph G. Giordano and Dancers Jeff Griffith, Nathalie Gomes, and Paolo "Pasta" Lanna (Lindyland). Promoter Lenny Lounge (Leopard Lounge), Bandleader George Gee, & Musicians Michael Hashim, Jen Jones (The Camaros), Ingrid Lucia (The Flying Neutrinos), Nick Palumbo (The Flipped Fedoras), Dave Post (Swingadelic), Dirk Shumaker (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Ron Sunshine (Full Swing). Plus, more!! - Director Biography - Jay Kay
Director Biography - Jay Kay
Jay "Jay Kay" Kolucki is a retro swing music fan, award winning filmmaker, nominated radio show host (Horror Happens Radio & Swingin from Coast2Coast), film festival programmer, producer, staff writer for HorrorHound Magazine, critic, educator for at-risk youth in Newark, NJ, global film festival traveler, and a former student of the Montclair State University's Filmmaking Program. He has a total of six short films including "Not Your Business," "No Good Deed," "[Within the Frame]," " Don't Eat at Dave's," "Death by Broadcasting," & now the award-winning "Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club" student short documentary. He is currently working on a larger documentary about the impact of the Retro Swing Renaissance.
Director Statement
"Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club" by Jay "Jay Kay" Kolucki
"It's a love letter about a special club, community, and music of a bygone time." - Jay Kay
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch this film which has been more than two plus decades in the making! Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club, started out as a five-minute documentary for my "Documentary Workshop'' at Montclair State University (2021) with celebrated documentarian and Professor Beth B.
For a very long time, I have loved jazz and swing music. I grew up in a household that was very radio based, so I discovered so much of the music on the AM dials including jazz, big band, rock & roll, and swing. Around 1998/1999, I began working at Sam Goody being introduced to a range of music including the retro swing sounds that had surfaced on the east coast. I would play bands like the Royal Crown Revue, The Mighty Blue Kings, The Blues Jumpers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, the complication Swing This Baby!, & more in the store, exposing myself and others to the retro swing sound. It became my listening mainstay in a store filled with racks and racks of every genre of music you could think of.
I stayed a fan and collector of that music and culture for decades through physical media/CDs/vinyl. As a collector and fan, I developed a retro swing radio show "The Evolution of Swing" on WNTI 91.9FM (NJ) & later on HGRNJ.org/Soundcloud podcast with the "Swingin From Coast2Coast." I loved the musical movement which had affected so many elements of society in such a short time including cultural, social, personal, and musical.
Why the movement did not stay at the top for as long as I had hoped, it still has that grassroots feel almost three decades later with the energy, passion, power, spirit, and fun of this movement! This was a time, impact, and influence where retro or neo swing bands/performers were influenced by vintage culture, musicians, style, society that was re-envisioned from the classic standards and styles of music (ska, rockabilly, jazz, big band, blues, roots rock, etc.) as well as created new standards for a generation that would jump, jive, dance, and swing. It was inclusive, the music had something for everyone no matter who you were, came from, or what you looked like. Even with those detractors or those who believed it was a fad, it was still one of the most impactful movements in modern music history.
Living on the east coast, I followed the movement the best I could as it developed across the U.S. and was rooted in California. Why I wish I had done more and been more visible during that time, it greatly influenced me over the next two plus decades including style, writing, radio, photography, and filmmaking.
Unlike the era of retro swing where many found a place in the world learning, connecting, and dancing in places like Swing 46 in NYC, we were all inside during covid as I went back to school at Montclair State mostly virtually from 2020-2022. I was accepted into the university's filmmaking program and took a documentary development workshop. Working through each stage of the class with renowned documentarian and Professor Beth B, I found myself going back to my roots of that music and my experiences to create a few mini documentaries during the semester including one on celebrated musician Dave Post.
I combined my love of interviewing (a combined 2000 interviews on my radio show/podcast/written) and film with the subject of long-time bassist and Swingadelic bandleader Dave Post. As I spoke to him and filmed the entire experience alone, I began to develop the idea of my final student documentary about a crucial microcosm of that movement in the New York City based "Swing 46" which was struggling to get through the pandemic like so many other places. I realized this was my chance during a rough time for many, to shine some light onto a place that meant so much for so many and the overall impact of the retro swing movement which had impacted so many including myself.
I was blessed to be allowed by club owner John Akhtar to film and interview certain key subjects at "Swing 46" during their virtual telethon in 2021. I had only visited "Swing 46" a few times over the last two plus decades when I was in NYC. As I filmed the BTS performances, interviews, and b-roll helping the main filming crew with additional footage, I got to spend many hours on restaurant row in Manhattan, and within the club. The doc evolved from a picture of survival during an unfathomable time to more of a love letter about the club's impact overall, origins, people involved, and a variety of elements that had impacted the club including the overall progression of the movement.
Over the next couple of years, it evolved once I added additional subject interviews, footage, and music to a larger first project (17 minutes) focusing on more than the club, but as a "sandwich doc" with "Swing 46" during the golden years outside and the elements of the retro swing era as the middle showing the foundation it had been built on, a snapshot of a five-year period. The documentary features a variety of interviews conducted and shot over the last two plus years, music, images, performances from Swing 46, and vintage footage (all through permission, waiver, license, and/or fair use) that blend all the elements for this perfect storm to happen, the humanity of it, and how it connected to "Swing 46." The featured interview subjects are figures that are important to that era and as well as connected to the New York City area and to "Swing 46's" history as well as its story.
Figures like "Swing 46" Founder/Owner John Akhtar and the General Manager Michelle Collier. Writers/Critics like Kenneth Partridge (Hell of a Hat) and Ralph G. Giordano (Social Dancing in America). Dancers like Jeff Griffith (ATOMIC Magazine), Nathalie Gomes Adams (Hop, Swing, & Jump), Paolo " Pasta" Lanna (Lindyland), and Lenny Lounge (Leopard Lounge). Also, historian and bandleader George Gee. Musicians like Michael Hashim (Widespread Depression Orchestra), Jen Jones (The Camaros), Ingrid Lucia (The Flying Neutrinos), Nick Palumbo (The Flipped Fedoras), Dave Post (Swingadelic), Dirk Shumaker (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), and Ron Sunshine (Full Swing).
A challenging, but really wonderful project to say the least, the story has many layers to it. The production has been primarily a one-person crew with elements like covid, student restrictions early on, one crashed hard drive, and budget (no funding, nearly all out of my pocket) playing a role. As you watch this version, most of the interviews are shot on an iPhone 11 Pro, 12, and 14 Pro with some interviews section shot on a Panasonic Lumix GH4 4k. The visual resources and footage were amassed by me with almost no support or help from the larger swing dance community. Most of the sound was recorded on a Zoom H6 at locations we could get across the country including in NY, NJ, PA, and TN. Thank you to John for letting us use "Swing 46" for some of the shoots at no cost.
Ultimately, this micro documentary will play festivals and be a proof of concept for a larger series about the whole retro swing movement from 1995-2002 when it was at its birth, resurgence, downfall, and impact afterwards. "Swing 46: The Last Swingin Supper Club," is a snapshot of the club, the New York City side of the retro swing movement, and the larger retro swing movement.
Thank you for watching, considering, hopefully selecting and supporting my student short documentary. It has been a blast to make and now share shining a brighter light on a movement that was infectious, passionate, and more than a fad... Keep swingin!
P.S. - If selected, I will work to make sure that I can attend the screening! Ty for your time!!!
8:30 - THE CHILDREN OF IZQUIERDO. Famous NYC costume studio reflects an intergenerational community of artists integrating work with play.
The Children of Izquierdo is a feature documentary about the famous New York costume studio. The film presents an international and intergenerational community of artists, in which teamwork and pressured deadlines are part of the hustling work environment. Filmed in cinema verite, viewers are immersed in a familial experience; the mise en scene highlights the eccentric world of the entertainment industry in New York from the past to the present. The studio closed in March 2020 during the pandemic.
Director Biography - Marine Brun-Franzetti, Marion Moinet
Collectif is the collaboration of two artists, Marion Moinet, costume designer, and Marine Brun-Franzetti, filmmaker and director. Marion works in the field of theater, opera and performance. She designs and assists for the Grand Theatre de Geneve, the Lido de Paris or the artists Jeanne Vicerial or Nickhil Chopra.
Marine has been directing documentaries and fiction between Paris and New York since 2015. She is starting a PhD on the indigenous gaze in documentary cinema. She teaches documentary writing and directing at the American University of Paris and the Sorbonne among others.
Currently based in Paris, they met in New York in 2013 and have collaborated on several projects in France and the United States since.
Director Statement
Coming from different artistic backgrounds, we wish to put our respective know-how within our artistic approach. Our disciplines, our sensibilities, our points of view and our experiences enrich the narratives of our documentaries, the choice of our topics as well as the way we treat them and present them to the audience. Our complementarity, both artistic and technical, has led us to explore new ways to represent the world. We are sensitive to a poetic and naive reality.
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12:15 - FAR OUT Deadbeat pizza delivery driver is directed to follow a dog into what appears to be an empty house. Animation.
A deadbeat pizza delivery driver, Cooper, arrives at a remote house where no one seems to be home. He is directed to follow a large dog through the eclectic and unusual property until he reaches the front door where the nature of the scene brings color back into his face.
Director Biography - Rowan Walton
Rowan Walton is originally from a mountain ridge in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. In high school, she participated in a two-year documentary filmmaking program through which she discovered her keen interest in visual storytelling. She recently finished a program in Classical Animation in Vancouver, B.C. where she completed her first animated short film in 2023.
Director Statement
The story behind "Far Out" is intended to be a simple reminder that life is full of surprises, especially if you allow yourself to slow down to notice the little things.
12:17 - ANA MORPHOSE A little girl reads herself to sleep. The contents of the book transcend the printed page. Animation.
A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics. Ana has to escape being swallowed by the overwhelming accumulation of printed knowledge and find her own space in a world where nothing is what it seems.
Director Biography - Joao Rodrigues
João Rodrigues (1981, Porto) His graduation short "Black & White" was selected for over 50 film festivals, from Cuba to India. He directed the documentary "Alexandrino" and " The Tile-Jail Toilet-Tale" , founded the "Instant Tanz Company". In 2014 he directed the short film " Fortunato- from here to S. Torcato" for Guimarães Capital of Culture.
Director Statement
Filmmaker's note of intent
The main character of this animated movie is a little girl. This movie, completely stripped of any dialogue or voice-over narration, is totally reliant on action to move the narrative forward. The premise of the story is that the little girl, while solving everyday problems and overcoming obstacles, eventually physically transforms into the on-set materials, but every solution brings a new problem. Conceptually, this project is artistically inspired and aligned with the animation style and tradition of the East European countries and such cult figures of animation like Jan Svankmajer, where the movement of animation is subjugated to the on-stage materials. This entails that every object's movement is consonant with its very nature and changes in accordance with the possible combinations amongst them. This movie features the combination of several techniques ranging from so-called traditional animation to stop-motion, incorporating folding paper sculptures in the style of Li Hongbo, the sculpted books of Brian Dettmer, which are sometimes turned into optical toys and other times serve as the sets themselves.
In collaboration with the artist and builder Sandra Neves,we spent over a year testing materials and creating new ways of using them so as to establish the pictorial framework and universe that enables the creation of this movie. We built silicone dolls with steel armors and we created animated hair and heads with facial expressions. We built "articulated paper" and crossed optical toys with sculptures so as to create zoetropes sculpted with flipbooks where one can animate a character in volume, thus originating several animation layers.
The techniques used in this project are not only means of telling the story but are also part of the story itself. So, these distinctive animation techniques are interwoven with the narrative content and, in line with this aesthetic, the character will have a distinctive way of moving in each stage of her journey.
There is also a second layer of interpretation in stark contrast with the simplicity of the narrative. The viewer is not taken hostage by a single point of view, but is rather given the freedom to delve into deeper considerations about the signified/signifier or to simply enjoy what we expect will be an stimulating aesthetic.
It's in the counterpoint between these two points of view that the narrative lies; it's reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland not only in the way that the scenery is in direct confront with the reality of the character, but also in the way the character overcomes her own physical limitations and changes her environment while attempting to adapt to that same scenery.
In this second interpretation of the film, we intend to convey the difficulty of representing reality and, consequently, our interaction with it. So, when the character is watching the evolution of her world, walking to deconstruction, she literally binds together in her way reality so as to make sense of it once more.
Reality, at the end of the day, is simple. It's our representation of it that is complicated.
12:30 - TRIAL OF AGES In the future, young people hunt their elders for crimes against the environment. One young couple transcends this policy. Q&A
In the future, young people hunt old people and put them on trial for crimes against the environment. One young couple struggle to do the right thing and transcend the mistakes of their elders.
Director Biography - MoJo Murphy
MoJo Murphy is a filmmaker and environmental attorney. He has directed two feature films and multiple shorts, including Earth Day 2030, which won Best Comedy Short at the 2020 Albany Film Festival. His film projects reflect his interests in environmental education and policy told through entertaining stories.
Director Statement
The story of Trial of Ages was born of climate despair and rage but crafted to foster hope and climate action. I hope you see it and decide to do one thing, using what you have, starting where you are.
1:20 - BEYOND THE SHADOWS Shadow puppet film explores Appalachian mountain mysticism and traditional folk magic.
"Beyond the Shadows" is a short hand processed 16mm shadow puppet film. It explores a series of Appalachian family stories Inspired by the dreams of West Virginia Native and director Steven J. York and his father William York. The film depicts mountain mysticism, traditional Appalachian folk magic, and dreams of life out at the old homeplace.
Director Biography - Steven J. York, Jacob Dodd
Steven J. York is a producing director, performer and storyteller originally from West Virginia now residing in New York.
Jacob A. Dodd is an independent filmmaker, author, and educator who creates celluloid motion picture films. He specializes in memoir documentary and fiction filmmaking.
Director Statement
Not that long ago Appalachia, steeped in mystery, magic and lore, was home to a type of lifestyle and practice that many modern folks today can hardly believe ever existed. As late as 1969, the same year man first walked on the moon, deep in the hills and hollers of West Virginia you'd think time had stood still. Grannies made medicines and remedies from herbs they gathered in the woods and grandpas interpreted dreams, and worked " by the signs" in much the same way they did 150 years before. They engaged in elaborate and sometimes bizarre rituals from their scattered homesteads and hand hewn cabins across the misty topped mountains. In a very real sense, they WERE the mountain. It provided their food, their medicine, their livelihood and their home.
It wasn't until Billy left home for college that he discovered just how strange and uncommon his family's traditional mountain way of life was. A short while later, back at home, his family was forced off their land, the ancestral property seized via eminent domain and Grandpa Bill died, Granny Thena said "from a broken heart" ... it was then that Billy, my father, began having haunting dreams. In them Grandpa Bill told Billy he had left something for him, out on the mountain, buried in the ground...
Inspired by first-person accounts, this multi-disciplinary collaboration utilizes one of the oldest forms of storytelling in the world: shadow puppetry, along with traditional 16mm capture in extreme low light conditions, experimental film chemistry and developing techniques and modern digital editing, matched with an original score by a native West Virginian folk musician to produce a short like no other. From concept to paper cut-out, to celluloid, to debut screening in just five days. Take a journey, and see if you can peer: Beyond the Shadows.
1:35 - NOWHERE TO GO Young photographer is given a choice to protect his neighborhood or seek personal gain. Q&A
Kidé is a New York kid with a camera who love to take photos around his community. As his photos begin to gain recognition, he's given a choice to protect his neighborhood or go out on his own.
Director Biography - Aaron Murray Vazquez
Aaron Murray Vazquez is a prolific NYC based film director and photographer whose work mixes natural elements, intimate moments and surreal imagery. He's earned 12 years of experience directing commercials, photoshoots, music videos, documentaries, and short films for large companies and indie groups alike. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Rolling Stone, etc.
Director Statement
My short follows a young photographer as he navigates the difficulties of loving and leaving a tough Brooklyn neighborhood they grew up in. This short features up-and-comer IJ Meach to play Jaylen to introduce a fresh new face in the scene. And Grammy-nominated, 3x platinum recording artist, Harlem native, and my long time collaborator, Ro James as Zeke. The original score which is an integral part of the short was created by another Grammy award winning artist, Joao Gonzalez.
A lot of the movie is based on my personal history. Getting out of a tough neighborhood in Texas through photography. Moving to a tougher neighborhood in New York, and learning to love it. There is so much of New York that serves as a backdrop in this short and so much more planned on being explored in the feature, especially with New York being its own character.
The film features vibrant colors and cinematic framing, resembling the films of Spike Lee and Paul Thomas Anderson. But will also feature quiet moments with humor that resembles the films of Sofia Coppola and Greta Gerwig. This short film represents a slice of the full story that we hope to continue telling while also being a compelling story in itself.
This film at the core is an intimate coming of age introduction of our protagonist heading in an opposite direction of his home but what makes it standout for is his journey is set against the backdrop of his neighborhood which has been historically underserved but is now receiving a favorable spotlight. It allows me to explore idea of art and influence, specifically, how does a community deal with a genius born among them being pulled away by a bigger world? It's a story of hope, fear, and opportunity. And what you do with opportunity to escape when everything in the world you know is telling you you have nowhere to go.
2PM SUNLIGHT A man creates an organization to "save one child at a time" from poverty, violence, drugs and family disintegration. Q&A
Donald Gray's life-long quest to save children trapped in the darkness of economic and social despair began when he honored his spiritual and moral convictions. Turning his back on a lucrative business career, he created an organization to "save one child at a time" from a cycle of poverty, violence, drugs and family disintegration.
Director Biography - Bill E Webb
Sunlight was inspired by a story about Donald Gray within Mr. Webb's book, " So Much Left: Adventuring, Living, Working, Loving and Creating Beyond 50," a book of stories of people changing the rules and expectations of living in the second half of life.
Mr. Webb began his filmmaking, writing and photography work in high school and continued into college where he was twice editor of UNR's award winning yearbook "Artemisia." Among the more interesting experiences he had in college were being a 21 dealer at Harrah's Reno, and an on-air personality at KCBN/KRNO.
As an Air Force officer, he wrote for numerous magazines and publications and produced and anchored a nightly military newscast on a local station. His photography and videography were used by news outlets worldwide.
Two of his favorite interviews, Sylvester Stallone and Pete Rose were published in "Japanese Playboy."
Mr. Webb put his creative dreams on hold through a business career that saw the explosion of the internet, electronic commerce and cybersecurity. He also became dad, his most important career, and was deeply involved with his two sons. When he sold his cybersecurity company SilverRhino in 2017, he began producing commercial photography and video for commercial clients and planning to return to his first love, filmmaking.
He describes his style as "cinematic realism," and believes documentaries are just a form of nonfiction film. He believes non-fiction film can and should be just as entertaining and polished as dramatic films. He believes a great story is at the center of both.
This is his first Feature Documenatary.
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* WISDOM FOR THE FUTURE: The Haudenosaunee aka Iroquois tell us what is needed to prevent extinction. Natural law prevails. * PRINCIPLES OF THE PEACEMAKER: Chief Jake Swamp opens Woodstock’s 25th Anniversary Festival with a traditional GIVING OF THANKS. The Iroquois originally thought the whites would become like them.They were disappointed that white men stood for God, Glory & Gold. * IROQUOIS GOVERNMENT: Comparing Greece and Magna Carta to the Iroquois contributions. * BOSTON TEA & SOVEREIGNTY: White men dressed as Mohawks protest “taxation without representation”. "Great tree of peace" symbol. * CONSTITUTIONAL PARADOX: Abigail Adams & Women’s Equality. White America declared manifest destiny. * DEMOCRACY & COMMUNISM: Iroquois Great Law of Peace integrates of pure Communism & Democracy. * UNITING OF NATIONS: Honoring Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper, is honored at the United Nations. Includes Oren’s powerful oration. |
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AUG 29 - TUESDAY A transgender girl locks herself in her room for fear of the monsters that threaten her outside, until a new reality appears behind the mirror where these monsters do not exist and she is free to be who she is or who wants to be. 8PM Once Upon a Time in Jinan: Some Ordinary People Educator in Shandong, China learns that the government declares her business illegal. Her team fights back. If you have devoted half of your life to a career and suddenly find that the government has declared it illegal, and the large business institution you founded is facing a life-or-death test as a result, what would you do? Lu Yonghua is an ordinary middle-aged woman from Shandong Province, China, and she and her team are experiencing the aforementioned hardship - searching for opportunities to survive in the midst of despair. Director Biography - Li Qing, a freelance writer. He is now engaged in the Creation and Research Project about Folklore Oral Literature Based on Daily Life, with his studio located in the Caochangdi International Art Village in Beijing, China. Director Statement AUG 30 - WEDNESDAY To boost her online popularity, Youtuber Amber and her boyfriend Johnny set up an occult ritual for her upcoming livestream. Little did they know, supernatural forces are at play, leading to deadly results. Director Biography - Matt Robb Matt Robb is a South Florida-based actor/filmmaker looking to find and make artistic opportunities within the industry. Credits range from performances in over thirty credited short films, four directed shorts, and seven editor credits. His collaborations include working with both students and independent filmmakers ranging from Miami Dade College, New York Film Academy, and the University of Miami. He is a film graduate with a B.A. in Filmmaking. Director Statement rewarded, through the use of product or brand endorsement. And some, by any means necessary. In this film, one shall see the consequences and darker side of escalating such a concept to dire, yet ignorant lengths. 8PM Science for Hire Gary Null exposes a world of pseudo-science and misinformation. Science for Hire takes us on a journey through the most critical scientific issues that directly affect our health and well-being, shedding light on the hidden secrets of the scientific, pharmaceutical, and military industrial complexes. Following a long history of systemic corruption across medical organizations and schools, scientific publications and federal regulatory agencies, we enter a world where pseudo-science and misinformation rules. Billions of dollars are spent to manipulate and buy the allegiance of elected officials and the media. Those who speak up against modern science's culture of corruption risk having their careers destroyed. Governments operate in lockstep with the pharmaceutical ambitions to erect an unregulated global regime, a "Great Reset," that will dictate what we can eat, what medical interventions are permitted and banned, and the rewards and punishments that legislate our choices. Science for Hire describes a broken system and offers hard hitting solutions to spark clarion calls to take heed of the realities facing humanity today. Director Biography - Gary Null, Ph.D. Gary Null has done an original investigative reporting series on a regular basis and has published over 100 original investigative articles. He has also published over 100 books. AUG 31 - THURSDAY Confessions of A Name Dropper is a dark comedy about a middle aged man named Cutter who lives alone on an island. He lives his life according to other people’s words and ideas that he stubbornly claims are his own. Seeking the help of an expert, if at times difficult therapist, he struggles to come to terms with who he really is and who his real friends are. Or, if he really has any. Director Biography - Kevin G. Connolly Director Statement 8PM The Case Young boy escapes war with a dream & a violin case. Music in his heart guides him on his journey. Animation. In an unknown time and place, a young boy escapes war with nothing but a dream and a violin case. Along the way he meets the beautiful Naila and a group of other travelers. He crosses deserts and seas during a long and dangerous trip. The music in his heart will guide him along the journey to find his path on the other side of the border and destroy prejudice. Director Biography - Maurizio Forestieri is one of Italy's best known animation director. Two times in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and one time running for the Golden Bear at the Berlinale. Maurizio's work has been exposed at the MoMA in NY. He worked with the masters of Italian animation, such as Guido Manuli, Pierluigi De Mas, Giuseppe Laganà, Emanuele Luzzati and Bruno Bozzetto. In the past years, Maurizio directed successful TV series for Kids distributed around the world. Director Statement 9PM The Hidden Court A group of men from Westchester County bond over playing basketball in a hidden outdoor court during lockdown. Q&A The Hidden Court is a heartwarming documentary about a group of 11 men from Northern Westchester, NY who, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when gyms were closed and rims taken off outdoor courts, found a sense of community and camaraderie by playing 'prohibition basketball' on a hidden outdoor court. Director Biography - Walter Schloman is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of Heritage Media Group, a boutique company that produces video biographies depicting the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. His most recent documentary Ezra: May His Memory Be For A Blessing, delves into the issues of teen suicide and mental health. It is currently playing at festivals and has received numerous awards, including best film at Mental Health and Suicide Awareness film festival in Denver. SEPT 1 - FRIDAY Microsoft, Google, META, and AWS are some of the biggest single-power consumers in the world. Along with other digital infrastructure companies’ consumption, they make up 2.4% of the world's energy use. Bare Metal details the digital infrastructure industry's work to reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to lower carbon emissions and help save the world. Director Biography - Brandon Robert Gries, Ryan Freng, John Shoemaker Ryan Freng and John Shoemaker are seasoned veterans of the production world, running a commercial agency for 15 years and having produced both long form and short form films. Their previous documentary 'Power in My Hands' tells the personal stories of those majorly impacted by the power of the Rosary. Ryan and John have worked with Brandon for years on promotional work. Learning of Brandon's desire to make movies, John encouraged him to pick a film festival and punch the throttle. This is the result of that collaboration. Director Statement 8PM Firefly World famous Harlem Globetrotter enthralled fans with his “Curly” Neal inspired dribbling style. Q&A Tay Fisher’s basketball and life journey is one of determination, inspiration, teamwork, and down right talent - developing into one of the greats in 4-point shooting history during his 10 years on the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters. As Firefly he enthralled fans around the world with his "Curly" Neal-inspired one-of-kind dribbling style and infectiously positive attitude. Today, Tay shares the challenges and guidance of his never-give-up story on and off the court, by mentoring kids and holding basketball camps in his hometown. Director Biography - Christopher Nostrand Chris Nostrand owns/operates Nostrand Productions LLC, is an award-winning independent filmmaker, and holds part-time faculty positions at both Marist College and SUNY Orange's film production departments. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College and previously earned undergraduate degrees from SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Ulster. His films have earned over sixty official selections at venues such as DOC NYC, Woodstock Film Festival, GI Film Festival and NewFilmmakers New York. His twenty award wins include a CINE Golden Eagle, x5 Tellys, x3 Communicators, Director’s Choice at Black Maria Film Festival, Best Documentary/Best Cinematography at CUNY Film Festival and Best Historical Documentary at the International Doc Challenge. 9:30 Not on This Land Activist fights 600 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline across W. Virginia, Virginia & N. Carolina via Black & Indigenous communities. Q&A This film is about the citizen activists who spent 6+ years fighting the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline from destroying ecosystems and harming Black and Indigenous communities across West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. The pipeline, which would have carried frack gas, was seen as a done deal until communities came together across the region to fight it and, against all odds, won the fight. It’s a David & Goliath story that can inspire and inform others who are engaged in protecting their land and water from toxic infrastructure projects. SEPT 2 - SATURDAY A Girl Called Elvis is about two sisters growing closer through a family quest. Ten year old Ellie likes to dress as her idol Elvis Presley, much to the annoyance of her half-sister Carol. When Ellie hears that her estranged father is back in town, she enlists Carol and her boyfriend Dion's help to find him. Director Biography - Lindsay Christopherson Lindsay Christopherson has been writing and directing short films since she graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. She has worked in a variety of crewing roles in the film and TV industry in Australia and New Zealand. Director Statement 8:15 Dear Audrey Canada activist weaves adventures, protests, hippie counter-culture movement with care & loyalty to wife with Alzheimers. Q&A Acclaimed activist filmmaker Martin Duckworth has devoted his life to peace and justice. But now he’s put down his camera to fight for the most important cause he’s ever faced—caring for his wife, Audrey Schirmer, through the final stages of Alzheimer’s. Martin tirelessly embraces each new chapter with grace and resilience, demonstrating his unconditional loyalty as he finds new reasons to love her each day. The film is a powerful testament to Martin’s love and devotion, which deepens over the decades. Please visit www.dearaudey.ca to find reviews, and video extras. AWARDS Winner of the People's Choice Award The Best Feature Documentary Award Winner The Cercle d’or for Best Feature Documentary Award Winner Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Nomination The Excellence in Editing Award Winner The Best Editing Award Winner Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary Nomination Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film - Nomination Canadian Screen Music Awards (Canada), 2022 REVIEWS "Truly a rare moment in Cinema... This film is a marvel" "An Exquisite Gem. Tenderness, wonder, & dignity... “Anyone who watches Dear Audrey will undoubtedly conclude “Touching... luminous... truly magnificent" “Dear Audrey, a riveting documentary… "...so many amazing lessons, stories, emotions with pain “It's impossible to watch this documentary, (a People's Choice Award winner), without being overwhelmed by its sweetness and generosity" “...an at once ethereal reflection on the enduring power of love, "Dear Audrey celebrates the very best the human heart has to offer, with such compassion, artistry and grace" SEPT 3 - SUNDAY Would YOU jump the line? The Line Jumper is co-directed by Hugh Oyake Murchison and Rob Underhill. Hugh Oyake Murchison is a first time filmmaker. He is a second generation American: his mother was Japanese, and his father African American. Winner! Director Biography - Rob Underhill, Hugh Oyake Murchison The Line Jumper is co-Directed by Rob Underhill and Hugh Murchison. HUGH OYAKE MURCHISON is a first time filmmaker. He is a second generation American: his mother was Japanese, and his father African American. After a lengthy stint in clinical research, Hugh launched a second career as a scriptwriter. He quit medical writing, once he figured out that movies and TV shows were more likely to be made from his scripts than from the technical documents he wrote for FDA drug approval. Film school soon followed, as did co-creating a web series, creating TV pilots and feature-lengths, and marketing his works. ROB UNDERHILL is a film & media director, producer, cinematographer, editor, writer. His feature films & more than 50 short-films have received over 150 awards, showcased at hundreds of screening engagements worldwide, including CANNES & Academy-qualifying film festivals like ST. LOUIS & SEATTLE. Rob’s work has received rave reviews from top film critics, earned endorsements from major public figures like UN Ambassador Andrew Young & former NC Governor Beverly Perdue, & has been featured on the NPR programs, THE STATE OF THINGS with Frank Stasio & THE STORY with Dick Gordon. Rob earned a BA in English from NCSU & was honored to accept the invitation to serve as featured speaker at the 2015 NCSU English department graduation commencement. His work has aired on the ASPiRE network, ShortsHD, & other national & international outlets. Carolina STYLE Magazine recognized Rob as one of 25 "Most Stylish People" influencing positive change in the Carolinas. He is a RAWards Indie Art Award recipient for Best Regional Filmmaker. In 2022, he received the QUSAR award for lifetime achievement in filmmaking by the 10th Raleigh Film and Art Festival. 8:15 The Battle for Swan Lake Cats, a dog, and a fish perform the classical ballet Swan Lake. Animation. Cats, a dog, and a fish head perform the classic ballet, Swan Lake. Director Biography - Joan Carol Gratz Joan Gratz is an Academy Award winning director of animated short films and commercials. Her films range in content through painterly expressions of poetry, improvised abstraction, and animated social documentary. 8:30 Left Alone Rhapsody-The Musical Memoir of Pianist John Bayless Chronicles Leonard Bernstein’s protégé from childhood through 30 year career. Q&A At 25, Leonard Bernstein protégé, John Bayless, debuted at Carnegie Hall, performing “Rhapsody In Blue” with full orchestra. His jaw-dropping technical prowess at the piano initiated a 30-year-long concert and recording career as a solo pianist, composer, and improvisor. At 54, a left-brain stroke immobilized his dominant right side. The music stopped. John’s magical ‘first act’ disappeared. Left Alone Rhapsody chronicles John’s rise from four-year-old Texas musical prodigy to international star; John’s fall post-stroke and courageous struggle to transcend paralysis; and John’s determination to re-invent himself as a one-handed musician and storyteller. As neurologists discuss his brain, rabbis his Jewish conversion, friends the loss of his husband to cancer, and Yamaha’s representatives their Disklavier piano technology which could allow him to play with ‘two hands,’ John embarks on an amazing journey. This is his musical story. Director Biography - Stewart M. Schulman is a producer, director, writer, and independent filmmaker. He has written the feature screenplays: Both, Sister Bert, La Macha, and Beyond Measure. His earlier 43-minute film version of Beyond Measure has a score by pianist/composer John Bayless, which began their work as collaborators. That film was awarded the Silver Medal at The Houston International Film Festival. Stewart directed a full-length play version of Beyond Measure in its off-Broadway premiere. Stewart recently completed his feature documentary Left Alone Rhapsody - The Musical Memoir of Pianist John Bayless chronicling John’s amazing journey from performing, to paralysis, and back again. Stewart is also producing and directing an inaugural world tour of “John Bayless – One Hand One Heart – My Life & My Music,” a full-length one-man play with music, (co-written with and starring Mr. Bayless), that is part of the documentary. In addition, Stewart produces and directs short documentary and promotional videos for Montclair State University. He did his graduate work at New York University Graduate Film School. SEPT 4 - MONDAY An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo. Director Biography - Liam LoPinto Liam LoPinto is a filmmaker and animator based out of New York City. He graduated from NYU Tisch School of the Arts' UGFTV program. He also studied at Waseda University in Tokyo. He attended CalArts' Character Animation program from 2017-2021. He is an assistant manager at The Moviehouse in Millerton, NY. Director Statement 12:15. The Sun Rises in the East Chronicles a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens & young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, an epicenter for political contemporaries such as the Black Panther Party. Q&A The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Led by educator and activist Jitu Weusi, The East embodied Black self-determination, building more than a dozen institutions, including its own African-centered school, food co-op, newsmagazine, publisher, record label, restaurant, clothing shop and bookstore. The organization hosted world-famous jazz musicians and poets at its highly sought-after performance venue, and it served as an epicenter for political contemporaries such as the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords and the Congress of Afrikan People, as well as comrades across Africa and the Caribbean. In effect, The East built an independent Black nation in the heart of Central Brooklyn. The Sun Rises in The East is the first feature-length documentary to explore this inspiring story. The film also examines challenges that led to the organization’s eventual dissolution, including its gender politics, financial struggles and government surveillance. Featuring interviews with leaders of The East, historians and people who grew up in the organization as children, The Sun Rises in The East delivers an exhilarating and compelling vision, showing just how much is possible. Director Biography - Tayo Giwa Tayo Giwa is a filmmaker and co-creator of Black-Owned Brooklyn, a publication and Instagram account documenting local Black business, history and culture. His first film, the 2020 documentary short Soul Summit: Doin’ It in the Park, examined Soul Summit, a beloved open-air house music party based in Fort Greene Park. He lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Director Statement Notwithstanding the rapid march of gentrification, you can see The East’s influence in the numerous Black-owned businesses that grace our community (one of the highest concentrations of Black enterprises in the United States). It’s in the constant flashes of red, black and green: wrapped around trees, displayed in flags flying from brownstones, painted on neighborhood playgrounds and fire hydrants. Even the African-centered preschool that my daughter attends, designed to instill her with a positive self-identity, has roots in The East. The organization arose from New York City’s 1968 community control experiment, in which members of the predominantly Black Central Brooklyn neighborhoods of Ocean Hill-Brownsville were given decision-making power in their children’s education, from school curriculum to the hiring of teachers. For decades, the Ocean Hill-Brownsville movement, with a narrative driven by a largely white teachers union and their campaign of fear, has been framed as a cautionary tale. Black parents and communities seeking a quality education for their children were cast as militant; the fight for community control mischaracterized as antisemitic. When the experiment was subsequently dismantled, a group of young Black teachers and recent high school graduates formed The East to create their own institutions outside of the system. The Sun Rises in The East was made, in part, to help correct the record. Through building not only its own school but more than a dozen institutions and businesses, including a food co-op, newspaper, publishing company, jazz cultural center, restaurant, clothing shop and even a farm in Guyana, The East provided an inspiring model for Black self-determination. Their activism was ahead of its time, providing an inspiring model for how ordinary people working together can build longstanding institutions and community for themselves. Their legacy reverberates in present-day Bed-Stuy through the neighborhood’s strong sense of community, unabashed love for our cultures, and Black joy that nourishes me on a daily basis. As the leaders of The East, along with others from the Civil Rights and Black Power era, grow further into their senior years, there’s an urgency to illuminate all that they created. For The Sun Rises in The East, I sought to capture this story in the voices of the people who lived it. Theirs is a history worthy of reverence and a powerful legacy that should be known far and wide. 1:30 Solitaire As a small town minister’s life crumbles, he finds solace playing solitaire. Q&A. A small town minister who presides over marriages doomed to fail finds solace in a game solitaire as the rest of his life crumbles. Solitaire is a loving, if imperfect, homage to short story writer Raymond Carver. 2:15 Ali vs. Ali Fulfilling a childhood dream, Iranian man travels to U.S. on a quest to meet his idol Mohammed Ali. Highly entertaining family film of a boxer who stood for peace and refused to fight in Vietnam. Surprise ending. Q&A with award-winning Iranian filmmaker Alireza Rofougaran. 4PM Yellow Dove Aftermath Surreal experiences of this character in his bunker with a world of fantasy. Animation. The surreal experiences of Yellow Dove in his bunker within the world of Hour Blue Director Biography - Rony A. Abovitz Rony has been a technology and visual pioneer for a number of years, creating companies such as Magic Leap and MAKO Surgical. He is applying his blend of tech and creativity in Sun and Thunder, developing the Hour Blue Storyworld and animated films that express that world. Director Statement 4:10 The Eye Begins in The Hand A tribute to campesino histories in rural California struggling between paying rent & creative endeavors. The Eye Begins in The Hand (El Ojo Comienza En La Mano) is a tribute to campesino histories in rural CA through the artwork of an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, Ruben A. Sanchez, as well as an unsentimental reckoning with the fate of many cultural workers that struggle between paying rent and/or creative endeavors. Director Biography - Yehuda Sharim is a writer, photographer, filmmaker, and poet. As the son of Persian immigrants to Israel, his work focuses on the relationship between the quotidian and poetic. Sharim’s films have appeared in film festivals, artistic venues, and universities across the world. Oscillating between fiction and documentary filmmaking, his work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and a renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Program of Global Art Studies, University of California, Merced. 4:25 The Stranger A bizarre dialogue begins in a cowering space between a woman and a handsome stranger. On that day, as she enters the co-working space where she works, Anna notices the presence of a handsome stranger. A bizarre dialogue begins. Director Biography - Veig Bassili Veig graduated with a MA in Film Directing at the "Met Film School" (Ealing Studios London). The experience she gained in directing actors, summoned in her, the desire of a more committed exploration of acting. She then joined the "Cours Florent" in Paris, where she completed the Actor's Training Course. 4:30 Goosed A count has a soirée at his country home. He is interrupted by unwanted guests. He invites them to play a “Game of Goose.” Clouseau meets Cluedo in GOOSED!, the latest short music film from I FAGIOLINI, based on the Venetian song IL GIOCA DELL’OCA (1595) by Giovanni Croce. Can you keep your eyes on the prizes? A forlorn Count is having a soirée at his country house, but it is interrupted by a stream of unwelcome guests, never-the-less he decides to invite them to play a game… they play, the Game of the Goose. Director Biography - Gregory Browning Gregory Browning is an award-winning film-maker who has been working in music and the arts for most of his career. He has had the privilege of working across the world and with some of the world’s foremost classical musicians, in drama, documentary and music video. His short documentary ANTI-SOCIAL for BBC Ideas went slightly - and somewhat ironically - viral, while his screen version of HOW LIKE AN ANGEL was premiered at the Lincoln Centre New York as part of Dance On Camera. Gregory is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talent Campus and best known as producer of celebrated music film THE FULL MONTEVERDI. He is a producer and director at Polyphonic Films Limited. Director Statement When Robert Holllingworth rang me up and asked me, “Can you write us a ten minute film farce to accompany a 16th century madrigal about people playing a board game?” my first thought was — understandably, I hope — “Umm.” I’ve been writing bits and bobs for I Fagiolini for many years now, so I had a method for dealing with such requests: panic, hide under the table for 20 minutes and hope that some idea or other presented itself before he rang back. Thankfully, it did. Reading the text of the madrigal, I saw that there were various guests jockeying for position around a powerful nobleman, and that love was in the air. I’m a sucker for PG Wodehouse, Cole Porter and the lighter-than-air musicals of the 1920s and 1930s, with their silly toffs, adventuresses and jewel thieves getting up to romantic mischief in country houses. It didn’t take much to see that the Game of the Goose would fit rather nicely into that world. I was very lucky in my cast. I Fagiolini are, of course, first rate singers, but they’re also very good actors and (with the wind in the right direction) deft physical comedians; I knew they could do anything I asked of them. What’s so pleasing about the finished film is that they did everything even better than I could have wished. Greg Browning assembled an amazing crew – this film looks beautiful – and, with their help, I fulfilled my ambition to write a farcical musical comedy about silly toffs, adventuresses and jewel thieves, set in a country house.
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Woodstock Museum 23rd Annual Free Film Festival SEPT 2 - FRIDAY 6:45PM Opening Ceremony Nathan Koenig & Shelli Lipton 7PM Daughter Father Food Forest When the pandemic forces Katie to make big changes in her life, she moves into her fathers home to start a backyard food forest. Director Biography - Katie Kamala Haley 7:06 Waiting in the Wings How will these two non-profit California theaters survive as they reopen during the Covid 19 pandemic? A short documentary that follows Five Star Theatricals and Teatro Frida Kahlo, two non-profit theaters in southern California as they attempt to reopen amidst the Covid19 pandemic. With the threat of surging coronavirus cases and bureaucratic hurdles, how will they save the art form that has sustained them both financially and emotionally? Director Biography - Josie Andrews 7:30 Nurture Animation of an infant's first nourishment of milk provides love & sustenance between mother & child. Director Biography - Ying-Fang Shen 7:40 Town Band A personal tribute to a small town story of a woman’s childhood and vanishing rural life in Sullivan County, NY. Q&A Director Biography - Alice Elliott 8:15 Searching for Zachary Richard Singer, songwriter, environmentalist with musical roots in Louisiana Cajun culture. Director Biography - Crocque / Hoffman 9PM Globes The bond between humans and bees. "We don't live to work. We work to live," says a beekeeper. While dancing, bees tell each other stories about the world around them. People also claim a role in those stories, sometimes very close and intimate, sometimes distant and on an industrial scale. Nina de Vroome's thoughts also swarm with the bees: from the smallest cell in a honeycomb to the global economy, her essayistic nature documentary Globes charts the bond between humans and bees. As accomplished storytellers, they both give shape to their lives under the sun. Director Biography - Nina de Vroome SEPT 3 - SATURDAY 7PM A Tumba Abierta Animated retrospective of The Beatles myriad transformations. An introspective fable about a musical and artistic movement, where the figure of Alfredo Calonge (1961-2014), one of the greatest exponents of this genre, being the leitmotiv of the same, and at the same time introduces us to an urban subculture in which a group of multifaceted artists developed; musicians, painters, editors and publishers of fanzines, record labels, recording studios, music venues, promoters, illustrators, or DJs, in addition to the public, who attended all the events and who animated for more than a decade this city, consolidating the bases that led in the mid-nineties to coin the term 'Swinging Barcelona' for that time and that community. 7:20 Digital Champions Leading the Fight Against FGM in Tanzania Gender based violence monitored with smartphone app. 7:25 Veral Is understanding possible between city slickers & this reclusive community? Urban/rural divide takes a newspaperman to High Plains, CO.Q&A Haze, “big-city” newspaperman, searches the High Plains for a “country-flavor” story for the Post. The urban/rural divide is palpable the moment he arrives. Is understanding possible between city slickers and this reclusive community? His search leads him to the Veral "Wax" Museum, presided over by solitary teen Alicia. The basement houses the town’s mummified dead, preserved through her forebears' formula, dating from the Homestead Act. Alone in this stark tomb, Alicia seeks to transfigure the irrevocable law of life and death while Haze's deadline hangs in the balance. Director Biography - Erin Lane Harper 8:08 Hidden Wounds Compassionate film on importance of mental health for patients & caregivers with CNN anchor Richard Lui, his mom, & others. It is a film that shows us how mental health is not what we think it is. It is not only the polar extremes of what the movies or media have made it out to be. It often comes in shades of grey and in places we do not expect or notice. 9:45 The Adventures of Saul Bellow Celebrated novelist turns life into art. Features his wives, offspring, Phillip Roth, Salman Rushdie, & other writers. The film traces Bellow's rise to eminence and examines his many identities: reluctant public intellectual, 'serial husband', father, Chicagoan, Jew and American. Interviews with the novelist's family and friends will shed new light on Bellow's personality and the way he turned life into art. My affinity for the writer has deepened and developed over the years, stretching beyond questions of Jewish and American identity. I have come to admire the author’s bold insistence on humanism, how he cleaves to unfashionable notions like ‘culture’ and ‘personality.’ At the same time, I am troubled by Bellow’s racist and sexist imagery. I believe that these qualities make his work difficult to teach and study today. In my film, I am determined to let both of these sides of the author come to life. I seek a cinematic language that can bring out all the layers of his work for a new generation—the humorous, the spiritual, the profound, the American, the Jewish, the lowbrow, the highbrow, the just, and the unjust. SEPT 4 - SUNDAY 7PM East Belfast Boy Street-sharp poet pumps techno and pulverizing moments into cliché-free zone. Meet Davy. The things he sees. His streets, His mates, His girl and...The Boys. Director Biography - Emma Jordan Director Statement 7:30 Over My Dead Body Jewish Persian-American woman and muslim fiancé conflict with parents. Director Biography - Meital Cohen Navarro Her most recent short film, the critically acclaimed Over My Dead Body, which she wrote, directed, produced, and edited, has screened at numerous film festivals in 2021. The film, a devastating drama about a family at war over love versus religious tradition, has been nominated for best-scripted series for the CTA at the Television Academy and nominated at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. As well, won Best Narrative Short at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, The Grand Jury Prize at the Richmond International Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Valley Film Festival, the Audience Award at Pittsburgh Shorts, and an Honorable Mention at Dances With Films and many more. as well as receiving nominations at the Atlanta Jewish FF, Cordillera International FF, Julien Dubuque International FF, and the UK Jewish FF. The prolific Cohen-Navarro is currently filming and in post-production on three new documentaries, with planned debut in late 2023, as well as being in pre-production on a narrative feature film and two new short film projects. Elizabeth’s Survival Story follows Holocaust survivor and artist, Elizabeth Mann, as she is completing her final painting at 95 years old. Elizabeth paints the images and faces she can never forget from what she endured in the concentration camps. The film incorporates Elisabeth’s stories from her time as a teenager in Auschwitz and explores her thoughts on her final painting and how it reflects on the life she lived and the hardships she survived. Cohen-Navarro is currently filming a documentary in The Democratic Republic Of Congo, a story of the African leader who defied all odds by becoming one of the most influential businessmen in Africa, and a beloved politician that changed the face of the Congolese political map with only one goal in mind - to better the lives of his people. Her past two shorts from 2019 films were, The Cake is about a woman who discovers a 40-year-old secret about her husband and best friend and what happens when she confronts that friend, and In It Together is about two immigrants struggling to maintain their relationship while at the breaking point in their efforts to support themselves. Cohen-Navarro previously worked at the Israel Broadcasting Authority on documentary TV and feature films and the renowned weekly investigative documentary show “Mabbat-Sheni". Her passion for diverse cultures led her to live in Africa, where she wrote and reported for the Israeli newspaper Maariv. Her stories depicted social conflict, and daily life in countries like DR-Congo, Mozambique and South Africa. Her background in documentaries and journalism imbues her narrative filmmaking with a detail-oriented realism. Her films tell stories of ordinary people and life’s unassuming moments that contain a deeper resonance with a specific focus on the unique challenges that women face in their daily lives. Cohen-Navarro earned an MFA in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles and holds Bachelor’s degrees in Business Management and Communication from the Open University of Israel. She currently resides in Los Angeles. Director Statement 8:02 Pessoas Photographer & daughter seek unknown woman whose picture he captured in a parade after the death of Fidel Castro. Arturo travels to Santiago de Cuba just after the death of Fidel Castro to find an unknown woman whom he photographed in the parade on May 1 10 years ago. He is accompanied by his daughter Greta, from whom he has been estranged for some time. Director Biography - Arturo Dueñas Herrero 9:23 Taste of the Indigenous Discover the history, tradition, and culture of the Indigenous Native Americans through their food. 9:45 The Coronation In this wordless, experimental film, a powerful goddess meets her match. For mature audience. Director Biography - Emily Penick A short film based on a true story about a young actor who is harassed by a talent agent and decides to take matters into his own hands. Director Biography - Victor Fontoura |
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AUG 31 - TUESDAY 2:30 & 8:30PM Behind My Eyes 4:00 & 10:00PM The Accident 5:00 & 11:00PM The River Man Director - MARC DESSUP SEPT 1 - WEDNESDAY 2:30 & 8:30PM Infected Director Biography - Alfonso 'Cronopio' Moreno 2:35 & 8:35PM Formless Form 2:38 & 8:38PM Recycled Verses Randy Kelly is an award-winning film and television director, editor and cameraman based in the Ottawa/Gatineau area in Canada. With over 24 years of experience, Randy has worked on dramatic TV series, lifestyle series, documentaries, short and feature-length films, cinepoems and music videos in both English and French. Recycled Verses is a cinepoem (video for a spoken word poem) about the cyclical nature of life and art and self-expression. Director- Randy Kelly 2:45 & 8:45PM Nine Point Mesa Ranch SEPT 2 - THURSDAY CHRISTOPHER R. OWENS / CHRIS OLEDUDE 2:55 & 8:55PM Too Late
Director Statement: ”Too Late" is an animated short film based on the life story of Edie Sedgwick - a tribute for the 50th anniversary of her death. The film’s soundtrack was produced by Robert Margouleff - a Grammy Award-winning American record producer and co-producer of „Ciao! Manhattan” (the last Edie Sedgwick’s film). 3:15 & 9:15PM Anagnorisis
Director Biography: Arturo Dueñas Herrero (Esguevillas de Esgueva, Valladolid, Spain, 1962). Bachelor of Arts, Qualified in Cinematography and Filmmaking Course at the New York Film Academy. Full member of the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain. Actor, director, producer, editor and scriptwriter in several short films, he has produced and directed the feature films Amateurs (Aficionados, 2011), selected and awarded in over 30 international festivals, Corsairs (Corsarios, 2015), Mission: Sahara (Misión: Sáhara, 2016), Built lands (Tierras construidas, 2019) and Pessoas: the shortest path (Pessoas: el camino más corto, 2020). 3:30 & 9:30PM Perfect Strangers
4:00 & 10:00PM Wisdom for the Future
Director’s Biography: Nathan Koenig combines a broad background in many facets of theatrical and video production: directing, scripting, editing and marketing. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Denison University, where he studied theatre and filmmaking, winning awards for both. He then went to Los Angeles and went from understudy to actor to producer of three successful plays at the Gallery Theatre in West Hollywood. Then he was drafted. In the 1970's he used Super 8 film and 35mm slides to document West Coast counterculture. He documented the traditional beliefs of indigenous cultures through interviews, photography, film and video. His dedication to the preservation of traditional cultures has given him access to places and individuals not usually within reach of the general public. In 1972, he founded White Buffalo Multi-Media, Inc. That was when "multimedia" combined performance with films, video, slides and, special effects. Between 1973-74, he managed the WOW Hall, a community performing arts center in Eugene Oregon (formerly a meeting place for Woodsmen of the World). Between 1972-1976, he traveled around the west, doing shows in countercultural and Native American communities. Between 1978 and 1985, the repertoire of multi-media shows were featured at the Mind-Body-Spirit Festivals, Whole Life Expo's and planetariums in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and London. Some titles include: “Ancient Prophecies Future Visions", "The Mystique of Ancient Mexico", "I Am Universe", and "Esoteric Egypt". At the Expos, Koenig alternated his works with other producers of human potential A/V media. In 1987, Abbie Hoffman asked Nathan to direct the light show for the "Great '60s Ball," at the old Fillmore East, where the projection screen was a planetarium dome. Performers included the Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Buffy Sainte Marie and Country Joe. White Buffalo Multimedia's goal is to edit documentaries from vintage footage gathered over the years and to transform the entire multimedia repertoire into digital formats. These include best-selling author Dr. Bernie Siegel, human potential pioneer Dr. Jean Houston, Mohawk educator Ray Fadden/Tehanetorens, herbalist Susun Weed, and “Lifestyles of the Solar Famous”. Nathan Koenig and Shelli Lipton are in production on a documentary series "Iroquois Power for the 21st Century" and “Woodstock DownUnder,” a series about Woodstock’s sister city Nimbin, Australia. From 1985-2005, Nathan founded and directed Upstate Media Enterprises, offering video production services including promotional videos and events. Clients included The American Ballet Theatre, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Ecofest in NYC, Woodstock Youth Theatre, and Catskill Ballet. Mr. Koenig and his partner Shelli Lipton produced 4 years of TV promos for The Clearwater Festival with Pete Seeger. When the festival asked why they videoed 20 hours for a 30 second promo, Nathan replied “Because it’s history. You’ve got Pete Seeger and many activist folk singers empowering the generations.” Mr. Koenig is co-founder and President of the Woodstock Museum, chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. Woodstock Museum events include workshops on renewable energy resources such as solar hot water and photovoltaics. Also, workshops with Native Americans and Siberian shaman & author Sarangerel, multi-image shows on the 1960s, Woodstock Art Colony, and Sister City exchanges of art and culture with Woodstock New York and Nimbin, Australia. Nathan Koenig and his wife/partner Shelli Lipton are Woodstock Ambassadors and filmmakersover the last two decades. Says Nathan Koenig, “It’s where we go to discover what could’a would’a should’a happened if the 1960s culture had taken root and evolved.” Director’s Statement: The Iroquois or Haudenasaunee and other native people are like “the canary in the coal mine” They warn us about the current crisis of existence. They advise us to challenge the destruction of our grandchildren. Chief Oren Lyons says, “When we go, you too will go.” This 7-part series reveals the untold story of America's oldest democracy. Exclusively narrated by Iroquois chiefs, clan mothers, and scholars, the story shows the strong Iroquois influence on the U.S. Constitution. This series shows what was left out by the U.S. founders and must be implemented to reverse the brutal desecration of a failing society. The Haudenosaunee Tree of Peace ceremony is a bridge between people. Since encountering the Iroquois at the end of The Longest Walk in 1978, I have documented their message over the years until it told a story I think we need to know. I could think of no better project than to convey the message of native people who are one with the earth. Co-Producer Statement: Shelli Lipton is a multimedia artist with a discipline in Journalistic Illustration. Her early career in film followed traditional art studies in New York City: High School of Music & Art which the movie "Fame" was based on; a Saturday high school scholarship program at Pratt Institute; a full talent scholarship to School of Visual Arts where she taught "How to Go Into Business on Little or No Money." Ms. Lipton also founded the Alumni Society. As the first woman art director in a Mad Ad (Madison Ave.) agency, she created one-take thirty second commercials for fashion accounts. Ms. Lipton was the first woman admitted to the Art Director's Club. Her fashion TV spots were praised as ornamental messages. Shelli Lipton was the youngest owner of a recognized advertising agency revamping the National Audubon Society from a bird society to an environmental organization in 1972. Warner Brothers, Inc. granted Ms. Lipton money to produce a promotional film on "The Children's Art Collection”, a greeting card and licensing business in the 1970s-1980s. That film, “A Purple Tree is Fine with Me”, went on tour in Japan in the early seventies. Later works were documentaries with White Buffalo Multimedia, Inc. starting in the late eighties when Ms. Lipton also founded Woodstock Museum, Inc. is now an international venue for tourists and researchers into the sixties era of consciousness raising, sustainable living and future environmental development. Often behind a camera, Ms. Lipton takes liberties to experiment as a paintbrush or palette knife. You wouldn't want to hire her as camera one to film a straight documentation. Ms. Lipton says, "for me to communicate as an artist I see process as giving me freedom to create. The camera is just one of many tools. Our brain is the source to play out the vision." "Wisdom for the Future" features Iroquois orators and scholars offering solutions to make a better world through a system of government given by "The Peacemaker". America's founders used Iroquois government structure while leaving essential elements out. "I am fully aware that change must take place to prevent extinction. The seven part series is a preparation to bring you into a new paradigm, solving the problem of the power of the people vs. the power of corporate agenda. It's a must see, must learn film series to learn cooperation, not competition and be free people. SEPT 3 - FRIDAY 2:36 & 8:36PM The Pageant Director Biography - Kasey O'Brien 2:45 & 8:45PM Grounders Director - Melanie Hope 3:50 & 9:50PM Who's a Good Man? Director - Rhonda G. Robinson 4:00 & 10:00PM Recalling Director Biography: Ariel Glenn and Edoardo Nicholas Bianchi Director Statement: Inspired by the painful events of 2020, this film is an imagining of a world in which trauma caused by brutality and disease could be healed by the magic of strangers. SEPT 4 - SATURDAY 2:30 & 8:30PM Seeking a Lost Age Director: Atsuko Mu Yuma (????? is a self-taught multi-media artist from Japan who has lived in New York for 50 years. Yuma earned her degree in design from Musashino Art College in Japan. Statement: I am a Japanese multi-media artist living in New York City for the last 50 years. 3:00 & 9:00PM Mississippi Turning Director Biography - Adam Grannick When your state flag features an emblem of hate, how do you engage with those who treasure it as part of their heritage? In 2016, Genesis Be launched a no-holds-barred protest against Confederate Heritage Month. Provocative images from her protest went viral. Death threats poured into her social feeds. But rather than double down in defensiveness, Genesis headed to her home state of Mississippi for an honest dialogue with a childhood friend, the proud descendant of Confederate soldiers. She got more than she bargained for. By choosing to be vulnerable with each other, the stars of this film reveal a blueprint for how the rest of us can seek common ground even when we stand our ground. Far from compromising their values, these young Mississippians prove that life need not be a zero-sum game and that hearts can change. It turns out that flags do, too. 4:15 & 10:15PM The Album Directed by music industry veteran Kevin Hosmann, with 20 gold records to his art directing credit, including NWA’s Straight Outta Compton. Director Statement: There was an ice breaker at a company I was working at which asked us all to put a Powerpoint presentation together (20 slides on a 5 second timer) to tell us something about ourselves that the group doesn’t know. I was an Art Director in the record industry early in my career. None of the knew that. SEPT 5 - SUNDAY 2:30 & 8:30PM She Had a Dream: Eula Johnson's Fight to Desegregate Director Biography - Janay Joseph Director Statement: While updating a K-12 curriculum on Black History as part of a semester-long academic internship with HISTORY Fort Lauderdale, I first learned about Eula Johnson and her work as a Civil Rights activist in Broward County. I decided that for my main internship project I would produce a short documentary project focusing on her work with the Wade-ins. 2:45 & 8:45PM The PRATT in the HAT Director Biography - Susan Hillary Director Statement: I was inspired to create this piece when I spotted Frances across a crowded political event. Pratt was adorned in one of her striking hats and she was a beacon of color in a sea of grey. I asked her if she would allow me to photograph her in her hats. She agreed and I found what lay beneath her large-brimmed bonnets was a woman whose personal insight and firsthand knowledge into racial equality is one that is relevant, now more than ever. 3:30 & 9:30PM The Cost of Denial SEPT 6 - MONDAY 12:35 & 8:35PM Peacetime: A Royal Frog Director Biography: A New Jersey native, Steve Moore has enjoyed a 37 year career in the animation industry. You've seen his work in films such as "Despicable Me", "Coraline", and "A Goofy Movie" to name a few. He directed the Oscar nominated short "Redux Riding Hood" as well as the Emmy nominate special "Olive, the Other Reindeer". He is currently a director on the Disney Junior series "Puppy Dog Pals". Director Statement: I initially created "PeaceTime" as part of a TV series pitch. I was looking to do a show that was calming, but still fun, amid the relentless barrage of high energy programs for kids. After striking out with the studios, I decided to complete it as a short - the first of many such shorts, I hope. 12:40 & 8:40PM Calf Rope Director Biography - Bradley Hawkins Director Statement: Loosely based on my childhood memories of the tight bond I had with my Grandad Mac, CALF ROPE focuses on the legacy that he unknowingly left behind that influenced me as to what it means to be the playful, connected, and active grandpa that I strive to be with my own two young grandchildren today. CALF ROPE means more to me on a personal level than any other creative endeavor I’ve ever embarked on. It truly feels like my entire life has led to this moment in time for the purpose of telling this story of the importance of leaving a long-lasting legacy for the generations beyond through the wonder and magic of cinema. 1:40 & 9:40PM 8000 Paperclips Director Biography - Nitsan Tal Director Statement: In November of 2015, I got a text from a friend. 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01. "R1514,The Waiting" Overview of refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. The Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria began at the end of 1975 in one of the toughest places in the world, the Hammada, the devil’s garden. We give an overview of how they live. Thanks to their determination, Sahrawi have made a home under extreme conditions, a desert with frequent sandstorms and temperatures over 50 °C (122 Fahrenheit) in summer, with no water but rare heavy flash rainfalls that flood the camps. With the camp’s 43rd anniversary, we wanted to highlight a situation that began with the decolonization process. "R1514, the Waiting" starts with a black screen and the sound of sea waves, a reminder of what Sahrawi have lost. Images will show us their hard work in order to live with dignity and the importance of education and the position of women, both key factors in Sahrawi's surviving in such a hard environment.The solution to end the camps should be peaceful and all nations can work toward it. Director Biography - Salvador Alemany Salvador Alemany is a news producer at the Catalonian public TV. He has worked on-site during the independence of Kosovo, Ukraine orange revolution, Venezuela coup d’état, and has covered many other breaking news events. Director Statement We did two short trips. In the first, the temperature was so high that we had to stay at midday inside the adobe houses and jaimas. I felt constantly the camera at the verge of burning. The second time, we went through a sandstorm. Lenses were affected. Moreover, the battery charger collapsed. Two batteries were damaged. The original project was impossible to fulfill. But it was not dramatic. We had the joy of living with the Sahrawi, in their homes, eating their food, just being with them. We tell the story of Sahrawi resistance and of women and education as key factors. 02. "Educate Girls" Making education more accessible for girls from India. In India, the majority of girls do not complete their primary education. "Educate Girls" is working to make education more accessible to girls by partnering with public schools, training local champions for girls’ education, and mobilizing communities to help girls achieve their full potential. Director Biography - Gabriel Diamond Gabriel Diamond started working in video at age 13 at KDOL-TV in Oakland, CA. Now he travels the world making films about people who make things better. Along with Ken Ikeda he co-founded The Factory, a filmmaking lab for Bay Area youth. Works created under his mentorship won top prizes at dozens of national festivals including an Emmy. His first feature "Less", follows and idealistic and troubled man who has chosen to live on the streets in San Francisco. It received honorable mention for the grand jury prize at Dances With Films Festival. He shot and acted in "How To Cheat" which premiered at the LA Film Festival, and won best acting ensemble and best narrative at Bend Film Festival. In 2011 he shot a short documentary in Nepal entitled “We Are In The Field: Adventures of a 3rd World Environmental Activist.” It’s now being developed into a feature length film “All Living Things” with Jane Goodall. He’s now the staff filmmaker & photographer at the Skoll Foundation in Palo Alto. 03. "Human Applications" Reflecting on the algorithmic patterns and architectures behind biological and artificial intelligence. Are the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence worthy of our fear or celebration as we stride into a more technologically reliant future? MareNostrum 4, the supercomputer harboured underneath a deconsecrated chapel in Barcelona, provides the perfect backdrop to the opening sequence. In the 19th century, when the church was erected, western societies broadly believed we were originated and governed by a single, divine creator. Dialogs are based on interviews with prominent voices in the field of AI (including Chris Boos, (CEO of Arago), Prof. Stuart Russel and Prof. Kevin Warwick (Professor of Robotics and the first ever self-professed human cyborg) Director Biography - Marina Landia Marina is a video and performance artist based in Berlin and London. She was a lecturer at the Institute for Art in Context, Berlin University of Arts. 04. "Out Loud" Trans Chorus of Los Angeles makes history with talent extraordinaire. The documentary film chronicles the ups and downs of the first season of the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles -- the largest group of transgender and gender non-conforming people anywhere in the world who come together regularly to sing. As the choristers gear up for their 2016 public concert debut, they share their inspiring life stories and reveal what it means to be trans in America. This extraordinary chorus makes more than music. It’s making history. Director Biography - Gail Willumsen Director-producer-writer Gail Willumsen began her career at National Geographic Television, and went on to produce documentary programs for PBS (NOVA, Nature), Discovery, A&E and other outlets. She has earned two individual Emmys for writing (“Volcano!” for National Geographic Television, and “The Mummy Who Would Be King” for NOVA), an Emmy for producing and directing (“RX for Survival: A Global Health Challenge” for WGBH and Vulcan Inc.), and a Peabody award (“Black Sky: a Race for Space” for Discovery ), as well as many other accolades for her work. But the real reward, says Willumsen, “is the work itself: the incredible generosity of strangers who allow us into their lives, and trust us with their amazing stories.” Willumsen is a graduate of UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television with a BA and MFA in film production. In 1999, Willumsen founded Gemini Productions with producer Jill Shinefield. Gemini’s documentary and non-fiction productions have explored the kaleidoscope of human experience and achievement, from the building of Stonehenge to the marvels of spaceflight, from the burial practices of ancient peoples to the development of advanced medical technologies. Director Statement In late 2015, I spotted an article in a local newspaper announcing the creation of the first chorus for transgender and gender-nonconforming people in Los Angeles. This would be a chorus with a mission: to give voice to people who have been too long silenced. It sounded glorious, and it fairly cried out to be documented. With my producing partner Jill Shinefield, I contacted the chorus’ founders and offered to chronicle the first season of this extraordinary project. We were not the only filmmakers interested in the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, and we considered it a great privilege when the chorus opened its doors to us. For half a year, we (myself on camera, Jill recording sound) filmed every weekly rehearsal as the singers were pushed to their limit by chorus founder and artistic director Lindsey Deaton, a trans woman with decades of classical music training. The stakes were high: at the end of the season, the chorus would have their public debut in a performance at UCLA. Over time, outside the rehearsal space, Jill and I would also compile portraits of choristers who shared their personal stories with us. The experience was transformative: it brought me close to some of the bravest, strongest and most self-realized individuals I have ever had the honor to know. The sad truth is that more Americans claim to have seen a ghost than to have met a transgender person, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Most people get their information about the trans community from film, television and other media –where trans people are most often depicted as freaks, deviants and criminals. Is it any wonder that trans individuals suffer daily discrimination and harassment, as well as disproportionate rates of violent assault, murder and suicide? With the advent of stars like Laverne Cox and shows like "Transparent", it seems the tide, ever so slowly, is beginning to turn. I hope that in some small way, our documentary "Out Loud" can add to that momentum. I like to think of "Out Loud" as an invitation to viewers everywhere to get to know a vibrantly diverse group of singers –some younger, some older; some musically trained, some not- all united by a desire to passionately change the way others see the transgender community. Full disclosure, I don’t identify as LGBT, but I am an ally, close friend, sister, niece, and godmother to many beloved individuals who do. I’ve lived three decades in the rainbow city of West Hollywood, through the AIDS holocaust, and the fight for marriage equality. I marched for trans rights in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election. I never want to lose another brilliant friend to HIV. I dream of a day when I won’t worry for my sister’s safety because she is married to a woman. I want to help create a future in which the trans people I have come to cherish can flourish without fear of discrimination or violence. That is the heart and soul behind the making of Out Loud. 05. Survive After a planetary cataclysm, a man struggles to survive. Director - MARC DESSUP Screenings & Awards 7th Indian Cine Film Festival-19 Philippines Russian Federation United States United States 06. "Walter Treppiedi" Con artist keeps tricking people until challenged not to lie for two minutes. Walter, a con artist, drives around the city with his sick guard dog in the back. Sometimes successful, other times less so, Walter keeps tricking people, until an acquaintance dares him to go two minutes without telling a lie. Director Biography - Elena Boiuryka Since her first approach was as an actress studying Strasberg’s Method in 2003 with Francesca de Sapio. She become a member De Fazio's CREASTUDIO, focalising in writing and directing. In 2004 was her debut with Fausto Brizzi "Night before Exams." In 2012, she made her first directorial short "Better You Shut Up". The second,in 2019, is "Walter Treppiedi”. She also collaborates in casting and participated as acting-coach in Daniele Luchetti's films “I Am Tempesta" (2017) and "Moments of Negligible Happiness"(2018). 07. "Uprooting Addiction: Healing From The Ground Up" Six recovering addicts from varying walks of life. Six recovering addicts from varying walks of life, each affected by childhood trauma, come together to share their stories, emerging from darkness through community, connection, and compassion. Interweaving these stories with up-to-the-minute accounts of collective action from an equally diverse group of activists, officials, volunteers, caregivers, and experts, "Uprooting Addiction" is a mosaic-like portrait of a single community coming together to take on one of the most urgent public health challenges of our times. Director Biography 08. "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" Music satire on prejudice these days. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a music video that uses social satire to comment on prejudice in the Trump era. Director Biography Caeser Pink is a multimedia artist best known for his work with The Imperial Orgy artist collective. Caeser is also the founder of the Arete Living Arts Foundation. 09. Panic Attack! Animation explores anxiety, obsession, and one person's slippery hold on reality. Director Biography Eileen O'Meara is an American artist known for her hand-drawn films “Agnes Escapes from the Nursing Home” and “That Strange Person”. She received the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and Women in Film Foundation’s Hollywood Film & Video Grants. She has produced and directed commercial animated spots for clients including Warner Home Video, Motown, HBO, and WEA Latina. Director Statement “Panic Attack!” is a hand-drawn animation from the point of view of a woman having a panic attack. I wanted the transitions between reality and her imagined fears to be seamless, so there are no edits -- it is one continually transforming drawing. 010. "Duet" Youngster living with uncle thrives on passion for music. Jacob, a kid with a tragic past is forced to move in with his uncle. Jacob attends a new school where he struggles to fit in until he meets Damien. Damien helps Jacob find his true passion through music and friendship. Director Biography John Theissen Jr. is a Long Islander born and raised. Ever since his childhood he was fascinated by film. His favorite movies are "Dark Knight", "Big Lebowski", and "Drive". He won best movie and director at the Scott Bogel Film Festival (2017) which was his first film. John Theissen continues to write, direct, and act in films. Director Statement Duet was the first feature film I've directed. This film was a High School project that was for our advanced film class. I consider it my first proud achievement as a filmmaker! 011. "New Hampshire: Live Free and Fly" An aerial tour of the Granite State set to Redbird's Wing by New Hampshire folk singer Bill Staines. Director Biography - Jen Hosker fell in love with drones while working as an engineer and quickly made the transition from industrial equipment test flights to aerial photography and videography. Her passion led her to start Elevated Optics LLC in 2018. Jen’s favorite part of flying is demonstrating that ordinary locations can be breathtakingly beautiful when captured from the right angle. She can often be found driving around her home state of New Hampshire, looking for interesting locations to fly. Director Statement I grew up listening to the music of New Hampshire folk singer Bill Staines on long car rides through the Granite State. His song "Redbird’s Wing" is the embodiment of what flying feels like for me. It is both the ultimate freedom of being airborne as well as the humbling realization of how small we are in nature. I had "Redbird’s Wing" playing in the background one day, while planning my next drone adventure. The combination of the lyrics and the fact that my drone is red inspired this film, capturing the different beautiful locations in my home state to share with others. 012. "Sing You A Brand New Song: The Words & Music of Coleman Mellet" Dizzy Gillespie's daughter & others complete music of jazz guitarist who died in airplane crash. "Sing You a Brand New Song: The Words and Music of Coleman Mellett" is a testament to the power of love and music. When jazz guitarist Mellett died on February 12, 2009 at the age of 34 in the crash of Continental Airlines Flight #3407 outside Buffalo, he left behind a remarkable legacy of love and of artistic passion. He also left behind a dream in the form of an unfinished album of original songs, many written for his wife, jazz singer Jeanie Bryson. Bryson, the daughter of jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie vowed, along with “Coley’s” brother Zeb, to finish the project. Through a combination of painstaking and masterful digital extraction of thousands of musical files, and an all-star cast of musicians who lent their talents and their hearts to the project, they not only brought Coley’s vision to life, they shared with the world an unforgettable love letter of a story that shows how love and music can find light even in the darkest of times. 013. "The Seahorse Trainer" A lonely man's passion for training seahorses. Enter the surreal and nautical world of Seamour. A lonely old man with a passion for training seahorses. Desperate to have his most prized seahorse perform the highly ambitious “Triple Back Flip”, the final day of training has come, and it’s up to his knowledge, preparation and the seahorse’s determination to see the trick come to life. But when the hourglass turns, Seamour realizes it is even harder than he thought and he must overcome his troubled past before the magic fades or the trick will never be achieved. Director Biography - Ricardo Bonisoli and Babak Bina are VFX artist based in Vancouver, Canada. They have been part of projects like Star Wars: the last Jedi, Captain Marvel, and Aquaman. In 2017 both decided to dive into the filmmaking world and started directing their first short film "The Seahorse Trainer", a surreal narrative film with over 100 homemade VFX shots. The film premiered at the 45th Seattle International Film Festival (2019) where it received the grand jury award in its category, making the film Oscar qualified for the 2020 edition. The film has also received other awards including "best fantasy film" at Filmquest Festival and most recently, "best VFX" at the SPARK animation festival 2019. 014. "The Extractive Gaze" Nuero-marketers learn to read customer's thoughts. Neuro-marketers learn to read customers’ thoughts. Our sensitive genetic data go into central data banks available to insurance companies. Software now recognizes us by our gait and our typing pattern as well as world-wide facial recognition. Increasingly, marketers extract data thought to be private or personal, and use it to shape our experience. This film is not limited to straight journalistic reportage. Rather it seeks to generate curiosity and discussion regarding these matters, as well as to entertain. Director Biography - Steve McGuireis Professor Emeritus at Muskingum University, with a Ph.D. in Sociology from SUNY/Stony Brook. He is co-author of Community on Land (Rowman and Littlefield) and a Past-President of the Association for Humanist Sociology. 015. "Phoney Sights" Satirical critique of current social & political changes in Slovenia, Europe, and the world. A reflection of contemporary society through modified moving images. A satiric critique of the current social and political changes that are happening in Slovenia, in Europe and in the World aesthetically explored through (de)formation of landscapes and cityscapes. Phony Sights considers social and political issues, and even science when searching for an answer to the questions: Where are we? and Where are we going? Director Biography - Ana Čigon (1982) is an artist from Slovenia that creates films, video art and performances. Her projects tackle social issues, such as under-representation of women in history, LGBTIQ+ topics and marginalised social groups, pursuit of happiness, the effects of neo-liberalism on society and such. Her works often contain elements of humour and irony. She is a winner of OHO Award, finalist for the Slovenia Henkel Award and finalist of Vordemberge Gildewart Foundation Award. Her films have been presented on international film festivals worldwide, for which she received numerous nominations, two audience choice awards and three jury awards. Director Statement - I feel that important changes happened in the world since the last economic crisis. For a long time I have been wanting to make a project that would reflect this. It seems hard to know which information is important and which is not. News broadcasts and newspapers many times are not helpful either. This experimental film is my attempt to make sense of the current political affairs and construct an imagery that could represent it in a global sense. 016. "Night & Day" Marionette show tales the yarn of an uncle and nephew who never knew they were kin. Night and Day is a story of two lives, an uncle and his nephew. Neither has ever met. In fact the nephew never knew of his uncle's existence until his own coming out to his family. These two men lived very different lives due to the time periods in which they were born. The story is uniquely told via a puppet stage and marionettes. 017. "Digits of Pi" Transcendental film inspired by Duchamp's "Anemic Cinema." Pi meets Duchamp in a transcendental film! Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's “Anemic Cinema,” I set out to create a film composed within a circular frame. This circular composition led directly to using the number pi for the underlying structure. Having the digits of pi sung on the soundtrack is an homage to “Einstein on the Beach” by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson. Director Biography - Tom Bessoir , Joshua Pines - Born in New York City in 1957, Tom Bessoir attended The Bronx High School of Science and studied electrical engineering and mathematics at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. While at The Cooper Union, he studied filmmaking with Robert Breer, Joshua Pines, and Sandy Moore. Tom Bessoir’s experimental films often use mathematics to explore perception and the structure of film. In the arts, Tom Bessoir is best known for "Microfilm" (1979), "Digits of Pi" (2019), and his photography documenting downtown NYC. Tom and Josh met when they were both studying electrical engineering, mathematics and art at The Cooper Union. Recently they co-authored the mathematics paper "Scrabble Seven-letter Words." 018. "Chumbak" Gal uses magnets from junk to fish coins from the sea. On the verge of losing hope of ever returning home, a young heartbroken girl finds an unorthodox way to make an income; but when she finds out her father is about to go flat-broke she must make ends meet before their fate is sealed in the city. Director Biography - Tobias Worrall, Isabelle van Hoorn We are a filmmaking couple from England (Liverpool) and Holland (Amsterdam). We met 13 years ago backpacking in Cambodia. Since then we’ve worked all types of jobs. We taught English in Thailand, planted trees in Canada, and crewed on sailboats in the Pacific. A few years ago we moved to California to study. Tobias studied filmmaking and Isabelle studied Physics. We tend to occupy opposite sides of the brain but come together creatively when we make films. Tobias was granted several scholarships during his film studies and he also received several awards for his short films in different festivals across the state California and in France. The experience we gained while traveling helps us immensely during production. We are used to things not going to plan and we are super adaptable. Director Statement - The making of our film "Chumbak" took us literally to all extremes. We wanted to challenge ourselves by combining our passion for filmmaking with our desire for adventure and traveling. We completely self funded this film and left for India with just our camera gear and our last bit of money. Before we left we had a rough idea for the narrative for the story, but we wrote the script on location. We got help with the translation as we both don’t speak a word of Hindi and the children actors do not speak any English either. 019. "The One and Only Jewish Miss America" The surprising story of Bess Myerson, talented beauty queen from the Bronx. “The One and Only Jewish Miss America” is the surprising story of Bess Myerson, the talented beauty queen from the Bronx, and how she won the world’s most famous beauty pageant 75 years ago, at the tail end of World War II. The film follows Bess, the middle daughter of poor Russian immigrants, from her childhood in a one-bedroom Jewish housing project apartment through the suspense-filled pageant. Impressed by the college-educated musician, the judges chose her in spite of anonymous threatening phone calls and sponsor disapproval of a Jewish pageant winner. On her 1945 Miss America tour, Bess faced antisemitism and closed doors at race-restricted venues which did not allow Jews. It is also a story of courage as her disappointment turned to determination, leading Bess Myerson to start her own tour to teach tolerance at high schools and colleges around the country -- a tour which launched her lifelong passion for justice. Director Biography - David Arond Starting as a sound effects editor in Hollywood, David mentored with an award-winning post-production team and discovered the power of sound and music to turn visual imagery into an emotional and visceral experience. David segued into non-fiction, story telling, creating documentaries for PBS, including "Mother of the Year," a MacArthur Foundation Award Winner. Other award-winning include "Houseboat Philosopher" and "Those Who Came Before." His PBS TV work includes producing/directing the weekly series "On The Internet" with Leo LePorte, of Tech TV. David's extensive international film and journalism work includes a stint in Moscow as bureau chief and broadcast journalist for Worldwide Television News, London, and Public Broadcast’s Nightly Business Report, and projects in Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Central Asia, and Australia where he worked with some of the world’s top film crews and journalists. Director Statement - I wanted to release this film on the 75th anniversary of the landmark moment when Bess Myerson, daughter of poor Jewish immigrants, rocked Atlantic City in September 1945 when she was crowned Miss America against all odds. I have been intrigued with the surprising story of how Bess -- a tall skinny girl who grew up thinking she was ugly -- became “The One and Only Jewish Miss America.” The story starts with Bess, growing up speaking Yiddish in the 1920s in the Bronx with her two sisters, gentle father, and very complicated mother who was determined her daughters would be educated and musical. As a concert pianist and one of the few college graduates in the 1945 Miss America pageant, Bess wowed the crowd with her talent and poise. Viewers will see how Bess's background shaped her ambition and her passion for racial and ethnic equality. That childhood -- and the crushing crucible of antisemitism -- made her a leader, both during the pageant and in her later life. 020. "In the Same Direction" Story of a jazz band and what jazz can be today. From the inception of a musical idea, through the recording process and live performance, this short documentary tells the story of Jeff Pifher and his band "Socrates' Trial", and their idea of what jazz can be today. Director Biography - Alexander Craven's passion for film began at a young age, watching black & white movies while his grandfather, a jazz musician, practiced every night. His credits include narrative films, commercials, tour management, and helping start a nationwide independent IP-TV network. Heavily influenced by pre-sixties and international cinema, he's interested in cross-genre suspense stories which explore modern identity and relationships. Director Statement - Music has an intangible quality which is better experienced than explained, and Jazz is by nature improvisational. It can be among the most collaborative of mediums - one in which leaders become followers, and back again. While many documentaries have sought to capture the lifestyle of being a musician, I felt few have shown the moment-to-moment nature of playing in a band. With strong storytelling elements already present in the music of Jeff Pifher and Socrates' Trial, whatever its genre may be, I sought not to explain but to allow the audience to celebrate in this creative musical process. The journey is in the music. 021. "Whale People: Protectors of the Sea" A Native American tribe protects whales and water. "Whale People: Protectors of the Sea" tells the story of today’s environmental emergency through the figure of the orca. Killer whales, or orcas, are a “miner’s canary” for the ocean. Their health indicates the health of the seas, the salmon stocks, the ancestral waters and lifeways of coastal Indigenous communities, and the well-being of future generations. The orca is among the most contaminated and critically endangered marine mammals in the world. From the Lummi Nation to the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest are sounding the alarm, exposing the many threats orcas face, from outdated dams and depleted salmon stocks they depend on for food, to toxic pollution, sound pollution, and the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline that would bring 800 new oil tankers annually to the Salish Sea. This short, experimental film features spectacular underwater footage of the orca, and the voices of Indigenous elders who communicate a message that was at the heart of the totem’s journey: what we do to the waters we do to ourselves. From the Pacific Northwest to the Gulf Coast, fossil fuel pollution and industrial development places at risk our collective natural and cultural heritage. Native communities coast to coast enjoin us all to protect, restore, and pass on to future generations a respect for each other, the sacred waters, and all our relations. Originally produced for an exhibition featured at the Florida Museum of Natural History, Whale People: Protectors of the Sea was projected as an immersive 90-foot wide floor-to-ceiling video installation. At the center of the installation was a 16 foot, 3,000 pound orca totem carved by the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation. Members of the tribe have transported the totem across the country to raise awareness about the plight of killer whale–one of the Lummi’s most revered relations. For the Lummi and many other Coast Salish tribes, killer whales are kin. Qw’e lh’ol mechen, the Lummi word for killer whale, translates to “our people that live under the sea”. In the exhibition, museum visitors were invited to lay hands on the totem, as thousands of others have on its journeys across the country. This festival will be the first occasion to bring this moving short film and the message it carries to a broader audience beyond the museum. Director Biography - Jason Jones / Not An Alternative, and The Natural History Museum. 022. "Journey to the Moon's Navel" Animation inspired by the Monarch butterflies journey through three countries. This project was inspired by the Monarca butterfly species which, in order to survive the winter, these insects have to travel through three countries and connects them year after year. Making their departure from the canadian forests, the butterflies travel between two and three months so they can spend winter in the mexican forests to reproduce during spring and continue their life cycle. Director Biography - Diana Cruz González. After returning to Mexico, I started an animation studio, IREKANI, with a small crew of talented artists that were part of the development of the studio's first project "Viaje al Ombligo de la Luna" (VAOL) or Journey to the Moon's Navel. Our studio wants to develop projects concerning cultural, educational and environmental issues that are very important to modern society. |
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AUG 31 FRIDAY Director Biography - Sara Koppel, Director & Animator Started in the Danish Animation industry as 14 years old. Creator of "Koppel Animation & Naked Love Film" 2002 Made 20 small hand drawn animated independent art film. Currently working on a new 12 minutes Hand drawn Erotic Animation film: “We got lost on the other side of wilderness” New forms of manipulation and the permanent inundation of stimuli from new media environments pose a great risk to children’s mental health. Unnoticed by political institutions, society has long since started to respond. A secular culture of consciousness is arising: meditation and new forms of resilience and mindfulness training have formed part of the curriculum in many of Europe’s schools for some time now. The French Football Federation, for example, was the first governing sports body in the world to include “consciousness” and “self-awareness” as a central component of its training programme. Director Statement Interview with director Anja Krug-Metzinger: 9:05 Tapferkeit A German sniper and a U.S. combat engineer find themselves the sole survivors of a battle. During the WWII North African campaign, a German sniper of the AfrikaKorps and a U.S. Combat engineer find themselves the sole survivors of a battle. They must reluctantly join forces to escape a marauding band of desert nomads and the unforgiving desolation of the Sahara desert. During their odyssey, the German relates the destruction of his country due to following their corrupt politicians. He regrets not stopping them before it was too late. It's a specter from the past that sadly parallels many aspects of our society today. The German soon realizes his own government is the real enemy of his people and struggles to find the courage (Tapferkeit) to stop them. Director Biography Joseph Quinn was born Jan 1, 1966 in Chicago Illinois. He has worked both in front of and behind the camera on multiple feature films and documentaries. Tapferkeit was his directorial debut. 9:30 Sparrow Meets Dr. Worraps Local commentator talks to himself as two personalties. Q&A Sparrow Meets Dr. Worraps is Marty Korn’s first film in the “Meeting of the Mind” film series. This innovative series features a single person playing out the various and sundry personae inhabiting one’s individual psyche. Through this dramatic vehicle, the duality and psychic tensions within our minds and lives are compellingly depicted. In “Sparrow Meets Dr. Worraps”, the poet Sparrow meets his psychic opposite the “Eminent” Dr. Worraps (Sparrow spelled backwards). Sparrow wrote the script & plays himself as well as Dr. Worraps. The drama, tension and fun unfold as the battle of wits evolves between them. SEPT 1 SATURDAY A visual and musical interpretation of American poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou’s electrifying poem "Still I Rise." Juxtaposing Angelou's timeless words with imagery of struggle and change from the past to the present, "Still I Rise" prompts us to ask ourselves: What side of the divide do you stand on? Where will you forge common ground? Director Biography Gabriel Diamond, Patrick Nelson Barnes, Phil Collis Gabriel Diamond started working in video at age 13 at KDOL-TV in Oakland, CA. Now he travels the world making films about people who make things better. 7:20 Enough White Teacups examines sustainable designs that embrace social, economic & ecological sustainability. The documentary “Enough White Teacups” highlights the Danish non-profit, INDEX: Design to Improve Life ® (INDEX) and the film explores their history as an international design competition and highlights the most innovative INDEX award winners. Enough White Teacups showcases how design can be used to plan and build affordable housing, to prevent of blindness, to destroy landmines, to deliver vaccines and blood in remote areas, to clean up the oceans and to help prevent infant and mother mortality, among others. “Enough White Teacups” examines sustainable designs/inventions that embrace the principles of social, economic and ecological sustainability. Director Biography Michelle Bauer Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Digital Design in the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver. Carpenter has produced, directed and edited award winning experimental and documentary pieces. Her video pieces have screened in numerous international and national film festivals and art galleries. Her 2016 film “Klocked: Women with Horsepower” recently won a National Academy of Arts & Sciences Heartland Chapter Emmy for Excellence in Journalistic Enterprise.
In 2012, her film about the catastrophic Fourmile fire titled “Above the Ashes” was awarded two prestigious Heartland Chapter Emmy Awards in the categories of best topical documentary and best program editing. The Heartland Chapter is a chapter in the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Emmy Award represents the best in the television industry. 8:35 One A traffic stop and police altercation gets a re-do. Q&A Director Biography - Carlos Carrasco – Director, Producer 9:30 At the Park By the Creek A drug peddler must choose to pull out or go deeper into the mud. When Germany's kid brother disappears and his drug pedaling doofus of a best bud is slowly getting deeper into the misty, small town underworld... he's left to either pull himself up by his bootstraps or fall deeper into the mud. Shot in and around Chicago, IL on a non-existent budget by passionate, diy influenced filmmakers. Director Biography Ryan Ohm, Jeremy Marsan SEPT 2 SUNDAY Director Biography Director Statement Shared work is intimacy. Intimacy is shared work. That's what the film is about but also what made the film possible: In a beautiful moment of shared work, a small group of people on a farm in Paso Robles, CA made this project a reality. We're so thankful to everyone who worked on it and couldn't be happier with how it turned out. 7:30 Standing Rock Take Me From the River Like minded activists traveled over 800 miles in solidarity with the Oceti Sakowin camp to protect water. Q&A A glimpse into our future. Like so many others, an overwhelming sense of unfairness being perpetrated led to a small group of like minded activists from "Brew City" (aka Milwaukee, Wisconsin) to travel over 800 miles to Standing Rock's Oceti Sakowin camp where protecting the water interfered with powerful oil interests. Support grew from hundreds to thousands of folks from around the world. From arresting journalists to silence their voices to excessive and violent attacks on the peaceful resisting water protectors, these actions are documented in this raw and emotional film. This journey into water protecting documents the Standing Rock Sioux struggle in North Dakota to protect their water and sacred sites based on Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 and 1868. The story of Standing Rock is our future. How we treat the environment and each other is our destiny. Director Biography Stefan Freedman & Lois Cordelia - Growing up in East London, Stefan's grandparents were refugees from Poland and Romania. This is Stefan's first short film, in collaboration with multi-media artist Lois Cordelia. Director Statement The story untold by a refugee is the one you need to hear. A vital key to understanding. But recalling it is too painful; to find words to express it is impossible. This short video tells the story of a journey into the unknown through the eyes of a child. Fear and hope journey with them. 8:40 Scenes from a Visit An aging dad's artistry is captured in his home. Q&A After being away for several months, a documentary filmmaker visits the remote home his aging parents bought. During the visit, he comes to realize that the years are catching up to his octogenarian father, an artist with a vivid imagination. 9:20 The Best of All Worlds A true story of a child's life with a heroin addicted mother and their love for each other. Director Biography SEPT 3 MONDAY 12:30 21 years-A Folded Flag Son's journey to discover who his father was after Vietnam War. Q&A 50 years ago the small town of Abington, Massachusetts not only lost a Vietnam war hero, but a young child lost his father. Before he went missing in action during a classified mission with his Special Operations Group, Sgt. Richard A. Fitts sent home his Green Beret and a voice recording with a truly special message to those left behind. Decades later his remains were discovered and returned to his hometown for a heroes welcome and funeral where a folded flag was presented to his only son. Now, a half -century later this Special Forces soldier’s story is told through a son’s cathartic journey to discover who his father was. This film was made as a tribute to the wonders of our earth and the importance of protecting them. Follow a young woman, armed with her banjo and her spirit, as she enters a portal from a post-apocalyptic world into a realm of rhinoceroses, gorillas and ancient trees to recover magical seeds and make the world wild again! 2:20. Major "Doc" Brown Oldest survivor of WWII’s Bataan Death March speaks out. Q&A The extraordinary, true story of World War II’s oldest survivor of the Bataan Death March, Major Albert N. Brown. This moving biographic documentary exposes the horrors of war and remarkable strength of the American spirit. Produced, directed and edited by JC Barone (40 min.) Director Biography JC Barone has been an active producer/director/editor for over 20 years. He is a member of the Television Academy and recipient of numerous awards including the Communicator Award of Distinction, the Videographer Award of Distinction, and five Telly Awards. Director Statement. Five years, a shoestring budget & local talent, it's been a labor of love. Working on this project is an honor. I hope we've done right by Major Brown, an American hero. 3:30 Look Animation explores natural cycles of exchange between humans and animals. This short animated film Look explores natural cycles of exchange between humans and animals. Dare to look and change the world. 3:35 Superhouse Step inside one of the most energy efficient homes in the world. Matt Bowers designed and built his Honeoye Falls, NY home to the Passive House standard -- ten times tighter than building codes require. Step inside one of the most energy-efficient homes in the world. 3:40 It's the Dystopian Future A giddy jaunt through the future that may come to pass. Born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 6, 1979, Ben Folstein Is a filmmaker, actor, musician, producer, and carpenter living and working in New York City. He attended film school at College of Santa Fe, after which he moved to San Francisco, California in 2001. There he made about 80 short films, while studying and working with filmmaker Craig Baldwin. Upon moving to New York city in 2006, he turned towards music and performance, playing with his band, Level 2. In 2010, he wrote and produced "Love is like Mud", a puppet rock opera. By 2013, he was working for Sleep No More, and producing a serial science fiction radio drama entitled "Neon Sun". In 2016, he turned his attention to children's education and entertainment. In 2017, his band, Peppermint Teabag, produced their first record. 3:45 Mama Qota Native Peruvians illuminate the importance of lakes in their culture. Mama Qota is a seventeen minute documentary interviewing Aymaran men (native Peruvians) in their own language (subtitles in English). These community representatives (the women wouldn’t speak on camera) illuminate our understanding of how this culture relates to the lakes in their home land as an extension of thier own bodies, and as a spiritual source as well as ending ground. Marina Morikawa is a modern day environmental scientist who has been miraculously successful cleaning the pollution of these water bodies using natural methods. He is also interviewed, revealing a similar understanding of how we are mirrors of our Earth. Addiction is easy. Recovery is not. Rural America has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic, but hope is alive as well. SMACKED! tells the story of how law enforcement and the health care community are coping with the heroin epidemic that has swept the rural Western Catskill mountains of New York State. The film features stakeholders primarily located in Delaware and Otsego Counties in mid-state New York. Through the creativity of the law enforcement and recovery communities, unique education, awareness and prevention programs have been created despite the scarce availability of funding. By focusing on recovering addicts and health professionals, SMACKED! humanizes the addict and addresses the dangerous stigma around addition and recovery.
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Woodstock Museum 18th Annual Film Festival 2017
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Download hi-res PDF to print HERE or a low-res PDF to Print HERE CALENDAR LISTINGS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 7:30 The Way of My Life After chasing his dream for over 10 years, a musician discovers that he has no talent. 8PM Mining the Unconscious: Jung & the Artist's Journey Artists excavate stories & revelations of transformation & healing born from dreams, myths & archetypes. THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 7:30 Mwah Five pregnant women in a doctor's waiting room. The embryos engage in conversation. 8PM Stone Story looks back on successes, dreams and family bonds of a family raised as hippies. Q&A FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 8PM Nocturnality Linda Diamond Dance troupe in a mixed media video from Memory's Labyrinth. Q&A 8:30 Bride of Frankie In this feminist nod to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, a not-so-mad scientist builds a mate for her lonely creation. 9:00 The Bullish Farmer Investor trades Wall St. for a farm; becomes a lobbyist for GMO labeling, animal rights, crop diversity & organic fertilizers. Q&A SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 7:15 Calabash and Durian Explores universality no matter how the world is separated & fragmented via 3 women in distinct worlds & time periods. Q&A 7:45 Woes of a Lotus Dreams & nostalgia collide in a collage. Explores themes on the fleeting nature of time & fragility of life. Q&A 8:30 Search Engines Sanity & relationships are tested when mysterious circumstances force a family to survive a holiday without their phones. 10:15 A Whole World for a Little World As a mom conveys a prince & princess story to her child, the unthinkable occurs. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 8PM Sacred and Profane Faceless Jacks An experimental, anti-narrative, cinematic tone poem for those of us lost, unsure and comfortable living within the dialectic... 8:15 Coney Island Dreaming A young girl finds respite from the harsh realities of life in magical Coney Island when she finds some lost money. Q&A 8:45 Saving Place, Saving Grace Trappist monastery’s struggle for reformation of their home by embracing an intense sustainability initiative. Q&A 10PM Do You Like Peacocks? A group of autistic adults and their dedicated instructors convene everyday to make art. Q&A MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 11:06 Gardeners of the Forest How the Chinese market, deforestation, and tourism all play a role in the imminent extinction of elephants in Laos. 11:23 Gonna Be a Soldier Joey wants to be a doctor when he grows up but his parents tell him he must be a soldier. 11:30 Close Your Eyes..Well Precocious younger sister fulfills brother's dream of being a concert violinist while living in a Bagdad dumpster. 11:45 Lone Survivor Gravedigger plays dramatic role when his village is going to be flooded by a newly constructed dam. 12:15 Birthday Marine husband is wounded. Wife discovers life is going to be an overwhelming and amazing journey. 12:30 Invisible Walls: Tales of Insecurity Factors that generate invisible walls between people; our different characters share their stories. 12:40 Tokri (The Basket) Two insignificant lives lost and found in time. Animated. 1PM The Mars Interrogation A scientist tries to save this dying planet only to find out that Mars is the problem. 1:30 Tapette Michael is about to move in with his girlfriend but starts to be very anxious about it. 2PM What the Hell! In the middle of the desert, a man and a woman, disagree about what cinema is. Their story unfolds. 2:10 A Meditation: Women the Power Paradigm Six talented women on a quest for professional & artistic fulfillment. 3:30 Doppelganger Man meets prostitute online on condition it's a one time date. 4:15 The Karamazoffs '70s SoHo boom of open studios, conceptual art, happenings, performances & video art includes a group from Barcelona. |
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Woodstock Museum 17th Annual Film Festival 2016
Labor Day Week:
August 30th - September 5th 2016
This Year's Theme "REALITY'
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| 6:40 | We Got Your Back | Sure, we all care about the environment. What if there was a simple service that got your back covered, on a monthly direct debit plan? |
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| 6:45 | Drifters | An Egyptian Orthopedic surgeon enjoys surfing, carpentry with driftwood, music & freedom. Meet his creative friends. | |||||
| 7:40 | Fodder | We must eat to live. Bon appetite! In our love affair with food, what could possible go wrong? | |||||
| 7:50 | Daniel Friederich-Luthier d’Art | His unique skills in cabinet making, acoustics, design & guitar playing, he’s thought to be the greatest, classical guitar builder. | |||||
| 9:15 | The Ballad of the Dreadnought | Featuring the Martin guitar, inspiring worldwide artists for 100 years in bluegrass, country, folk & rock genres. | |||||
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| 6:30 | Hunting | A photographer expects to secretly capture an image; then there is the unexpected. | |||||
| 6:35 | AmericaAntiAmerica |
Challenges from burning an image of the American flag as opposed to burning a real flag. Q&A. |
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| 7:00 | Two Blue Lines | Examines the political and human rights situation of Palestinian people from the 1930s to the present day. | |||||
| 9:00 | Something About Silence | A character unfolding, unraveling, uncomprehending; success predicated upon the impression of failure | |||||
| 9:15 | Exodus to Shanghai | In 1938 Vienna, Chinese Consul Dr. Ho, issues Exit Visas to 10,000 Jews against the orders of his Nazi superiors. | |||||
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| 6:30 | Save the Bees | Nuero-toxic pesticides kill bees. If bees disappeared, man would have only four years of life left. | |||||
| 6:45 | TWU Local 525 Memorial Beam | A journey of a one ton artifact from the World Trade Center 911 tragedy is ceremoniously shipped to Miami. | |||||
| 7:05 | As Life Shifts | Two boys must cope with the shocking reality of their mother’s terminal illness. | |||||
| 7:30 | The Runaway | An outlaw is discovered by the law after 30 years. Before his execution, he recounts his experiences. Q&A. | |||||
| 9:45 | The Healing Field: Exploring Energy & Consciousness | Conventional healthcare is challenged by non-invasive, ancient, healing techniques. | |||||
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| 6:30 | Covered | When Anderson buys a new house, he visits Assuring Insurance Co. to make sure that he is covered for everything. | |||||
| 6:45 | The American Death | A medical system that’s ill-equipped to guide the dying in a culture that doesn't know what to do. | |||||
| 8:00 | Clitorissima | A child’s introduction to clitoris awareness through women’s stories and animated art. | |||||
| 8:15 | Pin Up! | The American phenomena of pin up girls and the women who inspired their many types, styles and fashions. Q&A | |||||
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| 6:30 | If These Walls Could Talk | Homeless young men cultivate their human assets to make their way in the world of music. | |||||
| 7:00 | Lutah a Passion for Architecture | A remarkable woman architect who was initially eclipsed by male contemporaries in California. | |||||
| 8:15 | Body & Sound | Sergio Arturo Calonego plays acoustic guitar showing relationship between musician and musical instrument. | |||||
| 8:20 | 1984 Riding Into Hell | The 1984 rock’n roll scene, world news, politics, celebrities, pop culture and technology. | |||||
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| 6:30 | Sleepwalkers | How many of us are truly awake? An animated film about doing exactly what you're told. | |||||
| 6:40 | The Lover | Memories of a cherished wife reveal an old man’s obsession with their love in realms of delusion. | |||||
| 7:45 | The Existential Zombie | Existential horror from the zombie-centric perspective. | |||||
| 7:50 | Escapes | A young woman loses her dad; embarks on a journey revealing the essence of life. Running away isn’t an answer. | |||||
| 9:30 | Lizard Brains | What if their world had never been the one in which she thought they lived? Do extra-terrestrial’s have an answer? | |||||
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| 12:00 | The Leaping Place | An elderly woman journeys to a mysterious tree hidden in the depths of an ancient cave. | |||||
| 12:05 | Pokey Pokey | A father starts a journey to protect his son from seeing filthiness in a crime-ridden city. Animated. | |||||
| 12:14 | Bright Spots | A poetic portrait of scientist Nick Holmes and his work preventing extinctions on islands. | |||||
| 1:00 | The Border | A devastating nuclear & chemical war divides Britain into the war wasteland in the south & the surviving north. | |||||
| 1:30 | Hang on Sloopy:The Movie | Ohio State University’s incredible 50-year love affair with this rock song. | |||||
| 3:00 | September Sketch Book | Imaginative film using old school animation techniques with sequences of flags from around the world. | |||||
| 3:09 | The Nymph | Set in an enchanted forest, a hunter is visited by a forest Nymph who lures him deeper into the forest. | |||||
| 3:20 | Begone Dull Care | Upbeat, animated short with 80's music; a dance of tightly timed abstract paintings and pixel-art. | |||||
| 3:25 | The Session | Paris, 1899. Pierre-Louis is a talented, young photographer for whom his models are a genuine obsession. | |||||
| 3:45 | Hail to the King: 60 years of Destruction | Celebrates the great monster, Godzilla. Filmed in Tokyo. | |||||
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Woodstock Museum 16th Annual Film Festival 2015
Labor Day Weekend:
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WOODSTOCK MUSEUM 16TH ANNUAL FREE FILM FESTIVAL Opens Friday Sept. 4th at 7PM, each weekend night, and Monday Sept. 7th from 12-6PM. FRI. SEPT. 4 7PM OPENING CEREMONY featuring live music with Rock‘n Roll Therapist PAUL McMAHON at the outdoor café. 8PM KEEP IT CLEAN A greasy, disgusting salesman dies in a clean freak's home. Then he has to figure out what to do with the body. 8:15 POVERTY, INC. with Gary Null in person. Examines the influence of corporate globalization, exposes the destructive nature of our modern financial system’s predatory policies as U.S. enters Third World status. Q&A 10:40 LITTLE VULVAH AND HER CLITORAL AWARENESS Animated sexual fantasies rouse the imagination of a young woman. From Denmark. 10:50 A PRIVATE MATTER Reserved, young woman returns to her rural hometown accompanied by her outgoing partner in order to spend the weekend with her conservative family. From Australia. SAT. SEPT. 5 7PM TO PRISON FOR POVERTY Most people in our jails & prisons do not pose a threat to public safety. They need help. These solutions move us away from obsessive arresting and incarceration. 7:15 MORTAL DILEMMA Drama erupts between three unrepentant men at a West Texas roadside café. 7:30 EARNING THE DAY Visually imaginative comedy takes an entertaining look at self-criticism, and demonstrates the steps we can take to move out of our own morass to feel we have earned our day. 8:15 AMERICAN ROAD Explores the mystique of the road in American culture with artistic, musical and literary resonances. Q&A 10:30 BEES ‘N TREES Armed with a chainsaw and harness, an arborist’s Zen-like approach rescues beehives from urban trees that are on the chopping block. 10:45 PETER YARROW IN HIS LIVING ROOM Intimate concert with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary, his daughter Bethany & her partner Rufus. Special appearance by Woodstock’s Rock ‘n Roll therapist Paul McMahon. Q&A 12:15AM HIDE THE SAUSAGE Eddie "The Sausage" gets released from prison. He must avoid all the wrong people, stay out of sight, make amends with his daughter, and then leave the country. SUN. SEPT. 6 7PM ALISON & JEREMY is a sensitive portrayal of childhood friends who, like all of us, are seeking unconditional love and acceptance. 7:45 TWO LANDSCAPES A clash between the landscape the eye perceives and the one that’s deeply embedded in the mind. Q&A 7:50 FREEDOM A subtle ode to those whose cups runneth over and over and over and over and over and over and... Q&A 8:15 THE LIFE & TIMES OF THOMAS THUMB JR., unlike any other man, has a giant thumb for a head and he'll do whatever it takes to achieve the American Dream. 8:30 CARNIVAL SURREAL SIDESHOW Comical, animated parody featuring strange and bazaar acts. Cannes award winning animator. Q&A 8:50 YORKVILLE Canada's version of Greenwich Village and Haight-Ashbury, draft dodgers mixed in with musicians, political activists, and curious Canadian as the 1960s counterculture grew. 10:20 TOTAL ANIMAL III Submerged beings plasticized with sensual vibrations are breaking under destructive sounds. These creatures clot together in their oleaginous universe all the way to total annihilation. 10:25 CIRCUS SONG A troupe of traveling performers reminisce and recreate their lives. From Brazil. 10:50 RHYTHMS OF THE BAUL 1000 year old tradition of music, religion and way of life by wandering, mystical minstrels of Bengal. 11:15 WAR ON WHISTLEBLOWERS highlights recent cases where American government employees and contractors took to the media to expose fraud and abuse. In all cases the whistle blowing was to the detriment of their professional and personal lives. Features Edward Snowden & Daniel Ellsberg. MON. SEPT 7 12PM SUBSTANCE ABUSE Solutions that are saving lives and money, keeping the public safer, and helping those with drug problems. 12:11 HOMELESSNESS Addresses safety concerns and opens a window of opportunity for those living out on the street. 12:18 IT’S ALL ABOUT BREAKING THE WALL We see a man in a room. He seems tense. Why? Is he waiting for something, that won’t come? Is it her? What are the sheets and pencils for? 12:27 DAUGHTER OF AN OCEAN Remembering the story told by her mother, Suni learns to live her life with freedom, as her mother never did. 12:45 KARMU, A Place in the Sun Auto mechanic by day and urban shaman by night, Karmu welcomed anyone in need into his home, from drug addicts to Harvard professors. Q&A 2PM DANCING WITH THOSE SHOWTOONZ An animated musical parody. Two couples compete for the grand prize. Q&A 2:40 FAREWELL TO FACTORY TOWNS When factories left a typical New England mill town, art was brought in as a replacement. Does it work? Q&A 4:15 POOP ON POVERTY Highlights a challenge faced by 2.5 billion people everyday – access to cooking fuel. It’s also a tribute to human ingenuity– turning animal waste into energy. From India. 4:22 REQUIEM An existential struggle to liberate ourselves from the grasp of matter. Illustrates love & pain, loneliness & connectedness, stagnation & progress. Claymation. 4:32 ANXEYETY Individuals from various backgrounds, gender identities, ages, professions, and levels of social anxiety/disorders are interviewed about eye contact. 4:39 THE GENESIS OF A SCULPTURE The work of art tells his story: of, being an artist, life in the studio, and his destiny. 4:50 I’VE JUST HAD A DREAM Two girls. Two cultures. Two visions. A dream. The only thing that makes them different is how each one dreams. Directions from Woodstock, NY: Rock City Rd, right on Glasco, left on W. From Saugerties: N.Y. Thruway 87 Exit 20 Saugerties. 2 mi. on Rte 212 towards Woodstock.
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Woodstock Museum 15th Annual Film Festival 2014
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| DEMOCRACY OR WHAT? A panel discussion on DEMOCRACY will be the talk of the town, Sat., Oct. 5th, 7-9 pm at the Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, NY. Sponsored by Woodstock Museum, New York Council for the Humanities and Birds of a Feather Media, there will be defining and refining of government and issues. Chosen for diversity and thoughtfulness, panelists Jay Wenk, Joel Tyner, Randi Steele, Irwin Weisberg, Karin Wolf and Nathan Koenig, facilitator will lead us through the lively discussion with audience participation. This is a free event and refreshments will be served. Jay Wenk is a former "patriotic" Boy Scout, a father, grandfather, cabinet maker, combat Infantry veteran, member of Veterans for Peace, member of Woodstock Town Board, bicyclist, comedy lover, music, theater, dance and film lover, and passionate about the need to get rid of the system we all live with that sucks the life out of people all over the world, and that masquerades as democracy. Irwin Weisberg is a retired 69 year old with degrees in anthropology and linguistics from Boston University and University of Pennsylvania who was vice-president of Kingston Candy & Tobacco Co., Inc. for 30 years, He founded the Philadelphia Aikikai, the first school of Aikido in Pennsylvania, and did medical research in neuro-otology for two years before going into business. He has edited research papers in science history and faster-than-light physics for 30 years, and is a healer schooled in chiropractic, applied kinesiology, shiatsu and radionics. He has studied twelve languages. He and his wife live half the year in Olivebridge, New York, and half in Nanning, Guangxi, China. As an American anthropologist, scholar and capitalist, with a Chinese family, living in China, he is uniquely experienced to discuss democracy. Joel Tyner: FDR-Bernie-Sanders-Paul-Wellstone-Maurice-Hinchey maverick progressive Dutchess County Legislator representing Rhinebeck and Clinton. For 26 years Joel has been working with students of all abilities in public and private schools from the Bronx to Hudson to Woodstock to Millbrook to Kingston to Arlington. He is host of "Common Sense" Saturday mornings 8-11 am on WHVW.com 950 AM and http://www.DutchessDemocracy.blogspot.com Cofounder of Dutchess Jobs Not Jails, Dutchess Peace Coalition, and Dutchess County Anti-Fracking Coalition; organizer of annual Labor Day Rallies, Martin Luther King marches, and Holiday Interfaith Candlelight Vigils for Economic Justice for the last 19 years in Dutchess County. Karin A. Wolf is a writer, photographer, and educator who lives in Phoenicia, New York. After 21 years of teaching writing at CUNY, she is currently studying nursing. Karin is passionate about issues involving preventative and natural health care, protection of the environment, the beliefs and rights of indigenous peoples, and the return of political power to the people. Randi Steele is a broadcast activist. Born in Washington, D.C.; Rome, Italy; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Queens, NY. At age 18, she produced the "Alex Bennett Show", WPLJ, ABC owned FM in NYC six nights a week. Early 1980's: D.J. WGLI and WNYG on Long Island. 1987 Operations Manager, Program Director Radio NY International, a shipboard radio station anchored off Long Island in international waters and on shortwave 1989-1990 via WWCR, WRNO. 1987-1988 Producer, D.J. 66 WNBC's "The Time Machine", NYC. 1996-1999 Co-Founder Operations Manager WBCQ Shortwave from Northern Maine. Present Woodstock Public Access TV producer and member of its Ad-Hoc Committee. Nathan Koenig is a documentary filmmaker and Woodstock Museum, president. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Nathan Koenig, 845 246.0600 |
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Woodstock Museum 14th Annual Film Festival 2013
Labor Day Weekend: August 30 - September 2
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saugerties, NY Woodstock Museum’s 14th Annual FREE Film Festival takes place Labor Day weekend. Fri., Aug. 30 to Mon., Sept. 2 at Woodstock Museum, 13 Charles Bach Rd., West Saugerties, NY. This year’s theme is “Life”. The festival begins with highlights from the past month’s historic journey down the Hudson River to the UN, led by the Iroquois Confederacy of Six Nations and joined along the way on horseback by the Dakota Sioux Unity Riders from Manitoba, Canada. The festival will also feature highlights from museum founders Shelli Lipton and Nathan Koenig’s recent trip to China, Vietnam and Nimbin, Australia, Woodstock’s sister city where the 40th anniversary of their Aquarius Festival took place in May.
For more information: Call (845) 246-0600 or visit www.WoodstockMuseum.org FRIDAY AUGUST 30 8PM “Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign (1613-2013)” features short clips with Onondaga Faithkeeper Oren Lyons and folk singer Pete Seeger, the Dakota Unity Riders, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in Woodstock and our native friends being welcomed by the U.N. Secretary General at the end of their arduous journey down the Hudson River. 9PM “Not Quite Square: owner built houses in Northern Rivers” showcases homes built to reflect alternative lifestyles of the back to the land movement after Nimbin Australia’s 1973 Aquarius Festival. Sharon Shostak. 10PM “Nimbin, AU. 2013 Highlights.” From next generation Permaculture to the Aquarius Masquerade Ball and Mardi Grass Festival, this hippie culture doesn’t wallow in the sixties; it grows. Q&A with Nathan Koenig SATURDAY AUGUST 31 8PM “Iroquois Power for the 21st Century” introduces the Haudenasaunee Great Law of Peace with Oren Lyons and other wise, native elders from the Six Nation’s Confederacy. Q&A with filmmaker Nathan Koenig 8:45 “Halloween is for the Birds”, “Clowns on the Left” and “Human Zoo”, Animated films by Mick Cusimano. Q&A 9:30 “Racing Daylight” Critically acclaimed re-incarnation ghost story, murder mystery and supernatural love story transcending time. Q&A with producer Nicole Quinn SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 1 8PM “The Art of Being” A family's spiritual journey in search of the teachings of Indigenous peoples and spiritual masters of the world, revealing answers to the universal questions of life. 8:05 “Bodhi’s Life” A eight year old boy living in the Australian Rainforest near the town of Nimbin, Australia won Nimbin Youth film festival Best Documentary 2013 by Bodhi Dharma. 8:15 “Happy Dance” focuses on the filmmaker’s 9 year old autistic son, immersed in a world of fantasy fascinations, possibly hyper-awareness. Q&A with filmmaker Crisanta de Guzman 8:45 “The Mirror” A woman finds a magic mirror containing famous women facing identity and immortality from Emily Dickinson to Marilyn Monroe. Q&A with filmmaker Crisanta de Guzman 9PM “The David Laflamme Story: Outside the Golden Cage” the life and times of legendary composer/violinist, leader of the iconic 60's San Francisco rock band IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
2PM “Conversation with producers Dennis Watlington & Nina Rosenblum”. Author, actor, television and film producer/writer Dennis Watlington moved through poverty, addiction and racial barriers onward to the highest achievements in media including an Emmy Award. He is joined by Academy Award nominated producer/director Nina Rosenblum They will speak about their work together on THE UNTOLD WEST: THE BLACK WEST, TBS, and on many other films that they made together during their twenty year collaboration. 3:15 “The Black West” A history of African-Americans who participated in the development of the Western frontier in the United States in such categories as the explorers, fur traders, early settlers, slaves, cowboys and soldiers. Q&As with Dennis Watlington & Caroline Phipps. 4:30 Snacks, food at Woodstock Museum Café. 5:25 “Manahatta”, the Indian name for the isle of Manhattan, land of many hills. Animation by Jack Feldstein. 5: 30 “Hanoi Hilton” propaganda film shown at the notorious Hanoi prison and caught on a pocket camera by Nathan Koenig. 6:15 “Kumbha Mela” captures many amazing aspects of the great pilgrimage in India that attracts many gurus, yogis and followers every 12 years. Australian filmmaker Geoffrey Cantor. 7:15 “Yangshuo Liu Sanjie Lightshow on the Li River”. This famous staged-show on water has 600 performers on the largest natural stage in the world. The Liu Sanjie (The Three Liu Sisters) was created and choreographed by legendary Chinese director, Zhang Yimou, who also created and directed the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics. Contact: Shelli Lipton at 845 246-0600 or hello@WoodstockMuseum.org |
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INSPIRATION THROUGH FILM
What? Woodstock Museum 14th Annual FREE Film &Video Festival
Where? Woodstock Museum, 13 Charles Bach Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
When? Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 30th, opening ceremony 8PM
What’s the deal? You can attend FREE screenings & workshops.
What to expect: This year’s theme is “LIFE”.
View and critique independent films. Meet the filmmakers.
Enjoy live music. Entries and spectators come from all over the world.
"Woodstock is the most famous small town in the world."
This website also provides direct links for tourists needing overnight accommodations.
CONTACT: Shelli Lipton, Dir. or Nathan Koenig, Pres. 845 246-9995
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July 9th Woodstock Museum at 7pm What Is the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign and |
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