NewFilmmakers Summer 2006 Schedule

NewFilmmakers salutes MySpace Films with LOLLILOVE, the most popular film on MySpace.com and winner of its new User Choice Award. Check out the LOLLILOVE trailer at myspace.com.

Adam Trowbridge MICO (2006, 10 mins, video)
Tatia Rosenthal & Edgar Keret A BUCK'S WORTH (2005, 6 mins, 35mm)
Christian Vinces TITAN SAFETY SYSTEMS (2005, 5 mins, video)
Ed Casey VOODOO BASEBALL (2001, 29 mins, video)
Evan Dalcher VOID (2005, 10 mins, video)

A celebration of the 90th anniversary of Hugo Ball's Dada Manifesto and the first Dada Soirée in Zurich. A series of short films inspired by the art form movement as Dada.

Greg Paxton KEY ON A (2000, 15 mins, Super 8)
Michael Rader GOLDRUSH (2005, 30 mins, video)
Susan Ingram GoESCARgo (2003, 27 mins, video)
Edith Stephen DANCE OF THE SHELLS (1998, 15 mins, video)
Edith Stephen CHILDREN'S WORDS (2000, 6 mins, video)
Vivian Vassar DAY DE DADA (2006, 15 mins, video)

James and Jenna Gunn (real-life husband-and-wife team, James Gunn, [writer/director of "SLITHER", writer of "Scooby-Doo", "The Specials" and "Dawn of the Dead"] and Jenna Fischer of NBC's "The Office") play a wealthy couple looking to give back to the homeless community through their new charity, LolliLove. The idea is simple: By giving out lollipops with inspirational artwork and cheery slogans on the wrapper, LolliLove will eradicate homelessness...transforming your average "homeless person", into a productive and loved "happy person." This satiric mix of fact and fiction documents (or 'mockuments') James' and Jenna's hilarious odyssey, as they attempt to solicit corporate sponsorship, overcome strains on thier marriage, and enlist celebrity friends like Linda Cardellini (E.R.,Scooby-Doo), Judy Greer (Arrested Development, 13 Going on 30), and Jason Segel (Freeks and Geeks, How I Met Your Mother) as they try to prove how very, very, very, very charitable they are!

WEDNESDAY, JULY 12th, 2006

Founded in 1967, Third World Newsreel is one of the oldest alternative media arts organizations in the United States. It is committed to the creation and appreciation of independent and social issue media by and about people of color, and the peoples of developing countries around the world. More at www.twn.org.

Behind ivy gates, past state-of-the-art security cameras, and down long private driveways, live the top one-percent wealthiest Americans... or so we imagine. ONE PER CENT, an original documentary goes through the gates to explores what really is the top one percent. Lumped together as one class, in reality the top one-percent is composed of people from a few million dollars in assets to billions of dollars. Within this spectrum there is a lot of room for differences. From old money to new money, young adults to the eldery, One Per Cent investigates the nuances amongst the top 1% wealthiest Americans, to give you the unique perspectives of Russell Simmons (Hip-Hop and fashion mogul), Rebecca Nanasi (a descendent of Benjamin Franklin and child of self-made immigrant), Tyler Ellis (daughter of Perry Ellis), and many more. Who is the top one percent? What do they think about having wealth? Charity? Celebrity? The American Dream? Come find out.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19th, 2006

San Olson and Ryan Rapsys CUI BONO? WTC (2006,10 mins, video)
Frances Bathory SCORPIONS & FROGS (2005, 30 mins, Mini-DV)
Richard Soriano THE INSIDE ARTIST (2005, 20 mins, video)

Brad Neely OH DANIEL (2006, 2 mins, video)
Apryl & Robert Lee PLUSHY (2005, 24 mins, video)
Jeana LaDelia DANDY LIONS (2005, 12 mins, video)
Kara Blake TIMBRE (2005 9 mins 16mm)
Anthony Fankhauser SOME KIND OF INTERVENTION (2006, 12 mins, video)

A sexy musical about a charismatic young singer who mixes music and science to explore the boundaries of love with a biologist, a Brother, and a boy wonder.

Rose prepares her biggest show for a prestigious theater and recruits biologist Shandra to join her troupe. Shandra's smitten colleague Dana insinuates himself into the bargain by supplying the band with music he's composed from DNA. In a heady dance to the opening curtain Rose meets Brother Hugh, a biology and ethics teacher, in an online chat room and they blithely launch an experiment in romantic tragedy; the theater management plots against Rose's company; and the lives and loves of her colleagues play to the insistent backbeat of human nature.

This unprecedented feature takes an intellectual twist, ambitiously wringing ethics, religion, science, and love into an inquisitive romance that puts flesh on the premise: It takes a rockin' scientist to sing a modern love song.

The Singing Biologist is Ed's first feature film. He is co-producer of the TV arts program, "The Edge of Brooklyn", with Ravi Coltrane. He has written and performed numerous musical theater works, including "The History of the Universe According to Those Who've Had to Live It," and the opera, "Congo New York." He composed the score for "Turf," a radio play by Robbie McCauley, which won the A.I.R. award for best arts program in Boston radio for 1996.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 26th, 2006

In 2002, Fast and the Furious and XXX Director Rob Cohen set out with his team of filmmakers to tackle the enormous process of creating the sci-fi action thriller Stealth. Documenting the overwhelming task of implementing cutting edge visual effects technologies with a 200 Ton Monsterous Gimble and live action shots aboard three fully operational Nimitz Class US Aircraft Carriers was no piece of cake. Harnessing Speed focuses on the truely unique chatacters behind the goal of creating a movie audiences have never seen. Harnessing Speed, as told through the eyes of helmer Rob Cohen, is an introspective look at the emotional and physical challenges of filmmaking. WIth Oscar winning visual effects genious Joel Hynek, comedian/actor Jamee Foxx, and special effects wiz Jon Frazier, there is no doubt that the journey from Los Angeles to Sydney to Thailand to unchartered waters would bring about an entertaining and compelling tale.

Wannabe is the story of Steve Williams, (an ex boy band member) as he follows his dream to become a serious actor. A documentary filmmaker shadows his every move as he sets out on his journey. After a disappointing audition for a commercial, his Talent Manager drops him from her roster, wanting instead, to sign up Steve's new house guest, Paul, an old acquaintance, who was in a rival boy band. A few days of seclusion go by, and Steve's roommate and best friend Molly, encourages him to get back on the horse and make things happen for himself. Steve does just that, by reprising his role as a dog in a short film called "Heir Of The Dog". He then auditions for a disabled showcase, (being deaf in one ear counts, right?) He also attends cattle calls and hands out headshots to anyone who will take one. Getting nowhere fast, Steve stumbles upon an appointment sheet for Paul. They are casting for an updated version of "The Monkees" TV series. Looking for guys, who can sing, dance and act. Steve pretends to be his own manager, and snags an audition. He meets with the infamous casting director, Janice Peterson. Steve earns a call back, against whom else? His rival paul. Who will get the part?

New York Noise Submitting Party. New York Noise showcases indie & underground music you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else on the telly. Each hour-long episode is jam-packed with cutting edge music videos from New York City bands, labels, directors and beyond, plus exclusive interviews, features and live performances you can't find anywhere else. A new episode every week, three times a week on channel 25, WNYC-TV. For information, please visit www.nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctv/html/shows/nynoise.shtml.

"New York Noise is picking up the pieces... of the noble quest to expose emerging talent." -NY Metro

Shirley Braha, New York Noise's Producer, will be on hand for a Q & A. Also, bands & music video directors will have a chance to submit their music video to the show.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2006

NewFilmmakers Welcomes The Harvard Film Group with films by some Harvard alums and some other less fortunates.

Brad Neely SPACE COMPUTER (2005, 2 mins, video)
Dani Alpert A REALLY INTIMATE PORTRAIT (2005, 29 mins, video)
Tze Chun & Sheila Dvorak DOCUMENT (2006, 27 mins, video)

Michael Van Devere BACHELORS COTTAGE (2005, 35 mins, video)
Lou Howe WELL FED AND COMFORTABLE (2005, 25 mins, video)
Jack Pettibone Riccobono OUTLIER (2004, 15 mins, 16mm)

Middle-class American suburbia is wealthy enough to support an unexpected irony: its children don't have to grow up. This film explores the strange social condition of the new population of twentysomethings living at home with their parents, as they drift in and out of working-class jobs and low-level criminality, and try to find a way to explain themselves, veering between anti-depressants and hard drugs, therapy-speak and violence, against a blank, comfortable backdrop, and a dim awareness of national vulnerability.

Paul Cantagallo graduated from Harvard University in 2001 with an honors degree in English and American Literature. In 2005, he appeared in "The American Ruling Class," a dramatic-documentary that won Special Mention at the TriBeCa Film Festival. "No Outlet" is his first feature film. In partnership with his brother, Dan, Paul is currently in pre-production on a fiction feature entitled, "Touched," about a young delinquent who manages to achieve semi-celebrity only to lose and regain it again in spectacularly violent fashion.

Dan Cantagallo graduated from Harvard University in 2002 with an honors degree in Visual and Environmental Sciences. In 2005, he earned an M.A. in Film Production from The London Film School. "No Outlet" is his first feature film.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th, 2006

The Black Documentary Collective (BDC), founded by acclaimed documentarian St. Clair Bourne, is one of America's premier organizations dedicated to documentary films and videos made by filmmakers of African descent. The BDC provides members working in the documentary film and video field with the opportunity to network professionally; promote each other's work, exchange ideas in order to generate productions and advocate on issues impacting Black documentarians.

Membership range from seasoned documentarians such as the 2002 MacArthur Fellow Stanley Nelson and IDA Career Achievement Award recipient, William Greaves, to those embarking on their first documentary film. Film topics span the globe as does the heritage of membership. Members' films have appeared on European, American and African broadcast networks, and have been shown at festivals around the world including Sundance, Berlin, FESPACO, Festival do Rio, Toronto and IDFA. More information at www.bdcny.net

E. Roger Mitchell ( Diary of a Mad Black Woman , S.W.A.T. ,The Legend of Baggar Vance , Boycott) stars as Myles Rome , an architect in steamy Atlanta

Georgia

. He buys an engagement ring from a beautiful woman (Lauren Ashford) who happens to be the devil's daughter. When the stone falls out of the ring , Myles and his wife meet the woman at her hotel so repairs can be made. Myles' wife , Tory ( Paula Rittie - 25th Hour, Brown Sugar , Jada Who?) , has a bad feeling about the woman yet Myles is oblivious to the signs. A handyman makes a visit to the home of the couple to complete a small repair job. Tory asks for his opinion about her relationship problems and he offers sage advice. Later, heâ€™s killed while attempting to stop a theft but his words continue to guide Tory. Tory wants to have a normal life with Myles but is distressed by his inability to avoid the woman. The devil himself is delighted to watch his daughter fight for her life in a dangerous game with Myles.

Alfred Robbins was born in Queens, N.Y. After completing his bachelor's degree at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, Robbins began a career in the insurance industry. Being an avid movie fan his entire life, Robbins decided to take a few acting classes. He worked as an extra on the hit television show New York Undercover. He also appeared in television commercials for the New York MTA as well as Bell Atlantic. Robbins discovered that he was learning more about filmmaking than acting and in 1995 he formed Bottom of the Net Filmworks with cinematographer Derrick Owens and producer Sharlene Falls. Later that year they produced their first short film "One for the Money". Robbins also completed his first feature length screenplay. In 2001, he wrote, produced and directed the short film "New York Stories" which was selected for the 2001 Huntington Cinema Arts Film Festival. In 2002 Robbins wrote, produced and directed the short film "Jada Who?". The film was selected by the 2003 Hollywood Black Film Festival and was screened at the 2003 Pan African Film Festival and the 2003 National Black Arts Festival. "Jada Who?" is being distributed by Simmons / Lathan Media via the Internet and may be seen on network television as part of a short film showcase. In 2005 Robbins directed the feature film TRUST from a script he wrote. The film was recently acquired by a distributor and delivery preparation is under way. TRUST should be available at retail and rental outlets in September 2006. Robbins and his partners at Bottom of the Net Filmworks will shoot “Still Water” from a script written by Owens and Robbins during the summer of 2006. Ms. Falls will be the executive producer of the film.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16th 2006

Brad Neely WASHINGTON (2005, 2 mins, video)
Jen Ashlock NATASHA (2005, 13 mins, video)
Bob Slusarczrk UNCORKED (2005, 27 mins, DV)
Dennis Miller CIRCLES AND ROUND (2006, 9 mins DV)
Ann Sophie Peisson DINNER TALK (2002, 7 mins, 16MM)

6:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS SPECIAL PROGRAM

"SLANTED" A One-Woman Show
Written/Performed by Andrea Lwin
Directed by Cristina Anderlini

In 2006, SLANTED was selected for the LA Women’s Theatre Festival and was performed in front of a sold-out audience to a standing ovation. This past October, we also filmed SLANTED in front of a live audience at the Matrix Theatre for the HBO/US Comedy Arts Festival. Prior to this recent show, there have been workshop performances of SLANTED at Hudson Mainstage, “About an Hour of Your Time” at the Thousand Oaks Fringe Fest, MagnaCarta Theatre Company “Late Night Shows” at The Complex, “Kaleidoscope series” at Edgemar Center for the Arts, “15 Minutes of Fem” at The Egyptian Arena Theatre and in the “Cabaret Festival” at the Whitefire Theatre.

SLANTED is a one-woman show about the growing pains of a young Chinese-Muslim girl who finds herself born into “beach bunny” society in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in the 80s. Born to immigrant parents, ANDREA, the protagonist of the show, struggles to find her place in the world while dealing with all the heartaches and pain of growing up “different”. The youngest of three children, with two older brothers years ahead of her, Andrea becomes the focal point of her parent’s attention, as they constantly try to mold her into the perfect combination of old Chinese culture and new American opportunity.

Nora Jacobson NOTHING LIKE DREAMING (2005, 94 mins, DV Cam)
A man fires up a propane torch. He sends its flame up tubes of metal. The raging heat produces resonant, ringing tones in a harmony of pure sound. Sonny Gale is a scavenger, outlaw and fire artist. He lives stealthily, in an abandoned factory at the edge of town, waiting for someone who never arrives. Into his life comes Emma. Emma is at a crossroads, through with high school, not yet off to college. She is the strong one in her family, trying like many kids to keep her family together. Her mother, a folk singer, suffers from depression. Her father, a state legislator, seems more interested in a colleague than in his wife. Her best friend Lara, is a wild, fiery girl. She is the hot head to Emma's cool one. With their friends, they go to a party on the outskirts of town. The party is busted by the police. And then Lara leaves Emma's life forever.

Emma's life starts to unravel. To her father's dismay, she takes refuge with Sonny, and helps him build a mysterious Fire Organ. Played at night, with fires burning and pipes glowing, it produces haunting sounds that thrill and enchant. Sonny makes music soar from the fiery pipes and leads Emma on a journey to confront her feelings of grief and loss. But to adults, fire is dangerous and Sonny has a history with the mental health folks. A confrontation with the police sends Sonny over the deep end. Emma finds a way to calm him and guide him back from the edge of madness. Meanwhile, the authorities have other plans for Sonny. Emma feels betrayed by the adults she once respected. She visits Sonny one last time and then takes control of her own destiny.
NOTHING LIKE DREAMING is Jacobson's second narrative feature film. Her first, MY MOTHER'S EARLY LOVERS, was also shot in her native Vermont, and played at the Austin Film Festival (Finalist), Film Fest New Haven (Jury Award), Maine International Film Festival (Audience Award) and the Ajijic (Mexico) Film Festival (Best Independent Film). Jacobson studied experimental film with Stan Brakhage at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and anthropology at Dartmouth College. She is the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts Media Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23rd 2006

Alex Kaluzhsky APROPOS (2005, 20 mins MiniDV)
Gary Lynch NO MORE (2005, 18 mins DV)
David Wagner NEBULOUS 3 (2005, 6 mins Mini DV)
Lito Torres IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS (2000 15 mins 16MM)

Brad Neely MISTER WARNING (2005, 2 mins, video)
Hilton Ruiz WHAT'S FOR DINNER? (2005 7 mins, Mini DV)
Ed Casey THE MAD SCIENTIST (2004, 20 mins, video)
Bryan Norton PENNY DREADFUL (2006, 29 mins, video)

From nine tormented lives, Mary Trunk culls this expert and haunting portrait of a family recovering from decades-old wounds – a family that happens to be her own. In 1973, soon after having moved his wife and seven children from New York to California, father Jack Trunk announced he was leaving. Distraught and suddenly alone in a strange town, mother Paula Trunk remained in a self-imposed alcoholic palsy for more than three years. Her children were left to fend for themselves. Delicate pans over family photographs are spliced with Super 8mm home movies and footage of each of the Trunks today in interviews that are remarkable for their candor and touching for their grace.

Now-grown children recall how they suffered through the ordeal. (One took his comatose mother’s wedding ring and sold it at school for 50 cents to buy lunch.) The parents feel free to speak for themselves, largely because the director has the great good sense to ask them how they felt at the time, rather than demanding that they explain themselves. Mary Trunk is the only family member who doesn’t appear on camera, but her light hand and unsentimental eye make this, above all, a portrayal of a filmmaker near her mastery of both technique and the truth. “The Watershed” is an award winning documentary with more than 10 Best Feature Documentary Awards from over 30 Film Festivals around the world.

Mary Trunk began her career in the arts as the Artistic Director of the Trunk Co. Movement Theatre, a San Francisco based performance group which used dance and film in elaborate theatrical productions. The ensemble performed throughout the Bay Area and the US for over ten years. While pursuing her MFA in Film at the San Francisco Art Institute, Mary wrote and directed short films that combined her dance expertise with storytelling. The films screened at various festivals and venues around the country. "The Watershed" first began as a screenplay and Mary won a spot at the Ledig House Writers' Residency in New York to refine the story. "The Watershed" took Mary six years to complete and this is her first feature length film. Her next documentary project focuses on women artists as mothers.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30th, 2006

A documentary of the Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival which was the largest gathering in the world. The official figures state that over 27 million people went there on January 24th, 2001. For more information, please visit www.projectilearts.org.

Wool War II rages and times are tough for sock puppets. Terrence M. Cotton, a washed-up gumshoe, finds himself knee-high in debt and praying for a big case. Enter Heelda Brum, a finely spun piece of high-end hosiery who hires Cotton to find Darnell, her missing mate. Cotton takes the missing sock case but the heat gets turned on high when Darnell's unraveled remains are discovered. At the top of Cotton's suspect list is the cheaply woven criminal Big Toeny Marnetti. When interrogated, Big Toeny states that Heelda and Darnell aren't the designer duds Cotton thinks they are, and he tells Cotton the pair has tightly knit ties to an Asian underground silk ring. The news needles Cotton, so he goes looking for answers at The House of Bootah, a restaurant with its toes in every illegal operation in Chinatown. At the House of Bootah he questions the leader of the smuggling ring, but instead of getting closer to finding who put the pinking shears to Darnell, Cotton discovers that Heelda's lies may have stained the investigation. When confronted, Heelda won't come clean; but Cotton is undeterred and sticks to the investigation like static cling. But can a clean sock find justice in a dirty town? As Cotton threads the strands of the case together and gets closer to the truth, he must watch his step or risk meeting the same frayed fate as Darnell.

Over 100 pairs of socks were used in the making of the puppets. The film premiered at the Atlanta Film Festival and received an Award for Excellence from the Slamdance Screenplay Competition.

Based on his monologues for stage, Marc Meyers's 'Approaching Union Square' is a collage of eleven tales capturing thirty-something New Yorkers struggling to find love and connection in the big city. The characters include a psychic, sex addict, tourist, Italian immigrant, and others. They all cross paths on a NYC bus in a poignant final moment when the psychic - the central character - collapses while having another episode in which she senses forthcoming tragedy.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th, 2006

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th 2006

Dan Forgues PEACH & BUNS (2005, 8 mins, video)
Kevin Haverty NOTES FROM THE SPACE TIME CONTINUIM (2004, 15 mins, 35MM)
Morgan Miller BUDGET LIQUOR (2001, 18 mins, 16MM)
Scott Greenhaw WHERE TO FIND GOD ON SUNDAY (2000, 14 mins, 16MM)

Kathleen Foster POINT OF ATTACK (2005, 46 mins, video)
Giovanni Sanseviero THE EMPTY BUILDING (2004, 40 mins, video)
Miska Draskoczy PERFECT HEAT (2005, 10 mins, video)

On the day of her engagement, Grace Kieler finds her family and fiancé divided on political matters. With her future husband off to join the Union army and her brother vowing loyalty to the Confederates, she is torn. She promises her father that she will protect and care for her brother. Upon her father's death Grace decides to cut her hair, don her brother's clothes, and take his name to join the ranks of the Rebel army. She must find him and keep him from getting killed.

Along the way, she meets Virginia Klaising, a widow and mother grieving the death of her only son. Virginia begins to fall for this Rebel 'boy' as they travel the backwoods avoiding both armies trying to get back home. By the same turn, Henry (Grace) finds himself comforted by this unfortunate woman. Together they are able to mend the wounds that tear the underpinnings of the heart. As love blooms and the secret becomes harder to conceal, the two realize that they have something precious---an unspoken candor that reveals the soul. When Henry is shot and brought back from most certain death, the secret is revealed and yet the bond grows stronger. After living through such brutal loss and watching the carnality of war unfold before them, they realize they only have each other.

And yet it is more than enough. It is the balm that soothes, the quiet whisper that comforts. Each becomes a beacon in a time of great darkness, though their journey is short-lived as each must reach a destination without the other. This story is loosely based on the novel, Firefly.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

NewFilmmakers Welcomes the National Association of Latino Independent Producers.

Susan Betteman BEYOND 88 KEYS: THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL ARNOWITT (2004, 75 mins video)

Arnowitt: his years as a prodigy in Boston, his political activism, his increasing interest in performing jazz, and his challenges with reduced vision. The film features music by Byrd, Bach, Brahms, Ligeti, Stravinsky and Schoenberg, as well as the music of contemporary composers and jazz greats.

Brian Liloia THE IMMORTALITY OF MAN (2005, 3 mins, video)
Suzanne Wasserman BROOKLYN:AMONG THE RUINS (2005 14 mins, video)
Bert Shapiro ORGANISTAS (2005, 27 mins, video)
Bennett Stein NUDE DESCENDING A STAIRCASE (2006, 15 mins, 16mm)

The New York chapter of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP-NEW YORK), in association with the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York and NewFilmmakers, proudly present "RAZA de ORO: A Pre-Cinco de Mayo Film Celebration," featuring a collection of short films celebrating the time-honored traditions, storytelling aesthetics and fine mystic filmmaking in homage to Mexico's historic stand against foreign aggression and intervention ("Batalla de Puebla") by today's most creative, emerging Mexican and Latin American filmmakers.

More information about NEWLATINO FILMMAKERS SERIES (NALIP NY) - www.nalip.org/newyork .

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 2006

An entertaining look into a unique village in Northeastern Thailand - the only place like it in the world - where they breed deadly King Cobras and train individuals in snake boxing. What started over fifty years ago as an advertising gimmick for some country villagers has become a deadly cottage industry. The world's largest poisonous snake, the King Cobra, becomes both pet and business partner in this oddest of combinations, and the entire village works as one and performs relentlessly at their temple to attract tourists. Bites are commonplace, but unbelievably the village has no anti-serum to combat the deadly toxins. These villagers casually look death in the eye every day to eke out a meager living. Take a rare, humorous look into the most dangerous performance sport in the world!

Melanie Futorian POTS & HANDS (2005, 5 mins, video)
POTS & HANDS is about master percussionist Don Alias who played with the greats such as Miles Davis, Roberta Flack, David Sanborn, and Santana and who recently passed away.

Peter Rinaldi OH! BE JOYFUL (2006, 45 mins, video)
Tom, a former struggling actor now stuck in the corporate world, breaks up with his girlfriend.

Keith Davis SURFACE OF THINGS (2006, 10 mins, 16mm)
Brooklyn couple must make a decision.

Caitlin Dahl WHITE PICKET FENCE (2005, 19 mins, 16mm)
Family confronts unspeakable issues on a roadtrip.

A young man gets a new roommate, who starts to believe that he is the same person as the young man, but sent back into time by aliens.

AND STARTING OUR FALL SERIES
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2006

In 2003 Mr. Ostaro conceived the idea of using an Indian fairy tale as a basis for a film: This digital film is about a 1000-year-old Cobra who is granted a boon by Lord Shiva and is transformed into a prince. He falls in love with a princess in exile, but must leave her with a promise to return. This is a riveting tale of romance, mystery, revenge and reincarnation you can't wait to uncover. The scene is set somewhere in a Western country where it all takes place.

Yael Shulman THE CLEAN MACHINE (2005, 2 mins, video)
Gabriella Kessler THE END OF AN AFFAIR (2006, 10 mins, video)
Matthew Tritt WHAT ARE THE ODDS? (2005, 19 mins, video)
Elena Primost PET PSYCHOLOGY (2005, 12 mins, video)
Jack Bank ALL BOOKIES WEAR SPEEDOS (2005, 17 mintues, video)
Dan Eckman CHECKOUT (2006, 20 mins, video)

A man torn between the dot com mania and a meaningful life, all the while plagued by sexual addiction. The film has played various film festivals including the Victoria Independent Film & video Festival, San Jose Film Festival and Newport Beach Film Festival. For more information, please visit www.wantthemovie.com

WEDNESDAY, July 5th, 2006