NEWFILMMAKERS FALL FEST 2009
Sunday, October 4th
NewFilmmakers celebrates Filmmaking.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FIRST SHORT FILM PROGRAM
David Gutierrez Camps 175 (2009,6 Minutes, Video)
Jana Larson Axoloti no. 7 (2009, 9 Minutes, 16MM)
Zachary Epcar THE SALARIAT IN PARTS (2009, 11 Minutes, 16MM)
David Graziani CARDINAL SINS (2008, 14 Minutes, Video)
Channon Doer TABER AND THE ANGEL (2000, 15 Minutes, 16MM)
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS GAY FILMMAKERS SERIES
Golnar Fakhrai FACES OF 8 (2009, 8 Minutes, Video)
Hayoung Jeon OBSERVATION OF THE DESK OF THE DEAD (2009, 10 Minutes, Video)
Dana Turken LOVE ON THE TUNDRA (2008, 11 Minutes, 16MM)
Jonathan Joiner CLAIMING THE TITLE: GAY OLYMPICS ON TRIAL (2009, 29 Minutes, Video)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Christopher Arcella GIVER TAKER HEARTBREAKER (2009, 114 Minutes, Video)
Jett's a giver, Jack's a taker, Clarence is just a troublemaker. Jett loves Clarence, but he's too unkind. Jack lives inside of Jett's mind, Jett would like to be more like Jack, but that would give her a heart attack. Speaking of hearts, Jett's is broken She's also broke and quite unspoken. As if that's not enough, she's under attack by a Yakuza gang that wants to kill Jack. What on Earth can a poor giver do? Become a taker and start troubles anew!
Monday, October 5th
NewFilmmakers celebrates Filmmakers and Scriptwriters.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
About Filmmaking
Boim Hwang BIRD FLU OF MY CHICKEN HEART (2009, 23 Minutes, Video)
Jennifer is a very passionate but insignificant amateur filmmaker. After hundreds of rejection letters, she finally succeeded to have her film screened at “Better Than Home Movie Film Festival”.
Kevin Burke INK TO PAPER (2009, 22 Minutes, Video)
A strange tale of a writer who finds a violent means for inspiration and the chaos that results.
Micki Mihich THE 100TH JOB (2008, 21 Minutes, Video)
In writer-director Micki Mihich's homage to movies and movie fans we follow a contract killer in his preparation and journey in order to execute the job that will promote him in the crime organization. But nothing is as easy as it seems...
7:15PM NEWFILMAKERS FIRST FEATURE FILM
About Writing For Film
Jordan Schachter THE FILM YOU DID NOT SEE (2009, 88 Minutes, Video)
The Film You Did Not See follows a group of aspiring novelists in New York City, each struggling to find their voice and pursue enlightenment. Shot in cinema verite style, this film provides a funny, intellectual and touching experience in a fresh format.
9:00PM SPECIAL EVENT
Reception Followed By Screening
George Carr A BODY WITHOUT A HEAD (2009, 18 Minutes, Video)
On the coast somewhere, twelve characters gather to reflect and express their experiences with love—the pain of loss, the sting of betrayal, and the joys of uniting. Inspired by an ancient story, George R. Carr's A Body Without a Head is a collection of poems adapted for the stage. The performance is a beautiful piece of expressionism dedicated to anyone who has ever lost their head to love. The inspiration for George R. Carr's A Body Without a Head, a book of poetry that he has now adapted for the stage, is the ancient story of St. Torpez, who was beheaded by the Romans for converting. His body was placed in a box, which was placed into a boat and then set asea. The boat landed at a port called Heraclea. Upon opening the box, the inhabitants found the torso of Torpez to be as fresh as a living body. Seeing this miracle, the citizens also converted changed their city's name to St. Tropez.
Tuesday, October 6th
NewFilmmakers celebrates Controversial Documentary Features
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
First Feature
Richard Karz LEGACY: BLACK AND WHITE IN AMERICA (2009, 78 Minutes, Video)
Featuring the most celebrated African Americans of our time, the 90-minute documentary examines the political rise of Barack Obama against the backdrop of changing racial attitudes in America. The film presents two parallel stories—the story of African American life today and the story of the Civil Rights generation—to clarify the successes and failures of racial integration in America and what it reveals about our democracy and national character.
7:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Second Feature
Victoria Bruce PIP & ZASTROW: AN AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP (2008, 75 Minutes, Video)
PIP & ZASTROW: AN AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP is the true story of two men who cross racial boundaries during segregation in the 1940s and form a life-long friendship that takes extraordinary turns against the backdrop of the civil rights movement and a country that has yet to overcome deep-seated racism and social inequity.
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Third Feature
Georg Koszulinski IMMOKALEE (2008, 77 Minutes, Video)
"...an intimately observed documentary focused on today's migrant farmworker, a misunderstood, maligned, necessary yet frequently forgotten group living in the shadows of America's massive food production machinery. Georg Koszulinski's at times invisible camera follows a family of undocumented workers as they work hard, raise their children, and are systematically exploited with poor conditions, menial wages, and the threat of prosecution constantly hanging over them. "
NewFilmmakers presents Ray Soltani's new film GO QUIETLY.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Charlotte Glynn RACHEL IS (2008, 67 Minutes, Video)
In her captivating directorial debut, Charlotte Glynn chronicles a year in the life of her sister Rachel, who is mentally retarded. RACHEL IS moves past the safety of political correctness, depicting Rachel’s world and revealing the most intimate, honest, and funny moments in their family’s life.
7:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Douglas Williams PEEL (2009, 1 Minute, Video)
Jake Powell VERSUS (2009, 6 Minutes, Video)
Mark Cabaroy MASCULINITY (2009, 11 Minutes, Video)
Tyler Holtman THE UNBREAKING POINT (2009, 7 Minutes, Video)
Chandra Pemmaraju KISSING MISS JONES (2009, 23 Minutes, Video)
Hannah Crossley THE DAY I MET HER (2008, 18 Minutes, Video)
Yelena Demikovsky THROUGH THE DOOR (2009, 17 Minutes, Video)
Stephen Keep Mills LIMINAL (2008, 14 Minutes, 35MM)
9:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Ray Soltani and Adam Weissman GO QUIETLY (2009, 80 Minutes, Video)
Meet Dr. Trevor Whim, a deranged psychiatrist who takes pleasure in torturing his patients using pharmaceutical cocktails, hypnosis and ruthless psychoanalysis under the guise of a helping hand. When Kayden Jenkins, Dr.Whim's impressionable young patient and new girlfriend comes into his office complaining about her mother's nagging and dysfunctional friends, Dr.Whim sees an opportunity to whisk them all away for the weekend to his cabin in The Adirondacks. While Kayden looks forward to free drugs, booze and the chance to show off her rich, older boyfriend; Dr. Trevor looks forward to rape, murder and the conquest of weak minds. But what the doctor will soon discover is that unlike his pet lab mice, you can only push human beings so far...before they snap.
Thursday, October 8th
NewFilmmakers gets healthy.
6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Gregory Meyer FDA: A HISTORY (2008, 82 Minutes, Video)
The United States Food and Drug Administration is the oldest consumer protection agency in America. It was formed after widespread fraud and abuses in the food and medicines industries were exposed at the end of the 1900s. Health tragedies, technological advances, and political agendas have always influenced the way it works, but its foundation has been remarkably simple and effective; competent civil servants enforcing strong laws with a reputation for science based decision making.
7:45PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Mike Corey THE TAB (2009, 12 Minutes, Video)
Adrian Ross Munro CIGARETTES HURT BABIES (2009, 18 Minutes, Video)
Susan Hogue WHY WE SMOKE (2008, 37 Minutes, Video)
Kimberly Wetherell WHY WE WAX (2007, 20 Minutes, Video)
9:30PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION
Charles Casillo LET ME DIE QUIETLY (2009, 96 Minutes, Video)
In this neo-noir thriller, a brilliant psychiatrist, a beautiful seductress, and a jaded detective unexpectedly crash into the disturbed world of a death-obsessed loner. Mario is a haunted, broken-down psychic--sexually obsessed, religiously confused, and unwittingly wandering in and out of dangerous homo-erotic situations with characters who recognize his lostness. An exquisite target--he's a guy who has lived a bit too long.
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