Wednesday, April 30

NewFilmmakers Presents A Night Of Fantasy & Horror. One of our best collection of new films, If you don’t wet your pants, we will do it for you.

6:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Cevin Soling A HOLE IN THE HEAD (2007, 55 Minutes, Video)

A Hole In The Head is an hour long documentary about trepanation - the process of boring a hole in the skull. A Hole In the Head examines the development of "modern" trepanation as used by people in the United Kingdom, the United States, and The Netherlands for the purpose of attaining a higher level of consciousness. This procedure, used by the ancient Egyptians, Incas, and others, is believed by the voluntarily trepanned to allow for renewed brain pulsations that increase brain blood volume and thereby improve brain function. Interviews regarding the history and efficacy of the procedure are also held with some of the world's most respected neurosurgeons and anthropologists. Volunteer for our live demonstration.

7:00PM NEWFILMMAKERS SHORT HORROR FILM PROGRAM

Alvin Case TWILIGHT OF THE KING (2007, 11 Minutes, Video)
Raul Contreras WELCOME HOME (2007, 7 Minutes, Video)
Margaret King OUT OF MIND (2006, 24 Minutes, Video)
Zahik Rizvi THE RIVER ON RANDOLPH STREET (2007, 18 Minutes, Video)
Jeffrey Velazquez DEMONS EAT THE MIND (2007, 10 Minutes, Video)
Michael Okum FEATHERS (2007, 6 Minutes, Video)
Daniel Hernandez FROM MARS WITH LOVE (2007, 16 Minutes, 16MM)
Mark Cheng DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY (2007, 30 Minutes, Video)

9:15PM NEWFILMMAKERS FEATURE PRESENTATION

Michael Stanmore PRESS PLAY (2006, 10 Minutes, Video)

John Yost EVERY GOOD THING TO RUST (2007, 78 Minutes, Video)

Inexplicable disorder. Televisions off-air. Humans ravaging each other for scraps of food and weapons. This is the turn that life takes for three friends trying to find their place in post-9-11 America. In a dark, eerie portrait of societal meltdown, EVERY GOOD THING to RUST questions the loyalties of friendship and challenges any illusions of safety and order. Quiet, sincere, and beautifully shot, this debut feature from director John W. Yost is a stirring and meditative outlook on the degeneration of American culture.