May 31 2007 Festival Screening Schedule2007 Festival Schedule
Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7 PM
Punch Up At A Wedding Directed by Justin Simms, NewFound Films Inc.
St. John’s, NL Canada 16 min.
Justin Simms, the NLAC’s Emerging Artist for 2007, made this award-winning short in 2006. Six people reflect upon past mistakes after a botched wedding toast ruins the perfect day.
Succubus Directed By Alison Reid, Free Spirit Films Inc.
ON, Canada 14 min
Lilith, a cat rescuing entrepreneur, and Athena, a genetic engineer, are desperate to have a baby together. Their attempts to conceive with the help of a science have failed so Lilith takes matters into her own hands, and uses her unique skill set to steal some very special sperm. That task turns out to be an easy one compared to convincing Athena it’s a good idea. Starring Angela Vint and Megan Fahlenbock.
Desolation Angels Directed by Kurt Breitenmoser, Eriwin Films
VIC, Australia 38 min
A story about love lost and love found. Set against a rugged Australian backdrop, four characters deal with their own disillusionment of loss and regret.
INTERMISSION
The Nickel Gets Jazzed and the Jazz Festival Gets Framed, Directed by Roger Maunder, Justin Simms, Colleen Power
St. John’s, NL Canada 10min
In 2006, the Nickel and the St. John’s Jazz Festival teamed up to hold a Super 8 workshop where three filmmakers were partnered with jazz musicians to create a 3 minute short. All three films were completed the same day and edited in camera. Music was recorded live during the closing night of the Jazz Festival.
delirium Directed by Gerard Neil, Blood from a Turnip
St. John’s NL, Canada 5 min
An exploration into the mind of a man freezing and starving to death.
El otro lado del pasillo (Across the Hall) Directed by Alan Powell, Facilitator Films
ON, Canada, 17 min
Recently emigrated Miguel has a hard time dealing with diverse cultures while his kids try hard to just fit in. But Miguel’s refusal to acknowledge his cross-dressing neighbor and his strict orders to have his kids do the same angers his wife and eventually has the kids defying his authority.
Absolute Zero Directed by Alan Woodruff
VIC, Australia 23 min
An account of the grim and ironic death by freezing of a man trapped inside a refrigerated meat wagon, told using a combination of archival and imagined material to speculate on the man's final hours.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 7 PM
Nightingale’s Last Song, Directed by Philip David Hogan, Still Small Entertainment
Mount Pearl, NL Canada 30 min
On the night of his retirement, private detective John Nightingale is forced into saving a man he wished was dead by a woman who may be more than either of them realizes. What happens before midnight will change all of their lives forever. Filled with dark imagery and darker characters, with twists that build upon twists, this is homage to 1940’s film noir.
Detroit Unleaded, Directed by Rola Nashef, Gas Afterhours Productions
MI, USA 25 min
Sami, a young Arab American, believes that the family gas station in Detroit will give him a chance to see his girl, Naj, away form the pressures of their family and friends. His Cousin Mike is sure the station holds the key to an empire built on rolling papers and fake perfume.
INTERMISSION
Life Unkind, Directed by Y. Grace Park
RI, USA 2 min
A son is turned into a man, a husband, then a father; but he becomes none of them. It is a piece for those who we never learned to love.
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa, Directed by Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg, Still Point Pictures
NY, USA 64 min
Twenty-five miles from town, a million miles from mainstream society, a loose-knit community of radicals live in the desert, struggling to survive with little food, less water and no electricity as they cling to their unique vision of the American dream.
Thursday June 21, 2007 7 PM
Here On In, Directed by Jordan Canning, AWAY Films
St. John’s, NL Canada 14 min
An accident gives a young girl and her father the time and occasion to examine the precariousness of their relationship, freshly transformed after the death of the mother and wife.
2, Directed by Kim Anderson
AB, Canada 3min
An animated meditation on human communication through visual language.
This Year for Christmas, Directed by Ken Allaire
QC, Canada 17 min
A Christmas tree war in the Bronx between a local, Crazy Al, and two young French Canadians.
Scenes From Starkdale, Ohio, Directed by D.B. Dowd Ulcer City Studio
MO, USA 9 min
An experimental animated film from the creator of the 'Sam the Dog' Internet animation series, it uses the language of comics to explore suburban landscapes and attitudes in the age of global terror. Frank Oros' sound design transforms the 'easy listening' audio experience and recasts it as a musical dialogue. Graphically sophisticated, powerful.
Hansel and Stella, Directed by Rob Blackie Blackie Films Inc
St. John’s, NL Canada 4 min
This is a modern adaptation of Hansel and Gretel with a twist. When Stella’s mother causes a scene in a grocery store, Stella draws the line with an unusual symbol for her coming of age.
Startle Pattern, Directed by Eric Patrick
NC, USA 13 min
The interior space of a puppet becomes increasingly reflective, revealing the artifice of his creation.
INTERMISSION
Aucune Idée Directed by Roger Maunder
St. John’s, NL Canada
The first music video from Colleen Power's debut french recording "Terre-Neuvienne". It's a fun, uplifting moment with the singer/songwriter as she frolics through her words and her backyard in springtime.
Souffle sur le Miroir (Breath on the Mirror), Directed by Vanessa Woods
CA, USA 10 min
This film, made during a four-month residency in Pont-Aven, France, explores how space, culture, and geography influence dreams and how, consequently, those dreams can be reinterpreted through varied technologies.
Speaking Volumes, Directed by Ken Pittman Best Boy Productions
St, John’s, NL 43 min
An exploration of the recent burgeoning of fiction writers in Newfoundland and Labrador features interviews with Lisa Moore, Michael Winter, and Wayne Johnson.
Thursday June 21, 2007 10:30 PM
Late Night Horror Show
Viewer discretion is advised.
And The Woods Fell Silent Again, Directed by Rania Ajami Cipher Productions
NY, USA 15 min
A forest warden and his strange companion are faced with a question: two girls don’t just tear each other apart, do they? It looks like two girls just did. And the warden already has the photographs to prove it.
Seamstress, Written/Produced by Justin Oakey
St. John’s NL 2 min
Oakey along with Director/Cinematographer Nicole Bazuin presents a short study of horror, tension, and femininity in this 2007 film. This short was screened at Toronto’s Maximum Exposure Exhibition.
Y Que Cumplas Muchos Mas (Happy Birthday 2 You), Directed by David Alcalde The Lift
Barcelona, Spain 13 min
Clara, a social worker, will discover a dark secret on her way to help a kid who is supposed to be suffering child abuse. But nobody, even herself, is who they pretend to be in this story about murder, cats, and birthday presents.
Long Pigs, Directed by Chris Power and Nathan Hynes Long Pigs Inc.
ON, Canada 81 min
Winners of Best Feature and Best Actor at Los Angeles Mockfest 2007.
Two bumbling filmmakers stumble across the ultimate documentary subject, a 33 year-old cannibalistic serial killer, who has agreed to give them full access to his life while he is still in the middle of his murderous rampage.
Friday, June 22, 2007 7 PM
Face Machine, Directed by Justin Simms Canadian Film Centre
St. John’s, NL 15 min
A sci-fi love story. No faces allowed.
Messenger, Directed by Gary Beeber Gary Beeber Graphics, Ltd.
NY, USA 20 min
Take a ride with Kamikaze, New York City’s most legendary bike messenger
and world-class character. Be part of the action and learn the street wisdom
he’s gleaned about work, women, and the meaning of life from his 25 years on
NYC's streets.
Die Besucher (The Visitors) Directed by Ulrike Molsen Maedchen, die fluestern FILMS
Berlin, Germany 38 min
A young woman hosts a couple in trouble and becomes the target of their cruel game.
INTERMISSION
Sam and Piccolo, Directed by Adam Walker Adam Walker Film
TAS, Australia 15 min
Everything is perfect in the isolated world of two friends until one is overcome by blinding greed.
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures, Produced by Bart Simpson, Directed by Hasko Baumann Avanti Media/Morag Loves Company
Germany/Canada 68 min
Atruly international documentary about comic-book revolutionary, Jean “Moebius” Giraud featuring Stan (Spiderman) Lee, Mike (Hellboy) Mignola with music by Karl Bartos (Kraftwerk)
Late Night Friday Screening 10:30 PM
Slam Planet: War of the Words, Directed by Mike Henry, Kyle Fuller Slam Channel, LP
TX, USA 98m
Slam Planet: War of the Words follows teams of poets from NYC and Austin, TX, into the gritty, intensely personal world of Poetry Slam. Can three minutes on a microphone lead to a doorway out? To a career? This is the sport of spoken word.
Saturday, June 23, 2007 12 PM
Children’s Screening
Benefit for Big Brothers/Big Sisters
The Red Balloon, Directed by Michael Olesen
CA, USA 3 min
A young boy enlists the help of a balloon seller to send birthday wishes to his Mom - in the only way he knows how. A simple story of loss and longing.
What Do They Do In There? Directed by Christian Sparkes Best Boy Productions
St. John’s, NL Canada 18 min
Eleven year old Abby Brown and ten year old Ian Carter are investigative reporters for their school newspaper, the Riverhead Beacon and they write a really cool column called “What Do They Do In There?’ They’re the writers, the editors, the photographers; they do it all!
All About Oscar Dir. by Ryan Knight SwishPan Films
ON, Canada 7 min
A universal story that will refresh everyone’s childhood memories, ‘All About Oscar’ is a well-crafted short that follows a young boy and his quest for a dog.
For All The Marbles, Directed by Kris Booth Shoes Full Of Feet
Toronto, ON 11 min
Fllows the escapades of a 10-year-old boy as he attempts to retrieve his prized marble, tossed away at recess, from across a schoolyard fraught with unbelievable dangers.
Ice Fishin’, Directed by Rajash Massey College of the North Atlantic
Stephenville, NL Canada 2 min
Student Massey and producers James Grace and David Gale bring us his first animated short created through the Digital Animation Program at the College of the North Atlantic. A comedy of errors in unlikely places.
The Snow Fort, Directed by Ian Yorski Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc.
MB, Canada 5 min
A group of children spend the morning building a snow fort only to have it destroyed by a group of mischievous teenagers.
Len and Hugo Directed by, Chris Trebilcock Megalodon Entertainment
ON, Canada 22 min
A young magician-ventriloquist must break from the world of illusion in order to find his true self.
Saturday, June 23, 2007 7 PM
Faire Chaluim Mhic Leòid (The Wake of Calum MacLeod), Directed by Marc Almon Opolo Pictures
NS, Canada 8 min
Calum MacLeod, last of the great bards of Cape Breton, is very lonely. His two sons and one daughter have moved far away. One stormy evening, Calum angrily demands the Baron of the Winds, a mythical figure inhabiting the best of Calum's tales, return his children to him. Calum promptly falls dead. From distant points, the Macleod’s assemble to attend Calum's wake. But the deceased Calum has a surprise in store for them yet...
Last Chance Christmas, Directed By Scott McClellan Oneblacksock Productions
St. John’s, NL Canada
It’s Christmas Eve and Tom just forgot his girlfriend’s present back at the party. The clock is ticking and he needs to go back and get the gift before it’s too late.
Valley of the Chapstick, Directed by Robert Kennedy
ON, Canada 8 min
A recovering lip balm addict takes it one day at a time.
Pismo (The Letter), Directed By Matvei Jivov Telesto
ON, Canada/Russian Federation 14 min
After spending nearly three years as a partisan fighter in the wilderness, Stepan is heavily wounded and rescued by advancing regular army. Healed and sent home, the battle for Stepan is hardly over. A new, different battle will only just begin.
Nest, Directed By Suin Choi
Seoul, South Korea 9 min
On a cloudy and gloomy night in a beautiful village, two moons are shining. The village gradually transforms…
Screeched, Directed By Adam Chambers
St. John's, NL Canada 7 min
After breaking up with his girlfriend, a man is forced to kiss a fish and drink a shot of 'screech' at a bar. This experience results in a strange and erotic relationship with the fish that ultimately tests the man's ideas about love and sexuality.
INTERMISSION
Dinner For One, Directed by Anita McGee Kickham Productions
NS, Canada 10 min
A bathtub opera about two neighbors with three things in common: they share a bathroom wall, a love for singing, and a penchant for eating meals in the bathtub. They court on the elevator and finally make a date: Dinner together, yet alone.
Ahead of the Curve, Directed by Rosemary House Rock Island Productions/Rink Rat Productions
St. John’s, NL Canada 48 min
The dancers of House’s Toronto Dance Theatre are amongst Canada’s most talented, accomplished and beautiful. House regards them as a profoundly important part of his art and creation; their artistry in interpreting and advancing his choreography is front and centre in the film. House also draws his inspiration from travel and the sometimes strange beauty of familiar landscapes: a trip to his home on the island of Newfoundland is framed by choreographic retreats in northern Scotland and the bucolic Toronto Islands, just minutes away from the arts-centric energy and towering skyline of his adopted city. “Ahead of the Curve is a film about process and inspiration, about dance's dazzling energy and mystique, about art and its wonders. A film about my brother.”
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