2001

August 4, 2001 screening schedule

9:30 a.m. "Meditations On Being Human" Experimental Film - Honorable Mention

This student produced experimental film takes the viewer on a visual and lyrical journey of human emotion from the depths of loneliness and despair to self-awareness and exaltation.

9:45 a.m. "Chips" Short Film Finalist

A quirky clerk with an unusual obsession with snack foods, an old-fashioned father losing the reins on his child and a free spirited daughter who defies traditions are the central characters in the short film, set in an inner city convenience store.

10:00 a.m. "Yolk" Student Film - Honorable Mention

A man breaks out of his quiet existence and embarks on an adventure on the wild side.. This comedy is about dating, underwear, obsession....and self-discovery.

10:20 a.m. "Rollercoaster" Feature Film Finalist

This is the story of five teenagers from a group home who "borrow" their counselor's car for a day to let loose and pursue a fantasy in a deserted amusement park. As their day draws to a close, each is confronted with a life altering choice.

1:00 p.m. "This is Alaska" Best Documentary

This short documentary looks at the threatened ecosystems of Alaska. Once a vast untouched wilderness, excessive mining for oil and the depletion of timber and seafood has left the tundra, rain forests, and waterways teetering on irreparable destruction.

1:25 p.m. "Stranger: A Burning Man Film" Short Film - Honorable Mention

Held every year on a massive dry lake bed in Nevada, the Burning Man Festival is the setting for this dramatic short film. After the deliveryman's van breaks down, he is stuck in the desert and becomes intrigued by the festival symbolism. Following a night of prophetic vision the film culminates with the last evening's spectacular Ritual of Fire.

1:20 p.m. "Trade Day" Best Short Film - Drama

Set in early 1950s in rural, postwar Alabama, this is the story of the eight-year-old boy, his grandfather and three old and friends who gather once a month to trade in the town Square. This is a trade day like countless others, until something new appears. Something that will force the grandfather to face the secret he is buried deep in his heart.

2:00 p.m. "Subterranean Passage" Best Experimental Film

Four children create alternate worlds to escape the cruelty of their domestic existence. Taking cues from poetry, the film employs recurring motifs of sound, rhythms, colors and dramatic situations to express the central theme.

3:45 p.m. "Tasty" Best Student Film

An award-winning student film, "Tasty" is the story of one man's pursuit of the perfect sandwich and the adventures of that sandwich. Can the sandwich make the world a better place?

4:00 p.m. "Pavilion Of Women" Best Feature Film - Drama

Starring two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, this breathtakingly photographed feature film tells the story of Madame Wu, wife of an aristocratic. Upon her 40th birthday Madame Wu determines to expand her intellectual and spiritual horizons. She acquires a concubine to free her from her marital duties and hires an American priest to teach her children so that she also may learn from him. Her life takes an unexpected turn as she falls in love with her teacher. The inevitable clash of cultures and values juxtaposes the looming clash of nations as China is about to enter World War II.

7:00 p.m. "The $5 Movie" Best Comedy

Perseverance and passion shadow a young director's humorous odyssey as he tries to answer the eternal question, "Is this art?", by directing the same scene time after time over 20 years. The actors and sets change .... but does he in his search for the perfect moment?

7:20 p.m. Animation section

We will be screening shorts from two animators: Michael Dudok de Wit and Don Hertzfeldt.

Michael Dudok de Wit's "Father and Daughter" is an animated short that starts with a father saying good-bye to his young daughter. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons, so the girl lives through hers, always longing for her father. This 2001 Academy Award -winning film was made with pencil and charcoal. Michael's next film "The Monk and the Fish" finds the two animated characters near the water reservoir by a monastery. The monk becomes obsessed with the fish and tries everything to catch it. Gradually the story becomes more symbolic.

Don Hertzfeldt, a native California animator, has gathered 95 awards, four grand prizes, Oscar nominations, and a rather spooky cult following. We are currently trying to book five of his animated shorts: "ah, l'amour", "lilly and jim", "billy's balloon", "genre" and "rejected" (awarded Best Animation).

8:00 p.m. "Peep Show"

A favorite among the Hardacre Festival jury and audience, this very funny and tightly edited film follows a woman as she enters a peep show. Instead of a sexually charged striptease, she is pleasantly surprised as this award-winning comedy comes to a shuddering climax.

8:10 p.m. "Frank Finds Out" Best Feature Film - Comedy

Stockbroker Frank Johnson is about to propose to his girlfriend when something suspicious happens. With the help of an old friend in from out-of-town, the office computer whiz, and a wrong number, Frank Finds Out the truth about his girlfriend, and Frank Finds Out about himself.

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