2003 Show Screening Schedule

August 1 - 2, 2003 Screening Schedule

Friday, August 1, 2003

7:00 p.m. "Marrow" - 35mm, 4 mins.Christine Panushka (co-director/animator) Marilyn Osoff (co-director/writer)
   Animation finalist. This film explores the cycles of life, its seasons, and looks at the process of healing and the joys and pains that define our existence. Learn more about this film

7:05 p.m.   "Water From The Moon" - 16mm, 9 mins. Jenny McCracken (writer/director)
   Short film finalist. Utilizing its unique style of puppetry, this film tells the story of a lonely washer woman who finds a winged man in her closet

7:20 p.m. "Salt Of The Earth" - DVD projection, 93 mins.
* This is a special screening, not shown in competition.
"Salt of the Earth" remains one of America's most controversial films. Blacklisted during the McCarthy era, this film is now celebrating 50 years since it's production. "Salt of the Earth" has been hailed as "one of the most important and controversial films in American cinema history." It is based on the true story of the 1950 strike by the Mexican-American zinc miners of Local 890 of the International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers against the Empire Zinc Corporation in Baynard, N.M., who rallied against the life threatening working conditions and unfair labor practices employed by the management.
       Social issues regarding labor, civil rights and racism are explored in the film. A feminist viewpoint is also examined as traditional male and female roles are reversed when the women replace the men on the picket line due to an injunction against the striking men.

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Read about the suppression of Salt of the Earth

Saturday, August 2nd

10:00 a.m.   "Last Summer" - 16mm, 12 mins. Seunghun Yu (writer/director)
   Student film finalist. For a young woman, it should have been a regular moving day. As we journey through her past, she makes discoveries about herself.

10:15 a.m.   "Everybody Says I'm Fine" - 35mm, 103 mins. Rahul Bose (director)
   Foreign film finalist. An entry from India, this mostly English-language film follows an upscale salon owner in Bombay as he works his art on his customers' heads... both inside and out. Through his unique ability to read their minds, the hairdresser can look deep into their lives as we see their self-erected façades collapse.

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1:15 p.m.   "The Least of These" - 16mm, 20 mins. Rik Swartzwelder (writer/producer/director)
   Short film finalist. Strong coffee, greasy spoons, and America's leftovers come together in this touching short drama.

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1:35 p.m.   "Stanley" - DVD Projection, 23 mins.    Jacob Gentry (writer/director/editor) Learn more about this film
                 Experimental film finalist. A baby faced director chews the creative cud with his pothead roommate, debating the best way to approach his own self-centered overly-grand film opus. *Contains adult subject matter

2:00 p.m. "Bush Boys" DVD Projection, 4.5 mins Alex Motlagh (producer) Learn more about this film

Music video finalist. A poignant, albeit resentful, view of the war in Iraq. Using news footage, this video suggests we should take a look at our own regime. *Contains profanity

2:20 p.m. "Nice Guys Finish Last" - 35mm, 14 mins. Robert B Martin Jr. (writer/director)
Short film finalist. A universal comment on suffering the typical frustrations of adolescence, this comedic short explores the dysfunctional world of one teenage kid and his quest for de-virginization.

DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER ROBERT MARTIN JR. WILL FOLLOW FILM

2:45 p.m. "Mighty Like A Rose" - 16mm, 16 mins. Alex Morrison (writer/producer/director)
Documentary film finalist. A cinematic study of motherhood, teaching, and the fragility of life, accomplished through portraits and conversations with several subjects, including the filmmaker's own mother. Learn more about this film

        DISCUSSION WITH FILMMAKER ALEX MORRISON WILL FOLLOW FILM

3:20 p.m.   "The Cuckoo Egg" - 16mm, 9 mins. Dana Lepow (animator)
Student/animation finalist. When a mother bird momentarily leaves her nest of eggs, she returns to find a mysteriously large egg. As the egg hatches before her eyes, the mother is then plagued by the decisions she must make with the foreign little bird.

3:35 p.m.   "Shudder" - 16mm, 28 mins. Helen Pau (writer/director)
   Experimental film finalist. A fictional film that explores the legacy of a father's suicide on his son through a debate with its haunting and transmuting images.

4:10 p.m.   "Fenceliners" - 16mm, 11 mins. Chelsea Walton (director)

Student film finalist. This satirical short film blends home movies and scripted live action interviews to create a "mockumentary" addressing the naive attitude of suburban folks and their desire to take over the countryside. Move over cows, here come the Bradleys!

4:30 p.m.   "The Last Place On Earth" - 35mm, 88 mins. James Slocum (writer/director)
Feature film finalist. On the road to Lake Tahoe, a stressed-out young executive meets a woman who forever changes his life. Shot in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, this is a funny and moving film about food, passion, love, and a one-eared dog.

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7:00 p.m.   “A Specialist In His Field”- 35mm, 16 mins. Christopher Gegax (director/producer)
Short film finalist. A dark comedy about a hitman who moonlights as a marriage counselor. Conflict resolution, guaranteed.

7:20 p.m.     A Surprise Encore Screening of a short comedy from our 2001 crop of films

7:30 p.m. "Rabbit-Proof Fence" - 35mm, 95 mins.
   * Special screening, not shown in competition.
   With a Golden Globe nominated score from Peter Gabriel, this powerful story of hope & survival looks at a time when aboriginal children of Australia were forced to integrate into white society through government internment camps. Three young girls must fight against all odds to return to their homeland 1,500 miles away. Learn more about this film

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