Brief moments of being, fleeting bits of the surrounding chaos. These four short films (each 1.5 to 2 min. long) can be shown separately, or one after the other on one reel.
Filter Films
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Based on a poem by Souvankham Thammavongsa, “A Firefly” plays with words, letters and optical sound. Produced for LIFT Poetry Projections 2007.
Firefly, A
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From our disaster-proof Eastern cities – through vast, impenetrable grain fields – to the fortress shores of our Pacific Coast – America is finally safe.
Safety
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“Are You Norma?” is an experimental animation exploring fashion restrictions placed on the female body.
Are You Norma?
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Back to the basics, J.T Tepnapa goes back to honor his most awarded film, MASTURBATION: PUTTING THE FUN INTO SELF – LOVING. “AND THE AWARD GOES TO…” is set in a documentary style of filmmaking. J. T.’s film is nominated for best short film on Hollywood’s biggest night. But beyond all the ‘thank yous’ and ‘lies’ on stage, comes the true Hollywood story beneath the surface. Just how does one make a film?
And the Award Goes To…
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A man reminisces about the day in his adolescence when he was told of his grandfather’s death. The news acts as a catalyst for a seminal, disturbing experience; in retrospect, he realizes that he was forced to confront his growing independence from his family and particularly, his younger brother. “The Dark Island” conveys this epiphanic moment, an illuminating turn in the man’s life, by abruptly shifting rhythm and by emphasizing subjective sound. Moving from an urban to a rural environment and employing voiceovers which overlap the present and the past, the film evokes the inevitability of familial separation and the ambiguity of the relationship between memory and image.
Dark Island, The
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A sexually confused zombie goes on an adventure through West Hollywood where he makes friends and meets a special someone named Todd. His new buddies help him come to terms and try to assimilate him into normal life. Everything is peachy until his flesh eating appetite can no longer be subdued. Will Miles be able to control himself? Will his bloody ways be too much for a boy to bear? Find out during this hilarious ride of undead love.
Gay Zombie
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These three short films consist of perceptive depictions of a public square in Lima, the view from his mother’s rooftop, and work at the Toronto Film Festival revision department. The filmmaker used 16 mm as documentary format. Each film in this series is almost three-minutes long, which is the length of one roll of 16 mm film. The entire film uses in-camera editing, therefore all the editing decisions were made on location.
3 X 16
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Images from the private sphere of the world wide web. “The video has been removed due to its inappropriate nature”. (Sat, 03. Mar 2007, YouTube | Broadcast Yourself™)
FACE IT! (Cast Your Self™)
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Drawings and text bring to life a poem by Isa Milman. …..Someone named Vera is looking for Raoul Wallenberg; he was last seen in a Soviet prison, scratching into the stone wall. Isa was born in a DP camp in Europe; she now lives in Victoria and has published a second volume of poems.
Searching For Wallenberg
