24 at 1201/Ambient Documentation
USA, 2004, 21:55 min., BetaSP
Director: Chris Sides
Writer: Chris Sides
Producer: Chris Sides
Cast: Troy Wandzel
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Filmmaker Chris Sides challenged painter Troy Wandzel to an art marathon - painting 24 portraits in 24 hours. This short documentary chronicles those 24 hours and records conversations between Wandzel and Sides and Wandzel and his amazed subjects, revealing the personality and endurance that drive Wandzel and his art.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
The Accordion Player
USA, 2003, 13:25 min., BetaSP
Director: Jason Conforto
Writer: Jason Conforto
Producers: Jason Faller, Todd Hamilton
Cast: Dan MacDonald, Crystal Stone, Frank Garrish
School: Brigham Young University
A lonely restaurant accordion player mesmerizes audiences and captures the heart of the owner's daughter, whose hand has already been promised to another by her father. The accordion player unleashes musical powers in a passionate quest for love.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
American Made
USA, 2003, 25 min., 35 mm
Director: Sharat Raju
Writer: Sharat Raju
Producer: Marcus Cano
Cast: Bernard White, Sakina Jaffrey, Kalpen Modi, Te'Amir Yohannes Sweeney
School: American Film Institute
An All-American family travels to the Grand Canyon, but their car breaks down en route. Unfortunately, no one will stop for them, since the father wears a turban. As the Indian Sikh family waits in the heat, they are tested by tradition, faith, conformity and sacrifice. The film explores the meaning of "American" and examines cultural and racial stereotypes in the post-9/11 United States.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Armadillo
USA/Argentina, 2004, 21 min., BetaSP
Director: Cayetana Vidal
Writer: Cayetana Vidal
Producer: Mercedes Fantini Ortiz
Cast: Maria Fernanda Calandrelo, Ezequiel Benegas, Carlos Rivkin
School: New York University
Blood, death and rebirth abound in this tale of a farm girl and the mysterious wild boy she takes as her lover on the windswept plains of Argentina.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Divya USA, 2004, 3:20 min., BetaSP
Director: Siddharth Achrekar
Writer: Siddharth Achrekar
Producer: Siddharth Achrekar
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Based on the director’s extensive research into ancient inventions and hieroglyphics from Egypt, Greece and India, the animated short features an ancient spaceship dating from around 6500 B.C.E. flying into the future in order for the pilot to see what life is like for modern human beings. While there, the ancient pilot teaches a modern pilot some new flying tricks.
Monday, October 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theatre
Friday, October 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Fastest Paperboy in Town
USA, 2004, 14 min., BetaSP
Directors: Josh Lind, Kevin Phillips
Writer: Josh Lind
Producer: Josh Lind
Cast: Ben Collins, Griffith Miller, Brandon Kieffer
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Ben wants to be the fastest paperboy in town, but with goody-two-shoes Shawn and his "Rocket" bike in the way, he doesn't stand a chance. Ben and his prankster friend Griff hatch a plan to settle the score and show the whole neighborhood who really is the fastest paperboy in town.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Focus
USA, 2004, 12 min., BetaSP
Director: Nilanjan Neil Lahiri
Writers: Derek Ellingson, Bill Ridlehoover
Producers: Nilanjan Neil Lahiri, Derek Ellingson, Bill Ridlehoover
Cast: Susan A. Schroeder, Carol Hixson
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
Focus is the true story of rape from the perspective of the survivor. When her support system fails, Alexis is left alone with horrible flashbacks that slowly destroy her will to live. Fortunately, Alexis does the right thing by seeking medical treatment and reporting the crime to the authorities.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
La Hescritora
USA, 2004, 9:52 min., DVD
Director: Victor Ruano
Writer: Victor Ruano
Producer: Andrew Lubetkin
Cast: Madeleine Alder Cossitt, Andrea Vilanova, René Pérez, Katy Davies
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
A lonely woman writes poetically in her journal at iconic New York City sites, exploring ideas of gender, love, sexuality and solitude.
La Hescritora is an intense parable about a young writer whose destiny is built by her dreams, fears and memories. The words that flow from her pen create alternate physical realities, taking her on a poetic journey through a sordid world of solitude.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Le Vieil Homme et les Poissons
USA, 2004, 6:31 min., DVD
Director: David Bokser
Writer: David Bokser
Producer: David Bokser
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
The animated tale of an old man whose desire to be part of the sea drives him to create a device that enables him to fulfill his dream.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Loopy
USA, 2004, 20 min., BetaCAM
Director: Seth Michael Donsky
Writer: Seth Michael Donsky
Producer: Ben Odell
Cast: Elizabeth Franz, Michael Countryman, Henny Russell
School: Columbia University
Mild-mannered amateur theater actor Colin Highsmith throws himself into his role as the Big Bad Wolf in a local production of "Little Red Riding Hood," relishing the sense of empowerment it gives him. Once the production is complete, Colin continues to crave the emotional charge of the role, including the wolf costume. When issues arise with his demanding fiancée Myra, Colin dons his costume and alter ego in an attempt to rid himself of his troubles.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Maree (Tides)
Italy, 2003, 14:30 min., 35 mm
Director: James Pellerito
Writer: James Pellerito
Producers: James Pellerito, David Barba, Jennifer Pellerito
Cast: Luan Bexheti, Davide Murtas, Cora Gianolla, Fabio Bozzetti
School: Columbia University
An Albanian father and his son flee war-torn Macedonia in search of happiness in Italy. Once in Venice, the father makes the most painful decision of his life.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Pientre de la Terre
France, 2004, 8:30 min., BetaSP
Director: Joel Fendelman
Writer: Joel Fendelman
Producer: Joel Fendelman
Cast: Georges Adrian
School: Savannah College of Art and Design
While many associate artists such as Monet and Van Gogh with the French countryside, director Joel Fendelman discovered the true landscape artist in French farmer Georges Adrian. Adrian paints the earth with his hands and his heart, noting that without the small farmers, the French countryside would not be what generations have come to romanticize.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
USA, 2004, 10 min., DVD
Director: Alexander Woo
Writers: Dan Blank and Alexander Woo, adapted from
Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher by Bill Presing
Producer: Alexander Woo
Cast: Dan Blank, Lolita Shawany, Nicola Russell
School: New York University
Come join the animated adventure of Rex Steele, Nazi Smasher, as he attempts to dismantle another Nazi plan for world domination.
Monday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 3 p.m., Trustees Theater
Rumpy
USA, 2004, 14:45 min., BetaSP
Director: Lauren Timmons
Writer: Lauren Timmons
Producer: Sean Cassity
Cast: Marin Gazzaniga, Raum-Aron
School: Columbia University
Karen just wants to get her son Josh off to his first day of school. But Josh's imaginary friend has other ideas, with disastrous results.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
The War Inside
USA, 2004, 4:48 min., BetaCAM
Director: Jahmad Rollins
Writer: Jahmad Rollins
Producer: Jahmad Rollins
School: California Institute of the Arts
This animated short shows an illustrator struggling to give life to his ideas, dreaming about what to draw, and alternately killing and creating new subjects.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
Woman in the Attic
USA/South Korea, 2003, 4:53 min., BetaSP
Director: Chansoo Kim
Writer: Chansoo Kim
Producer: Chansoo Kim
Cast: Mary Ann Springer, Kay Roberts
School: University of Southern California
Looking in the attic, a woman coming of age makes an emotional discovery. Through a series of memories, the filmmaker explores issues of aging and mortality as the animated characters dream or daydream about life and death.
Monday, Oct. 25, 12:30 p.m., Lucas Theater
Friday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m., Trustees Theater
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