Short Film Festival Schedule
Presented by Bob Pece
Thomas Plaza, Pomona Arts Colony
Saturday, September 27, 2008 @ Dusk
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1. Silly Gags – 00:02:22
William Hohauser
New York, New York
What’s a world without a little non-sequitur? How about
a whole pile of non-sequitur? Created backwards, soundtrack
first, visuals second, Silly Gags is a note pad of possible
random ideas for better or worse.
2. My New Blue Friend – 00:02:21
Ariel Gregory
South Pasadena, California
A long bus trip, an empty seat, a true story.
3. Three-Fifty – 00:08:49
Maurice Chauvet
Los Angeles, California
The story of a man who tried to weasel out of his late fees
at the local video store, only to discover the video store’s
database has access to intimate details.
4. Shuteye Hotel – 00:07:00
Bill Plympton
New Your, New York
A film noir murder mystery that takes place in a sleazy hotel.
As the cops investigate the gruesome murders, they become victims
of this evil force. What Jaws did to swimming, Shuteye Hotel
will do for sleep.
5. Kuna Ni Nanang (My Mother Said) – 00:04:44
Jessica Sison
San Francisco, California
In this day and age, when everything is documented and even
cell phones have cameras, one woman has no souvenirs or photos
of her beloved mother. Meet Elena Baustista, 99 years…YOUNG
6. Urban Sprawl – 00:01:53
Damon McIntyre
Richmond, Virginia
A short story about one lost soul searching for a companion
in a cold and lonely world.
7. You Can Awesome – 00:05:16
Michael Mohan
Los Angeles, California
By the time your children finish watching the 1980’s education
program You Can Awesome, they will be experts in Math, Mechanical
Function Base Engineering, and Snarf. They will also be dead.
8. Mobius Whale – 00:07:56
Franz Keller
Pomona, California
A local artist and musician gives us a sometimes psychedelic,
sometimes hypnotic audio/visual treat.
9. …nastan som en i familjen (…I almost
like on of the family (*Juror Choice Award) – 00:10:18
Astrid Goransson
Kvidinge, Swedeny
In 1933 Anna wrote 30 letters. She, a young farmer’s daughter,
had the chance to live in a city household in Stockholm. She was
supposed to be like a member of the family. She became a maid.
10. The Road – 00:05:028
Owen Thomas
Berkeley, California
Karma, condensed. A group of seemingly random people help Karma
along, passing through many hands.
11. More Man (*Juror Choice Award) – 00:08:00
Erik Levine
Long Island City, New York
More Man lays bare the contradictions between adult projections,
fears, and fantasies, and children’s realities in the world
of youth football. Focusing on adult participation in an organized
youth sporting event, it reveals inherent behavioral and psychological
dynamics: how knowledge, persona, and character are passed down;
how men strive to shape and infuse boys with their ideals and
beliefs; and, above all, how ideas of masculinity are transformed
from one generation to the next.
12. Decline – 00:01:18
Matt Marello
New York, New York
The carefully edited lip-synching in Decline creates an unsettling
portrait of artistic optimism. In this pixilated, stop-motion
video, artists or perhaps actors who seem to have no recourse
for failure.
13. The Birthday Girl – 00:05:29
Alison Ward
Brooklyn, New York
The Birthday Girl was created in response to the artist’s
30th birthday. The work was made to celebrate age, while showing
the panic felt in growing older. Thirty cupcakes are consumed
in one sitting, as the view watches the quick disintegration from
happiness to sickness and disgust.
14. Guide Dog – 00:05:39
Bill Plympton
New York, New York
Guide Dog is a sequel to the Oscar nominated short Guard Dog.
This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous
results.
15. Hadacol Christmas – 00:11:08
Brent Green
Cressona, Pennsylvania
Hadacol Christmas is about my grandfather, Garland, as Santa Claus,
inventing Chrismas with a belly full of cough syrup and a head
full of dying crows.
16. You Can Awesome – 00:06:16
Michael Mohan
Los Angeles, California
Another short from Michael’s series, You Can Awesome.
17. The Lemon Tree – 00:03:04
Will Campbell and Anh Vu
Los Angeles, California
A short experimental narrative addressing our constant hunt for
perfection, the closer we think we are the more distorted our
memory of it becomes.
18. The Execution of Solomon Harris (*Juror Choice
Award) – 00:07:36
Wyatt Garfield
Portland, Oregon
When protocol and routine fail to resolve a malfunction during
an electric chair execution, responsibility falls into the hands
of the Warden.
19. The Bungee Jump Skeleton Man
00:03:10
Rune Eriksson
Oslo, Norway
Can’t end the festival with a botched execution. Instead
here’s a funny cartoon about an unfortunate bungee jumper.
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