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FILMS 2007 4th Annual Post Alley Film Festival 2007 12:30 pm doors open Festival begins - Introduction by Virginia Bogert, President Women in Film/ Seattle 1:00 pm Opening film TBA It’s All Relative, 2 minutes, experimental, USA 2007 Lisa Hardmeyer, director Dollies find themselves in mundane and dramatic locations giving a new spin to Einstein’s theory ...but not of the speed of light. Commissioned by Worktank Enterprises, LLC. (a woman owned-business) for their Foot and a Half High Theater. Lisa Hardmeyer is a SIFF 2007 Fly Filmmaker. You can see her film, The Bridge at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival. A Girl Like Me, 7 minutes, documentary, USA 2006 Kiri Davis, director; Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, producer An exploration of how black girls perceive white European features as the standard of beauty. A film highlight is the recreation of the sociological Black doll-White doll experiment of the 1950’s. Winner: the Diversity Award SIFF FutureWave selection 2006 Tribeca Film Festival 2006 Archival Film Journal from Zora Neale Hurston, 7 minutes The National Film Archives Excerpts from the film journal of the folklorist, sociologist, and author of Their Eyes Were Watching God. Zora Neale Hurston 1891-1960, whose mentor gave her a film camera and lauded her as a sociologist but avowed she was more artist. Tootie Pie, 14 minutes, dramatic narrative, USA 2006 Virginia Bogert, director; Susan LaSalle, producer; C. Rosalind Bell, writer What begins as a carefree day for Tootie Pie and Claressa in the American South of the 60’s suddenly becomes a pivotal crossroad in the lives of these young best friends. Official selection Seattle International Film Festival 2006 Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 2007 www.tootiepie.com Free Parking, 9 minutes, narrative, USA 2005 Laura Jean Cronin, director Five year old Shannon is caught under the thumb of capitalism when her older sister brings the rules of Monopoly to bear on their blackberry picking chores. Official selection Seattle International Film Festival 2006 Winner: Cinema K Film Festival, Best Local Film WIF Nell Shipman Rising Star acting award, Winner: Gabby Brooks Undressing My Mother, 6 minutes, documentary, Ireland 2004 Ken Wardrop, director A woman's unique take on her life and aging body. Official Selection Seattle International Film Festival - Jury award 2006 Winner: Cork Int’l Film Festival Best International Short Sundance Film Festival Honorable Mention 2006 INTERMISSION 15-20 minutes Small Town Secrets, 10 minutes USA Katherine Leggett, director/producer/editor Growing up with closeted gay parents in a small, mid-western town in the early 80s. Keeping it a secret felt like the only option. Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Award Honorable Mention 2005; screened at over 40 festivals www.smalltownsecrets.com Cries from Ramah, 15 minutes, dramatic narrative, USA/Isreal/Palestine 2005 Loren E. Chamida, director When a bombing in a Tel Aviv café takes the lives of both a young Palestinian bomber and a young Israeli soldier, their two mothers encounter one another in a police station, neither aware of who the other is, until realization sets in. Winner: Best Short Sedona International Official Selection Rochester International Film Festival www.criesfromramahmovie.com What Happened on 23rd Street, Archival film, :75 seconds From the National Film Archives, a little bit pre-Marilyn. Rent’s Due, 9 minutes, comedy, USA 2004 Andy McCone, director; Meredith Binder, producer/writer/actor Dorothy can't pay the rent propelling her on a journey. What happens when generations are born, live and have to pay rent to the laundromat? Official Selection Buenos Aires Int'l Film Festival, Seattle Int'l Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, One Reel Festival Alibi, 4 minutes, music video, USA 2006 Sue Corcoran, director; Amy Vanderbeck, producer Seattle independent music talent Andrea Wittgens performs in a dance marathon hall, inspired by the film, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Sue Corcoran used a view master as a storytelling device and to further spotlight Wittgens as a classically trained pianist, she added hand puppets as the hero and heroine. Gorgeous Labour of Love, 10 minutes, comedy, UK Stacy Harrison, director A surreal short film set in the ruins of London, driven by a contemporary music-hall libretto. The film contrasts the beautiful and grotesque in a narrative focusing on the universal question, “Are our lives driven by destiny... or chance?” Official Selection Ann Arbor, Newport Beach, and Atlanta Film Festivals, Cannes Short Film Corner INTERMISSION 15-20 minutes Banos, 4 minutes, Argentina 2005 Stephanie Kese, director One Reel Festival 2006, Buenos Aires Int'l Film Festival ...Loves Martha, 10 minutes, comedy, USA 2005 T. J. Martin, director/writer; Joshua Ortega, writer An offbeat, surreal comedy about a man and his love affair with a copy machine. Seattle International Film Festival Fly Film 2005 Super Anon, 10 minutes, comedy, Canada 2004 Stephen H. Plitt, director; Deb Sears, producer/actor Super heroes have families too. This is their story...and their support group. Winner: Significant Achievement Ensemble Acting and Best Film Award, Vancouver Reel Fast 48hr Film Festival 2004 Audience Award winner: Faux Film Festival - American debut 6th Annual Bare Bones International Film Festival Best Short Mockumentary Award Full Disclosure, 10 minutes, comedy, USA 2005 Douglas Horn, writer/director; Susan LaSalle, producer Tired of wasting time on relationships that break up when one person discovers something they can't stand about the other? Everett decides to reveal every flaw, habit, and hang-up on the first date. To his surprise, women don't respond as he'd hoped… until he meets Brinn who's willing try for Full Disclosure. Palm Springs International Festival 2005 Premiere Golden Space Needle Award-winner SIFF 2006 www.fulldisclosurethemovie.com Peep Show, 9 minutes, comedy, USA 1999 Charlie Call, director, Damon Jones & Bob Kirsh and Patti Frick, writers A woman buys a ticket to a peep show unlike any other and finds satisfaction. U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Best Short Film Sedona International Film Festival, Favorite Short BBC/British Short Film Festival, Best American Short Film Austin Film Festival, Best Short Subject Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, Audience Favorite Slip of the Tongue, 4:15 minutes, narrative, USA 2005 Karen Lum, director Adapted from the poem “Slip Of The Tongue” written and performed by Adriel Luis. A young man gets schooled at a bus stop by a beautiful stranger and receives an eye-opening education about race and gender. Media That Matters Film Festival 2006 Winner: Seattle International Film Festival FutureWave Award 2006 INTERMISSION 15-20 minutes The Pact, 2:30 minutes, USA 2007 Stephanie Kese, Erin Pollack, directors A work in progress. Paperboat, 18 minutes, dramatic narrative Greece/USA 2005 Daphne Lambrinou, director/writer Sometimes coming home is not what you expect. Give up a blossoming career in NY and move back to Greece and an old love? Winner: Best female director, LA Shorts Festival 2006 DGA Student film Award 2006 Reel Women International Film Festival winner 2007 Fallen, 16 minutes, comedy, Canada 2005 Allison Beda, director/co-writer, Lara McKinnon, co-writer, Richard Bullock, producer. A desperately blocked writer meets an “amnesiac” young woman who falls out of the sky and he becomes her research project. Vancouver Film Festival, Tiburon Film Festival, 2006 J’Attendrai le Suivant, 4 minutes, dramatic narrative, France 2002 Phillippe Orreindy, director (I’ll Wait for the Next One) A man looks for love in the subway; a woman is swept away. Winner: European Short Film Prize 2004 Academy Award nominee 2003 Tea Party, 9 minutes, comedy, Canada 2006 Allison Beda, director; Kris Elgstrand, writer; Arabella Bushnell, Erin MacDonald and Allison Beda, producers A deliciously vicious comedy about friendship, trust, and watching your back. Vancouver International Film Festival premiere 2006 The Cat, 6 minutes, Ireland 2006 Fransizka-Maria Apprich, director; Gawain Morrissey, producer An elderly couple’s routine life is suddenly offset by the arrival of a new cat. One Reel Film Festival 2006 The Cat Henri, 5 minutes, comedy, USA 2007 Will Bradon, director Every year we program student films by Seattle Film Institute. This is the one. La journee... et bien, l’histoire d’un chat. L’ennui d’Henri. Premiere: Post Alley Film Festival She’s a Dog, music video, USA 2007 Sue Corcoran, director; Amy Vanderbeck, producer Festival debut Post Alley Film Festival 2007 Three Seconds, My Arse, comedy, Ireland 2006 Anna McCaughtry, director; Gawain Morrissey, producer Fish, foul play, foul husband, and a Lottery ticket. US Premiere: Post Alley Film Festival A Gift from Santa, 3:30 minutes, animated comedy, USA 2006 Suzanne Hensler, director/animator A skeptical girl named Moe is taught a lesson by her best friend Petey, the penguin. Nell Shipman award nominee Best Student Film 2006 6:00pm Q&A with filmmakers 6:00pm Screen comes down. 7:00pm End Fest Meet at the Alibi Room, Post Alley, Pike Place Market USA |