SHORTS - FAMILY UNITS
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All Water Has A Perfect Memory A short documentary by Natalia Almada 2002 USA/Mexico 19 min An experimental documentary about a family's loss of a child and the struggle between remembrance and forgetting. The film explores the cultural differences between a North American mother and a Mexican father in the face of death. English and Spanish with English subtitles Natalia Almada was born in Mexico to an American mother and a Mexican father. She has spent her life between both countries. She recently completed her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and has completed two short documentaries, Put on Your Diamond Shoes and All Water Has a Perfect Memory. Director, Cinematographer: Natalia Almada MAGNET MAN (Czlowiek Magnes) 
A
short film by Marcin Wrona
2001 Poland 20 min University of Silesia, Poland
A
true story about the filmmaker's father, a mesmerist, exorcist, and healer who
can help everyone but himself. Told from the point of view of his young son
(the filmmaker as a boy), who both adores and abhors his father. Marcin
Wrona uses a visually energetic collage technique to create what he calls
"tragicomic kitsch," one with a fantastical sense of Monty Python about it,
like a missing Terry Gilliam project. Shot on 35mm/screened on beta sp.
Honored as best
student film at the Tribeca Film Festival
Cast: Zdzislaw
Wardejn, Ewa Kasprzyk, Krzysztof Ogloza, Andrzej Basiukiewicz
Producer: Maja
Wlodarczyk
Director,
Screenwriter, Editor: Marcin Wrona
Cinematographer: Pawel Flis
Sound: Tomasz
Sikora
MBOUTOUKOU 
A short film by
Victor Viyuoh
2002 Cameroon
13:42 min University of Southern California
Twelve-year old
Napo overhears his older brother, Abel, and mother expressing doubts that he
will be able to take on a mans responsibilities once Abel goes to boarding
school. Hurt by their doubts, Napo sets out to prove them wrong by finding a
termite mound, building a hut around it, and trying to lure termites out of
it. He returns home from his overnight trials to find that has already left
for boarding school. Shot on 16mm/Screened on beta
sp
Victor Viyuoh, from Cameroon, West Africa, studied engineering, math and
creative writing before his love for film took him to USC. The village where
Viyuoh grew up had no electricity. When he was 10, he saved enough money to
buy a hen and when its chicks grew up, he sold them to pay his way to watch
movies, usually in French. Mboutoukou is his thesis film.
Cast: Rhim Shu,
Angwafor Nde Fru
Producer: Zola
Mashariki-Reyes
Co-Producer,
Director, Screenwriter: Victor Viyuoh
Cinematographer: Clay Westervelt
Editor:
Monique Zavistovski
Composer: Mo
Jen
Sound:
Charlotte Hill
The Provider A short film by Matt Smith 2002 USA 20 min A short course in agricultural economy called by some an engaging and melancholy examination of fatherhood. Cast: Steve Berndt Producer: Sarah Shute Director, Co-Producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound: Matt Smith THE ROUTINE 
Written and
directed by Bob Giraldi
2001 - USA - 5
min
A short film
having to do with a family's new daily routine in downtown Manhattan's
Tribeca section. With Joanna Going and Lexie Sperduto. Produced by CaseGiraldi
Media. Photographed in Hi-Definition and sponsored by SONY. The Routine
debuted at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
THE WORMHOLE A short film by Jessica Sharzer 2002 USA 19 min New York University If you could go back in time, where would you go? A troubled boy searches for a wormhole to traverse time and reunite his family. The Wormhole joins the past with the present, memory with fantasy, science with faith in the impossible. Shot on 35mm/Screened on beta sp Jessica Sharzer is currently completing her MFA in Film & Television at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She holds a Masters degree from UC Berkeley in Slavic Languages & Literature. The Wormhole was recently presented the 2002 Student Academy award gold medal for best narrative short. Cast: Claire Beckman, Suzanne Shepherd, T.J. Sullivan, Gareth Saxe Producer: Sydney Burtner Director, Screenwriter: Jessica Sharzer Editors: Jessica Sharzer, Adam Walsh Cinematographer: Andrij Parekh Composer: Christopher Libertino Copyright, 2000-2004 - Woodstock Film Festival, Inc. |