Woodstock Film Festival

9/19 - 9pm at the Bearsville Theater ($8)

9/21 - 4:15pm at the Woodstock Community Center ($8)

A short film by Catherine Tingey

2002 – USA – 13:30 min – Columbia University

Maxie Ward, a grocery clerk, is dreaming of astrology and the boy of her dreams. After consulting her horoscope, she decides to confront her object of desire, Trevor Gordon. When her best friend sabotages her efforts, Maxie realizes that nothing is what it seems when you’re sixteen and infatuated.

Catherine Tingey recently returned from the Cannes Film Festival where she was a Semi-finalist in the Chrysler Million dollar Film Festival. Tingey was born in California among tumbleweeds. Before picking up a movie camera, she worked as a photographer and bread baker in Paris and kindergarten teacher in Taiwan. She has studied at Smith College, Cornell University and Columbia University. A Girl’s Guide to the Galaxy is her first big short.

Produced, written and directed: Catherine Tingey

Co-producer: Kendall Morgan

Cinematographer: Seamus Tierney

Editor: Derek Mok

Composer: Peter Millrose

Sound: Andrew Halasz

Cast: Paz de la Huerta, Matt Garber, Brittany Palazzo, Daniel Freedman

Autobank

A short film by Matthew Ehlers

2002 – USA – 2:25 min

The story of a bank teller, his ennui and a bizarre customer.

Matthew Ehlers makes films. His favorite part about filmmaking is the craft service table.

Cast: Ken Dauer, Daniel Mejak, Marianne Buckley

Produced, written and directed: Matthew Ehlers

Co-producer: Joe Alessi

Cinematographer: Timothy Brown

Editor: Chris Bauman

Sound: Dan Marcellus

BAKER’S MEN

A short film by Harriette Yahr

2001 – USA – 5 min

A film about boys, girls and playground philosophy.

Harriette Yahr has made numerous short films since graduating Dartmouth College in 1989 – with honors in film studies. Her films have screened at Telluride, Chicago (where she has won both a Gold Plaque and a Certificate of Merit), Women in the director’s Chair, The Flying Broom women’s Film Festival in Ankara, Turkey, Miami International Film Festival, IFP Market, USA Film Festival, among others.

Cast: Mirayla Mac Moffat, Christine Keeler

Produced, written, edited and directed: Harriette Yahr

Co-producers: Marta Tamkiw, Jose Martinez

Cinematographer: Osvaldo Silvera, JR.

Composer: Rockin Patricare Musicians

Sound: Mike Swittel, Sprockett Music and Post

CASE STUDIES FROM THE GROAT CENTER FOR SLEEP DISORDERS

A short film by Mitchell Rose

2002 – USA – 7 min

A faux investigation of ASDICT (Adult Sleep Disorder Induced by Childhood Trauma) as we’re privileged to glimpse rare archival footage from the renowned (but fictitious) Groat Center For Sleep Disorders

Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Mitchell Rose was a New York based choreographer and performance artist specializing in comedic work; the New York Times dubbed him “the dance world’s Woody Allen.” His film Elevator World has won awards at thirteen festivals, including the Grand Prize for Best short at Slamdance.

Cast: Mitchell Rose, Leslie Braverman, Eric Ogelsbee, Jamey Hampton, Ashley Roland

Directed, written and edited: Mitchell Rose

Producers: Ashley Roland, J. Hampton, M. Rose

Cinematographer: C.E. Courtney

Composers: David Dorfman, Robert Een

CELEBRATION

A short film by Daniel Stedman

2002 – USA/Canada – 4 min

A coming of age story about a boy called Alex who makes an astonishing announcement at a public ceremony.

Daniel Stedman grew up in Boston, Massachusetts and studied physics and film at Bates College.

Cast: Alex H. Krinsky, Kristen Vermilyea

Produced, written and directed: David Steadman

Co-Producer: Scott Steadman

Cinematographer: Scott DeAngelo

Composer: Chris Decato

Sound: David Schwartz

coitus interruptus

A short film by Gary and Greg Cergol

2001 – USA – 7:32 min

Jen, a woman kept awake by the nightly sexual exploits of an upstairs neighbor, begins to unravel. She tries desperately to get her boyfriend to take charge of the situation, but the ensuing power struggle reveals a deeper problem.

Greg Cergol, is a reporter for WNBC news channel 14 in New York. He has spent almost twenty years covering Long Island area news and has garnered four Emmy awards, two Cable Ace Awards and numerous awards from Long Island Press club and the Associated press.

Gary Cergol started his career as an art director working on such accounts as TDK tapes, Hiram Walker and Scott Paper Products. After eight successful years in advertising he moved over to film and television where he has worked as an art director, graphic artist and storyboard artist for such recent projects as 61*, Bamboozled and The Sopranos.

Cast: Dechen Thurman, Marinda Kaha

Directed and written: Gary and Greg Cergol

Producer: David Thaler

Cinematographer: Chris Thaler

Editor: David Thaler, Bob Kalfur

Composer: Ted Jawar

Sound: Courtney O’Connor

DAYPASS

A short film by Deborah Chow

2002 – USA/Canada – 12:59 min – Columbia University

A wildly delusional romantic returns from the grave to further pursue the love of his life on the evening of her first daypass. When he arrives at a local convenience store and finds her with a new boyfriend, he embarks on a campaign to win her back.

Deborah Chow is currently completing her MFA in film at Columbia University. She was born and raised in Toronto and received her undergraduate degree from McGill university. She directed her first film at McGill, and continued making films while working for several years in film and theatre in Montreal and Toronto.

Cast: James Urbaniak, Kristin Dispaltro, Eric Wippo, Sean Modica

Directed and written: Deborah Chow

Producer: Bas Dumoulin

Co-producer: Amy Gossels

Cinematographer: Seamus Tierney

Editor: Jonathan Alberts

Composer: Jesper Kyd

Sound: Lihi Orbach/Ohm Lab

FAIT D'HIVER

(available photo: Fait d_hiver1)

A short film by Dirk Beliën

2001 – Belgium – 7 min

Tim is stuck in traffic. As he waits impatiently, he tries out his brand new cel phone not realizing the damage it might cause.

Dirk Beliën studied Law at the University of Antwerp before switching to the RITS, one of Flanders' film schools. Beliën’s first script, Jingle Bells was nominated at a VRT Scriptwriting contest in 1993 and later brought to the screen. In 1997 he directed Black Coffee. His third short, Fait d'Hiver, premiered at the 28th Flanders International Film Festival and won the Audience Award at the 7th Flanders International Short film Festival.

Cast: Tom Van Dyck, Ellen Van Cutsem

Producer: Anja Daelemans

Writer: Johan Verschueren

Cinematographer: Philip Van Volsem

Editors: Alin Desauvage, Christophe Van Rompaey

hi-YAH!

A short film by Federico González-Runnebaum

2002 – USA – 8 min

Lydia is cute and petite so you'd never guess that she's a triple black belt who deals with life in the big bad city by doing martial arts. Late one night, as she is walking along an empty street, she detects that a dark menacing stranger is following her.

Cast: Sibyl Kempson , Christopher Amitrano , Lynn Cohen , John Russo ,Gizmo Josephine

HOLY CRAP

A short film by Stan Mendoza

2002 – USA – 5:30 min

Roman does not appreciate it when his neighbor’s dog does its business in front of his house, but when he sees what the dog has left behind is something special, he is thrown into a conflict over the significance and ownership of this special gift.

Stan Mendoza’s first narrative film, Born Loser, has screened and won several awards at film festivals around the world including a Cannes Film Festival screening sponsored by Kodak.
He has received numerous awards for his Commercial, Corporate and Documentary filmmaking for Citibank, The NY Blood Center, Agency.com and The Bowery Mission including a best director honor at the Monitor Awards.

Cast: Joe Lisi, John Rue, Glen Kubota

Produced and directed: Stan Mendoza

Writer: Steve Gambutti

Cinematographer: Tim Philo

Editor: Justin Bolger

Composer: Michael Whalen

KID PROTOCOL

A short film by Alex Mamlet and Amir Bar-Lev

2001 – USA/Canada – 14:42 min

Kid Protocol, the Harry Houdini of party crashing, teaches audiences the in and outs of getting on the list.

Cast: Alex Mamlet

Written, directed and edited by Alex Mamlet and Amir Bar-Lev

Cinematographer: Ray Greeve

Composer: Kut Masta Kurt

LEARN TO SPEAK BODY: TAPE 5

A short film by Mitchell Rose

2001 – USA – 6:30 min

This film satirizes the language instructional video, but instead of teaching Burmese or Bambara, it examines the grammatical intricacies of body language. Yes, in just a few easy lessons you, too, can learn to speak body just like humans do, as we conjugate head position, analyze the accent of a hip and become fluent in the psychosexual syntax of the slouch.

Cast: Leslie Braverman, Jamey Hampton, Ashley Roland, Sara Anderson, Eric Oglesbee, Eric Skinner

Directed, written and edited: Mitchell Rose

Producers: Ashley Roland, Jamey Hampton, Mitchell Rose

Composer: Billy Goodrum

TRAVELER

A short film by Marie Regan

2001 – USA – 13 min – Columbia University

When ninety-two year old Dorothy has her driver's license revoked, she feels the weight of a lifetime. When she meets Flash, she hires him to drive her around, but when he demands destinations, each arrives where neither expected to be.

Marie Regan grew up on a San Francisco lagoon where she made her first film at age thirteen. Moved by an experience as an exchange student in Thailand, she put the camera down to earn a degree in Humanities and International Affairs. Marie has lived and worked in Mexico, England, Spain and India. In 1994, she returned to film, taking a course at the San Francisco Art Institute and joining Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope where she worked on a variety of projects over three years. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Filmmaking at Columbia University. While completing her degree, she continues to work professionally in NY on film, music video, and documentary projects, and is a volunteer video mentor to students in New York area public Schools. Traveler is Marie’s directorial debut on the festival circuit.

Cast: Marie Kalish, Daniel Saltzman, Jerry Shulman, Jerome Brody, Stephen Gallo,

Ann W. Regan, and Andrew Halasz

Produced, written, edited and directed: Marie Regan

Co-Producer: Erica Cleary

Cinematographer: Seamus Tierney

Sound: Kurt Enger, Andrew Halasz

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