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Ed Chen | 3:00 | Animation
| 2003 | USA |
"Rattle" is
a shocking and haunting exploration of the emotional
root and path of violence. |
Ed Chen |
After
graduating from the University of California at Berkeley
with a degree in Integrative Biology, Ed Chen decided
he'd had enough science and began pursuing his interests
in film and animation. He worked for one year as a production
assistant at Pixar Animation Studios and applied to graduate
school. Ed is currently working on his thesis film, "American
Dreams," and finishing his MFA in animation at the
School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern
California. |
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Martin Krejci |
14:00 | Drama
| 2003 | Czech Republic |
A
short film about food, vanity and what happens
when a real gourmet has to have the last word
at all costs. |
Martin Krejci |
Martin
Krejci is currently completing his Master's Degree
at the Film Academy of Musical Arts in the Czech
Republic. He often works with the film and television
production company Dawson Production, where he
made "Fricassee" in addition to a number
of shorts and commercials. Martin's script for
his upcoming feature, THE SUBSTITUTE, won 3rd
place for the Hartly Merrill Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival. |
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David M. Young | 4:00 | Comedy | 2003 | USA |
Coming
face to face with the quintessential man of his
dreams is easier than our hero anticipated. |
David M. Young |
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor,
David M.Young began his career in New York editing
for the Children's Television Workshop's "Sesame
Street" and "3-2-1 Contact." He
went on to work with documentary and commercial
filmmakers. A move to Boston in 1987 began a
long association with WGBH-TV, where he created
local and national programs for PBS (public television)
including drama, dance, art, and photography
specials, as well as educational programs on
science, nature, ecology, and health. |
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Julio Robledo |
5:30 | Animation
| 2002 | Spain |
A
working class mouse discovers that he's not only
being watched, he is the focus of a reality TV
show. |
Julio Robledo |
Julio
Robledo was born in the German colony of Mallorca,
Spain. While working as a draughtsman, traditional
animator and LSD-tester he earned a bachelor's
degree in cultural anthropology. His final presentation
for the degree was a study on horror films. "The
Trumouse Show" is his first 3-D film and
has won a number of awards including the UIP
Prize for Best European Short film at the 60th
Venice Film Festival. |
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Petar Pasic |
9:35 | Experimental
| 2003 | Slovenia |
A
slaughtered chicken's carcass is cleaned and
processed, eventually winding up on the dinner
plate of a doomed man. |
Petar Pasic |
Petar
Pasic has been directing and writing for film,
television commercials and videos for the past
4 years. In 2000 he won Best Directorial Debut
from the New York International Independent Film
and Video Festival for "Soliter," which
he wrote and directed. He made "Last Wish" in
March 2003 after his screenplay attracted financing
from the Slovene Film Fund. |
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Patrick Gilles |
5:00 | Comedy
| 2002 | New Zealand |
The
hair-raising "tail" of a skittish motorist's
grave lapse in concentration. |
Patrick Gilles |
Patrick
Gillies' first short film, "Lemi's Comic
Strip Capers," was featured in the 1999
Christchurch Festival of Romance, and screened
on television in his native New Zealand. His
second short, "Admit One," was released
in 1999 and played in Montreal and Palm Springs
and is currently featured on Atom Films (www.atomfilms.com).
Patrick has also completed a "no-budget" feature
entitled OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR. "Kitty" is
his third short film. |
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James Pellerito |
14:30 | Drama
| 2003 | Italy/USA |
An
Albanian father and son flee war-torn Macedonia
for Italy, where the father makes the most painful
decision of his life. |
James Pellerito |
James
Pellerito was born an raised in Vicenza, Italy
near Venice, and has divided his time between
New York City and the Veneto since he was eighteen.
He earned a B.A. in Film Studies from Columbia
College, an M.A. in Humanities from NYU and expects
to receive his M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia
University in 2004. James has written several
screenplays, including the feature version of "Maree
(Tides)," which is his first film. |
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Merci!
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Christine Rabette |
8:00 | Comedy
| 2002 | Belgium |
A
large city, present day. A strange man boards
the tram and offers his new vision of public
transportation. |
Christine Rabette |
Christine
Rabette was born in 1965. She started making
short films on super-8 as a high school student
and graduated from Diplôme d'université d'animation
cinématographique in Aix en Province in 1986.
She has worked on many short film and documentary
productions as a 2nd assistant director, notably
on the Jean-Pierre Jeunet production "25
Decembre 58, 10h36" which won the audience
award at the Clermont-Ferrrand Short Film Festival
in 1991. Christine works as a commercial assistant
director and continues to direct short films. |
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Kenan Halilovic and Verena Kreamer | 1:30 | Documentary | 2003 | Germany |
Historical
footage of an experiment by Thomas Edison is
recycled in this very short, subjective documentary. |
Verena Kraemer |
Verena
Kraemer was born in Munich, Germany in 1970.
She studied graphic design in Paris, Nuremberg
and St. Petersburg. In 1998 she created a video
installation, entitled "Cindy, oh Cindy" for
a dance theatre production. "The Smiling
Carcass," another installation, followed
in 1999 for the Pocket Opera Company. She made
her first short film, "Counterrevolution," in
1997. Verena is currently working on a new short
film entitled "Sea World." |
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Samual Jadok |
12:00 | Comedy
| 2002 | France |
France
wishes to send a French person to the moon to
challenge the Americans... But who? |
Samual Jadok |
Samual
Jadok was born in France in 1974. He made his
first short film "La Main" in 1995.
After studying Modern Literature in college,
he began writing and directing short films with
young people with learning disabilities. He has
worked as a journalist covering the cinema for
Le Monde and Cine Libre, and he has also written
scripts for television. "How I Walked on
the Moon" is the most recent of Samual's
several short films. Samual is presently developing
three feature-length films: FINGER IN THE NOSE,
TIGHTROPE WALKER, and THE MOON LOVES THE EARTH. |
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