Film Festival
Crocker Park, 11 Front Street*
In the event of rain, the Film Festival will be screened at the Gerry 5 VFA Function Hall, 210 Beacon Street.
Film Festival works are intended to show the many ways that film and video can be used as an art form to inform and express. They are not commercial films of the sort that you can find in your standard multiplex. Although some of these works can certainly be enjoyed by children, not all of the films will be understood by them. Parents should review the lineup and decide if these films are all appropriate for their younger children.
Chairpersons: Mike Evers, Laurie Stolarz
Committee: Sandy Rhoads, Bill Smalley, Paulina Villarroel-Cruz
The 2014 Film Festival includes a program of selected film and video and also two film workshops. The films will be screend at Crocker Park on Thursday, July 3, at 9:00 PM.
For those of you who would like to see this year’s Film Festival again, or didn’t have a chance to see it in the first place, this is your opportunity! An encore presentations will be screened at Abbot Public Library on Saturday, July 5. View it in the relaxing, air conditioned environment of the library. Not only that, but you’ll have an opportunity to talk with any of the filmmakers who might be present and with the people who put the Film Festival together.
Film Festival Schedule
Thursday, July 3
1:30–3:00 PM: Workshop: Making the 10 Minute Movie, with Keith Wasserman
9:00-10:30 PM: Film Festival Program at Crocker Park
Saturday, July 5
10:00 AM to Noon: Encore Screening of Film Festival Program at Abbot Public Library
1:30–3:00 PM: Workshop: 3D Animation: A Primer, with Ben Albarelli
Thursday, July 3, 9:00–10:30 PM
Crocker Park, 11 Front Street*
*Rain location is the Gerry 5 VFA Function Hall, 210 Beacon Street
Mulligan's Island
Jeffrey Blake Palmer
4:15 minutes
Mulligan’s Island may mean golf and entertainment for you, but for the five travelers to the island, it’s a place of magic and discovery that the best movies can provide. Mulligan’s Island—the music video—is by the group We Govern We. Jeffrey Blake Palmer, the filmmaker, is best known for his interest in fantasy and horror material. Mulligans’ Island won the Best Music Video award at the Somewhere North of Boston Film Festival last year and has appeared in numerous other film festivals.
The Future
Venetia Taylor
7:11 minutes
Beth and Simon are celebrating their engagement in a very public way in a restaurant and wonder, somewhat idly, what their future will be like. A pair of unusual visitors appears at their table and provides answers they’re not happy to hear. Venetia Taylor’s Ave Maria is also being shown at the Film Festival.
Moment to Speak: Season 2 Episode 10
Jason Cruz
2:11 minutes
In response to a question by several young men he’s worked with in Lynn, Jason Cruz, Clinical Supervisor and Art Therapist at Lynn’s Raw Arts, shows us his work and how it conveys meaning. He "makes stuff," and doesn’t claim to be an artist, but his visual expressiveness would argue otherwise. Paper Schemes Productions produces music videos to "enlighten the world and inspire as well."
Little Pen Lost
Julia Radochia
5:00 minutes
How can you change your life or anyone else's if you keep losing the stuff you need to do so? These and other questions are pondered by two friends and some smelly clothing articles. Julia Radochia, whose films graced previous Film Festival screenings, has returned after a five year hiatus. Little Pen Lost was the Invitational Film Challenge Winner at last year’s Broad Humor Film Festival.
Within the Eyes of Beauty
Izzy Ramirez
4:10 minutes
"Skateboarding is a medium, the city a canvas," Izzy Ramirez comments in this poetic tribute to the thrill of the sport. Boston landmarks become the stage for performances on four wheels and everywhere the city seems to move at a more frenetic pace. Izzy Ramirez made this film as part of the ICA's Fast Forward program for young filmmakers.
First Match
Olivia Newman
15:00 Minutes
Monique "Mo" Morris, fourteen years old and the first girl on a formerly all-boys high school wrestling team, is preparing for her first wrestling match. She’s trying to prove herself to her teammates but also to her father, a former wrestler with troubles of his own. Olivia Newman is an award-winning writer and director of short films which have been shown at major film festivals throughout the country.
Just Play
Andrys Galan
1:50 minutes
Talent and skill are what's most important in sports, right? Why should anything else matter? Andrys Galan made this short film as part of the Raw Arts Works Real to Reel Film School.
A Dose for Dominic
Ruth Gregory
7:23 minutes
The average five year old can be a handful, but Dominic Leppell's severe autism overwhelmed his parents, Tony and Angela, which led to their decision to treat him with medical cannabis. Ms. Gregory's documentary details the problem and the solution. Were they right? You be the judge. Ruth Gregory is a filmmaker and a scholar and Dominic was a finalist in the recent International Documentary Challenge and has been screened in a number of film festivals and a PBS affiliate in the Northwest.
Let's Call Her Lynn
C Wells and Paper Schemes Productions
5:57 minutes
Lynn the girl is Lynn the city in this song by rapper C Wells, himself a native of the "City of Sin," and the story is about the struggle to survive life on the streets and to forge viable relationships.
This is another video from the creative crew at Paper Schemes Productions.
That Woman
Joshua Davis (Producer)
13:02 minutes
Danny ended a relationship, but the ending is more like a death to him. To get him past his funk, he is set up with a date with…a well-known figure from the late 1990s. As the time for the date approaches, he realizes that there might be more at stake for him and his date than he might have guessed. That Woman was an official selection of both the 2013 Cambridge Film Festival and the 2013 Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Unshakable: The Agueda Jiminez Story
Alexis Villar, Ava Ludwig, Sara Tesh
4:09 minutes
This is a documentary about a woman who came to the U.S. and works toward her goals and achieves them, despite physical and social obstacles. Ms. Jiminez tells her own story and gives a sense of her powerful determination. The filmmakers made the work as part of the Raw Arts Real to Reel School.
Solo Piana NYC
Anthony Sherin
5:10 minutes
In this short documentary, a lone piano stands curbside in New York City, and the film shows the interactions of passers-by as the piano awaits its fate. Anthony Sherin, a New York filmmaker whose work has been shown on PBS, shot the stills that form the work and Art Fabriola created the score, and presto, the film was made. It’s been shown at a number of festivals, and we are happy to show it here.
Ave Maria
Venetia Taylor
7:18 minutes
Daniel loses his mother and to help assuage his grief, his partner enrolls both of them in a photography class. There he encounters a woman and the beginnings of an obsession. Loss, desire, and photography—they’re all connected in this story. Venetia Taylor is a writer and filmmaker working out of Sydney, Australia. Both Ave Maria and her other work shown here, The Future, have been shown in film festivals both in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Intuition
Danielle Lurie
7:58 minutes
A young woman living in present day Barcelona gets up to prepare to meet her on-again, off-again boyfriend to give the foundering relationship another chance. Every time she looks in the mirror though, she sees someone who looks like her and talks like her but has a savvier take on her life. Danielle Lurie is an American filmmaker who shot the film in Barcelona in a day and a half using a minimum amount of equipment and the services of the dynamic Spanish actress she met on her trip.
At Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street
Thursday, July 3
1:30–3:00 PM: Workshop: Making the 10 Minute Movie, with Keith Wasserman
Award winning filmmaking Keith Wasserman will discuss the challenges and benefits of making a "short film." From choosing a subject, to writing, producing, editing and distributing , Mr. Wasserman will provide the details and talk about finding an audience in an ever expanding marketplace. If you’ve ever thought about making a film but didn't know where to start, this workshop is the place to be. Sharing stories from his ten years of working in film, this fun and informative presentation offers a peek behind the magic of moviemaking.
Keith Wasserman is the Executive Producer of Movie Magic Media, a film production company, and has been involved in the writing, producing , and editing films for ten years. His film Bitter Sweet won the Marblehead Festival of Arts Film Festival Best of Show award last year.
Saturday, July 5
10:00 AM to Noon: Film Festival Redux
For those of you who would like to see this year’s Film Festival again, or didn’t have a chance to see it in the first place, this is your opportunity! View it in the relaxing, air conditioned environment of the Marblehead Public library. Not only that, but you’ll have an opportunity to talk with any of the filmmakers who might be present and with the people who put the Film Festival together.
1:30–3:00 PM: Workshop: 3D Animation: A Primer, with Ben Albarelli
You might think that 3D animation requires massive computers and production budgets, but because the hardware and software has become more affordable, it’s something you can do on a budget as a hobby or professionally as a freelancer. In this presentation you will get a breakdown and demonstration of the various aspects of 3D production and the skills needed. You will also get an overview of the hardware and software needed to start creating your own 3D artwork on a budget.
Ben Albarelli is a freelance 3D artist with eight years of academic and professional experience with computer animation production. He has a B.S. in Electronic Arts from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute and a professional certificate from the Boston University Center for Digital Imaging Arts.
Film Festival has been a Summer Festival event since 1996. For a listing of films screened and the filmmakers,
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