2006 Film Festival

What is that you’re watching? You’ll see in the next 90 minutes! Michelle Roderick, a local talent, is now living in New York City. This is one of her pieces.

There’s plenty of fanfare as nature takes big bites out the Marblehead shoreline. Steve Webster is the Creative Director at Impact Design, an independent creative firm located in Marblehead. Steve also designed the 2006 Festival logo.

A would-be Lothario tries the same scam on unsuspecting women one time too many, and his victims decide to take their revenge. Howard Donnell is a filmmaker whose company, Proverbial Studios, is located in Shillington, Pennsylvania.

He sees you when you’re sleeping…he knows when you’re awake…and by the time he gets to you, he knows what you deserve. Another short piece by the Creative Director of Impact Design.

This documentary is about a homeless man in the Boston area who keeps body and soul together by making and selling his unusual art. Ashley Kennedy has just completed an MFA in filmmaking at Boston University. Uncommon Art is her second documentary and her seventh film.

An experimental music video about the need to connect. This is the third film we’ve shown by Swamspcott’s Emily Roberts (now a student at Brown University), and she never fails to surprise.

In this reflective, meditative film, a young man reflects on the meaning of his life and what he wants for the future. Matthew Ecclesiastre, a poet, story writer, filmmaker and photographer, made this film in cooperation with RAW Art Works, the non-profit organization in Lynn that offers children and teenagers the opportunity to express themselves in a variety of art forms.

A woman making a crucial decision about an abusive relationship has an unexpected visit from her mother-in-law in this tight drama. Julia Radochia, originally from Arlington, now lives and works in Los Angeles and has an extensive resume as a film director, editor, producer and theatrical and film actress.

Set up as an old-fashioned silent movie, this film shows what happens when a desperate director needs to rescue his play from the clutches of a temperamental actor just before its first performance. Steven Stuart Baldwin, a Beverly filmmaker who is the director of Playomatic Media, created this film as part of the nationally based 48 Hour Film Project which requires participants to create a film from concept to finished product in 48 hours. Steven ’s film won the local award for best acting and best editing and was voted an audience favorite.

A young woman reflects on her sisters and, although they annoy her, is still willing to accept that they resemble human beings…at least for now. A stay of execution by a Lynn filmmaker who is a  student at North Shore Community College and a member of the RAW Arts group.

Angela Santora, whose RAW Arts film was shown in the Film Festival last year, is back again with a RAW Arts music video that asks the eternal question, Is There One Person Who Is Meant For Me? Ms. Santora is now in her first year at the Massachusetts College of Art. Aaron Legere is in his first year at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

There’s a good chance that you’ve never seen a film like this. The title is Spanish for “Fair Use,” a legal term which refers to the justified use of copyrighted materials without payment of royalties, and which refers to the film itself, “found footage” of a 1959 Mexican hospital melodrama. The real story is told with the use of subtitles as the characters suddenly realize that their film has been hijacked by an “experimental filmmaker”.  Coleman Miller has been making films for twenty years (for MTV and Lollapalooza, among others) and Uso Justo won the “Best of the Fest" award at the prestigious Ann Arbor Film Festival.

This is an animation about a woman’s testy relationship with her cat, Milton.  Who will win in this clash of Big Egos? Courtney Davis is a Texas filmmaker who has produced, directed, and acted in both feature-length and short films. Note:  This film contains strong language in parts.

You could call Jimmy’s House of Hugs a late night cable TV infomercial from another planet…or you might say “What a great idea!  Someone should open up something like this in Marblehead!” You be the judge. Another film from the talented and prolific Julia Radochia. Note: This film contains strong language in parts.

“It’s quite an elaborate scheme/The fine art of poisoning/The dose to comatose/Slyly administered…” There are dark goings on in the manor in Bill Domonkos’ animated music video of Jill Tracy’s song. Starting out as a painter, Bill Domonkos experimented with computer animation and now works in San Francisco where he has toiled in the computer game industry, directed music videos, and designed websites. The Fine Art of Poisoning has won numerous awards in the animation and experimental film categories in various film festivals around the country.