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Please note: These 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 to decide if their young
children will find pleasure in them.
Local Threat Trailer
Steve Schinnerer
2:05 minutes
What better way to introduce a film festival than to present the
previews to a film you’ll never see...at least this year?
Steve Schinnerer, a student a Marblehead High School, presents a
trailer to a film coming soon to your local screens. Is the "local
threat" Steve and his biker buddies, or the film he is promising
us?
I'm Batman
Michele Roderick
9 minutes
Some are born great, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The character in this comedy piece thinks he’s the former
— the famous comic book and television hero- — but ends
up as the latter. Michele Roderick is a local graduate whose works
have been shown on Time-Warner Television, MTV, and at the Museum
of Modern Art in New York City. I'm Batman was shown at
the 2001 U.S. Comedy Film Festival.
True Office Stories
Chris Miller
15 seconds
This film, a tale of white collar hell, out-Dilberts Dilbert. Chris
Miller is an animator from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, whose sardonic
pieces can be found online at http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/chrismillershow
Brief Encounter
Doug Martin
6 minutes
Emerson graduate and Somerville filmmaker Doug Martin describes
his film, originally shot in 35 mm, as "the story of a man,
a woman, and their underwear." A laundromat and an umbrella
also prominently feature. Some of the shots will make you want to
know, "How did he do that one?"
Bees, A Documentary
LeAnn Erickson
36 seconds
Animator LeAnn Erickson tells the story of a bee’s life and
its encounter with the world’s most powerful species. LeAnn
Erickson is a faculty member of Temple University’s Film and
Media Arts program. Her work has appeared on public television and
in galleries, and has won national recognition in film/video festivals.
Empire of Dirt
Emily Roberts
6:42 minutes
This is an experimental film by a Massachusetts filmmaker about
the discovery of what lies beneath her feet.
Along the Pale Blue River
Ann Fessler
9 minutes
This film is the story of a young, pregnant girl who left her farm
for a city where she could give birth and give up her child. It’s
also the story of that child (the filmmaker) who returned forty
years later to seek out her lost connection. Among other awards,
Along the Pale Blue River won First Place-Experimental at the Athens
International Film and Video Festival and is currently part of the
"Identity in Contemporary Art" exhibit at the DeCordova
Museum. Ann Fessler is the Head of the Photography Department at
the Rhode Island School of Design.
Fun Days With Jake
LeAnn Erickson
3:15 minutes
Jake drives his friends and parents crazy, plays basketball, jumps
rope, suffers with his sinuses, makes a movie, and otherwise takes
the sideways approach to life’s experiences. Another animation
from LeAnn Erickson.
Pearly Whites
Carl Hansen
14:15 minutes
This film will certainly set your suspicions aflame if your dentist
ever invites you to his house. Remember that this is a particular
dentist — not every dentist. Check out the home furnishings
and the attractive bridgework. Carl Hansen is a graduate of Beverly
High School currently laboring in the Hollywood salt mines.
True Office Stories
Chris Miller
15 seconds
It’s 11:45 am on the same morning as the "True Office
Story" above, but now Bob has an important announcement to
make, and he’s not going to send you a memo about it.
Train Home
Keri Doris
3:40 minutes
This is an experimental video that showcases the inner thoughts
of a woman sitting alone on the train as she transitions between
various moods. Reflections, lights, and an original piano composition
add to the mood. Keri Doris is a Visual Arts Major at State University
of New York in Purchase, New York.
Writer’s Block
Steve Schinnerer
4:50 minutes
Marblehead’s Steve Schinnerer recognizes that the sound of
silence was not what he was looking for.
Dumpty
Ros Bobos
5:30 minutes
The mysterious Ros Bobos takes apart an old film of the famous nursery
rhyme and then does what all the kings horses and all the king’s
men couldn’t do: puts it together again. Music by Renaldo
and the Loaf.
Solitaire
Theodore Collatos
12:38 minutes
A dramatic film in which the loss of a woman’s father triggers
opens other family wounds. Theodore Collatos is a filmmaker who
was born in Beverly and lives in Richmond, Massachusetts. His films
have been shown in Mexico, Berlin, Chicago, and Texas, as well as
Massachusetts. Solitaire was shown on PBS in Chicago and in New
York and will be seen in a film festival in Boston soon.
Alone Together
Eli Mavros
8:33 minutes
Filmmaker and Nahant resident Eli Mavros explores "lives of
quiet desperation" and, boy, are they desperate!
Milo Z "Get On Up"
Michele Roderick
4:20 minutes
A music video from the local filmmaking prodigy (see I'm Batman)
that will send you rocking off to bed and will keep the cleanup
crew snapping their fingers and swiveling their hips. |
