Bringing Seattle the best in short cinema since 1996, the Fourth Annual 1 Reel Film Festival is pleased to present another exciting line-up of short films from around the world to audiences at Bumbershoot.
This year the 1 Reel Film Festival offers viewers a panorama of International Animation. Fresh from the hottest animation festivals in Europe comes an exciting four-part showcase of the most unique, accomplished animations from nearly a dozen countries.
Meanwhile, 1 Reel pays special attention to American short films this year, offering over 60 live-action shorts created by some of the most innovative filmmakers in the US. All of these films -; including those in special showcases presented by New York University, The Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, WigglyWorld Studios, and Flav’a Fest -; are in competition for the AtomFilms Short Film Award, a juried prize worth $1,000.
Finally, making their third appearance at 1 Reel is Seattle’s-own Black Cat Orchestra who have composed another amazing score (this year to Fritz Lang’s Spies). Other highlights include rare and archival footage screenings at the Outdoor Cinema, hosted by Dennis Nyback; cutting-edge video at Independent Exposure, and a feature presentation of Slam featuring Saul Williams.
Enjoy the Festival!
—Anne Rosellini &
Corey Wynne
1 Reel Film Festival Directors
Bumbershoot, The Seattle Arts Festival
Seattle Center
September, 3 – 6, 1999
Hotline: 206.281.8111
Tickets
$10 Advance Daily/ $14 Day-of
$18 2-Day Pass & $32 4-Day Pass
Free for kids 12 and under w/ adult, courtesy of AT&T
Tickets for sale at participating Western Washington Starbucks stores,
Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 206.628.0888, or at Festival gates.
Friday
September 3, 1999
Intiman Theatre
1:00 – 1:45pm
Flav’a Fest Presents…/
The Seattle Black Film and Video Festival (Flav’a Fest) is an annual showcase of film, video and multimedia from artists of African ancestry. The year 2000 marks the fifth consecutive year for the festival whose mission is to provide Seattle with exposure to the visions, voices and dreams of Black filmmakers, both professional and amateur. Flav’a Fest brings us a program of four short films from directors of color.
BREEZE
Directed by Barbara Sanon
(6 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A young girl is torn between the innocence of girlhood and the lure of womanhood.
WARM TIDE
Directed by James Richards
(12 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A young Black man from the ‘hood struggles with his sexuality and attraction to men.
SHE SMOKES
Directed by Christa Collins
(21 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
She smokes. He doesn’t. The ups and downs of a relationship are humorously examined in this film about the woes of being together.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Directed by Frank Goodin II
(8 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
With the help of his son and a little black dress, a man slowly recovers from the death of his wife.
2:00 – 2:45pm
WigglyWorld presents…
The Northwest Film Forum is a non-profit organization creating artistic film at their filmmaker collective, WigglyWorld Studios, and showing great movies at their two cinemas: The Grand Illusion and The Little Theatre. All filmmakers in this program were participants in WigglyWorld’s competitive “Out of the Can” equipment granting program in 1998. WigglyWorld delivers three short films crafted at their co-op studio.
THE JOKE
Directed by Joe Shlichta
(15mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A man overhears a joke, but misses the punchline. He embarks on a quest to find resolution to the joke.
INTERIOR LATEX
Directed by Matt Wilkins
(13mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Suzanne’s hard-drinking father urges her visiting boyfriend to drink too much. When he finally passes out the fun begins.
BLUECOATEDSTORY
Directed by Erik Maahs
(17mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Little Star tells the fantastical, mythic tale of the fateful meeting between Big Head Sneezer, Bear, Beaver and the wayward traveler, Kissy Face.
3:00 – 3:45pm
International Animation Program No.1
GUY’S DOG
Directed by Rory Bresnihan
(11 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ Ireland)
Guy’s dog has a problem…he is a man trapped in a dog’s body. Through alcohol and time transference Guy’s Dog attempts to fulfill his dream of being human.
THE QUEEN’S MONASTERY
Directed by Emma Calder
(6 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ UK)
A woman’s lover, a former acrobat, returns to her from war a changed man.
TO BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP
Directed by Christopher Leone
(2 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ USA)
The mousetrap of tomorrow is here today! The “Merchant of Death 2000” doesn’t just trap mice – it seeks them out and destroys them!
LITTLE DARK POET
Directed by Mike Booth
(6 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ UK)
Love, lust, guilt and disgust come together in a mixture of live action and stop motion animation.
LOVE STORY
Directed by Signe Baumane
(3 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ USA)
A drama about the separation of love and sex.
TIGHTROPE
Directed by Daniel Robichaud
(5 mn/ 35mm/1998/ USA)
A jester moves carefully along a tightrope when suddenly he comes upon another man moving towards him.
AT THE END OF THE EARTH
(Au Bout Du Monde)
Directed by Konstantin Bronzit
(7 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ France)
To the great displeasure of its inhabitants, a house, set on top of a hill, sways from left to right.
4:00 – 4:45pm
International Animation Program No.2
CANHEAD
Directed by Tim Hittle
(8 mn/ 35mm/ 1997/ USA)
An intrepid wanderer on the boardwalk of life discovers the beast within… and not a moment too soon.
HUMDRUM
Directed by Peter Peake
(7 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ UK)
Two bored shadow puppets play themselves at their own game.
FRAGILE
Directed by Daniel Wiroth
(9 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ Luxembourg)
In 24 glasses per second a wine goblet and a beer mug face each other in a duel to conquer the pretty champagne “flute.”
DARWIN’S EVOLUTIONARY STAKES
Directed by Andrew Horne
(4 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ Australia)
On a hot, sticky Saturday at the beginning of the world we place our bets on the biggest race of all.
WHEN THE DAY BREAKS
Directed by Wendy Tilby & Amanda Forbis
(10 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ Canada)
A stranger’s accidental death has a profound effect on a woman and her neighborhood.
ONE DAY A MAN BOUGHT A HOUSE
(Huset pa Kampen)
Directed by Pjotr Sapegin
(7 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ Norway)
One day a man bought a house, but someone already lived there…
OUTDOOR CINEMA
PCC Northwest Court Stage presented by Odwalla
9:00 – 10:30pm
CARTOONS FROM HELL:
The Devil in Animation
Ten rare cartoons from 1929 to 1950 that have been largely unseen for many years due to pressure from the religious right who view them as blasphemous. Included will be works by Warner Brothers, Van Buren, Ub Iwerks, and Harveytoons. Curated and presented by noted historian and archivist, Dennis Nyback.
INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE
Teatro Circo Stage
9:00 – 10:00pm
Blackchair Productions presents international underground and alternative short films, videos and digital works from their popular microcinema screening program.
SATURDAY
September 4, 1999
Intiman Theatre
12:00 – 12:45pm
International Animation Program No.1 (Repeat)
Please see description from Friday, 3:00pm screening.
1:00 – 1:45pm
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival presents…
In October, Three Dollar Bill Cinema will host the fourth annual Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (SLGFF), which showcases over 75 films and videos by gay and lesbian filmmakers. SGLFF offers a peek of what’s to come with this pair of shorts.
SLEEPING BEAUTIES
Directed by Jamie Babbit
(15 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
The age-old fairy tale is retold from the perspective of a mortuary cosmetician who is waiting for her sleeping beauty to wake up.
SINK OR SWIM
Directed by John McCabe
(25 mn/ 35mm/ 1997)
A romantic comedy about a conservative gay man who has the time of his life at a wild night club.
2:00 – 2:45pm
International Animation Program No.3
JOLLY ROGER
Directed by Mark Baker
(11 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ UK)
A tale of words and deeds on the high seas.
BILLY’S BALLOON
Directed by Don Hertzfeldt
(5 minutes/ 35mm/ 1998/ USA)
A recklessly funny and unbelievably twisted look at a little boy and his balloon.
DOWAGER’S FEAST
Directed by Joan Gratz
(5mn/ 35mm/ 1997/ USA)
An exploration of the subconscious.
MIGRATIONS
Directed by Constantin Chamski
(4mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ France)
In a setting of dictatorial architecture, the statue of an angel holding a column decides to follow the flight of migrating birds.
NOCTURNAL BUTTERFLIES
Directed by Raoul Servais
(8 mn/35mm/1998/Belgium)
A nocturnal butterfly leads us into the waiting room of a “Paul Delvaux railway station” where two petrified women are waiting for the train.
MASKS
Directed by Piotr Karwas
(5 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ Germany)
The search for identity.
AT THE END OF THE EARTH
(Au Bout Du Monde)
Directed by Konstantin Bronzit
7 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ France
To the great displeasure of its inhabitants, a house, set on top of a hill, sways from left to right.
3:00 – 3:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
VIGILANCE
Directed by Daniel Lawrence
(9 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
A man attempts to catch the Angel of Death in the act of stealing the life from his dying father.
FIRST FIDELITY
Directed by Melissa Gerrero-Shea
(14mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
Desperate to save her failing marriage, Kay Madson holds her husband and an entire bank hostage as she negotiates for her happiness.
COOKIES
Directed by Tod Lippy
(9mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
The fleeting interactions of four characters on the streets of NYC while one of them attempts to give away cookies to passersby.
THE LAST GROOVE
>Directed by Loretta Harms
(16 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
In a dilapidated turn-of-the-century hotel a man lives in the elusive space between life and death through a series of mesmerizing and haunting vignettes.
4:00 – 4:45pm
NYU Showcase No. 1
From the Graduate Film Program at New York University, whose alumni include Martin Scorcese, Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Ang Lee, Todd Solondz and Tamara Jenkins comes a new crop of young and talented filmmakers whose films have been traveling the world.
At NYU, short films have always been a serious matter. Despite a variety of styles, there is a radical edge to NYU productions that unites them all. We invite you to discover these provocative short films and let them take you from a rural taxidermy shop, through the Ecuadorian Rain Forest to the “gay” suburbs of Cherry Creek and beyond.
BUS TO QUEENS
Directed by Joshua Marston
(24 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A young Russian couple, stuck in New Jersey late at night, must rely on two Pakistani men to get them home to Queens.
FISHBELLY WHITE
Directed by Michael Burke
(22 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A dramatic turning point in the life of an awkward farm boy ridiculed because of his pet chicken.
5:00 – 5:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
HERB
Directed by Amie Steir
(7 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
A hysterical look at Herb, a sexy, self-obsessed musician who thinks of nothing but getting his picture into Playgirl, as told from the point-of-view of his girlfriend.
BILL VERSUS THE CITY
Directed by Alexander Rose
(2 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
Witness the irreverent, if not comic, inner criticism of a boy towards his obnoxious stepfather while slumped in the backseat of a taxi driving through the city.
BOY NEXT DOOR
Directed by Carl Pfirman
(13 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A teenage brother and sister fight it out over their mutual love for the attractive new boy in the neighborhood.
AEDEN
Directed by Jim Berry
(9 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
The trials and tribulations of Brian and Nico McClane, a young married couple living in New York City, who are trying to get their small business, Aeden, off the ground.
I REMEMBER
Directed by Avi Zev Weider & David Chartier
(17 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Honorable Mention, AtomFilms Short Filmmakers Award
A striking cinematic adaptation of Joe Brainard’s modest and completely unique book, I Remember, which recounts the young author’s life through a series of diary-like entries, each beginning with the words “I remember.”
6:00 – 6:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
WITHOUT A NAME
Directed by Liesel de Boor
(11mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A prisoner sits in isolation. One night, tempted by the sight of another, he remembers things best left forgotten.
EVERYDAY
Directed by Tracy Allen Davey
(29 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
In the winter of 1959, while traveling on the road to their first gig, three aspiring musicians hear tragic news about one of their rock ‘n’ roll idols over the radio and decide they must pay their respects.
JOHNNY BAGPIPES
Directed by Todd Korgan
(12 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
From the director of Have You Seen Patsy Wayne? (1 Reel ’98) director Todd Korgan has masterminded another tortured individual to the tune of Johnny Bagpipes, descended from a long line of traditional Scottish bagpipe players, but who, deep in his soul, was born to rock.
7:00 – 8:00pm
Intermission
8:00 – 10:00pm
BLACK CAT ORCHESTRA
performs original score to Fritz Lang’s Spies
(87mn/ 35mm/ 1928/ Silent)
International Director, Fritz Lang made several crime movies in his early German phase (after Metropolis but before M) and the silent Spies is arguably his best. Openly cited by Hitchcock as an influence, Spies follows Haghi, a wheel-chair bound master criminal out to topple the banks of the world, and Sonia, a young spy. Written by Lang’s wife, Thea von Harbou, some German historians read deep sociological significance into Spies seeing in it the atmosphere which produced Hitler (Lang’s wife later became a Nazi). Accompanied by Seattle’s own Black Cat Orchestra who will perform an original score.
9:00 – 10:30pm
OUTDOOR CINEMA
PCC Northwest Court Stage presented by Odwalla
HARLEM IN THE 1930S
The greatest Black entertainers from Harlem’s golden age in rare short film and clips. Singers, dancers, acrobats, comedians, jazz musicians and more. Also, footage shot on the streets of Harlem showing many of its famous landmarks. Featured entertainers include: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, the Nicholas Brothers, Lena Horne, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Flournay Miller, Mantan Moreland, Cora La Redd and Ethel Waters. These films offer an unedited view of the time and will include stereotypical images and that are usually edited out by revisionist historians trying to clean up the past.
9:00 – 10:00pm
NORTHWESTERN EXPOSURE
Teatro Circo Stage
A showcase of underground and alternative short films, videos and digital works from around the Northwest.
SUNDAY
September 5, 1999
Intiman Theatre
Noon – 2:00pm
SLAM
Directed by Marc Levin
(103mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
Saul Williams refuses to adhere to a single means of communication: he is a singer, actor, writer and spoken word performer -; and he excels at all mediums. Williams has performed with pop music stars The Fugees and The Roots, and he co-wrote and starred in Slam, which garnered awards from both the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals. Williams just published his first book of poetry, The Seventh Octave.
In cooperation with the Literary Arts Program, The 1 Reel Film Festival presents a special screening of Slam starring Saul Williams. Slam is the story of Joshua Ray, a talented black poet from the projects who finds himself in a D.C. jail where he meets two people who ultimately redirect his life. Saul Williams will be in attendance for a brief Q & A following the screening.
2:00 – 2:45pm
International Animation Program No.2 (Repeat)
Please see description from Friday, 4:00pm screening.
3:00 – 3:45pm
American Short Film Competition
DAS CLOWN
Directed by Tom E. Brown
(9 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
A splatter film/love story told as an educational slide show.
MEAN, OLD GOD
Directed by Jarl Olsen
(13mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
A Greek God has fallen on hard times. He’s living in Los Angeles and he’s not happy.
BIRTHDAY
Directed by Greg Brooker
(7 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
A bummed out entertainer performs at a kid’s party.
ROCK CALLED DESTINY
Directed by David Botton
(19mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
This is Stanley Hollbrook’s ritual.
4:00 – 4:45pm
International Animation Program No.4
MORE
Directed by Mark Osborne
(6 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ USA)
The story of an inventor as he struggles through a joyless life in a drab and passionless society.
LOUIE THE FLY
Directed by Joe Byrnes
(3 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ USA)
A fly talks about life at the bottom of the food chain.
LOCAL DIVE
Directed by Sarah Watt
(5 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ Australia)
A hot day; a cool swimming pool.
BUNNY
Directed by Chris Wedge
(7mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ USA)
A quirky tale of loneliness and reunion.
MAAZ
Directed by Christian Volckman
(8 mn/ 35mm/ 1999/ France)
Lost in a heavy cape that reaches to the ground, and his top hat pulled well down, Maaz runs through a huge and deserted town.
JOLLY ROGER
Directed by Mark Baker
(11 mn/ 35mm/ 1998/ UK)
A tale of words and deeds on the high seas.
5:00 – 5:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
PHANTOM GEORGE
Directed by Doug Frisby
(8 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
Poor George was born with a gift: the ability to “astral project” himself into anyone or anything that moves. Oh, the possibilities!
MUTINY
Directed by Henry Griffin
(28 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
Hilariously understated, this tour de force follows five free-jazz musicians as they make their way through the night to a gig.
LOVE BITES
Directed by Michael Horowitz & Colburn Tseng
(12 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
A partially eaten hamburger found in the kitchen of his self-proclaimed vegetarian girlfriend triggers suspicions of infidelity in paranoid Barrett (played with an astonishing lack of irony by indie veteran, Kevin Corrigan) who devises a plan to catch her red-handed.
6:00 – 6:45pm
NYU Showcase No. 2:
JAIME
Directed by Nicole Kassell
(14 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
The delicate relationship between a father and daughter becomes strained when his daughter decides to grow up.
SPENT NATION
Directed by Manuel Malle
(11 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
On the road in search of the “real” America two young lovers, disappointed in what they find, attempt to create their own uniquely American act.
THE MAN WITH MY NOSE
Directed by Enid Zentelis
(23 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A young woman (poignantly portrayed by emerging indie actor, Anna Grace) is briefly reunited with her long lost Russian father.
7:00 – 7:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
GOFER
Directed by Joe Hamersky
(14 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
From the director of Breadman (1 Reel ’97) comes another hilarious “day in the life” with Gofer, about an immigrant laborer who somehow gains acceptance from a very demanding construction crew.
CAT CALLS, WOLF WHISTLES AND OTHER ORDINARY DANGERS
Directed by Gail Huddleson
(8 mn/ 16mm/ 1997)
An examination of the various reactions women have to the common and scary experience of street harassment.
STALKER GUILD SYNDROME
Directed by Jonah Kaplan
(11 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
His unintentional following of a woman off a New York City subway stop results in the hilarious inner dialogue of a man who fears she thinks he’s stalking her.
HERD
Directed by Mike Mitchell
(15mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
A lonely fry-cook’s life is forever changed when he meets up with an alien.
8:00 – 8:45pm
American Short Film Competition
A PACK OF GIFTS NOW
Directed by Corky Quakenbush
(5 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
An animated parody of Apocalypse Now blended with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
FLOW
Directed by Serge Gregory
(6 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
This experimental piece depicts the movement of water, people and machines into Seattle on a wet morning. Set to the music of Seattle’s own Jeff Greinke.
REINVENTION
Directed by Sadia Shepard
(4 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
The story of an eighty-three year old inventor and his sixty-six year old muse.
MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN’S DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK
Directed by Barbara Schock
(30 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A mother/daughter/biker comedy about a midwestern housewife who travels to NYC to visit her daughter and becomes obsessed with the Satan’s Disciples Club across the street.
9:00 – 10:30pm
Outdoor Cinema
PCC Northwest Court Stage presented by Odwalla
VAUDEVILLE DELUXE
Rare film shorts and clips from Vaudeville’s golden age during the 1920’s. Included will be great stars and completely forgotten non-entities: Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen, Two College Boys, and Eddie Peabody, The Incredible Man with a Duck and The Legendary Singing Frog. Curated and presented by noted cinema historian and former Pike Street Cinema proprietor, Dennis Nyback.
9:00 – 10:00pm
Independent Exposure
Teatro Circo Stage
Blackchair Productions presents international underground and alternative short films, videos and digital works from their popular microcinema screening program.
MONDAY
September 6, 1999
Intiman Theatre
1:00 – 1:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
TAKE YOUR BAGS
Directed by Camille Billops
(11mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
One woman’s take on slavery.
BURST
Directed by Aida Ghidey
(15mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Burst uses multiple genres (surrealism, documentary, and narrative) to question identity and categorization from a perspective rarely represented.
AGHA JOON
Directed by Zohreh Shayesteh
(22 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
An aging Iranian immigrant struggles with the loneliness of a new country and with finding his place among a family now divided culturally and generationally.
2:00 – 2:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
SEVENTEEN SECONDS TO SOPHIE
Directed by Bill Cote
(56 seconds/ 16mm/ 1998)
The transformation of one woman’s body during pregnancy from day one to birth as seen in 56 seconds.
CRADLE
Directed by George Reyes
(8 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
A fragile portrait of life-long love and friendship in a retirement home for Catholic sisters.
THE LAST GUY TO LET YOU DOWN
Directed by Rolf Gibbs
(12 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
Winner, AtomFilms Short Filmmakers Award
A roller-blading mortician talks about the trials and tribulations of running a funeral parlor and the sacrifices he makes for his profession.
LIVE AND DIE
Directed by Joshua Kameyer
(4 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Alone on the track a man recalls his life as a runner and contemplates his future.
SIESTA
Directed by Julia Solomonoff
(21 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
A Polish man and a beggar child whose lives could not be further apart reach a brief but intimate understanding of each other during the siesta hour.
3:00 – 3:45pm
NYU Showcase No. 3
SHAME NO MORE
Directed by John Krokidas
(12 mn/ 16mm/ 1999)
This “official” ’50s training film prepares Americans for the recent outbreak of the disease known as “heterosexuality.”
TAXIDERMY: THE ART OF IMITATING LIFE
Directed by Eva Aridjis
(8mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
This documentary examines the strange work of two Long Island taxidermists.
EL RIO
Directed by Enrique Chediak
(26 mn/ 16mm/ 1998)
Three tradesmen/smugglers make their way up the Aguarico River in the Ecuadorean Rain Forest to collect debts owed to them by the inhabitants of the river banks.
4:00 – 4:45pm
American Short Film Competition:
BUST
Directed by Amy Talkington
(6 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
After sneaking out at night, a teenage girl must break back into her house via the dog door, but her newly developed chest provides ample complications.
DESIGNER DONUTS: 5 A.M.
Directed by Sharon Hall
(22mn/ 35mm 1998)
Crank addict Ben Cohen runs into a girl he went to summer camp with while he’s trying to rob the local donut shop… but she thinks he works there…how humiliating!
JADED
Directed by Robert Banks
(2 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
A mixed-media mock glamour ad, expressing the female condition in 20th Century high-end media.
SOLID WASTE
Directed by Michael Lander
(14 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
A sad but comic circa ’70s look at the relationship a little boy has with two garbage men through the front window of his parent’s house.
5:00 – 5:45pm
American Short Film Competition
GERRARD
Directed by Rob Thomas
(4 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
The story of a tormented advertising genius unleashed by his angst, driven by caffeine and ultimately destroyed by his own mother.
BIG WHEEL
Directed by Jeff Taupier
(12 mn/ 35mm/ 1999)
Against a backdrop of the 70’s and the resignation of Nixon, a young boy resorts to drastic action in an attempt to break the cycle of violence perpetrated by his father.
THE CLOCK
Directed by Noah Laracy
(13 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
A dark comedy about the impending demise of Sherman, an elderly man who passes the time in a morbid nursing home playing bingo and tending to his bonsai tree.
ZOLTAR FROM ZORON
Directed by Erik Paesel
(16 mn/ 35mm/ 1998)
A dark tale about Jimmy, a twelve year old boy, who claims he is an alien in order to escape his cruel family life and the horrors of junior high.
6:00 – 6:45pm
International Animation Program No.3 (Repeat)
Please see description from Saturday, 2:00pm screening.
7:00 – 7:45pm
International Animation Program No.4 (Repeat)
Please see description from Sunday, 4:00pm screening.
SPECIAL THANKS
The Directors wish to thank all those who make this festival possible, most importantly the filmmakers, our major sponsors and supporters. Further thanks to: Anagram & Raoul Servais, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, AWN.com, The Black Cat Orchestra, Bret Fetzer, Carl Spence, Chris Roberts, Chris Robinson & The Ottawa International Animation Festival, Darryl MacDonald, David Birdsell, Debbie Girdwood & WigglyWorld Studios, Deborah Granik, Elfina Alongi, Holly Becker, Jac, Jean-Michel Dissard & New York University, Jim Healy & The Chicago International Film Festival, Joel Bachar, Kim Adelman and fXm Shorts (R.I.P.), Kirsten Schaffer and The Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Nina Ramos, Mika & Jannat, Risa Blythe & Girlie Press, Roger Gonin & The Clermont-Ferrand Festival du Court Metrage, Sally Johnson, The Seattle International Film Festival, Shinique Smith, Theresa Rogers, and last but not least Warren “Where’s My Money” Etheredge.
Bumbershoot, the Seattle Arts Festival, is produced and presented by One Reel, a Northwest Non-Profit arts and events organization, in collaboration with Seattle Center.
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