2002
WINNERS!

Official Selections!

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Friday June 14, 2002
SCREENING TIMES ARE NOT GUARANTEED!
The films and their order may be changed, deleted, and/or dropped with out notification.

12NOON

1) Ravenswan - 96min

Dir: ROSS RUEDIGER - SAN ANTONIO, TX
A symphony of various themes where loneliness, isolation, loss, and regret are the prime targets.

2) Zapatas - 77:16min


Dir: BARRON D. KIDD - DALLAS, TX
One hot, random Texas day a chica, a cholo, and a gringo fight for a $2,000 pair of women's shoes.

3) Just Another Roadside Attraction - 49:22min

Dir: KATIE KING - AUSTIN, TX
A documentary celebrating America's unsung art form: the roadside attraction.

4) The Breathing Show - 84min

Dir: STEPHEN STATLER - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Two San Francisco misfit public access producers in a burst of manic inspiration decide to 'enlighten' the populace by lacing ATM envelopes with LSD.

5PM

5) Untitled - 5:45min
Dir: JEREMY DRUMMOND - SYRACUSE, NY
Using both stolen and original footage, this tape plays with, and subverts the conventions of broadcast TV.

6) The Man Who Lived In A Commercial - 19:45min
Dir: JESSE EISENHARDT - SAN FRANCISCO, CA
A man unable to distinguish between television fantasy and earthly reality.

7) Juliet and her Romeo in the New Millennium - 32:21min
Dir: ANDRE ANTHONY MOORE - NEW YORK, NY
A satire in three dream-like versions.

8) Reminisce - 5min
Dir: WARD HOWARTH - RICHMOND, VA
Two friends discuss their inspiration to start skateboarding and the reason they still skate.

9) Twinkies - 17min


Dir: RHIANNON MARIE BEAR - CONVERSE, TX
The only thing stronger than Louis and Sam's love for Twinkies is the desire to find a soulmate. This campy tales proves that 'one stop shopping' truly is a blessing.

10) Personal Space - 8:30min

Dir: DAVID LILLEY - NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND
A black comedy revolving around the age-old issues of man vs. woman, right vs. wrong, and cheating bastard whore-mongers vs. knife wielding psycho-bitches.

11) Big Three-O - 25min

Dir: DIMITRI LOTOVSKI - SAN ANTONIO, TX
A husband kidnaps his unsuspecting wife to enhance the thrill of her surprise birthday party. The consequences are unexpected.

7PM

12) Low Flame - 17min
Dir: HOWIE STATLAND - NEW YORK, NY
Told through music and images, a garbage man is unable to deal with reality comes to terms with himself and his need for love through two mystical woman and a family of trash.

13) The Air Hockey Affair - 17min

Dir: GUSTAVO STEBNER - SAN ANTONIO, TX
A drama of professional sports entertainment where Guzano Jr. sets out to avenge his father's death subsequently decapitated in an air hockey championship match by evil nemesis Ozan nine years earlier.

14) In The Red - 4min
Dir: LUCY WEISMANN - NEW YORK, NY
A woman's period may seem like a drag, but only to those uninitiated in the exciting and creative uses of menstrual blood. This piece explores the flip side of the curse.

15) Jon's Point, LA - 3:30min

Dir: BECK & NICOLAS - ROCHESTER, NY
A study in form and color shot from a high lookout point above what is simply and wholly Los Angeles.

16) Bubble Gum Fiesta - 3:20min
Dir: JOE WALLACE - SAN ANTONIO, TX
PINK FILTH rocks out the San Antonio Fiesta Parade on the Miss Southtown float. Featuring Baby Jessica, Nick Velvet, Bazooka Joe, and Riff Rambo.

17) The Strip Mall Trilogy - 9min

Dir: ROGER BEEBE - GAINSVILLE, FL
A series of three city symphonies that attempt to liberate form and color from the sprawling consumerist landscape of postmodern America. Shot on super 8 almost entirely in-camera.

18) Odd things happen to Normal Strangers - 3min
Dir: PARKER GINDELE - BALTIMORE, MD
Two strangers that bump into each other end up in a cheap motel for a one night stand, leading to foul play the next morning.

19) Movement - 3min
Dir: CHAD GOOCH - MESA, AZ
An experiment on the theme of movement.

20) Boxcar Satan - 12:30min

Dir: BRANT BUMPERS - SAN ANTONIO, TX
A music video of San Antonio's Boxcar Satan.

8:30PM

**** 3^rd Place Winner ****

21) Pan y Libertad - 9min

Dir: YVETTE PITA - AUSTIN, TX
A love triangle between a Cuban rafter, his new American girlfriend and the wife he left behind.

22) Have You Seen Axl Rose? - 6:12min

Dir: LOWELL NORTHROP - LOS ANGELES, CA
In the year 2001, there were 236 confirmed Bigfoot sightings in the U.S. There were only 12 confirmed Axl Rose sightings. Where is Axl hiding?

23) American Dummy - 28min
Dir: ADAM DUBIN - New York, NY
The inspiring story of a boy and his foul mouthed dummy, this is a dark comic look at an even darker business. Comedy!

24) Cheerleader Ninjas - 96min



Dir: KEVIN CAMPBELL - WICHITA, KS
Cheerleaders and Computer geeks battle Catholic Schoolgirls to save the World from Global Internet Zombie Domination.

Saturday June 15, 2002
SCREENING TIMES ARE NOT GUARANTEED!
The films and their order may be changed, deleted, and/or dropped with out notification.

10AM

1) The Body Trilogy - 30min
Dir: MANUEL LAVAL - SAARBRUCKEN, GERMANY
An experimental video in three parts.

2) Desert - 9min
Dir: ROBIN ACUTT - Las Angeles, CA
An anthropological slice of life which shows the southern California desert tribe on a journey through barren landscapes and fertile states of being.

3) Phantom Donut - 6min

Dir: VINCENT TOCCE - SAN JOSE, CA
An existential comedy exploring themes of enlightenment and belief in the unseen.

4) Cornman: American Vegetable Hero - 70min
Dir: BARAK EPSTEIN - DALLAS, TX
Loser Leland Maze is a bum doused with cornfield toxic waste which gives him super-hero power to communicate with corn. CORNMAN vows to protect the helpless corn from the evil villain, Dr. Hoe, who plots to obtain a corn-opoly

5) Written in Smoke - 18min

Dir: STEPHEN R. HAM - SAN ANTONIO, TX
"Filmed as we lived it in Vietnam…All of us were Combat Intelligence Analysts working with Generals, Priests, Viet Cong, and hookers."

12:15PM

6) Robot Hunter - 16min
Dir: JOSHUA POWELL - BROOKLYN, NY
Something is wrong with the women of Warhol Academy. They're being viciously slaughtered. The Rent-A-Cops think it's a drug thing but this case looks like a case for Frank Stone: Robot Hunter.

7) Dog Eat Dog - 11:06min
Dir: JED STRAHM - AUSTIN, TX
Kelly finally has it all: her college diploma, a great job, and the perfect new puppy. Or does she?

8) Mutual Admiration Society - 89min


Dir: SATCHEL UNDERWOOD - LITCHFIELD, NH
"One day, one clown. Multiple personalities, multiple interpretations. How can Lou's life seem so simple, yet be so very complicated? Such is life in the Mutual Admiration Society."

9) @work - 12:46min

Dir: LUIS CAFFESSE & CLIFFORD WILDMAN - AUSTIN, TX
Joseph is given a bizarre crash course in corporate life when he walks in for a job interview.

10) The Waiters - 52 min

Dir: DERIK WINGO - RUNNING SPRINGS, CA
Aspiring actors/filmmakers work as Waiters in a typical L.A. restaurant while '"waiting" for their big break.

11) I Love You - 4min

Dir: R.C. OHLSON - AUSTIN, TX
This film screams, whispers, and ultimately smashes, the ambiguous, overused and multifaceted phrase, "I love you!"

3:30PM

12) April is My Religion - 94:23min
Dir: BILL BOLL - ST. LOUIS, MO
A year is chronicled in he unsupervised life of a college freshman attempting to gain acceptance by a decadent clique of older students.

13) Legends of Show Business - 7:05min

Dir: MARK W. GRAY - VAN NUYS, CA
At his 100^th birthday concert in Las Vegas, George Burns, America's oldest and most beloved entertainer, revels the secret of his longevity.

14) Bash - 45min
Dir: ANTHONY TORRES - ORLANDO, FL
Hate is great! Mofo and Mike are at the stage of life where morality is irrelevant, ideals are questioned, and boredom begets violence. A random beating and a new acquaintance are the catalyst for a violent odyssey that tests their friendship and beliefs.

15) Resurgence II - 6:38min
Dir: G.J. ECHERNKAMP - SOUTH PASADENA, CA
Part documentary, part satire of an inept filmmaker as he attempts to create an avant-garde masterpiece.

16) Soul Asylum: Something Out of Nothing - 28min
Dir: RICK FULLER & PHIL HARDER - MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Originally shot from 1988 through 1990, this piece was initially commissioned to be a short film promoting the band's album, "And the Horse They Rode In On" but was scrapped by the record label.

17) Calling All Cars - 4:30min

Dir: ALFONSO ALVEREZ - BERKELEY, CA
An exciting day in the life of a rookie law-man who has never needed to fire his weapon, respects superiors, and is emergency ready day or night.

6:45PM

**** 2002 Grand Prize Winner ****

18) Looking For Leonard - 89min

Dir: MATT BISSONNETTE & STEVEN CLARK - MONTREAL, QUEBEC
A romantic comedy about two star-crossed strangers whose lives unravel in Montreal, Quebec.

19) N.ew Y.ork C.asino - 4:19min

Dir: KYLE HENRY - AUSTIN, TX
The 90's: Las Vegas comes to Manhattan. Everything has changed. Nothing has changed. Prepare for debt consolidation.

20) Three Nights At Ground Zero - 31min


Dir: MATT SIEGAL - BROOKLYN, NY
This film documents the personal experiences of two volunteer rescue workers at Ground Zero. This piece culminated in a video shot underneath the ruins of the World Trade Center by an Anonymous Firefighter.

21) Sorry Mom...I'm a Drunk - 5min
Dir: JEREMY CAMPBELL - NEW ORLEANS, LA
Some say if you can remember your Mardi Gras experience you weren't really celebrating. This short might remind you of a few memories you'd rather forget!

22) Lethal Force - 98min

Dir: ALVIN ECARMA - POTOMAC, MD
After his wife is murdered and his son is kidnapped, a gangster is forced to betray his best friend - a killer.

Sunday June 16, 2002
SCREENING TIMES ARE NOT GUARANTEED!
The films and their order may be changed, deleted, and/or dropped with out notification.

11AM

23) Bautismo - 5:30min
Dir: CASEY KOEHLER - BOULDER, CO
The baptism of a young woman caught in a nightmare, trying to flee from its vicious undertow.

24) The Best Several Minutes - 8min
Dir: IGNACIO DAVIS - SAN ANTONIO, TX
Tersa Mathews stars as a 'disco diva' who takes us backstage at the making of her music video. She "works it hard" and shows us her BEST! (…or breasts?)

25) Taste It All - 27min

Dir: RICHARD J. LIUKIS - LOS ANGELES, CA
Sleazy gallery owner manipulates an artist to paint something that she doesn't want. It takes great exertion to discover what has been done to her and get back at the gallery owner.

26) Woes + Foes + Heroes - 10min
Dir: MARILYN PEREZ - NEW YORK, NY
The lives of Cuban's operating bike flat tire shops called "Poncheros" are celebrated.

12NOON

27) Never The Twins Shall Meet - 34min

Dir: SARGON BENJAMIN - SAN JOSE, CA
They say somewhere in the world everyone has a twin. This guy has crossed the line, is running from the law, and can't turn back. Damn good time to find that twin.

28) 8 Ball Blues - 16:50min

Dir: JOE CANTU JR. - KENNEDALE, TX
In a world where Bourbon, Beer, and Blues can help you through your troubles, a simple game of 8 Ball might just help you find your dreams.

29) The Sweet Kiss of Gravity - 21:15min

Dir: JILL JOHNSTON-PRICE & ALAN PRICE - ELLICOTT CITY, MD
An homage to the early sci-fi genre and the vampire myth.

30) The Shant Club - 12min
Dir: PAOLO SEDAZZARI - LONDON, ENGLAND
A young man's doctor orders him to quit drinking, with no support from his drinking buddies he returns to the pub to settle the tab while faced with agonizing temptation. Can he ever leave The Shant Club?

1:25PM

31) This is What Democracy Looks Like - 72min


Dir: JILL FREIDBERG  & RICK ROWLEY - SAN ANTONIO, TX
A collaborative filmmaking achievement edited from footage of over 100 video activists documenting the events of the 1999 anti-WTO protests in Seattle.

32) Obatala - 17min
Dir: FLORIA GONZALEZ - SAN ANTONIO, TX
Floria Gonzalez and Michael Garza star in a poetic expression of a transcending relationship into a spiritual level through abstract experiences of Love, Insanity, Prostitution, and Death.

33) A.R.S.E. - 30min

Dir: JON ROTHELL - CHICAGO, IL
A mom becomes fed up with her smart-aleck son and sends him to a clinic, A.R.S.E., to be tested for any traces of sensibility or tenderness.

3:30PM

34) The Quarry - 29:47min

Dir: GREG CHWERCHAK - HOLLYWOOD, CA
Rashomon-esk, conflicting narratives about a dead body found floating in a quarry.

35) Cancelled Skies - 22min

Dir: NATHAN CHRIST - SAN ANTONIO, TX
Three interwoven stories which examines human behavior during the most extreme situations -  the last day on earth.

36) Farmer McAllister's Thinkin' Machine - 12:30min
Dir: BRADY KOCH - LOS ANGELES, CA
The tale of a haggard Farmer, his battleaxe wife, and the robot that comes between them.

 **** 2^nd Place Winner **** 

37) Mary / Mary - 93min


Dir: JOSEPH H. BIANCAIELLO - SANTA MONICA, CA
Following the path of a young man's sexual neurosis as it spreads between lovers and friends.

END OF FESTIVAL

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SCREENING TIMES ARE NOT GUARANTEED!
The films and their order may be changed, deleted, and/or dropped with out notification.

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