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Magic Hostess: Electric Can Opener
Rob Tyler (Portland, OR)
MiniDV (3:40)
An insightful look into one of the most powerful and commanding kitchen appliances ever designed. Watch my electric can opener open up cans!

Death Mask
Jonathan Culp (Ontario, Canada)
MiniDV (5:16)
"Personal" documentary spirals, goes bonkers!

Caesura
Leeane Williams (Allston, MA)
Digital Camera (3:35)
In a line of verse or melody, a caesura is a pause to breathe dictated by sense or natural speech rhythm. This intuitive act of breathing is translated into a non-narrative watercolor animation. Caesura takes the viewer inside intimate places and outside dark spaces to illustrate life breath.

Natasha
Jen Ashlock (Chapel Hill, NC)
Super 8 (12:30)
Natasha is an all female rock band in high school.

Oedipus
Jason Wishnow (Long Beach, CA)
Digital Stills (8:00)
The story of Oedipus in 8 minutes, told in the tradition of Ben-Hur, and performed by vegetables.

A Good Strong Roof
Tony Gault (Englewood, CO)
Super 8 (6:00)
A lesson in grooming from a formally homeless man named "Backpack Jack."

Cavities
Hope Dickson Leach (Mount Kisko, NY)
16mm (11:02)
A mother finally connects with her daughter by teaching her to puke.

MSOCTTHR
G.J. Echternkamp (Pasadena, CA)
Found Footage (5:50)
AKA "My stepfather's only contribution to the human race" A video found by G.J Echternkamp made by his stepfather.

Harmony
Jim Trainer (Chicago, IL)
16mm (11:38)
A male God bestows upon animals the gift of self-awareness, which they promptly use to express guilt for their behavior. This moral breakthrough is somewhat undermined by the appearance of humans, whose invention of magical belief systems degrades the whole of Nature.

A Bad Hair Day
Meesoo Lee (Vancouver, Canada)
MiniDV (7:00)
The parents of a Korean boy wants him to cut his hair.

The Wedge
Curt Stewart (Glendale, CA)
MiniDV (3:00)
Created from public domain stock films that are stored at http://www.archive.org. The movie also features music from aritist in the USA, Germany, and Sweden.

Weights and Measures
Tom Toro (Brooklyn, NY)
16mm (7:00)
A building inspector brought to investigate a Japanese restaurant becomes embroiled in a blackmail plot by the owner and his wife.
 
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