Hi Mom Intro  Festival Archives Festival #8 HM!8 Prime Time Block (Carrboro ArtsCenter) 9pm
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HM!8 Prime Time Block (Carrboro ArtsCenter) 9pm |
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| Cinema Slideshow |  | | Jay Barba/Brian Farrelly (Asteria, NY) | | Computer Animation | (7:00) | | A special screening prior to the show with trivia that you won’t see in the multiplex. |
| Conform or Die! |  | | Rob Perri (LA, CA) | | 16mm/DV/VHS | (2:45) | | Examination of political and cultural domination in the modern world. Comes with Kung-Fu grip! | | Crutchmaster |  | | Nicolas Jenkins (NY, NY) | | MiniDV | (9:00) | | Better known by his B-Boy moniker Crutch Master, Bill Shannon lives with a degenerative hip condition that makes it impossible for him to stand or move his legs without pain. He has developed a version of skateboarding and hip-hop that incorporates his crutches-literally. | | Shlitz & Giggles |  | | Joshua Pritzker | | Computer Animation | (7:03) | | A three act pop-opera featuring "Beer" the Musical. | | All Fall Down |  | | Rebecca Ormond (St. Louis, MO) | | Super16 | (4:40) | | A young girl goes to the extreme to find out “If only she or her brother could live? Who would mom pick?" | | Gateless Gate |  | | Mike Houston/Eric Knisley (Durham, NC) | | Computer Animation | (6:30) | | An avant-garde animated presentation originally created as accompaniment for improvised live music. | | Remember This |  | | Chris Iovenfo (LA, CA) | | 35mm | (17:00) | | A woman goes to a hypnotist to quit smoking. | | Chibuki |  | | Meesoo Lee (Vancouver, Canada) | | VHS | (5:15) | | A bobcat chasing a rabbit. A poetic and musical look at death and nature. | | Bella |  | | Sally Pearce (N. Wales, UK) | | Super 16 | (12:00) | | Bella, squeezed into red silk and dripping with make-up, is admitted to Hospital. She is dying. Lea, the nurse on duty, has to get her clean and into bed but Bella does not want to be tidied away. An intense relationship develops as Leah is drawn into Bella’s fight for life until it becomes her own. | | LSRA |  | | Giuseppe Tilli (Bergamo, Italy) | | DVD | (1:00) | | The underlying concept of this allegory in the form of a spot is: In democratic societies citizens must have an opinion on important matters, but all information about important matters are mediated by media (the religion of masses, the opium of people). The tragedy of 3rd millennium globalizes mankind is the CONSCIOUSNESS of a non objective information. Any idealistic commitment is mined at it’s base by doubt. Surely Victor Scannabue does not use drugs. | | The Importance of Periods |  | | Onur Turkel (Durham, NC) | | Computer Animation | (5:00) | | No, it’s not about that. You people have dirty minds. Onur Tukel demonstrates why that little dot at the end of sentences is oh so important in the whole too truthful monologue. | | Twitch |  | | Leah Meyerhoff (Brooklyn, NY) | | Super 16 | (10:00) | | A teenage girl’s desperate search for a childhood lost. (starring the director’s mother) | | Big Screen Version |  | | Aaron Valdez (Iowa City, IA) | | DV | (3:10) | | “Big Screen Version” is the hottest track spinning in da clubs. Featuring guest appearances by some of the illest anchor folks on Fox News. Go cop this joint! Ya heard! | | Meaning of Life |  | | Don Hertzfeldt (Goleta, CA) | | 35mm | (12:30) | | A vast, beautiful exploration of time, life, death, and Tchaikovsky. |
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