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Welcome to Purgatory
Jay Barba/Brian Farrelly (Asteria, NY)
Computer Animation (6:00)
Imagine all the deceased rock legends alive and well, and all together in a junior high school sex Ed class being taught by Frank Sinatra. That’s just a typical morning in Purgatory, a town whose inhabitants live their everyday lives blissfully ignorant that, in our world, they are famous dead celebrities.

Master Libation
Dayna Mcleod (Montreal, Canada)
Computer Animation (4:15)
This rickety-sticky animation features a lusty naked lady who is hell bent on getting off. Frustrated by her limited cable offering, she searches every room of her home for an old beau: her life size vibrator.

You Better Behave
Geoffrey Brent Shrewsbury (Brooklyn, NY)
16mm (3:00)
This could be you. (Music by The Oblivions)

A Gentle Fire
Michael Paulus (Eugene, Oregon)
MiniDV (1:45)
Hey cowboy, can you dance?

Some Kind of Fucking Game
Jason Karl/Bill Weaver (NC)
Super 8 (2:20)
Is it? Is it? Is it?

The Tozer Show
Onur Tukel (Durham, NC)
Computer Animation (5:00)
Musings by comedian Amber Tozer about sex, war, and the occasional blue balls.

Wheels on the Bus
Jim Vendiola (Chicago, IL)
Found Footage (2:00)
Using clips that depict excessively violent and ridiculous deaths from four different movies, paired with a very recognizable children's song, I've created an unlikely public service announcement that ultimately promotes safety, but also proposes the possibly reassuring idea of reincarnation.

A Special Message From CCAQZ
Nikc Miller (Havre de Grace, MD)
Super 8/MiniDV (8:40)
Every year countless teens are "consumed" by queer zombies and even more become convinced that the same queer zombies "don't wanna eat brains" and "just want to party." A film recently dug out of the CCAQZ archives attempts to debunk these myths and place the blame where it really belongs. For God's sake we can't let queer zombies win!!

Uncle Jimmy's %@!#%& Farm
Aaron Yonda (Madison, WI)
MiniDV (:45)
Nothing says lovin' like anything at all.

Don't You Bring Me Down Today
Keith Wilson (San Francisco, CA)
MiniDV (4:00)
Something happens when urban filmmakers are relocated to the suburbs. In this case, clothing is shed and Christina Aguilera is channeled.

Why do you want to be on Fear Factor?
Matt Moore (Greensboro, NC)
MiniDV (8:12)
Why does anyone want to be on Fear Factor? Carrboro's own Michael Sanders will tell you why and also he'll tell you what he'd do with a horse.

60 Explosions
Jennifer Matotek (Ontario, Canada)
MiniDV (1:20)
In a world of many explosions, here are just 60.

Down Home Cookin'
Aarin Yonda (Madison, WI)
MiniDV (5:15)
An experimental journey into selective non-sequitur voiceover, set against the backdrop of a cooking show.

Broadcast 23
Tom Putnam (Woodland Hills, CA)
35mm (8:40)
"May God have mercy on our souls..." If this film is half way true, you will say the same thing.

Cobra Commander is Gonna Butt***k Homer Simpson
Matthew C. Brown (Toronto, Canada)
MiniDV (1:00)
The name is self-explanatory.

Return to Pugatory
Jay Barba/Brian Farrelly (Asteria, NY)
Computer Animation (7:30)
We revisit the High School in Purgatory, a town where the famous and the dead live ordinary lives. It’s the start of second period, and Jimi Hendrix is receiving some career advice from his Guidance Counselor, George C. Scott.

The Drink
Jeff Seibenick (LA, CA)
MiniDV (1:30)
The epic ongoing battle between Man vs. The Drink.
 
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