T U E S D A Y , M A Y 4
Program 57
David Henry Hwang Theatre • 9:30 p.m.
OPEN YOUR BOOKS! READY! BEGIN! (RT: 69 minutes)
We thought we couldn’t find another class of manic, maladjusted enrollees for our annual VC FILMFEST Night Skool Kourse in Filmmaking, but find them we did, so here they are, in all their glory. Works that give a subversive nod to Stan Brackage, “Sesame Street,” “Mystery Science Theatre” Gigantor and Chris Marker are all welcome here—just don’t say you weren’t warned…
FUNETICS
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Lynn Okimura
A spoof on the phonics-loving two-headed monster from “Sesame Street.”
Video, 2 min., color, Animated
HAMBURGLAR
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: James Huang
A commercial spoof about a stolen burger.
Video (originated on Super 8), 5 min., color and black & white, Narrative
PRIX FIXE
(Canada, 2003) Dir.: Nobu Adilman; Scr: Mio, Nobu Adilman
The Bonnie and Clyde of diners n’ dashers take a city's restaurants by storm.
Video, 8 min. (originated on Super 8), color, Narrative
KAVA KULTCHA
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Leah T.U. Kihara; Scr.: Misa Tupou
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, KAVA KULTCHA portrays a world dominated by a Global Enforcement Agency on a mission to abolish all countries, religions, languages and cultural practices in the name of global unification. Facing this tyranny, a peaceful Polynesian resistance group retreats to the underground, daring to practice their culture of song and dance as well as perpetuate their tradition of kava drinking. One fateful night, the Global Enforcers aggressively track them down. Will it be the end of the “kava kultcha?”
Video, 10 min., color, Narrative
VISION
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Mar Elepaño
VISIONS offers a visual travelogue of scenes of the director’s recent travels, from Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Video, 1 min., color, Documentary
SUICIDE HOTEL
(Hong Kong, 2002) Dir./Scr.: Jervis Suen
According to the reports from the Coroner's office, there were 915 cases of suicides in Hong Kong in 2001—an increase of 13.5%, the highest record for the past 10 years. Most tellingly, one in every four were unemployed. To satisfy the increasing demand for suicidal attempts a new hotel in Hong Kong is set up, complete with scaled rooms for inhaling carbon monoxide fumes from burning charcoal, provision of drugs, rooms for hanging and so on. The hotel also extends its service to include funeral arrangements after death.
Video, 15 min., color, Narrative
EVERYBODY CALM DOWN
(USA, 2003) Dir./Scr.: Michelle Mondia
Director Mondia (BALUT, Festival 2002) offers a voyeuristic perspective of a police activity, as seen through the eyes of children and bystanders.
Video, 1 min., color, Narrative
SHAVED ICE
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Arnold Noche
Director Noche uses his Snowboard Cam to evoke the rush (and terror) of flying down an icy slope.
Video, 1 min., color, Experimental
robots!
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Michael-David Caigoy ; Scr.: Michael-David Caigoy, Dino Flores, Owen Duffy
ROBOTS! provides a brief exploration into the relevance of free will within modern society. As the scope of a globalist economy is realized, the individual’s sense of purpose is further obscured. The ability to identify with an ultimate goal becomes a distant luxury; while careers are being founded upon increasingly fragmented, dissociated and impersonal tasks—which, by themselves, await relief from the ambiguities of imprecise personal judgement.
Video, 2 min., color, Narrative
METRO
(USA, 2002) Dir./Scr.: Hideyuki Mako
The Unforseen happens when a man is unexpectedly trapped in an L.A. Metro station. The mystery begins when the man is stopped by a stranger who seemingly asks for help. Things begin to get really hairy once the man boards a subway car. Will be get out or not?
Video, 7 min., black & white, Narrative
ON GUARD
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Kevin Lee; Scr.: William Comerford, Kevin Lee
Robert, a security guard, reports to his first day of work in the lobby of a Manhattan office building. Robert’s first day on the job, a mind-numbing routine peppered with condescension from the building’s white collar workers and constant surveillance from above, turns upside-down when the corporate logo next to his security desk is mysteriously defaced with obscene graffiti.
Video, 16 min., color, Narrative
LOVE SICK
(USA, 2003) Dir.: Tsaiyun Mou
A young girl who has a crush on a boy has difficulties in expressing her feelings. When she gets the boy’s attention, things go awry…
Video, 2 min., color, AnimatedCLICK HERE to go to the VC FILMFEST ONLINE BOXOFFICE and purchase tickets for this program
