Film festival running from October 25-31, featuring 108 short films from over 48 film schools around the world, including NYU award-winners. Competition for cash prizes, workshops, panels and more.
All Tisch students admitted for free.
FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS:
Saturday, October 25
721 BROADWAY, ROOM 006
7 pm: Feature Film Presentation
Peter Sollett RAISING VICTOR VARGAS
A Lower East Side teen-ager struggles to find some sanity while surrounded by an eccentric grandmother, a crazy new girlfriend, and a longing younger brother.
2002, 88 minutes, Q&A with director to follow
*RSVP required for this event.
Sunday, October 26
Cantor Film Center, Room 200
3 pm: Sundance Channel Documentary Series
Kim Longinotto and Ziba Mir-Hosseini DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE
Iranian women seeking divorce meet with strong opposition. Often, they stand by helplessly when their husbands are put in the right by the court and get custody of their children, even if they abuse them or attach little value to the education of their daughters. Filmmaker Kim Longinotto and writer Ziba Mir-Hosseini document three lawsuits in Teheran in which the dignity of women and justice are the big losers. In defiance of the regime, these women now try to regain control over their own lives.
1998, UK, 80 minutes
Tuesday, October 28
Cantor Film Center, Room 200
3:15 pm: Sundance Channel Documentary Series
Wilfried Huismann DEAR FIDEL--MARITA'S STORY
Marita Lorenz grew up on her father's ship wihich frequently docked in Havana. After the revolution, she met Castro, began an affair with him and became pregnant. Six months into her pregnancy, she was drugged and given an abortion against her will. Shortly thereafter, the CIA recruited her as an informant. Her life in intelligence brought her into contact with Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez and Lee Harvey Oswald. A truly fascinating and fantastic story...
2000, Germany, 90 minutes
Wednesday, October 29
Cantor Film Center, Room 200
3:15 pm: Feature Film Presentatoin
Patrice Chéreau HIS BROTHER/SON FRERE
Two brothers with a problematic relationship in the past, find themselves together again when the elder one gets a dangerous disease and asks his brother to accompany him to several doctors.
95 minutes, Q&A with the director to follow
5:15 pm: Sundance Channel Documentary Series
François Verster WHEN THE WAR IS OVER
Bonteheuwel, a township nearCape Town, was notorious for its violent riots in the mid-1980's during the armed struggle against Apartheid. This powerful film focuses on the day-to-day lives of two former members of the teenage unit Bonteheuwel Military Wing, a guerilla branch of the ANC, as they find their way in present South Africa.
2002 ,South Africa, 52 minutes
Thursday, October 30
Cantor Film Center, Room 200
7 pm: Panel Discussion
Silenced: International Perspectives on Censorship and Resistance in Film
This panel brings students, artists and faculty together for an international dialogue on film which has been categorized as "censored" according to various political, cultural, or socio-political standards. A select panel of guests will explore the multifaceted complexity of film, its message and its audience.
- St. Clair Bourne, veteran writer producer and director (John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk, Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Park, Paul Robeson: Here I Stand!)
- Bruni Burres, director of Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
- Kathleen Cleaver, Executive Producer of the International Black Panther Film Festival and Senior Lecturer Yale University
- Costa Gavras, acclaimed director (Z, State of Siege, Missing and Amen)
Moderated by Richard Pena: Program Director, Film Society of Lincoln Center; Head of Selection Committee, New York Film Festival.
Friday, October 31
6:00 pm: Festival Awards Ceremony & Screening Featuring:
- Juried Top Three Awards
- Kodak Cinematography Award
- Audience Choice Award
This event requires an email RSVP. Seating is limited.
FESTIVAL MAIN SCREENING SCHEDULE:
Sunday, October 26
Cantor Film Center Room 102
36 East 8th Street
5:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 16mm
Israel, Sam Spiegel Film & TV School
Eran Merav Underdog 20'30"
Australia, Victorian College of the Arts
Ben Chessell The Only Person in the World 13'00"
Australia, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art
Per Sveinung Larsen Rendezvous 5'00"
Israel, Tel Aviv University
Esther King Shalosh / Three 35'00"
Israel, The Sam Spiegel Film & T.V. School - Jerusalem
Idam Hubel Ben Aba / Father Son 6'30"
Portugal, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
Ricardo Cabaco Regresso / Returning 12'00"
United States, USC - CNTV
Victor Viyuoh Mboutoukou 13'42"
Sunday, October 26
Cantor Film Center Room 200
36 East 8th Street
7:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: Video
Korea, Korean National University of Arts
Dream-in-Dream 6'00"
United States, Stanford University
Melba Williams A Thousand Words 8'00"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Chui-Yui Julia Yuen The Pop 3'22"
Korea, Korean National University of Arts
Bird 12'00"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Ho-yin Hidy Wong Tempting 3'54"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Yee Man Caroline Hu Remembrance 8'16"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Chi-long To Longing 15'29"
South Africa, Wits School of Arts
Bruce Allen Vision 8'00"
Corsica, Festivoce Action Cinéma / Ile Rousse
Jean-Luc Delmon Casanova Alcor 3 13'00"
Finland, University of Art and Design Helsinki
J-P Valkeapää Keinu / The Fall 19'22"
United States, Stanford University
Andy Schocken Old Glory 7'00"
9:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 16mm
United States, Columbia University
Kazuo Ohno For Our Man 24'00"
Croatia, The Academy of Dramatic Art
Tanja Golic Luna 13'00"
Argentina, Universidad Buenos Aires
Mariano Codino El Hombre De La Bolsa / The Man of the Bag 15'00"
Australia, Victorian College of the Arts
Chris Jones Excursion 3'00"
Australia, Griffith University
Tim Noonan Pens at Ten Paces 5'10"
Canada, York University
Matthew Miller The School 13'00"
Ireland, Dublin Institute of Technology
Simon Fitzmaurice Full Circle 14'00"
Ireland, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art
Vincent Lambe Broken Things 14'30"
Israel, Tel Aviv University
Aya Somech Questions of a Dead Worker 19'00"
Monday, October 27
Cantor Film Center Room 200
36 East 8th Street
3:00 pm
Festival Films: Long Shorts, 35mm
Austria, Filmakadeie Wien
Anja Salomonowitz Das Wirst Du Nie Verstehen / You Will Never Understand This 52'00"
China, Beijing Film Academy
Cheng Er Criminal 40'00"
5:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Czech Republic, Academy of Performing Arts, Film and Television School
Václav Kadrnka Lide A Auto Bousu / Passengers 15'00"
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Rupert Glasson Painless 12'00"
Bulgaria, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Viktoria Marinov Brussels - Sofia - Brussels 24'00"
Czech Republic, FAMU
David Sukup Mechanika / The Mechanics 9'20"
England, The London Film School
Jonathan Bentovim Machine 15'30"
France, La Fémis
Kamen Kalev Orphee / Orpheus 11'30"
Germany, Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Robin von Hardenberg Hinh Bóng / The Shadow 19'00"
7:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Bulgaria, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts
Angel Apostolski Projection 15'00"
Romania, The National University of Drama and Film
Catalin Mitulescu 17 Minute Intarziere / 17 Minutes Late 10'00"
Slovakia, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU)
Povod Sveta / The Origin of the World 18'00"
Spain, ESCAC
Javier Ruiz Treitum 15'00"
Australia, Victorian College of the Arts - School of Film and Television
Leonard Yip L'Envie / Desire 21'00"
France , Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis Lumiere
Claire Duguet Liri 14'00"
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Anna Tow Pending 9'00"
9:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Argentina, Universidad Del Cine
Emiliano Romero Cantautor 12'00"
France, La Fémis
Alexia De Oliveira Gomes Axiom 20'00"
Slovakia, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU)
Michal Uhrin Liskylovenie / Foxhunting 4'00"
Romania, The National University of Drama and Film
Cristian Nemescu Poveste La Scara C / "C" Block Story 14'00"
Romania, The National University of Drama and Film
Corneliu Porumboiu Pe Aripile Vinului / Gone with the Wine 9'30"
Czech Republic, FAMU
Cechová Barbora Bu 3'20"
England, The London Film School
Norma Nebot Angka 15'00"
Germany, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
Sebastian Stern Nach Haus / Coming Home 7'45"
France, La Fémis
Aurélia Georges Sur la Peute 23'00"
United States, USC - CNTV
Jeremy Passmore Crossing 12'00"
Tuesday, October 28
Cantor Film Center Room 200
36 East 8th Street
5:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 16mm & Video
Japan, Nihon University
Kazutaka Shimizu Ramune ni Matsuwaru et Cetra / ETC. on Lemon Pop 26'00"
Croatia, The Academy of Dramatic Art
Petar Oreskovic Kraj Igre / The End of the Game 10'00"
Taiwan, National Taiwan University of Arts
Hsien-Zhe Huang Test 15'00"
Korea, Korean National University of Arts
Youn Seok Choi Mother 10'35"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Yu-Yan Tiffany Sum Fingering: The Lover's Concerto 13'33"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Hoi-Lam Helen Cheung Screw Up 4'23"
Switzerland, University of Art and Design
Elena Rutman Soufflé 8'30"
United States, Chapman University
Stacey Kattman Change of Heart 19'23"
7:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Jason Tolsher Ash Wednesday 15'00"
Spain, ESCAC
Didac Bono La Coleccion / The Collection 8'00"
Sweden, Dramatiska Instituet
Marten Klingberg Viktor och hans broder / Viktor and his brothers 30'00"
Switzerland, University of Art and Design
Andreas Müller Joshua 29'00"
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Anna Fraser Press Any Button 8'00"
9:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Rupert Glasson Teratoma 9'00"
Poland, PWSFTviT, Polish National Film School
Arni Olafur Asgeirsson P.S. 27'00"
Norway, Den Norske Filmskolen
Anna Myking Mistet / Lost 3'39"
United States, New York University
Liat Dahan Climbing Miss Sophie 24'00"
Germany, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
Jens Junker Der Tierfreund / The Animal Lover 7'00"
Slovakia, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU)
Jana Slovenska Do dna / To the Cup's Bottom 4'30"
Hungary, Budapest Academy of Drama, Film and TV
Peter Politzer Granatok / Grenades 17'00"
United States, UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television
Grace Lee Barrier Device 26'00"
Wednesday, October 29
Cantor Film Center Room 200
36 East 8th Street
7:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
Norway, Den Norske Filmskolen
Roar Uthaug Regjoringen Martin / The Martin Government 27'00"
Slovakia, Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (VSMU)
Farberaj / Colourfool 4'00"
Poland, PWSFTviT, Polish National Film School
Norah Mc Gettigan The Water Fight 16'00"
Spain, ESCAC
Marc Riba and Anna Solanas El Negre es el Coloe dels Deus / Black is the Color of the Gods 10'00"
United States, Columbia University
Annemarie Jacir like twenty impossibles 16'00"
Czech Republic, FAMU
Mira Fornay Mala Nesdeleni / Small Untold Secrets 22'00"
9:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm & 16mm
Norway, Den Norske Filmskolen
Eric Richter Strand Sporløs / Vanished 17'35"
Germany, Deutsche Film - und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Ulrike von Ribbeck Am See / At the Lake 10'00"
Poland, PWSFTviT, Polish National Film School
Peter Vogt Kontroler / The Conductor 30'00"
Argentina, Universidad Del Cine
Enrico Kahn Maquillaje 10'00"
United States, New York University
Seith Mann five deep breaths 25'00"
United States, North Carolina School of the Arts
Geoffrey Davey Max 19'00"
Taiwan, National Taiwan University of Arts
Shiao Li-Shiou Copy copy 7'00"
Thursday, October 30
Cantor Film Center Room 200
36 East 8th Street
3:00 pm
Festival Films: Selection of Videos from Cuba
EICTV
Eduardo Eimil La Maldita Circonstancia / The Damn Circumstance 11'00"
TV Serrana
Luis A. Guevara Waldo Ramirez and Como Por Primera Vez / Like for the first time 19'00"
ISA
Luis L. Leon Habanaceres / Havana dawns 21'00"
ISA, ICAIC
Tamara Morales Dos Hermanos / Two Brothers 22'00"
ICAIC
Humberto Padron Video De Familia / Family Video 47'00"
5:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm
United States, New York University
Yon Motskin The Cutman 30'00"
United States, UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television
Robin Larsen Out of Habit 20'00"
Poland, PWSFTviT, Polish National Film School
Miron Bilski Dyplom / Diploma 30'00"
Australia, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Tony Krawitz Into the Night 15'00"
9:00 pm
Festival Shorts/Competition: 35mm & Video
United States, New York University
Jessica Sharzer The Wormhole 25'00"
Germany, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film
Jakob Morik Erwa Maerchenprinz 10'00"
Poland, PWSFTviT, Polish National Film School
David Turner Nie Mam, Nie Dam / Don't Have, Don't Have 20'00"
United States, USC - CNTV
Rick Ross Backslide 9'06"
Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong
Ka-Wa Chu Sucked 3'56"
Korea, Korean National University of Arts
Electric Dreamer 4'00"
Korea, Korean National University of Arts
The Ordinary People 5'00"
Russia, VGIK
Julia Kolesnik Proguera / Let's Go for a Walk 23'46"
Turkey, Mimor Sinan Fine Arts University - Istanbul
Murat Seker Adak / Sacrifice 5'38"
Canada, Ryerson University
Cameron Sheppard Mother 25'00"
