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Shorts Made of GOLD
Do you know what a feature film is? - it is
a watered down short.
And who has time for features anyway? they are long and expensive -
for $12 you get trapped in a cold movie theater with one, only ONE!!
story.
So, get ready for really hot shorts!
They are short, intense and leave you wanting more,
just like a great love affair.
And, as a rule, there are many of them stringed together...
Be Film The Underground Film Festival starting on April 28th
has the best collection of short films that I know of.
No wonder, it is an underground festival - it's a true treasure chest
under the ground that you, yes, YOU have to discover and enrich your
soul with the shorts made of gold.
The festival program is attached here,
but if you can't open it,
you can check the screening and events schedule it at:
www.BeFilm.net
Please, note that Be Film The Underground Film festival has a unique category of films - viral/spec films. They are shorter than shorts. Those with short attention span and commitment issues are going to be delighted!
My "Teat Beat of Sex: Episodes 8,9,10,11" is screening on
May 2nd at 8 pm at Dolby Screening Room, 1350 Avenue of Americas along with the amazing "Letter to Colleen" by Andy and Carolyn Londons
and very short and funny "Superdong" by Pok Yue Weng
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NYFA Immigrant Film Festival, April 17th
Have you heard that New York has a whole week
dedicated to Immigrant Heritage?
When you think about it, we all come from somewhere...
Even animators! and especially you and me!
New York Foundation for the Arts has kindly put
together a program of films made by immigrant
animators. Some of them you know really well, but
some will take you by surprise.
All 6 of us are going to be present to talk about our
experiences in preserving our artistic integrity in a
strange culture, fighting the strange but eventually
assimilating the new views. Well, assimilating, but
not completely. A first generation immigrant's
brain works in a funny, almost schizophrenic ways.
It is fascinating to hear immigrant artists' stories
and see their work in that context. Come and see
the films in the light of those wild stories!
The event is on April 17th, 6:30-8:30 pm
At the New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Avenue of Americas
6th floor
The event is free but you do have to RSVP by April 7th,
please RSV to Andreia Davies at
adavies@nyfa.org.
Here's more :
NYFA Celebrates New York's Immigrant Animators at April 17 Film Festival
Part of New York City's Immigrant Heritage Week
This event features animated short films by award-winning immigrant
animators living and working in New York. The filmmakers represent
countries such as Russia, Korea, Thailand, Latvia, Mexico and Serbia,
and all will be on hand to answer questions and discuss their work.
The event, presented and hosted by New York Foundation for the Arts
(NYFA) is part of New York's Immigrant Heritage Week, an initiative
of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs which celebrates the many
contributions to the City by immigrants.
WHEN:
Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
WHERE:
New York Foundation for the Arts
155 Ave. of the Americas, 6th Floor
New York, NY, 10013
RSVP:
Free, but seating is limited.
To attend, please rsvp to Andreia Davies,
adavies@nyfa.org.
WHO:
The lineup of short films was curated by 2005 NYFA Fellow and
animated filmmaker Signe Baumane, a Latvia native. It includes films
by several acclaimed animators, each of whom works in New York. They
include: Felipe Galindo, whose work appears on Nickelodeon and in The
New Yorker; Youngwoong Jang, who does animation work for a unit of
FOX entertainment; Alex Bodovsky, whose animation work includes music
videos, commercials and educational shorts for children; and Ms.
Baumane, whose "Teat Beat of Sex" was the "most watched film" of the
2007 Cannes Online Film. She is one of the founders of Square Footage
Films, a group of New York independent animators.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Signe Baumane (Latvia)
Title: Dentist (2005). 10 min.
An enthusiastic dentist, a reluctant patient and a strange picture on
the wall...
Alex Budovsky (Russia)
Title: Bathtime in Clerkenwell (2002). 3min 15sec.
Based on Stephen Coates=92 composition of the same title, this film is
about The Great Revolution of the British Cuckoos, who bravely took
over London, forcing all citizens to move inside cuckoo clocks.
Ronnarit Lueangwattanakij (Thailand)
Title: LALALAND
The story, about the pursuit of happiness and how that pursuit
affects us, it takes place in a village called LALALAND, which
includes citizens who have much too much happiness to cherish, and a
little devil who chases after it in the wrong way.
Felipe Galindo (Feggo), (Mexico)
Title: The Manhatitlan Chronicles (2000). 16mm. 7min.
A word coined by the artist, The Manhatitlan Chronicles is a merger
of two words: Manhattan (New York City) and Tenochtitl=E1n (Mexico
City's Aztec name), and symbolizes for him the merger of the Mexican
and American cultures in New York.
Biljana Labovic (Serbia)
Title: Eye Spy. 3min 30sec.
A girl's inner world is filled with dreams and memories. She peeks
into her own heart to find the forgotten feelings. She's her own
personal spy.
Youngwoong Jang (Korea)
Title: Mirage (2006). 8min 25sec.
A robot boy's obsessively searches for water, without realizing he
has already ready been in it.
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Woman's Side of Sex: Animated!
Event: Saturday, March 22nd
Woman's Side of Sex: Animated!
Lets take sides on March 22nd. The whole truth about sex can't be discovered, since every participating side covers itself up with some crazy stories. So we won't go into the science of feelings, nor sensuality. We'll focus on the stories.
Five seasoned in animation, sex and relationships women are going to share their sex/love stories with you :
Signe Baumane www.signebaumane.com
Brook Keesling www.boobiegirl.com
Ruth Lingford http://www.animateonline.org/films/whatshewants/all.html
Nina Paley www.ninapaley.com
Debra Solomon www.debrasolomon.com
The event takes place on March 22, at 8pm
at Millennium Film Workshop, 66 East 4th street
information: 212 673 0090
www.millenniumfilm.org
cinema@millenniumfilm.org
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