October 5th-October 9th, 2006

at The Coolidge Corner Theatre

290 Harvard Street-Brookline, MA

Thursday, Oct.5th, 2006

7:00pm Reception at the Coolidge Corner Theatre

7:30pm Rex Trailer's Boomtown (62m, NYC, Video) dir. by Michael Bavaro

Documentary Feature

Relive an age of innocence, 'WANTED' posters, and live one-take TV as Jay Leno, Tom Bergeron, Mayor Tom Menino, Steven Wright and more than 100 grown-up kids share their memories of 'Rex Trailer's Boomtown' in this moving documentary about Boston's beloved cowboy and pioneer of children's television.

Friday, Oct. 6th, 2006

7:00pm Shooting Michael Moore (83m, Davison, MI, Video) dir. by Kevin Leffler

World Premiere Documentary Feature

Kevin Leffler grew up with and worked with Michael Moore. This is not a 'punch in the mouth' documentary but takes on Michael Moore on his own terms-dosing out a healthy dish of Mike's own medicine. This documentary is a funny, fast paced, biting satire of Michael Moore. After viewing, 'Shooting Michael Moore' you will never look at Michael Moore the same way!

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Birdstate (8m, Boston, MA, Video) dir. by Geoff Adams

Documentary Short

“Well, we’ve learned quite a bit today about the Rhode Island Red and how it became our State Bird and I’m just trying to figure out, what the heck does it all mean?”

8:45pm Devotion (61m, Boston, MA 16mm) dir. by Tyler Horan

World Premiere-Narrative Feature

An ensemble drama about the lives of four students as their paths crash together. Hand-Developed from start to finish, Devotion reveals the organic ties that bring us all together and pull us apart.

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Something True (17m, Studio City, CA, 35mm) dir. by Thor Gold

New England Premiere-Narrative Short

A gigolo who longs for a real connection with a woman finds it in the arms of a beautiful murderess...

That Night (29m, NYC, 35mm) dir. by Steven Gordon

Narrative Short

Amidst the pulsing NYC underground rock n’ roll scene, two young lovers cross paths at a Brooklyn loft party and disappear off into the night to explore each other. “That Night” tells the story of Thomas and Annie, a struggling photographer and aspiring writer, and how they first meet. Every night, after all, is filled with the promise of the unknown...

Two Loves (7m, United Kingdom, Video) dir. by Adam Whitmore

North American Premiere- Narrative Short

Two Loves is a powerful and moving drama about the value of friendship,with a remarkable central performance by Annabel Wright

11:00pm Chingaso The Clown (15m, Glendale, CA, Video) dir. by Elias Matar

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short

Chingaso dedicates his life to avenge the murder of his parents by a clown, disturbing the balance and possibly ending the war between the clowns and mimes in the city of Messiah.

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The Daily Planner (9m, Cambridge, MA, 16mm) dir. by Max Coniglio

World Premiere-Animation

A lazy, disorganized couch potato is miraculously transformed into a manic, over-achieving member of the rat race after his wife hands him a daily planner date book. Things progress according to plan, but chaos erupts when the man can't keep pace with his own unrelenting list of appointments.

Hyperactive Ingredients (4m, Brighton, MA, Video) dir. by Trevor Piecham

World Premiere-Animation

A mischievous young boy creates mixed drinks out of random household items ranging from mayonnaise to laundry detergent. He experiments with three different drinks in total and forcibly tests them on his subjects—his cat, dog and sister. Discover what happens when the ingredients become hyperactive, and draw your own conclusions.

Crosswalk Man (6m, Somerville, MA, Video) dir. by Gina Kamentsky

World Premiere-Animation

A flashing crosswalk man spies a mysterious package left on the street and is lured into an evening of drinking, debauchery and danger.

Leftovers (4m, Cambridge, MA, Video) dir. by Tim Reckart

World Premiere-Animation

An old man sits down for a quiet lunch in the park, but he is soon disturbed by a hungry squirrel.

Unfair (4m, NYC, Video) dir. by Ian Jones-Quartey

New England Regional Premiere

UNFAIR is the story of what it feels like to be a kid. Every kid is an outsider. Some of us are just weirder than others.

Duel (5m, Amherst, MA, Video) dir. by Raf Anzovin

Boston Premiere-Animation

3D animated short in which two swashbuckling heroes fight a comic duel on a deserted island. Fast and furious swordplay, scrapes, and spills to the strains of Lyadov's orchestral miniature 'Baba Yaga.'

Vitruvius' Toybox (6m, Philadelphia, PA, Video) dir. by Dennis Iannuzzi

New England Regional Premiere-Animation

Experimental animation that explores the relationship between motion graphic techniques, electronic music and the use of traditional graphic design ideas as a way of visually organizing an animated film.

Moongirl (9m, Portland, OR, 35mm) dir. by Henry Selick

New England Regional Premiere-Animation

One night, a boy and his flying squirrel are caught by a fish and taken to meet the Girl In The Moon.

Black Magick (3min, Kingston, MA, Video) dir. Beth Murphy

Animation

An homage to Halloween.

Yep (4m, Santa Monica, CA, Video) dir. by Isaac Klotz

World Premiere-Music Video

Check out this fresh new music video from the west coast! Beats and rhymes, dance and graffiti art combine to form Powerful, Artistic, Inspirational, New Tunes. Yep!

Almost Time (3m, Philadelphia, PA, Video) dir. by Paul J. Geissinger

World Premiere-Music Video

Combining stills and sound, video editor Hsiang-Chin Moe collaborated with musician Paul J. Geissinger to create the mind-blowing project, Almost Time.

Bailarina Plastica (4m, Venice, CA, 8mm-Video) dir. by Jonathan Perry, Becky Hutner

New England Regional Premiere-Music Video

This is the debut music video for acclaimed L.A. band, Elephonic. Shot half on 8mm and half on digital, this video tells a dark story about a young girl, her overbearing parents, and an eerie 1940's theater performance.

MADRAS: Great Wide Spinout (4m, Burbank, CA, 35mm) dir. by Kyle Hasday, Matt Stewart

Music Video

1 Day. 1 Man. 1 Pound.

Saturday, Oct. 7th, 2006

1pm

CHECKOUT (20m, NYC, 35mm) dir. by Dan Eckman

Narrative Short

'A highly-trained ninja assassin settles for a job as a supermarket

stockboy amidst the very tight job market.'

Voodoo Doll (21m, NYC, S16mm) dir. by Roberto Minervini

New England Regional Premiere

Amidst a harsh environment of drugs and violence, a gang of lost kids hustles to make a living. Working under a pimp called the Pope, the gang goes about its business until a mysterious kid with a masked face, Voodoo Doll, enters the picture.

Cooking To Live (7m, Medford, MA, 16mm) dir. by Robert Young

World Premiere-Narrative Short

After his mother's death, an aimless teen-ager finds direction by embracing his mother's love of cooking.

Una Historia de Invierno (17m, Spain, Video) dir. by Ivan Cortazar

New England Regional Premiere

'Una Historia de invierno' is a poetic vision about disappearance and death. An old man wanders through an abandoned village leaving in the landscape symbols of his past as offerings to those things that are dying along him.

In The Tradition of My Family (15m, Boxborough, MA, S16mm) dir. by Todd Davis

Narrative Short

Billy wants a better scar than the one his father gave him; a tradition of violence between fathers and sons that goes back generations is threatened when one father hesitates to indoctrinate his son into the insanity.

The Switch (17m, Waltham, MA, Video) dir. by Jason Miller

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Donny is a Mobster trying to pay his way out of organized crime. He has to pull one final job to buy his freedom back and he needs the help of an unsuspecting foreign girl to do it. After Donny kidnaps Eva, the chase is on to make the Switch.

3pm

butts out (58m, NYC, Video) dir. by Sherief Elkatsha

World Premiere-Documentary Feature

Filmmaker Sherief Elkatsha has smoked cigarettes for 11 yrs., and for 11 yrs. he's tried to quit. Frustrated with the endless cycle, he found comfort in documenting fellow smokers engaged in the same battle. The result? “Butts Out,” a documentary film following a cast of characters over 3 years, in their difficult and often comical struggles to kick the habit.

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MURIEL (20m, Cambridge, MA, Video) dir. by Kim Romano

Documentary Short

This funny and poignant film features Muriel, an outrageous, Jewish New Yorker who lives in Key West, Florida. Filmed in a lush tropical setting, Muriel describes the relationships she has with her husband; the teenage son he had through an affair; her gay friend; and her grown son with bipolar disorder. Through quirky and sometimes hilarious anecdotes, Muriel reveals her unusual spin on a cheating husband, orgasm, a troubled teenager, mental illness, food, and a bedroom ceiling fan.

9th Ward (7m, Boston, MA) dir. by Jeremy Leach, Lorraine Pouliot

World Premiere-Documentary Short

'9th Ward' is a short documentary powerful in its simplicity as it presents 48 hours in a neighborhood made famous by disaster.

Un-Natural State (9m, Washington, DC, Video) dir. by Kirk Mangels

New England Regional Premiere-Documentary Short

In the style of Errol Morris, 'Un-Natural State' examines the absurdity of a little-known civil rights circumstance in the nation's capital. For more than 200 years, the residents of Washington, D.C. have fallen through a loop hole in the Constitution, and have never had representation in the U.S. Congress. There is no democracy in the capital of the United States of America.

5pm

The Dead Wind (31m, Hingham, MA, Video) dir. by Paul Villanova

World Premiere-Narrative Short

When Stan's girlfriend disappeared he looked for answers. When he didn't find answers, he looked for something else...

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BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA (30m, Spain, Video) dir. by Javier Fesser

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short

Binta's father has an idea. But he doesn't know if it is or not a good idea.

Mac an Athar (21m, Ireland, Video) dir. by Colm BairÈad

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short

A moving examination of a father-son relationship in the aftermath of a devastating family tragedy.

The Limits (22m, Jamaica Plain, MA, Video) dir. by Jeff Costello

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Why are a jaded artist, visionary professor, and ruthless corporation all obsessed a briefcase that enroute to its destination appears to be bleeding? They have all reached their limits and are now considering the step across.

7pm

Caffeine (88m, Burbank, CA, S16mm) dir. by John Cosgrove

World Premiere-Narrative Feature

There’s always something strange brewing at the Black Cat Cafe. During one lunchtime at this offbeat London coffee house, the relationships of the quirky staff and several couples are turned upside down by the sudden revelations of supremely embarrassing secrets and idiosyncrasies, generally having to do with their sexual behavior…and misbehavior. A neurotic young commitment-phobe runs into his ex-girlfriend while he’s whacked out on killer dope; a high strung control freak finds out that her husband-to-be is a transvestite; a hyper-possessive boyfriend discovers that his girlfriend is an ex-porn actress; and the manager’s boyfriend has a mÈnage a trois which he says is pardonable because the girls were identical twins. CAFFEINE is an eccentric comedy about these characters’ hapless attempts to repair their fractured relationships. starring Mena Suvari ("American Beauty"), Katherine Heigl ("Gray's Anatomy), and Breckin Meyer ("Road Trip")

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Elevator Shaft (7m, Boston, MA, video) dir. by Santiago Tapia

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Life long friends Atticus and Saran are caught in a sticky situation when they become trapped in an elevator. Saran is about to find out that sometimes the only way to 'hold it' is to have someone hold 'it'.

9pm

BadGravity (40m, Cambridge, MA, S16mm) dir. by Scott Morabito

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Bad Gravity is an entertaining and philosophical thought provoking exploration of four day-trippers as they make their way through a city with its own unavoidable agenda.

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Scotch Hill (30m, Boston, MA, Video) dir. by Michael Kuell

World Premiere-Narrative Short

'Scotch Hill' tells the story of a man who inherits a home he vowed never to go back to. He is forced to reconcile his unresolved past with an uncertain future.

Snapshot (28m, NYC, 16mm) dir. by Andrew Lund

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short

A famous photographer must face the reality behind his photographs or risk losing more than just his life.

Thick (10m, Hollywood, CA, S16mm) dir. by Ben Pierce

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Betrayed by one of their own, two soliders stranded in a bitter mountain winter must work together to outwit their enemy, and stay alive.

11pm

Slipdream (85m, Malibu, CA, 35mm&Video) dir. by Marc Grant

New England Regional Premiere-Experimental Feature

A street smart pot dealer in Los Angeles delivers his goods by bicycle, but when he trades his father's gold watch for a couple of 'magical' seeds, Jack transcends his addiction by growing a pair of beanstalks which produce a uniquely psychedelic ascent.

Sunday Oct. 8th, 2006

1pm

Existence (27m, Los Angeles, CA, 35mm) dir. by Anthony Leonardi

World Premiere-Narrative Short

In the line between reality and illusion, life and death... can we really tell the difference? What happens when you are trapped in the line.

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Charlie's Game (14m, Lincoln, NE, 16mm) dir. by Cullen Wright

World Premiere-Narrative Short

In Cold War East Berlin, two women play a deadly game with a petty spy named Charlie. While not innocent, Charlie may never learn the real motivation behind their desires for revenge.

The Fens (7m, Boston, MA, Video) dir. by Douglas Gordon

World Premiere- Narrative Short

A subtle portrait of friendship and perspective. It's not where you're going ... it's who you're with.

Over the River (9m, Kingston, MA, Video) dir. by Michael Kennedy

World Premiere-Narrative Short

over the river… to grandmother’s house we go, as a lonely woman waits for her luck to change and gets an unexpected guest.

TRACK 04 (19m, Boston, MA, S16mm) dir. by Lauren McLaughlin

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Through a botched blind date at a luau, a bored music reporter finds a like-minded someone to appreciate the hilarity of everyday life and the quiet sky of one night.

Terminal Conversation (18m, Longmeadow, MA, Video) dir. by Scott Kittredge

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Dave is traveling for business. He gets a call from his wife. “It’s over,” she says, “There’s someone else.” What would you do if the one you loved left you? Dave desperately searches for these answers on his own. At the airport, he unexpectedly receives guidance from a strange man who strikes up a conversation. Now, as he heads home, Dave finds himself on a much greater journey…

A Cigar at the Beach (15m, Malibu, CA, 35mm) dir. by Stephen Keep Mills

Boston Premiere-Narrative Short

A married man filters the demands of domestic life through fantasy and stumbles upon renewal.

3pm

The Breast Cancer Diaries (82m, Kennebunkport, ME, Video) dir. by Linda Pattillo

Boston Premiere-Documentary Feature

For ten years, Ann Murray Paige covered the news--but for the biggest story of her life she turned the camera on herself. When the former television reporter and anchor, learns she has breast cancer at age 38, she begins a series of video diaries on a camera set up in her bedroom. The Breast Cancer Diaries is an unvarnished memoir-- punctuated with humor, poignancy and romance.

5pm

7pm

Just your Average Arab (19m, Framingham, MA, Video) dir. by Raouf Zaki

World Premiere-Narrative Short

This comedy film features Arab Americans as they meet in the back room of a convenience store and attempt to conceal their identities to mitigate post 9/11 backlashes.

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Thirsty (10m, NYC, S16mm) dir. by Bo Mehrad

New England Regional Premiere

Thirsty is a short about a young man (Josh) struggling to detach from the legacy of his overbearing deceased mother. After yet another potential girlfriend discovers, to her dismay, Josh’s secret, tucked snuggly under his bed, it becomes apparent a life change is in order.

Down in the Mouth (21m, Wilton, CT, S16mm) dir. by Kirby Ward

World Premiere-Narrative Short

Down in the Mouth, a twenty minute narrative film, is an absurd comic look at cosmetic surgery as seen through the eyes of one man and his obsessive need to “measure up”.

1918: A short film (15m, NYC, Video) dir. by Jay Burke

New England Regional Premiere

Two Boston boys have a shot to go to the World Series with the Sox, but a series of mishaps take them on a wrong turn.

Love Letter (17m, Los Angeles, CA, Video) dir. by Trent Jones

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short-

Based loosely on As You Like It, Love Letter is the tale of Henry, a boy who loses a love letter written to the girl of his dreams and must survive the perils of 7th grade to win back her heart.

Why the Gown (12m, Boston, MA, Video) dir. by Derek Boyle, William Hoffman

World Premiere-Narrative Short

After a young boy falls on his sharp art project, a minor accident spirals out of control when his egocentric doctor believes he is dealing with an attempted suicide.

Madame (10m, New Brunswick, NJ, Video) dir. by Ajay Bhai, Marquise Lee

World Premiere-Narrative Short

An infatuated convenience store clerk pushes a customer to her limits.

9pm-Experimental/Music Video

SUPERSTRING - If You Want It (4m, Dallas, TX, Video) dir. by Tod Campbell

New England Regional Premiere

Caught within the confines of the mind, “If You Want It” paints the portrait of a girl who has imprisoned her own hopes, her own dreams, within a cell of the mind.

Nase Oti (4m, Israel, Video) dir. by Tomer Stolz

New England Regional Premiere-Music Video

'Try Me' is a visual representation of the female force, breaking out of dependency and into liberalization.

17 Lashes-Reverend Glasseye (6m, Jamaica Plain, MA, 16mm) dir. by Michelle Millet

Boston Premiere-Music Video

A boxer takes on his biggest opponent, himself.

BrainTrain (13m, NYC, Video & 16mm) dir. by Jimi Pantalon

Boston Premiere-Experimental

WashMachine Street Fantasy of underground subway dweller; Max who collages a dream journal opening a portal to alternate worlds of consciousness.

taipei movie one (19m, Taiwan, Video) dir. by Darin Caudle

World Premiere-Experimental

A non-narrative video about women, planes, belly dancing, public transportation, and the ocean.

What the Water Saw (3m, San Francisco, CA, 35mm& 16mm) dir. by Vanessa Woods

World Premiere-Experimental

What the Water Saw explores a mystery at the depths of the sea. The film is structured to mimic the ocean’s moods, creating a varied psychological space for the viewer. Equally important, the visual construction moves between form (appearance) and formlessness (withdrawal) echoing both the ocean’s tides, and the idea of creation and destruction (death).

T.I.N.F. (16m, Orchard Park, NY, Video) dir. by John Harrigan

New England Regional Premiere-Experimental

Life is like a coming attraction; it leaves us wanting more.

Nightlight (10m, Delmar, NY, Video) dir. by Christopher Messina

Experimental

An experiment using digital photography, Nightlight is a study of the nights and lights along the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts. This piece is made up entirely of digital still photographs, sequenced together to appear in motion. By making subtle adjustments between each photograph taken, the lights of the city seem to come to life.

Latent Sorrow (4m, Newhall, CA, 16mm) dir. by Shon Kim

New England Regional Premiere-Experimental

Moving Painting #7 to reach coexistent point where abstract and figure are equally fused.

Come To Daddy (3m, NYC, S16mm) dir. by Roberto Minervini

New England Regional Premiere-Experimental

‘A highly-trained ninja assassin settles for a job as a supermarket

stockboy amidst the very tight job market.'

Establishing a Patent Airway (4m, Boston, MA, Video) dir. Max Abeles

World Premiere-Experimental

In this short piece, abstract forms are synchronized to an electronic soundtrack. The human figure is introduced in order to relate these non-objective images.-the insides of the body.

Monday Oct. 9th, 2006

12pm

Singing Pictures (40m, India, Video) dir. by Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor, Aditi Nath Sarkar

World Premiere-Documentary Short

For generations the Patua communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. Recently a group of women from Naya village near Calcutta, have formed a scroll painters’ cooperative. The film follows their daily lives as they paint, sing, cook, tend to their children, and attend a meeting of the cooperative. The women speak freely about their craft and the social (family,gender), religious (Islam), political and economic changes taking place in the village

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Stuffed (20m, San Francisco, CA, Video) dir. by Arwen Curry & Cerissa Tanner

World Premiere-Documentary Short

Do you know someone who saves too much stuff, and can’t seem to throw anything away? Stuffed journeys into the bizarre and crowded world of compulsive hoarding.

Floaters (27m, S. Easton, MA, Video) dir. by Joseph Conforti

World Premiere-Documentary Short

In the line between reality and illusion, life and death... can we really tell the difference? What happens when you are trapped in the line.

Living In Limbo (21m, Orange, CA, Video) dir. by Viktoria Ershova

New England Regional Premiere-Documentary Short

Living in Limbo is a touching documentary about the predicament of undocumented immigrant children in America and the controversial law that could change their lives.

2pm

Turntable (90m, Roxbury, MA, S16mm) dir. by Robert Patton-Spruill

Narrative Feature

Turntable tells the story of Vincent, a live-and-let-live nightclub DJ who struggles to escape the tentacles of the crime world that has trapped his father and brother.

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War (4m, Roxbury, MA, Video) dir. by Todd Walker

World Premiere-Music Video

War is a reggae rap about the war that exists on the streets on Boston.

4pm-Closing Night Feature

Welcome to Earth (88m, Meriden, CT, Video ) dir. by Michael Mongillo

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Feature

On the eve of the worldwide broadcast of the first historic summit between representatives of Earth and "The Visitors," Albert and his friends decide to have a "Welcome to Earth" party.

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Hello (19min, Seattle, WA, 35mm) dir. John Helde

New England Regional Premiere-Narrative Short

An unassuming ferry commuter finally approaches a beautiful fellow passenger, but she has very specific ideas about how their interaction may proceed.