James Cagle: Excavation, 1974 - Online - Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

James Cagle: Excavation
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Exhibition Film available online during MMoCA closure

JAMES CAGLE

Excavation, 1974

16mm color film (digitized), with sound, 5:00 minutes

Courtesy of the artist and the New York Filmmakers’ Cooperative

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has placed James Cagle’s film Excavation (1974) on the MMoCA.org website to ensure that everyone can see the work during the museum’s closure.

Excavation, along with James Cagle’s photographic series, A Final Meditation on Art, on display in MMoCA’s State Street Gallery, opened just two weeks before the museum closed as a public safety measure due to the coronavirus. A Final Meditation on Art will be on view in the museum through July 26, 2020. Excavation is scheduled to remain on view in the Imprint Gallery through May 24.

JAMES CAGLE

Excavation, 1974

16mm color film (digitized), with sound, 5:00 minutes

Courtesy of the artist and the New York Filmmakers’ Cooperative

Excavation demonstrates James Cagle’s engagement with structural filmmaking, an avant-garde movement that emerged in the 1960s and emphasized the physical properties of film, rather than film as a narrative tool. Excavation is an example of a “flicker film,” a specific type of structural filmmaking where rapid sequences of imagery flash across the screen to create a strobelike, flickering effect.

Composed of both still photographs and live footage, Excavation employs extremely short-shot juxtapositions to create disorienting collisions of imagery. To create this piece, James Cagle undertook a painstaking and time-intensive editing process, alternating between exposing one frame of film and blacking out the next.

JAMES CAGLE

Excavation, 1974

16mm color film (digitized), with sound, 5:00 minutes

Courtesy of the artist and the New York Filmmakers’ Cooperative

Through staccato bursts of light, we are shown a flashing collage of seascapes and gravel roads, a woman’s face and the naked female form, pointing fingers and pulsating shapes. For James Cagle, this film symbolized a personal exploration of, in his words, “techniques and ideas that have accumulated over the years, but had been without expression for one reason or another.” A dynamic visualization of his thoughts, it “excavates” both the private workings of his inner world, and also the material components of filmmaking.

The film and images are courtesy of the New York Film-Makers Co-op and New American Cinema Group.

Generous support for Imprint Gallery programming has been provided by Willy Haeberli in memory of Gabriele Haberland.

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Designers Stefan Sagmeister & Jessica Walsh, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA

First Exhibition by Designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh: Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh
The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Through August 4, 2013

Designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh

Sagmeister & Walsh 

Stills from If I Don’t Ask, 2013 

HD video, 2min., 12 secs. 

In collaboration with Santiago Carrasquilla 

© Sagmeister & Walsh

The designers Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh are known for their experimental typography and striking visual imagery. Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh, on view at The Jewish Museum since March 15 through August 4, 2013, marks the first exhibition of their newly minted design firm Sagmeister & Walsh. For the last ten years, Sagmeister has researched the nature of happiness, asking, “Is it possible to train my mind in the same way I can train my body?” In five short films and a sculpture, the studio investigates six things, culled from Sagmeister's diary, that he believes have increased his personal happiness such as: “Now Is Better” and “If I Don’t Ask I Won’t Get.” In addition, intrigued by a recent nationwide survey in which Jews reported the highest levels of well-being of all religious groups, Sagmeister & Walsh are placing a text in the gallery that connects this scientific data to his personal exploration of happiness.

Before this partnership, Stefan Sagmeister was already taking an unusual approach to design. He has created signature album covers for Lou Reed, Talking Heads, the Rolling Stones, and OK Go, and others, and executed indelible ad campaigns for major companies such as HBO and Levi’s. In an iconic 1999 poster for the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), he incised type into the skin of his naked torso like a tattoo. At the contemporary art gallery Deitch Projects in 2008 he stacked 10,000 bananas against a wall. Unripe green bananas among the yellow ones spelled out the rallying sentence, “Self-confidence produces fine results.” The legibility of the text fluctuated as the fruit turned from green to yellow to black over the course of the exhibition. 

To stimulate his own creativity Sagmeister has gone on regular sabbaticals since 2000, traveling and investigating ideas. Over the last decade he has delved into the nature of happiness. Inspired by the psychologist Jonathan Haidt, whose research connects spiritual wisdom with modern science, Stefan Sagmeister developed an intensive regimen of meditation, cognitive therapy, and mood-altering drugs as an experiment in self-discovery. From this emerged a forthcoming documentary entitled The Happy Film and from that The Happy Show, a traveling exhibition and its accompanying publications, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. 

Six Things is a continuation of this project on happiness, in which Jessica Walsh has been an integral partner. In five compelling short videos and a sound-activated sculpture, Sagmeister & Walsh examines six things culled from Sagmeister’s diary that he believes have increased his personal happiness: 

If I Don’t Ask I Won’t Get 

Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development 

Be More Flexible 

It Is Pretty Much Impossible to Please Everyone 

Now Is Better 

Feel Others Feel 

Sugar cubes, bubbles, and water balloons are just some of the materials used to spell out the phrases. The ambiguous connections between the six epigrams and the objects of which they are composed are left for visitors to decipher, a provocative game based in the pleasure of looking. 

A text in the Six Things exhibition gallery connects this scientific data to the personal exploration of happiness. It notes: “According to a recent nationwide survey, Jewish Americans report higher levels of happiness than all other major faith groups in the country. This finding is based on more than 676,000 interviews conducted in 2010-2011 for the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Within each faith surveyed, very religious members are happier than their nonreligious counterparts. For example, observant Jews are generally happier than secular Jews. But a higher proportion of practicing members does not predict greater well-being for the faith. Interestingly, though Jews are among the least religious faith groups in America, with only 16.9% identifying themselves as very religious and 53.5% as secular, they still appear to be the happiest. The Well-Being Index does not definitively say that religious observance leads to greater happiness. It does note that belief in a higher power, prayer, acts of charity, and neighborly love can promote a sense of belonging; alleviate stress and depression; and lead to a positive outlook on life.”

Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh has been organized by Rebecca Shaykin, Leon Levy Curatorial Assistant at The Jewish Museum. 

STEFAN SAGMEISTER & JESSICA WALSHS are the principals of Sagmeister & Walsh, a New York-based design firm. They have been engaged to create a new graphic identity for The Jewish Museum. 

STEFAN SAGMEISTER  born in Bregenz, Austria, in 1962, established the design firm Sagmeister Inc. in New York in 1993. He is the recipient of many awards, including two Grammy awards for his packaging designs, the Lucky Strike Designer Award, and an award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. 

Born in 1986 in New York, JESSICA WALSHS  a multidisciplinary designer, has worked at Pentagram Design and Print magazine and counts The New York Times, AIGA, EDP, Computer Arts, and I.D. magazine among her clients. She was named Computer Arts' Top Rising Star in Design in 2009 and an Art Director’s Club Young Gun in 2010, as well as Print’s New Visual Artist for 2011.

Exhibition Related Program: On Thursday, May 2 at 6:30pm, Stefan Sagmeister will talk about his recent projects including the exhibition, Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh.

Among other exhibition on view at The Jewish Museum in New York is the project: As it were … So to speak. A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom, Through August 4, 2013.

Support: This exhibition is made possible by the Irma L. and Abram S. Croll Charitable Trust. Additional support is provided by StampStampede.org. 

The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
Museum website: www.thejewishmuseum.org

Life in the UAE Documentaries, Dubai, Maraya Art Centre

Life in the UAE Documentaries - Short films
Maraya Art Centre, Dubai
April 6th 2013

In conjunction with the Dubai International Film Festival 2013 (DIFF), Maraya Art Centre will host a screening night celebrating and supporting young Emirati filmmakers on Saturday, April 6th 2013.

Opening with an intimate reception at 7pm, the evening will feature screenings from some of the Emirate’s best up and coming filmmakers, all of whom have been previously featured at the Gulf Film Festival (GFF). The screening will consist of five short films which range in genre from fashion to politics.

“Through our thriving partnership with the Maraya Art Centre we are very pleased to once again have the opportunity to expose the community to these young and vibrant film makers,” said DIFF Artistic Director and GFF Festival Director Masoud Amralla Al Ali. “All films, which have previously been showcased at GFF, were fantastically received by the local audiences and this is an ideal opportunity to expose film lovers to these films which contain emotions and storylines that really resonate with the local audience. We are dedicated to nurturing young Emirati talent and providing them with opportunities to showcase their artistic work throughout the year; this relationship offers a unique platform to engage wider audiences to experience these films.”

Showcased at GFF 2012, The Gamboo3a Revolution by Abdulrahman Al Madani, revolves around recent fashion trends, namely the beehive hairdo and questions whether it misuses the UAE’s cultural dress. Also screened at GFF 2012 Ana Arabi (I am Arab) by Jumana Al Ghanem explores the loss of the Arabic language due to modernization and a need to conform to social standards while Cats by Dubai Men’s College student Marwan Alhammadi looks into the recent trend of owning exotic pets among some Emiratis.

Meanwhile Second Wife by Moza al Sharif, screened in GFF 2010, allows viewers to witness the importance of cars to Emirati men. Finally Al Kandorah, a documentary from directors Lamya Al Mualla and Maitha Al Haddad examines the shift in attitudes towards the Kandorah, the traditional attire favoured by the Gulf’s men.

Giuseppe Moscatello, Maraya Art Centre Manager, commented: “Culture and art are inextricable. Every artist is a product of his or her time, culture, and society and there are few mediums as adept at capturing the interplay between artist and environment as film. With its rich cultural traditions Sharjah forms an exceptional backdrop for exploring the talents of the region and we are very pleased to be able to throw the spotlight on the Emirate’s amazing emerging film talent through this unique event.”

MARAYA ART CENTRE, DUBAI

PROGRAMME / FILMS' SYNOPSIS

AL KANDORAH

15 min

Directors: LAMYA AL MUALLA & MAITHA AL HADDAD

This documentary directed by Lamya Al Mualla and Maitha Al Haddad looks at the kandorah, the traditional men’s attire of the UAE – from examining new styles and trends to contrasting the attitudes of different generations about this symbol of national identity and pride.

SECOND WIFE

14 min

Director: MOZA AL SHARIF

The 14-minute documentary directed by Moza al Sharif takes a look at Emirati men’s obsession with their cars. It is a series of comments from young Emirati men and women, where the humorous tone does not mask the seriousness of the message. Women claim men are willing to spend more money on their cars than getting married. “They’re willing to take out massive loans and spend up to Dh400,000 on a car but that leaves them penniless when they get married”.

ANA ARABI (I am Arab)

21 min

Directors: AHLAM ALBANNAI & JUMANA AL GHANEM

Ana Arabi is a 21-minute documentary lament against the dilution of the Arabic language and culture by foreign influences. It is co-directed by Ahlam Albannai and Jumana al Ghanem. The film explores the status of Arabic as a language among today’s Arab youth. It suggests innovative solutions towards preserving the language and its use.

CATS

15 min

Director: MARWAN ALHAMMADI 

A 15-minute short film directed by Marwan Alhammadi, titled Cats, goes into villas and farms across the UAE where proud owners talk about their prized possessions, as the majestic cats lounge around them. In the film, many of those interviewed own three or more of the exotic animals. In a revealing preface, the film claims that over 3,000 people in the UAE have wild animals as domestic pets. Of those, many own three or more.

THE GAMBOO3A REVOLUTION

17 min

Director: ABDULRAHMAN AL MADANI

When the traditional ‘sheila’ and ‘abaya’ were reinvented to launch the ‘gamboo3a’ trend (the bee-hive hair or ‘camel hump’), society was divided over it. The Gamboo3a Revolution directed by Abdulrahman Al Madani explores the debate of fashion vs. modesty.

Maraya Art Centre Website: www.maraya.ae

Gulf Film Festival Website: http://gulffilmfest.com

IFFR Tiger Awards Short Films Competition 2010

 

INTERNATIONAL

FILM FESTIVAL

ROTTERDAM

2010

 

Thirty-one titles have been selected for the Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films. The lineup includes films by Greg Smith (South Africa), Mark Lewis (UK), Rosa Barba (Italy), Anna Abrahams (Netherlands), Mihai Grecu (France), Phil Collins (UK), Mati Diop (Senegal), Ying Liang (China), Cameron Jamie (USA) and Merve Kayan (Turkey).

The ‘Spectrum: Shorts’-section of nearly 200 short films runs within the festival from January 28 till February 1. See full Competition line up below.

 

Competition and Jury

To raise the profile of short films as a highly influential form of art but also a the realm in which cinema has been both democratized and popularized by the online and digital developments, the International Film Festival Rotterdam founded its Competition for short films in 2005. This edition, thirty-one films of up to sixty minutes in length will be presented to the international jury consisting of Jeremy Rigsby (programmer of Media City Festival in Ottawa, Canada), Shai Heredia (director of Filter India Festival, Mumbai, India) and Albert Wulffers (filmmaker, writer, visual artist and teacher, The Netherlands). The winners of the three equal Tiger Awards for Short Films, with prize money of 3.000 euro each, will be announced on Monday February 1.

 

Spectrum: Shorts

From the overwhelming worldwide production, the IFFR has selected 210 short films, including thirteen ‘short features’ with durations between forty and sixty minutes, for its dedicated section ‘Spectrum: Shorts’. All films are screened during a five-day event in festival location Lantaren/Venster. Here festival audiences, filmmakers and industry professionals gather to watch the films, introduce their works and meet for getting the lowdown on the latest developments. The films are grouped by four or five titles in screening slots of 80 minutes that allow introductions and Q&A sessions. The Shorts Marathon, a usually sold out program of repeat screenings, takes place on Saturday February 6.

Spectrum: Shorts 2010 presents six programs of narrative works including premieres of medium lengths films by Geetu Mohan Das (India), José Luis Torres Leiva (Chili), Terril Calder (Canada) and Julia Kozyreva (Russia/Estonia).

Furthermore, Spectrum: Shorts comprises a wide range of essayistic, abstract and experimental short filmmaking by, among many others, Jem Cohen (USA), John Price (Canada), Liu Wei (China), Kleber Mendonca Filho (Brazil) and prolific US filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson who presents four films in IFFR 2010: his short films Company Line and The Citizens as well as his feature film Erie in Spectrum and the commissioned short film BZV in the Africa focus program.

The program committee that selects films for Spectrum: Shorts consists of IFFR programmers Peter van Hoof, Juliette Jansen, Erwin van 't Hart, Sacha Bronwasser, Peter Taylor and Theus Zwakhals.

 

Focus on Jim Jennings, homage to Frank Cole

As part of Spectrum: Shorts, NYC-based filmmaker Jim Jennings will present eight of his recent 16 mm works, all filmed on location in his home town. Mostly edited in the camera Jennings' films are tributes to the NYC landscape and urban architecture. Jim Jennings will attend the festival to introduce his films.

Within its Regained section, the festival presents a tribute to Canadian filmmaker Frank Cole (1954-2000), who entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the first man to cross the Sahara on foot. His murder in Mali left us with a legacy of two features, a pair of award-winning short films and a mystery that may never be solved. IFFR 2010 presents his short documentaries A Documentary (1979), The Mountenays (1981) and A Life (1986) as well as The Man Who Crossed the Sahara, Korbett Matthews recent documentary about Frank Cole. The program was curated and will be introduced by Canadian filmmaker Mike Hoolboom. In the Spectrum section, Hoolboom presents his documentary Mark, an elegiac portrait of his friend and long time editor Mark Karbusicky.

 

Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 2010

 

Backstory, Mark Lewis, Canada, 39’, European premiere

Oops Wrong Planet, Anouk de Clerq, Belgium, 8’, European premiere

Gaarud (The Spell), Umesh Vinayak Kulkami, India, 10’

Bruits de fond, Jean-Claude Ruggirello, France, 17’, world premiere

Hoe vertel ik het mijn ouders #1 (How to Explain My Parents #1), Lemert Engelberts, Netherlands, 9’, world premiere

Rendez-vous à Stella Plage, (Rendez-vous at Stella Beach), Shalimar Preuss, France, 18’, world premiere

Drömmar fran skogen (Dreams from the Woods), Johannes Nyholm, Sweden, 9’

La trilogie chrysalides (The Chrysalides Trilogy), Patrick Bernatchez, Canada, 17’

White Shoe Station, Sara Preibsch, UK/Germany, 15’, world premiere

Travelling Fields, Inger Lise Hansen, Norway, 9’, international premiere

For Cultural Purposes Only, Sarah Wood, UK, 9’

Oxigen (Oxygen), Adina Pintilie, Romania, 40’, world premiere

Wednesday Morning Two A.M., Lewis Klahr, USA, 6’, European premiere

Underexposed, Greg Smith, France, 23’, world premiere

Centipede Sun, Mihai Grecu, France, 10’, world premiere

Soy mi madre, Phil Collins, USA, 28’

Monuments, Redmond Entwistle, UK, 30’, European premiere

Mudanza (Removal), Pere Portabella, Spain, 20’

Sex Is Sentimental, Erik van Lieshout, Netherlands, 21’

Empirical Effect, Rosa Barba, Italy, 27’, world premiere

Atlantiques, Mati Diop, France/Senegal, 27’

Heliocentric, Semiconductor, UK, 15’, world premiere

Wei wen (Condolences), Ying Liang, China, 19’, international premiere

M, Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Canada, 8’, international premiere

Out of Love, Brigitte Staermose, Denmark, 29’, international premiere

Dissonant, Manon de Boer, Belgium, 11’, world premiere

Desert 79°: 3 Journeys Beyond the Known World, Anna Abrahams, Netherlands, 18’, world premiere

Palmele (Palm Lines), George Chiper, Romania, 17’

Bu sahilde (On the Coast), Merve Kayan, Turkey, 21’, world premiere

Over the Bones, Charlotte Ginsborg, UK, 30’

Massage the History, Cameron Jamie, USA, 10’, world premiere

 

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Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival

Fifth-annual festival, featuring live-action and animation films

 

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM), in partnership with Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), presents the fifth-annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival (SFFSFF) at the renowned Cinerama Theatre in Seattle on Saturday, January 30, 2010. SFFSFF brings together industry professionals from both the filmmaking and science fiction and fantasy genres to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction and fantasy cinema arts.

From a field of almost 100 films from all over the world, 20 entries were selected for inclusion in the festival. To meet requirements for entry, all films were produced after January 2005 and were no longer than 15 minutes in length. Entries included animated or live-action films in science fiction (examples: futuristic stories, space adventure, technological speculation, social experiments, utopia and dystopia) and fantasy (examples: sword and sorcery, folklore, urban fantasy, magic, mythic adventure).

This year’s judges consisted of science fiction notables and award-winning film professionals, including filmmakers A.J. Bond, Howard McCain, Daniel Myrick and Vincent Taylor, as well as writer and producer Marc Scott Zicree, director Jesse Harris and producer Susan LaSalle. The judges will award Grand Prize, Second Place, Third Place and the Douglas Trumbull Award for Best Special Effects. The audience will determine the Audience Favorite Award during the festival.

During the festival ten short films will be screened in the first session from 4-6 p.m. and ten more short films will be screened in the second session from 7-9 p.m. An awards ceremony follows the second session.

The mission and objective of the Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival is to promote and encourage an awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science fiction and fantasy cinema. Its mandate is to create a forum for creative artistry in science fiction and fantasy film and recognize the most outstanding short films produced. Among notable submissions this year are the locally-made Third Days Child and CC 2010, which feature actors, directors, and even in-film references to the Seattle area. (See complete list of films below.)

Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival 2010 FILMS:

AFTERGLOW
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 11 minutes
Director: Andres Anglade

In the aftermath of a failed alien invasion, two men from the newly formed militia are challenged with determining if the threat died with the invasion or if it lies manifest in a once familiar territory.

ALMA
Country: Spain, USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 5.5 minutes
Director: Rodrigo Blaas

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter...

ARTHUR’S LORE
Country: UK
Year: 2008
Running Time: 13.5 minutes
Director: Vincent Lund & Matthew Cooke

Hurling the legend of King Arthur into the present day, ‘Arthur’s Lore’ is a fantasy action adventure combining old myth with contemporary humour and our love for all things spooky!

BEAST OF BURDEN
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 13 minutes
Director: Sam Carter

Wally is having a tough time. He's broke, he's depressed, and he just found out that he's been fired from his job. Oh, and he's a giant lizard monster. It's up to Wally's friend, a rock-a-billy vampire, and the rest of his motley crew of ghouls to rally around their friend and try to bring him out of his slump.

BURDEN
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 10 minutes
Director: Michael David Lynch

Ordered to evacuate Earth on the eve of an Alien invasion, a lone "Hero" named Calik must decide between his sworn duty to flee, or defy his instructions, and battle the imminent threat and attempt to save our world.

CC 2010
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 11 minutes
Director: Travis Senger

Long after her parents have ceased, the remnants of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair still exist for CC Raven. Her life-long mission has been to scatter her parent's ashes inside the Pacific Science Center. After a mysterious crash on her motorcycle, she encounters "Sputnik", an angelic milkman who quickly becomes her sidekick. Together, the two navigate the Pacific Science Center and CC begins a surreal reunion with her long-lost parents somewhere within the cosmic ether.

CHARLIE THISTLE
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Running Time: 15 minutes
Director: Bragi Schut Jr.

Charlie Thistle dreams of a better world, a world in color, a world in which trees grow indoors and sidewalks are made of grass. Alas, Charlie works at the Department of Normality, where change is frowned upon. But there comes a time when every man must stand up for what he believes... and that day is coming for Charlie Thistle!

DIE SCHNEIDER KRANKHEIT
Country: Spain
Year: 2008
Running Time: 10 minutes
Director: Javier Chillon

The fifties, a Russian space shuttle crashes in Germany. The passenger: an astronaut chimp who spreads a deadly virus...

ELDER SIGN
Country: Canada
Year: 2009
Running Time: 2 minutes
Director: Joseph Nanni

A hilarious commercial spoof from the people that brought you Casting Call of Cthulhu. If you suffer from an overwhelming sense of dread brought on by the realization of your own insignificance in the universe, then you need Elder Sign - H.P. Lovecraft's aeons old remedy for cosmic dread.

EXTRA•ORDINARY
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 13.5 minutes
Director: Ian Christian Blanche

What if your best friend had superpowers? Dylan and Alex have been inseparable for as long as they can remember. When an accident reveals Alex's incredible secret, their friendship is put to the test.

HANDS OFF!
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 7 minutes
Director: Patrick Bosworth

When John is visited by an Angel, he learns a disturbing truth about how he spends his time on the internet.

HANGAR NO. 5
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Running Time: 11 minutes
Director: Nathan Matsuda

Two treasure hunting teens activate a cold war weapons system and must fight for survival.

NANSPORIN AI
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 5 minutes
Director: Stephen Hal Fishman

After arriving at his remote research station, a scientist performs experiments with the Nanosporin AI serum, first on grapes, then on himself, causing the host some discomfort as well as some rather intense hallucinations. The experiment culminates in the host becoming a 'living work of art' and then expiring.

S.S. HUMANITY
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 17 minutes
Director: Matthew Ladensack

In the year 2210 humankind is faced with one option for survival: moving to outer space. The most precious of Earth’s natural resources have been depleted; the planet has been ripped apart by war and natural disasters. Survival of the fittest has transformed into survival of the luckiest when a family gets last minute tickets to board the Space Station: Humanity.

SHUTTLE T-42
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 2.5 minutes
Director: Joon Hyung Kim

Shuttle T42 crash lands on an unknown planet leaving young Jay and his mother stranded.

SINGULARITY
Country: USA
Year: 2009
Running Time: 6 minutes
Director: Stephen Griffin

In the year 2029, an ailing scientist transfers his most important memory into an android, in an attempt to merge their consciousnesses.

THE CONTROL MASTER
Country: UK
Year: 2008
Running Time: 6.5 minutes
Director: Run Wrake

Halftone City, USA. A peaceful metropolis of family values and space-age dreams. Mild-mannered blonde Dorothy Gayne secretly protects its citizens from harm. But dangerous new technologies abound. What happens when a powerful device falls into the hands of scientist-turned-villain Doctor Moire? Who will rescue Halftone City from this oversized creep?

THE KIRKIE
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Running Time: 13.5 minutes
Director: James Krieg

Jeff, a self-hating Star Trek nerd, is bumming out his sci-fi geek buddies with his visions of a life beyond fandom. But when their car breaks down on the way to San Diego's famous Comic Con, he is forced to find a payphone in a local bar. There he meets the girl of his dreams... and her knuckle-dragging date! But thanks to countless hours of epic Trek battles, Jeff knows how to handle himself in a fight. Or does he?

THIRD DAYS CHILD
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Running Time: 9.5 minutes
Director: SJ Chiro

Danger lurks in the Blank Days System, incorporated to relieve stress on natural resources in an oppressive future. Will the Third Day Child be reached by the rebels?

TO THE MOON
Country: USA
Year: 2008
Running Time: 9 minutes
Director: Jacob Ospa

A 19th century Englishman goes on a balloon voyage to the moon, and gets more than he bargained for...

 

The Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival is sponsored by Cinerama Theatre, Vulcan Inc. and NORWESCON. For more information, including film stills and director bios, visit www empsfm.org/filmfestival

 

Updated 02-2010