Forwarded by Jeremy Butler. Send comments, queries to Dave Kluft <[log in to unmask]>. ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: Festival Tour Announcement (fwd) Author: Dave Kluft <[log in to unmask]> Date: 7/12/95 12:31 AM ANNOUNCING THE TOURING SEASON OF THE 1995 UFVA STUDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL Now in our third year, the UFVA Student Film & Video Festival is the world's only touring festival of student work. Independently oriented, and open to both film and video from around the globe, each year the festival surveys and presents the best in student work worldwide. This year, we received over 480 entries from 17 countries and 34 states. 39 films and videos were chosen for the festival premiere, which takes place each year at the annual University Film and Video Association Conference. This will be followed by a national tour of the festival's best work (last year's tour included screenings at the American Cinemateque in Los Angeles, the Neighborhood Film/Video Project in Philadelphia, the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, and elsewhere). Our festival premiere will take place this year during the first week of August, and our touring season will run from mid-August to early March 1996. The touring package will include original format 16mm film and 3/4" video. The cumulative length of the touring group will run several hours, which will allow programmers to pick and choose a program from among this work which is best suited for their particular audience and format limitations. The cost of renting the festival package is $200 plus shipping costs. Half the proceeds are paid back to the artists. To schedule a screening, or for more info, feel free to call me at 1-800-499-8382 (or 215-923-3532) or email. - Dave Kluft, Festival Director SOME OF THIS YEAR'S FILMS & VIDEOS INCLUDE.... A Bit of a Tiff with the Lord by Peter Duncan 16mm, 25 minutes, Australian Film, TV & Radio School (Australia) Undergrad Late one night, on his property in far western New South Wales, an old man in pain goes out hunting and manages to bag God. ....past screenings include the Melbourne & Brisbane International Film Festivals in Australia. Narrative Finalist Las Alas de Alicia (Alice's Wings) by Alejandro Cant Medero 16mm, 16 minutes, University Center of Cinema Studies (Mexico), Undergrad Alice was born good. She has wings to fly with, but they get stolen. She then sets off on a trip to recover them. An homage to George Melies and Ren Magritte. ... past screenings include the Caracas Festival of Short Films, and the Short Film Festival of Chile, where it received an honorable mention. Experimental Finalist The Architect by Adam Keker 16mm, 12 minutes, New York University (U.S.) Graduate A Ukrainian coal miner and his grandson struggle with the loss of the boy's parents in World War II by designing a city of the dead. ... past screenings include the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Ann Arbor, and the Chicago International Film Festival. Experimental Finalist Doors Without Hinges by David Cripton 16mm, 10 minutes, Vancouver Film School (Canada) Graduate Carla Dodge, an agoraphobic who has not left her house in a year, must deal with her husband's insensitivity and summon the courage to overcome her fear. Home by Nir Ne'Eman 16mm, 9 minutes, Tel-Aviv University (Israel) Undergraduate A 17 year-old boy tries to achieve a relationship with an older man, after a casual sexual encounter. Narrative Finalist Hub Cap World by L.K. Noller 16mm, 53 minutes, Columbia University (U.S.), Graduate Joey is a blue collar guy who works in a hubcap shop, driving a beat up pick-up truck on the pot-holed road to romance. When he finally decides it's time to marry his pregnant girlfriend Louise, pal Paul has words of advice and comfort: "You're a dead man. I don't want nothin' to do with this." ... has won awards at ten international festivals, including the Manheim International Film Festival and the Cleveland International Film Festival. Narrative Finalist Jirohachi by Tsukuru Imanishi 35mm, 37 m., Loyola Marymount/Kyoto Film Institute(U.S./Japan) Graduate Jirohachi returns home after two years of captivity, only to discover his fiancee has married his best friend. Set vividly against the backdrop of 17th century Japan, Jirohachi evokes the moral atmosphere and cultural conventions of the time. ... premiered in April at the 5th Bi-Annual Student Film Screening of the Director's Guild of America. Narrative Honorable Mention Juvenilia by Paulo Sacramento 35mm, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) Graduate A disturbing and violent episode, depicted in still photos. ...screened at the Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, and was awarded "Best Film" at Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois. Experimental Finalist Left Alone with Night by Erik Deutschman 16mm, 8 minutes, Los Angeles City College (U.S.) Undergraduate Three nocturnal dimensions reveal in organic abstraction. ... past screenings include the Madrid Experimental Film Festival, Big Muddy Film Festival, Chicago Underground Filmfest, and the Onion City Film Festival, where it won an Audience Choice award. Experimental Finalist Mortal Anguish by Phearuth Tuy Computer Animation, 1m, Ringling School of Art & Design (U.S.) Undergrad A visual memory of a painful and torturous escape and immigration from Cambodia to the U.S. Animation Finalist Oat-Meal by Relah Eckstein 16mm, 8 minutes, Los Angeles City College (U.S.) Undergraduate An unemployed Artist's oatmeal is poisoned with hallucinogenic bug balls by his fashion conscious Wife and their dimwitted chambermaids. ... has been screened at over 15 festivals, including Mill Valley, the New York Expo of Short Film, Big Muddy, and Ann Arbor. Experimental Finalist Peek A Boo by Eun-Ha Paek 16mm, 5 minutes, Rhode Island School of Design (U.S.) Undergraduate A little boy comes to terms with his night-time fears. A collage of flat animation, puppets, cut-outs, super-8 and computer animation. ... first prize at the New Jersey Young Filmmakers Festival. Animation Finalist Pepino Mango Nance by Bann Roy & Gillian Goslinga 16mm, 11 minutes, University of Southern California (U.S.) Graduate The gritty survival story of Marta-Julia Lemus, one of Los Angeles' unlicensed street vendors who is constantly on the run from the police, paralleled with the work of Joseph Julian Gonzales, a Latino composer challenging musical genres by composing a string quartet around the vendor's "cantaletas". Documentary Finalist Spoken Flesh by Anthony Tenczar 3/4", 13 minutes, University of Texas at Austin (U.S.) Graduate A rendering of the physical and psychological realities of seven people who have extensively adorned their bodies through tattooing and piercing. Documentary Finalist Tenacity by Paul Mezey (Producer) & Chris Eyre (Director) 16mm, 10 minutes, New York University (U.S.) Graduate Two Native American boys, Clint and Joseph, encounter a pick-up truck on a reservation road. An impulsive act and a clash of wills leads to a dangerous confrontation. ... screenings include the Sundance & Cairo Film Festivals. Narrative Finalist Tiempo de Alar (Time to Haul) by Jorge Enrique Lumbreras 3/4", 8 minutes, Instituto de Arte Cinematografico (Argentina) Graduate A bleak and surreal allegory of political repression and spiritual triumph. Other animated works by Jorge Enrique Lumbreras include "El Otro Viaje", the story of how the Native Americans discovered Europe. Animation Finalist Vanessa, The Orange Thrower by Kimberly Caviness 16mm, 29 minutes, Boston University (U.S.) Graduate A Puerto Rican teenager in Boston creates problems for herself, her family, and her community when she lies about being pregnant in order to get attention. ... screenings include the Coolidge Corner Theater and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Narrative Finalist You Don't Know Trudy Luscher by Johannes Kley 16mm, 20 minutes, Hochschule Konrad Wolf (Germany) Undergraduate Trudy Luscher, 87, wonders what happened to Miss Grul, 91, from across the street. She hasn't called her for a while. "I wonder.... is she dead?" ... has been screened at several festivals in Germany, Poland and Finland. Documentary Finalist Zeuf by Charlotte Lagarde 16mm, 4 minutes, Stanford University (U.S.) Graduate Zeuf, a surfer, nurse, and breast cancer survivor, challenges typical associations with the illness; a woman with dignity and pride. Documentary Finalist ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]