The 5th ANNUAL

CINERAMA

FILM FESTIVAL

PROGRAM AND SCHEDULE

APRIL 19, 2003

Produced by: Florida Undergraduate Film Society

A film festival at the University of Florida? Yep, you got it! Now in its fifth year at the University of Florida, Cinerama continues to grow bigger each year. Cinerama is hosted by the Florida Undergraduate Film society, a group devoted to advancing film culture here at UF and in Gainesville. The society (FUF) puts on many free film showings and events in order to better involve the community both in the making of and viewing of cinema.

Although Cinerama is just one of many events that FUF undertakes each year, it is perhaps the most dear to the officers and society members. Not only does it give the members a chance to screen their current works in a competitive setting, it also provides a chance to sample some of the creative diversity from around the world.

We hope you enjoy the films presented today and that you spread the word that film is not a dead subject at this great University. Go Gators!

John Wernicke
FUF Vice President

Schedule of Events

12:45 - Quick Hello - John Wernicke
1:00 -First Short Set
2:00 - Second Short Set
3:00 - Third Short Set
3:45 - Refreshments
4 :30 - Feature Length
6:00 - 7:45 - Competition Films
8:15 - Award Ceremony

FIRST SHORT SET - 1 pm

On the Street Bobby Link and Meghan Douglas - MiniDV - 5 mins
What are they doing in our trash?

Moves J. Hall - MiniDV - 6 mins
Still digital photos animated to techno sounds.

Jane and the Evil Spinstresses Chad Concelmo - 35mm - 20 mins
A pop-up book comes to life in this strangely familiar fairytale about an unloved girl and three evil dressmakers.

Episode #115 Douglass Pemberton - MiniDV - 9 mins
Whenever you find yourself in a bind, do you hear that voice telling you to defuse the bomb with a shoelace? Well rejoice because old man Mac is back!

Untitled Rosalynn Khor - MiniDV - 2 mins
In this piece, I was interested in making the recently rendered inanimate, animate. Sushi making love.

SECOND SHORT SET - 2 pm

The Alphabet Song Alessandro Machi - Super8 - 4 mins
This film was conceived as a memory device for a children's program on Public Access Television. Each shot was filmed in sequence: the "editing" was simply planning ahead.

Criancas Karin Gunn - MiniDV - 9 mins
Criancas, which is Portuguese for children, is a film portraying a wide range of lifestyles that children have in different locations of Brazil. By showing children from opposite ends of the social spectrum, they provide us with a window to the future. Despite the harsh realities of the real world, there is still a glimpse of the joy of living that each child possesses.

The States of Matter Georg Koszulinski - MiniDV - 7 mins
The flowers in the community are not flowers. They are plastic. The plastic lasts longer and thus is more efficient. Human beings are very good at being efficient. They have found many ways to replace their cultures and evn themselves.

This Is The Truth Jeffrey Ferguson - MiniDV - 6 mins
A comment/question/criticism about the presentation of "truth"by American national news broadcasting through the TV apparatus, and one viewers search for what is true.
Principle Cast: Eric Mannes

Minor Spoilers Stephen Grossman - MiniDV - 11 mins
What would you do if you found a window to your future? What if you could have all of your nagging life questions answered and lay all of your fears to rest? Would you take advantage of it? ... or would you rather be surprised?
Principal Cast: Adam Roberts, Melissa Rossi

THIRD SHORT SET - 3 pm

Bingo Ladies Tami Wilson - 16mm - 19mins
Set amidst the smoky din and blue-haired haze of Canada's gaming halls and community centers, "Bingo Ladies meets up with two dedicated daubers for a closer look at this simple, yet pervasive game of chance. The results are both comical and sobering, and reveal the inherent contradictions in a community-based, charity driven industry that capitalizes on the alienation and desperation of its players.

The Red Election Bryan Ricke - Hi8 - 22 mins
A mercenary tries to help the Democratic party by getting a local Tallahassee communist gang to do their dirty work.
Principal Cast: Bryan Ricke, Nicholas Ricke, Jon Windham, Joel Conger, Raju Vyas

FEATURE - 4:30 pm

Detour David Dellecese - MiniDV - 1 hr 10 mins
Combining the style of 1960s screwball road comedies with a modern edge, Detour is a broad comedy about a comic book artist (Saulmon), a bartender (Karpe), a stoner (Bach), and two punks (Kirby and Dellecese), who, after various circumstances get stuck together, take a detour on their way home from the drive becomes a day long odyssey as this motley crew struggles to survive the bizarre characters they come across on their journey home, as well as each other.
Principal Cast: Eric Walker, Tom Karpe, Adam Bach, Jessica Kirby

COMPETITION FILMS - 6 pm

Something Beautiful Michael Heid and Mickey Gomez - MiniDV - 7mins
Maybe he is a bit too obsessed with his work, but after all he is just looking for something beautiful. Now if only if he could find a new line. Leaf God.

Desinformatsia Georg Koszulinski - MiniDV/found footage - 34 mins

Part 1: In 1966, Dr. Saul Lennewitz producedstartling evidence supporting the existence of extraterrestrials. the U.S. Governement targeted Dr. Lennewitz with an elaborate disinformation campaign, ultimately destroying his research and driving him mad. it was not until 1999 that the Freedom of Informartion Act enabled his audio journals to be released and his story told.
Part 2: (1966-end): Through the use of found footgae, part 2 examines the paranoiac dears inherent in all humans, which, of course, leads to our mass suicide. Special appearances by Jimmy Swaggert.
Principal Cast: Darryl Thompson, Charles Norton

Tu K'aaxal Ha' Antoni Castells-Talens - VHS - 8 mins
Tu' Kaaxal ha' (It's Raining) is a short film in the Maya language of the Yucatan Peninsula. Based on Jacques Prevert poem "Dejeuner du matin," the story takes placein a small-town house that could be a house in any small town in the world. The short was shot in 1999 in the town of peto and in the neighborhood of Chuburna, Merida.

Solid White Albacore George Booker and Bobby Link - MiniDV - 11 mins
Even a lonely artist needs a can opener.

Lost Bike Vincent Vittorio MiniDV 5 mins
A boy tries to find his lost bike.

Special Day Anna Dudley - 35mm - 10 mins
Here is the story of a man, his family, and a Civil Rights protest. Only in hindsight do these choices seem obvious.

The Life and Times of Richard K. Frolich Frisco Ferreiro - MiniDV - 15mins

Which Way To The Embassy Brent Chesanek - Super8mm - 7mins
A hapless chemstress stumbles her way throughout Europe and Asia Minor.
Principal Cast: Karen Gagnon