DUFF 20/21 Part 1 official program
THURSDAY DECEMBER 9, 2021.
Althea Center Theater, Denver, CO. 1400 Williams St. Denver. 07:00 PM - FILMS Lenore Director: Dominic Migliore. USA. Chicago, IL. 7:13. Narrative Short. A modern reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven." The Dark Forest. Director: Martin Del Carpio. USA. New York, NY. 9:23. Narrative Experimental. A visual celebration of life for his deceased father, inspired by and named after Dante Alighieri's quote. The Snoop Directors: Tom Hipp, Scott Hipp. USA. Kansas City, MO. 8:11. Narrative Short. A young woman is followed by a man whose intentions may not be what they seem. Spectral Rainbow Frequency Director: Hüseyin Erverdi. Turkey. 2:30. Visual Experimental. This film is about creating an experience like synesthesia, in which one sensory experience causes another, Hüseyin is a DUFF return filmmaker. A Poet's Childhood - Awakening to Consciousness - Elizabeth Martina Bishop. Directors: Vibhas Kendzia, Elizabeth Bishop. USA / Ireland. 24:43. Documentary. The poems of Elizabeth Martina Bishop and how they link to her biography. To Live and Die in the Shadows Director: Shannon Silva. USA. Wilmington, NC. 5:29. Nature Experimental. 180 million years ago ferns acquired a much needed light sensor that allowed them to survive in low light environments. We should all be so lucky. #PRANK Director: Yuval Shaya Winer. Tel Aviv, Israel. 13:28. Narrative Short. Ron, 16 years old, will do anything it takes to get more subscribers for his Youtube channel, even if it means kidnapping his best friend. The Last Resort Director: Lance Lucero. USA. CA. 10:02. Narrative Short. Shot on 16mm film. A ghost story set in the old Colorado territory 1873, justice will prevail. Come on, Shake Your Body Baby, Do the Conga! Director: Tom Hipp. USA. Kansas City, MO. 2:14. Narrative Short. All Tim wants to do is ask Jane to dance. 8:30 PM - INTERMISSION Jason Pell's Pinpricks Director: Adam Stover. WV. 14:41. Animated Short. 2D animation. A horror and science fiction animated anthology. Coretta Directors: Jessica Davenport, Jeaneen Lund. USA. L.A., CA. 3:57. Music Video. A tribute to civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. Pharmakosis Director: SL Pang. Singapore / Chicago, IL. 13:06. Narrative Experimental Employing guerilla filmmaking tactics and "poor materials" PHARMAKOSIS articulates the position of the Pharmakos in ancient Greece, who was ritually expelled from the city to bring about purification. Discharge Director: Dillard Brown. USA. Los Angeles, CA. 5:53. Narrative Short. Two strangers recently released from a mental health facility decide whether or not to live together. Healing Director: Hart Ginsburg. USA. 9:00. Visual Experimental. Healing explores feelings of emptiness and disconnection during the isolating times of the pandemic when healthcare and technology added paradoxical complexities of connection and disconnection. Solitary Director: Daniel Farmer. USA. Brooklym, NY. 9:00. Narrative Short. The Demeter carries the first crew to a habitable exoplanet. After an accident the ship is lost with a single survivor determined to complete the mission and find humanity’s future. The Bridge Director: Ulises A Morales. Spain. 4:00. Narrative Experimental. The bridge, symbol of the universal understanding of traffic and the search for connections, proposes an open dialogue with the viewer (a passage) through our bridge concept. It's Coming It's Real Director: Steven Gray. USA. 7:45. Visual Experimental / Found Footage. Montage film for "It's Coming It's Real" by Swans, attempts to capture the reality of colonial genocide, capitalist political-economy, racist and patriarchal violence, and the forms of revolutionary politics required to avoid corporate fascism and climate fueled social collapse. SATURDAY DECEMBER 11, 2021 American Mountaneering Center Foss Auditorium, Golden, CO. 07:00 PM FILMS Rainbow Dragon. Director: Gabby Sumney. USA, PA. 1:06. Visual Experimental. A letter to a six year old artist who wants to make the world more beautiful with her art. The Ephemeral Orphanage. Director: Lisa Barcy. USA. Chicago, IL. 15:00. Animated Short. Paper animation. A group of tattered paper dolls daydream and live out their childhood fantasies. Created with found paper dolls cut from a 1920’s newspaper found in an attic. The Stream XI Director: Hiroya Sakurai. Japan. 7:50. Nature Experimental. The Stream series follows the course of water through irrigation channels for rice paddies and the environments that exist inside and outside them. The Stream IX looks at the relationship between the channels and the economy that makes the channels possible. Professor Sakurai is a DUFF award winner an a 4th time return filmmaker. The Edge: Director: Sage Hammer. Denver, CO. 4:27. Narrative Experimental. Inner images, perseverance, triumph. Wave Form Director: Tiz (Daniel Tysdall). Toronto, Canada. 8:17. Visual Experimental. WAVE FORM stands as a contribution to the growing interest in making memorable art that aims to to counter the silence and stigma around mental illness. 1-800-555-HELP Director: Collin Jackson. USA. Grand Junction, CO. 12:38. Narrative Short. A depressed college student struggles to find any help for his mental health. Theatre is Magic Director: Ashley Sengstaken. USA. Los Angeles, CA. 9:37. Narrative Short. After closing, a small independent theater releases a compilation of their most significant and controversial performances. Runrainbow Director: David A. Holcombe. USA. Chicago, IL. 10:03. Narrative Experimental. Reality is in the hands of the enemy. Dij Origins Directors: Gregory A.N. Coots, Jason Bond. USA. CO/NM. 22:55. Narrative Short. A female detective, Dij, remembers her origins as she fights for the best aspects of humanity in a war-torn world in 2050. 8:30 pm - INTERMISSION 9:00 pm - AWARD CEREMONY 9:15 pm - FILMS Three Seconds Later Dir: Justin Sweidel, Christopher Shepherd. USA. Spring, TX. 11:54. Documentary. On December 5th, 2017 four men were working on a corn farm when they hit a natural gas pipeline.The resulting explosion took the lives of two farmers, a father and son. This tragedy had a devastating impact on their families and the entire community around them. Gaia Director: Hector Quijano. USA. Denver, CO. 13:30. Narrative Experimental. One man's psychedelic odyssey leads him to an encounter with a transcendental force of nature in this award winning short. The Truth About Hastings Director: Dan Schneidkraut. USA. Mineapolis, MN. 9:33. Narrative Experimental. Strange things are afoot in Hastings, Nebraska. An examination of the anxieties of visiting small towns in America using allusions to popular conspiracy theories perpetuated by modern technology.. The Dark Odyssey Director: Michael Lavine. USA. NY. 8:31. Animated Short. Claymation, A brave captain and his faithful mate transport a captive warrior who holds The Inventory of The Mind, but suddenly their mission is jeopardized. That’s When I Thought I Could Hear You Director: Matt Whitman. USA, PA. 8:42. Visual Experimental. That was when I thought I could hear you on petals, on fire, and on the edge of the bridge Darkness in Daylight Director: Bennett Paul Peel. USA. Grand Junction, CO. 8:00. Animated Short. Lego stop motion animation. Thunder Rises Director: Evan Curtis. Grand Junction, CO. 4:10. Stop Motion Animation. In a vanishing wilderness, man silences the freedom of the wolf. Changing Lanes Director: Carl Hansen. USA. Van Nuys, CA. 10:30. Narrative Short. A social media influencer slowly deteriorates in front of her followers after her husband leaves her for another woman. We're All Zombies Director: Chris Farina. USA. Galloway, NJ. 1:57. Music Video / Found Footage. An American yearbook of 2020 SUNDAY DECEMBER 12, 2021 American Mountaneering Center Foss Auditorium, Golden, CO. 07:00 PM FILMS Origami Director: Andy Sowerby. Music: Martin Del Carpio. 4:03. Music Video. he video aims to capture a raw, organic, tactile energy by scratching and painting directly onto found super 8mm celluloid film. Prudence Director: R.D. Womack II. USA. WY/CA. 4:55. Narrative Short. During a winter storm Prudence hears strange chanting outside her cabin. Stuck Director: David Mikalson. USA. Los Angeles, CA. 13:51. Narrative Short. A gymnastics coach must deal with a stranger who stalks their gym. The man makes a bold move and the coach responds with an even bolder one. Moving Flowers Director: Edward Collins. USA. Denver, CO. 8:46. Narrative Short. What do we leave behind once we're gone? Lisa Bell - Back Seat Director: Katrina Miller. USA. Boulder, CO. 4:50. Music Video. Dust (Solo Polvere) Director: Serena Giordano. Italy. 6:24. Narrative Short. Rossella and Guglielmo's older brother, Edoardo, passed away. Death brings the two siblings back together...maybe. What Happened to Stephanie? Director: Ciro Ayala. USA. Los Angeles, CA. 7:42. Animated Short. 2D animation. The story of Liz and Stephanie and their companions Zee and Hayden during Occupy Wall Street and the aftermath of sudden love. Encore Director: Matthew Deimling Johns. Ohio/Barcelona. 11:22. Narrative Short. A rock show triggers a conversation about music, love, and one man's relationship with his father. FLUX Director: Cléa Van Der Grijn. Sligo, Ireland. 16:44. Narrative Experimental Made using only available light and the full moon Flux explores themes of death, loss, love, isolation and mental fragility using literal and abstract imagery. Killing Time Director: Cody Lovorn. USA. San Antonio, TX. 8:00. Narrative Short. Having a phone that duplicates whatever it takes a picture of might seem like a super power. But for one troubled young man, this power becomes the ultimate weapon to keep his inner demons at bay. 8:30 pm - INTERMISSION 9:00 pm - AWARD CEREMONY 9:15 pm - FILMS Undying, Unforgiven. Director: Jack Vander Veer. USA. Superior, CO. 10:54. Narrative Short. A corpse refuses to stay a corpse, inciting a woman to accept the death of someone who they were close to. The Remembering Movement Director: Mersolis Schöne. Germany/Austria. 8:45. Nature Experimental. A film tryptich, "Thinking-Chant", "Gaze-Frame", and "Light-Texture" based on the painting/assemblage "Poetikweltlichter" by Marion Steinfellner and the poem "Since Then" by Mersolis Schöne and Marion Steinfellner. The Creep Director: Ed Mizner. USA. Los Angeles, CA. 11:47. Narrative short. A screenwriter becomes obsessed with his writing partner's betrayal, but is he who he thinks he is? Fulcrum Director: Timothy David Orme. USA. 8:35. 2D Animation. Rowing through space, self, and consciousness, the math of the universe unfolds. Devour Director: Kate Raney. USA. 3:20. 2D Animation. With reference videos from my front yard, I created animations and collaged them with cyanotypes of garden material and audio field recordings from travels. Waveform Director: Tiz (Daniel Tysdal). Canada. 8:17. Visual Experimental. A look into the powers of film by transforming a variety of “waves” through the waveform monitor,as a means of confronting the experience of mental illness. Perfect World Director: David Wilde. USA. Monroe, NH. 5:53. Nature Experimental. This film is intended to capture the essential qualities of life in terms of pure visual and auditory perceptions as musical composition and the overall experience as an extended look at a painting. She Who Invites Director: Sarah El Bakkouri. Canada. Vancouver, BC. 7:22. Visual Experimental. An abstract visualization of the Shinto tale of Izanami; the Goddess of Death and Creation. Normal Porn for Normal People Director: Amber Rose McNeill. Australia / Wisconsin. 3:47. Visual Experimental. An appropriated media piece that explores our societal need to consume violence for entertainment |