DUFF 20/21 Part 1 official program
2022 DENVER UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Althea Center 1400 Williams St. Denver, CO 80218 Theater located downstairs. Bathrooms located upstairs. No ADA access. Parking on site. Tickets; $12. $8 Students. Doors 06:30 PM Films 07:00 PM MONDAY NOVEMBER 14. 07:00 PM FILMS OAK Director: Quinton Kaine. Denver, CO. Stop Motion Animation. 05:47. A lone tree is visited by a young boy, revealing the horrors of life and the ill intentions of strangers. PUZZLE Director: Ricardo Muñoz Narrative Short. 14:25. Venezuela / Mexico In a dystopian society, Albertini must face an abusive and indifferent administration just to complete a simple puzzle. COLFAX Director Jesse Theobald. Highlands Ranch, CO. Narrative Short. 07:09 Two Homeless companions Old Jay and Kip struggle to find a way to get by in Denver on COLFAX, one of the longest streets in America. Chronicles of a Sassquatch Director: Hannah Tran. Denver, CO Documentary short. 08:31 This piece explores the journey of Meghan Fisher, Denver's "Sassquatch" that embodies a message of dancing with our deepest monsters that we often hide and shame. INTERMISSION 00:15 Minutes. Three Pride Flags Director: Tom Bessoir. New York, NY. Experimental Short. 02:00. Three permutating pride flags, inspired by Jasper Johns art. This is Tom Bessoir's second participation at DUFF. The Hundred Years' Binge/Our Current Predicament Directors: Pamela Falkenberg, Jack Cochran. Austin, TX. Experimental Short. 15:31. A poem by Jack Cochran, inspired by The New Yorker's article "The Hundred Years' Binge", republished for Earth Day 2022, which highlights how much we knew and how little has been done about the climate crisis. This is the directors' third participation at DUFF. MONAD Director: Hüseyin Mert Erverdi. Turkey. Experimental Short. 05:00 "Is it possible to create a film that both induces and reproduces a transcendental experience?" This is the director's third participation at DUFF. Speck Director: Diane Christiansen. Denver, CO (???) Animated Short. 03:15. Vagina fingers character explores universe gone mad. Mother Shipton's Prophecy Director: Tim Feeney. Newhall, CA. Experimental Short. 14:35. Inspired by the 15th century English prophetess. Four evocations of human presence during apocryphal end-moments. 1. Tide, thunder, snow, footsteps Cave Point, Wisconsin, December 2017 2. Spring peeper, pickerel frog, car Berkshire, New York, May 2011 3. Transmission tower, freeway, helicopter Elsmere Canyon, California, August 2021 4. Flock, crows, highway, airplane Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 2015. The Endless Director: Yvette Granata Experimental Short. 11:11 Produced from a series of experiments with AI neural networks and gender recognition bias from 2018-2022, the Endless is a recursive loop between humans interpreting AI and vice versa. The result is a digital sensory journey, roaming through an alien culture in a phantasmagoric landscape. COWBOYS Director Christopher McVay Los Angeles, CA. Narrative Short. 07:00 Sam and Jesse head deep into the wilderness to salvage their dying friendship. The strength of their bond will be tested as secrets that are as unforgiving as the woods they ventured into are revealed. The Lamb Director: Elijah Ziegler. Denver, CO. Narrative Short. 10:30 Timid Charlie tries to maintain his cool with Lucille, an odd and intense young woman who might have some ulterior motives. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15. 07:00 PM FILMS Low Tide: A Newly Restored Work by Thomas Wright Director: George Matthews. Brooklyn, NY. Experimental Documentary Short. Shot on 16mm in 1991, just a year before Wright’s death, Low Tide is a gorgeously textured, newly restored film-essay documenting a short walk in coastal South Carolina. Círculos Director: Hart Ginsburg. Chicago. IL. Experimental narrative short. 8:30 Is there a way out of our circular patterns? Or do we just keep orbiting? Mort is experiencing his path to inner healing. Moon Shadows Director Hart Ginsburg Chicago, IL Experimental Narrative Short. 05:12 An inner vision of healing and triumph. An epiphany through dance and imagination. A Stranger's Story Director: Alonzo Waller. Denver, CO. Narrative Short. 15:00 A stranger on a train tells a story of love, betrayal and conjure. Based on the video diaries of John J.J. Batiste Sr. Urubá Director: Rodrigo Sena. Brasil. Documentary Short. 15:31. The spirit world around you passes much more through the third eye than through the physical eyes. The invisible to Luiz's eyes is not invisible to his spiritual sensitivity. Close Up: An Odyssey Director: Nick Gatsby. Denver, CO. Narrative Experimental Short. 15:47. Join Lucy as she embarks on a spiritual journey to Mars in this psychedelic short full of excitement, mischief and music. INTERMISSION 00:15 Minutes Common Thread Project Director: Denver, CO. Documentary Short. 13:00. Filmmakers from around the world interview children about the impact of climate change. Latte Director: Hart Ginsburg. Chicago, IL. Experimental Narrative Short. 05:00. Hart works between the fields of psychotherapy and multimedia arts with the hope of providing experiential spaces for healing and reflections. Circumvolution Director: Hüseyin Mert Erverdi. Turkey. Experimental Short. 05:05. Mystics and philosophers of the ages saw geometry as a means to contemplate and inquire about nature (or divinity). Show Girl DIrector: William Briggs. Denver, CO. Narrative Short. 10:00. Two women challenge their husbands' expectations by embracing burlesque dancing and find their self confidence along the way. Expenses Director: Gary Fieldman. Denver, CO. Narrative Short. 10:30. Hitman on a budget. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2022. 0700 PM FILMS Terms of Service Director: Padrick Sean Ritch Experimental Short. 03:00 Waive all your rights. Or have them waived for you. RED DOT Director: Lucas George Lacy. Broomfield, CO. Narrative Short. 04:51 A newly famous actress, battles her new found fame with a red dot limbo within her head. Quince Til Infinity Letter From Darla Director Fritz Robinson. Wichita, KS. Narrative Short. Shot in 16mm film. 03:04 In this Noir drama, after being released from prison, Robert Tagmanelli receives a letter from his girlfriend, Darla Fontaine. The news is too much to handle. The Earth is Surveilled Director: Joseph Brown. Denver, CO. Experimental Short. 02:00 A short film that surveils wildlife in one location over 6 months. Shot in the forests of Colorado. Intersections Director: Hart Ginsburg. Chicago. IL. Experimental Narrative Short. 5:00 Captured moments at the famous Shibuya intersection in Tokyo. The Stream XII Director Hiroya Sakurai Experimental Short. 03:57 In the artificial environment of the rice paddy fields, water follows the rules of the artificial boundaries. As a result, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a new form of beauty. This is Professor Sakurai's 5th participation at DUFF with The Stream series. Boom Denver Diretor: Joseph Brown. Denver CO. Documentary Short. 02:21. Denver, CO A short film that visualizes Denver's recent growth boom. INTERMISSION 00:15 Minutes. THE SPRAYER Director: Farnoosh Abedi. India. Animated Short. 08:45. In the land of The Sprayers growing plants is forbidden. When a Sprayer finds a seed, it is the beginning of something revolutionary. An Apparition Director: Nagaraju. India. Documentary Experimental Short. 02:29. Cockroaches are very common across India, and at least 60% of India's population encounter them daily. During the pandemic lockdown it was an available subject for making this film. Bye Bye Lullaby Directors: Sonali Gulati, Rohan Gulati. Richmond, VA. Experimental Short. 04:42 When you are forced to leave your home, what do you take and what do you leave behind?. Glimpses of the 1947 partition of Pakistan and India. Inspired by her mother's collection of spinning tops. Shot in one long take, suggested by her son Rohan. Flipping Director: Rahul Barkley Narrative Short. 13:00 A little help from a bud will go a long way. The Foot Fetisher Director: Randy Zuniga. San Diego, CA. Narrative Short. 04:54 A comic book store owner lures customers to the back of his store to fulfill his bizarre fetish. One of his ventures backfires, bringing down his reign of terror. |