AIDS
AND POVERTY IN AFRICA
TITLE: "I Want To Be A Pilot"
Kenya/Mexico/Spain | Run time: 12 min. | Director: Diego
Quemada-Diez
| Tel 323-854 0404
Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Every day he sees
airplanes fly over him and dreams of becoming a pilot so that he,
too, can fly far away.
AWARDS
INCLUDE:
2007 Cleveland International Film Festival, Best Documentary Short
Film
2006 São Paulo International Film Festival, Audience Award,
Best Foreign Short
PHOTO(S):
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http://www.gfilmfest.com/PILOT/iwanttobeapilot3.jpg
PHOTO
CREDIT(S): Actor: Collins Otieno / Credit: Diego
Quemada-Diez
BEER
AND POETRY
TITLE: "At
The Quinte Hotel"
Canada | Run time: 4 min. | Director: Bruce
Alcock
| Tel 604 733 7475
Bottle caps spin, electric kettles pulsate, and flowers overrun everything
in this vivid, free-associative take on one of Al Purdy's most requested
poems. Director Bruce Alcock layers charcoal drawings and oil paintings
with stop-motion animation to visualize a live recording of Purdy's
gruff, world-weary voice. With visual puns and wry humor, the film
tells the story of a poet drinking wonderful beer in a dank basement
pub and transforming a bar fight into an impromptu poetry recitation.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2006 Boston Independent Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize, Short
2005 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Grand Jury Award, Canadian
Film
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24373483
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO
CREDIT(S): Bruce Alcock / Global Mechanic
DONALD
TRUMP’S VIEWS ON WOMEN AND THE FILM "CITIZEN KANE"
TITLE: “The
Movie Movie”
USA | Run time: 4 min. | Director: Errol Morris
THE MOVIE MOVIE (An Excerpt)
The Movie Movie
is based on the idea of taking Donald Trump, Mikhail Gorbachev and
others and putting them in the movies they most admire. Isn't it possible
that in an alternative universe Donald Trump actually starred in Citizen
Kane?
IN THE FESTIVAL CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=23858274
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Errol Morris
FRIENDSHIP
TITLE: "Salt
Kiss"
USA/Brazil | Run time: 18 min. | Director: Fellipe
Gamarano Barbosa | Tel 917 855 0898
On a secluded island off of Rio, the carefree 45-year-old Rogério
struggles to bring his recently engaged best friend back to the good
life.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2007 Aspen Shortsfest, Best Student Film
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24190499
PHOTO(S):
http://www.gfilmfest.com/SALTKISS/SALTKISS.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Actor: Rogério Trindade / Credit: Chris Teague
FRIENDSHIP
TITLE: "Vartan
LLP"
USA | Run time: 18 min. | Director: Myles
Price
One of the most powerful and successful businessmen working on Wall
Street is shaken to his core by one phone call.
IN THE FESTIVAL CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24519820
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Actor: Jay O. Sanders / Credit: Mátyás Erdély
HUMAN
TRAFFICIKING
TITLE: "Fair
Trade"
Germany/Morocco | Run time: 15 min. | Director: Michael
Dreher | Tel +49 172 724 57 53
The shortest
distance and at the same time the most obvious gap between the so-called
Third World Countries and Europe is the Straits of Gibraltar. Fair
Trade is one of the many stories that happen there every day.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2006 AFI Fest, Audience Award
2007 Aspen Shortsfest, Best Short Film
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24514296
PHOTO(S):
http://www.gfilmfest.com/FAIRTRADE/Judith_
Engel.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Actor: Judith Engel / Credit: Michael Dreher 2006
MEANING
OF LIFE
TITLE: "Everything
Will Be OK"
USA | Run time: 17 min. | Director: Don
Hertzfeldt | Tel 805 681 9089
A series of dark
and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his
life – or lack thereof. Single-handedly animated and photographed
without the use of computers, Everything Will Be OK is the first chapter
of a planned three-part story from Academy Award nominee Don Hertzfeldt.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2007 Sundance Film Festival, Short Filmmaking Award
2007 Atlanta Film Festival, Grand Jury Award, Best Animated Short
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24375368
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Credit: Don Hertzfeldt / Bitter Films
MURDER
TITLE: "The Shovel"
USA | Run time: 15 min. | Director: Nick
Childs | Tel 917 838 0966
When weekender Paul Mullin (David Strathairn) discovers his neighbor
digging a hole in the middle of the night, he simply writes it off
as a bizarre encounter...until the neighbor and his cheating wife
disappear. Worried that he's stumbled upon more than he bargained
for, Paul calls on the local sheriff (Tim Guinee) to help unearth
the truth, and finds out that, in a small town, some secrets are better
left buried.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Best Narrative Short
2006 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, Spirit of the Independent
Award
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24368377
PHOTO(S):
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http://www.gfilmfest.com/SHOVEL/FindingShovel.jpg
http://www.gfilmfest.com/SHOVEL/SheriffCole.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Actors: Paul Mullin = David Strathairn, Sheriff Cole = Tim Guinee
/ Credit Tom Sherman
RACISM
AND ANTI-MUSLIM SENTIMENT IN AMERICA
TITLE: "City"
USA | Run time: 8 min. | Director: Topaz
Adizes | Tel 917 658 0845
An Iraqi cabdriver in New York has a candid conversation with a Wall
Street passenger about Muslims and the post 9/11 world.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2007 Aspen Shortsfest, Best Short Short
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24113119
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO
CREDIT(S): Actor: Kamel Boutros / Credit: Mantra Pictures
SINGLE
LIFE / RELATIONSHIPS / BEING ALONE
TITLE: "Lovable"
Canada | Run time: 101 min. | Director: Alan
Zweig | Tel 416 531-3087 x338
At some point, everyone has asked the question, why is it so hard
to find love? In this final installment of the autobiographical trilogy
that includes Vinyl and I, Curmudgeon, Alan Zweig reflects with disarming
candor on why, if he longs for a partner and children, he is still
single at mid-life. Through intimate, heartfelt and often hilarious
interviews with a series of diverse, smart and attractive single women,
Zweig explores yearnings for the romantic myths of our culture and
the difficulty of finding and sustaining relationships. Some women
have come to accept and prefer being alone, but many still dream of
a future they can share. When his mother dies, the reality of dealing
with such painful life experiences alone hits home. Rather than remaining
the objective observer, Zweig approaches his female subjects as kindred
spirits, sharing their vulnerability and openness. A perfect mixed
tape of love songs provides the backdrop for this courageously candid
look at love and longing.
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=23856443
PHOTO(S):
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PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Appearing: Alan Zweig, filmmaker
Credit: Primitive Entertainment
SINGLE LIFE / RELATIONSHIPS
/ BEING ALONE
TITLE:
"High Maintenance"
Germany | Run time: 9 min. | Director: Phillip
Van | Tel 646 831 0680
Jane is unhappy with her dull husband and monotonous marriage. Thankfully,
in the near-future unhappiness can be made a thing of the past and
upgrades are always available.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2007 Aspen Shortsfest, BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence - Honorable Mention
2007 Florida Film Festival, Audience Award
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR:
http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24115215
PHOTO(S):
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http://www.gfilmfest.com/HIGHMAINTENANCE/High_Maintenance_Still_2.jpg
http://www.gfilmfest.com/HIGHMAINTENANCE/High_Maintenance_Still_3.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT(S): Actors: Nicolette Krebitz, Man = Wanja Mues /
Credit: Felix Novo De Oliveira
SINGLE
LIFE / RELATIONSHIPS / BEING ALONE
TITLE: "The
Big Empty"
USA | Run time: 21 min. | Director: J. Lisa Chang, Newton Thomas Sigel
When an unconventional
gynecologist discovers that a patient's nether
region contains an endless arctic wasteland, he packs his parka and
snowshoes and hits the talk show circuit.
IN THE FESTIVAL CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24112350
PHOTOS:
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http://www.gfilmfest.com/BIGEMPTY/bigempty.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT:
J. Lisa Chang
WAR IN IRAQ
TITLE: "Clear Cut, Simple"
USA | Run time: 14 min. | Director: Vineet
Dewan | Tel 323 882 6071
When a young U.S.
Army officer receives certain news from his
commander, the officer's friendship with his trusted Iraqi interpreter
is put to the ultimate test.
AWARDS INCLUDE:
2007 SXSW Film Festival, Special Jury Award
IN THE FESTIVAL CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24523984
PHOTO(S):
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http://www.gfilmfest.com//CLEAR%20CUT/CCS_Rob_Tepper_as_Captain_Matt_Garrett.jpg
http://www.gfilmfest.com/CLEAR%20CUT/CCS_Navid_Negahban_&_Skylar_Adams.JPG
PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Commander Brown tif = Franklin Peterson
All others = Jason Stone
WOMEN IN THE ARAB WORLD
TITLE: "A
Stranger in Her Own City"
Yemen | Run time: 30 min. | Director: Khadija
Al Salami | Tel +33 145 759 525
Najmia [Little Star] is 13 years old and has a radiant smile and a
candid gaze. In the old town of Sanaa in Yemen, everybody knows her.
For Najmia, openly showing her curls in the sunlight is a living
challenge to centuries of ancestral and Islamic traditions. Insolent
and carefree, she does not wear a veil.
IN THE FESTIVAL CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=24170140
PHOTO(S): http://www.gfilmfest.com/STRANGER/StrangerinherCity.jpg
PHOTO CREDIT(S):
Khadija Al Salami
WRITING
AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS
TITLE: "The Writer"
USA | Run time: 3 min. | Director: Carson Mell
A humorous short about science fiction writer "Lucas Reed"
explaining
the inspiration behind his work.
IN THE FESTIVAL
CALENDAR: http://guerrilla.bside.com/?_view=_filmdetails&filmId=23858975 |
