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DALLAS, Oct 5, 2016 Films, presentations and showcase screenings with live
music accompaniments, which are rarely seen anywhere else but a festival,
screen during the 29th edition of the Dallas VideoFest (http://videofest.org/)
from October 18-23, 2016. Overall, approximately 125 programs including
narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, and experimental videos
will be screened during the 6-day Festival. This years VideoFest will, of course,
include the latest films from many local filmmakers.
This year, VideoFest features three special presentations with journalists
discussing how the news reporting process has changed over time and continues
to evolve. One presentation offers a look back at the WFAA archives housed at
SMU Libraries with panel of notable DFW journalists; another features a
long-time editor of the CBS staple, 60 Minutes; and the third, presented by
Associate Publisher Doug Latino of The New York Times, covers the latest in
Virtual Reality.
VideoFest is proud to partner with Women In Film.Dallas
(http://www.wifdallas.org/) for its 15 anniversary of the Chick Flicks Festival
with shorts and two feature films: HARDY and QUAKER OATH. VideoFest also
shows new works from Austins Rooster Teeth (http://www.roosterteeth.com/)
with several of its co-creators here to talk about the future of independent
studios and distribution.
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VideoFest stays true to itself by running the gamut from new documentaries of
media, people and societal issues to narrative features and shorts.
SYZYGY Quartet is the name of the Meadows New Music Ensemble, directed by Dr.
Lane Harder. It performs the music of living composers, creating high-quality
encounters with new music that are innovative, engaging, and relevant to a diverse
audience.
Website: http://www.rebirthofanation.com/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/3ljIq0lz0qY
FILMS AND PROGRAMS AT ANGELIKA STARTING OCT 20
349
Kristen Lauth Shaeffer
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
349 is a collaborative animated film that explores the idea that we're all
imperceptibly connected. A dance performance was videotaped and converted
into a series of still frames. 349 different people each redrew one of these
frames to represent themselves and someone with whom they have an important
connection).
Website: http://www.kristenlauthshaeffer.com/349
9546 km
Sergio Garca Locatelli
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
I came here more than 7 years ago from a place 9546 km away, and I keep
looking into myself to see if Madrid is still my city.
The Act
Dorukhan Turan
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Duygu is an actress whos finally landed a role, but shes nervous because the
part is an unusual one for her. Shes excited to screen the movie to her friends.
The Adventures
Chuck Workman
Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man about to turn ninety, living in a nursing home, talks revealingly about the
past, the present, and the future, and the dying girl who chose him to create one
of her final memories.
Director Frank Capra delves into his art of directing, revealing inspiring insights
into his methodology of storytelling, working with actors, writers, and studio
chiefs, while offering gems of information still relevant to todays filmmakers.
Directed and edited by two time Emmy winner Allan Holzman.
Director in Attendance
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Sai Selvarajan
Narrative Short
Plays with Maid
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at Angelika 3
Thaddeus is a teenager in love. Love comes with panic. Silence. Racing thoughts,
but no words. Just, audible static. In the last days on analogue, Thaddeus finds a
way to cheat the system.
Director in Attendance
Baba Yaga
Cydney Cox
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at Angelika 7
A desperate father makes an unimaginable sacrifice in order to save his dying
daughter.
The Bahian (Brazil)
Camilo Estrada
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
In Brazil, a country currently going through a severe economic crisis, special
people like Ivan appear to give some hope. From the state of Bahia, (northeast
Brazil) he goes to Rio de Janeiro on vacation and visits the beautiful beaches of
Copacabana and Ipanema, where he learns to enjoy what was once work to him:
fishing.
Ball is Life
Terry Bluez
Plays with TEMPLE SHALOM SOFTBALL: THE FIRST INNING
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Ball is Life is the story of a young female basketball star on the verge of
earning a Division I scholarship under the intense coaching of her overbearing
father. But when her hoop dreams are jeopardized by an unplanned pregnancy,
she must decide which is more important, Ball or Life?
Filmmaker in attendance
BLUR CIRCLE
Chris Hansen
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 7 p.m. at Angelika 3
Jill Temple is a single mother still grieving the loss of her young son after he
disappeared two years ago. Unable to face the possibility that she has lost him
forever, she pursues every lead and meets Burton Rose, a man with a shrouded
past. The details of that past and how Burton has responded to it force Jill to
look at her life in a completely new way.
Director in Attendance
Website: http://www.hansenfilms.com/blur_circle.html
Bossman
Theresa Varga
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A spaced out but wildly imaginative stoner goes on a quest to the seek the truth
about "Bossman" a local chicken shop owner and his secret chicken shop plans
that seem out of this world.
Website: http://www.theresavarga.co.uk
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/178975882
Breakfast in Bed
Payton Thropp
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A young girl faces changes in her family with bravery and hope.
BURDEN
Tim Marrinan & Richard Dewey
Documentary Features
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 3 p.m. at Angelika 3
For more than 45 years, Chris Burden's work has challenged ideas about the
limits and nature of modern art. His pioneering and often dangerous
performance works of the 1970s earned him a place in art history books while he
was still in his early 20s. But as the 70s progressed Burden became disillusioned
with expectations and misconceptions based on his early works, and as the
pressure grew, the line between his life and his art blurred.
Website: http://www.chrisburdenfilm.com/
Chasing Light
Brian Newman
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika Theater 7
Wyman Meinzer is one of a kind. Hes part cowboy, conservationist, biologist,
hunter, trapper, and world class photographer. A jack of all wild trades, he
doesnt fit any traditional mold.
The film is based on the book of the Shoah survivors Batsheva Dagan and
insights into life in the Warsaw Ghetto from the perspective of a little Jewish boy.
Cinerama
Excerpt
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously
from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen,
subtending 146 of arc. The Cinerama Corporation marketed the trademarked
process.
Concealed
Dakota Ford
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Students can carry concealed handguns on campus so she uses her right in
doing so. She goes to campus to work on a project and stays late into the night.
She has to decide quickly if hes a threat or not.
Director In Attendance
Confessions of a Breastimator
Jisu Kim
Narrative Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika Theater 7
Confessions of a Breastimator is a story of a breast aficionado who reflects
back on her life as an animator with a passion for cartoons and animating double
Ds. Although created fully digitally, the film uses traditional hand-drawing
methods that pay tribute to the limited animation style of the 50s.
Contigo
Luis Valdovino
Documentary Short
Re-inventing the Image
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Contigo is a waltz with family and tradition, close to the South Texas border.
This film explores a musical style that evolved in the lower Rio Grande Valley in
the early 19 Century after local musicians began using accordions brought by
German settlers. The project is based on a song written by one of the pioneers
of conjunto music, Don Santiago Jimnez. His son, Santiago Jimnez Jr,
performs it in this video.
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Crystal Lake
Jennifer Reeder
Experimental Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
When a struggling young Muslim girl feels unsafe at the skate park, a group of
girls takes over, forming an all-female force field on the half pipe. Maximum
daylight, zero boys: a group of girls band together to help a friend in need. This
film is a grrrl power anthem.
Dead Mall
Dustin Morrow
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Once bright and shiny temples of commerce, malls across America have become
virtual ghost towns ravaged by online shopping, new upmarket urban shopping
communities, and big box discount stores.
Deafblind Couple
Esteban Pedraza
Narrative Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Deafblind Couple is a short cinematic ode to the sensation of touch and the
feeling of intimacy with another human being. A man and woman who can
neither see nor hear wake up in bed next to each other, communicate, and
rekindle their relationship through touch alone.
Door
Andrea Schmitz
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Gaia must summon the bravery to face her fears and come together with her
mother to defeat the evil living just behind the mysterious green door in their
creepy house.)
A Drag Queen for Kids follows Dito Van Reigersberg and his alter ego, Martha
Graham Cracker, as they perform. Jokes are reshaped, songs carefully altered,
and innuendos abound. This short film shows that what makes a drag queen
powerful and dangerous isnt her clothes. Its her empathy.
Dreams about Kimono
Nikolay Kozlov
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
In a small provincial town in Central Russia, a teenager is passionate about judo,
but his mother is too poor to buy him a new robe. The teenager enters
competitions to win the first place prize a new robe.
El Submarine (Spain)
Wenceslao Scyzoryk
Narrative Short
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Even at 95 years old, Juan Marin goes to work every day at the School of
Cinema, where he enters a laboratory called The Submarine to painstakingly
create a colossal machine whose one goal is to restore the splendor of damaged
celluloid films.
Electric Pilgrims
Van McElwee
Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Shot over many years in numerous locations, the piece was edited for two years
and finished under a Regional Arts Commission Artist Fellowship. McElwee
describes the new work as an intersection of worlds, swollen with apparitions.
He adds The monumental setting of the Public Media Commons is the ideal
venue to premier Electric Pilgrims.
Chip Lord has partnered with Hayden Pedigo, a young musician and native
of Amarillo, TX, to produce a video portrait (with live musical
accompaniment) of the wind-swept landscape of Amarillo that begins and
ends at Cadillac Ranch.
Valentines Day provides the backdrop for this comedy short that asks the
question: How can trying to do something so good turn out so f-ing wrong?
Hardy
Natasha Verma
Documentary short
Chick Flicks presentation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 3:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Inspirational, true film on Heather Hardy who rises above the gender inequalities
in pro-boxing to become a world champ.
Website: http://hardythemovie.com/press-reviews/
Website: https://www.kartemquin.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/109284111
How the News Got Made: A Rare Look at SMU's WFAA Newsfilm and a
Conversation with the People who Created It
Jeremy Spacklen
Presentation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Discover how the news was captured and shared in the days before the internet
and 24-hour news networks. A panel of notable WFAA staff, including on screen
personalities and behind the scenes personnel, present clips and share stories of
how news was gathered in the 1960s and 1970s.
Co-presented by SMU Libraries
Director in Attendance
The Itching
Dianne Bellino
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm at the Angelika 7
The Itching is about a shy wolf who attends a dance party thrown by a group
of hip, freewheeling bunnies. Though the wolf longs to connect with the exotic
strangers, anxiety overwhelms her, and she descends into obsessive itching.
Jackdaw
Travis Champagne
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A father mourns on the one year anniversary of his wife's disappearance.
Jenny and Tom have found the happiness that eludes others by living life on
their own terms. But sometimes doubt comes from the warmest of places.
Juke Passages From the Films of Spencer Williams
Thom Anderson
Black History Re-imagined
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Juke, in which Thom Andersen reconsiders the films of Spencer Williams, the
pioneering African American screenwriter, director, and actor whose 1940s
melodramas centered on sinners and saintsBeale Street mamas and storefront
preachers, crime bosses and upwardly striving lawyers and soldierswho are
tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation. I
began to notice a remarkable documentary record of black life in the 1940s in
these films, Andersen observes. There are the nightclub scenes, of course, but
there is also a precious recording of residential spaces, from the shack in THE
BLOOD OF JESUS to the comfortable middle-class rooming house in JUKE JOINT.
[My] film brings out these documentary qualities by looping shots of empty
interiors and showing actions freed from the plot. I am not trying to make some
new meaning from these films; I am striving to bring out the meanings that are
there but obscured by the plot lines: the dignity of black life and the creation of
dynamic culture in the segregated society in small-town north Texas. I regard
my movie as akin to Walker Evans photographs of sharecroppers home in 1930s
and George Orwells essays on English working class interiors.
Last Night
Shannon Cloud
Experimental Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
On the final night of their DIY stand up comedy tour around Texas, five comics
grow closer as friends.
La Petite Mort
Anna Maria Alaimo
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Two eighty-year-old ladies have been best friends for decades. When they are
given an opportunity of a lifetime only one of them may claim, what's been
lurking beneath the surface of their friendship is exposed with unexpected and
funny results.
Like a Photograph
Tom Varisco
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, Angelika 7, 8:45 p.m.
A casual snapshot of a woman reveals a dark truth about the photographer. The
whole thing is based on a single snapshot photograph that Varisco shot a
number of years ago.
Lonely Logan
Daniel Duerto
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
My friend Logan is lonely.
Long Departure
David Ellis
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Award-winning filmmaker David Ellis explores the relationship between moving
image and sound. Long Departure is a visual poem about time, aging and the
blur between departure and destination. In this non-traditional storytelling
portrayal, the interplay of image, sound and atmosphere lets viewers create their
own narrative, in a cinema created as pure visual poetry. Shot on B&W Super8
film in Paris, with video montage and a minimalist musical score from Hanois
Nhung Nguyen. (soundawakener.com).
Director in Attendance
Maid
Raphael Parry
Narrative Short
WORLD PREMIERE!
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
An imaginative retelling of the spiritual journey of Joan of Arc, transposed to
modern-day Marfa, Texas. In one long night, Joan's enemies, her saints and the
mysterious Marfa Lights all converge to chase her toward the fire that will
complete her mythic destiny.
Filmmaker in Attendance
Mini Maestro
Cheryl Allison
Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
The power of imagination as seen through the eyes of a 3-year old boy.
Minor Setback
Augustine Frizzell
2016 TEXAS FILMMAKER'S SHOWCASE
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
High school dropouts and BFFs, Jessie and Angela come up with a brilliant
excuse to skip out on work so they can spend a day at the beach. The pleasures
of laying in the sand, smokin' fatties and eating donuts are so close they can
almost taste them ... until something unexpected goes down.
A Miracle of Hanukkah
Adi Spektor
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man arrives home early from a business trip to celebrate the first day of
Hanukkah and he finds a supernatural surprise.
Molly Blooms
Elena Megalos
Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, Angelika Theater 7, 8:45 p.m.
Molly, proprietress of a small flower shop, makes three bouquets over the course
of her day, confronting a private experience in the process. Story, artwork, and
stop-motion animation by Elena Megalos. Sound by David Scott. Music by Tim
Or.
This Moment
Sven D.
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
This Moment is a visual poem dedicated to surfing and the search for that
moment when your body and soul become one with nature.
Mu
Tom Ludwig
Experimental Short
A Different Perspective Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A meditation on impermanence inspired by the destruction by fire of a neighbor's
house and life expressed through personal/lyrical imagery and the thoughts and
poems of Ed Sanders.
Muscle
Heidi Miami Marshall
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Amanda is married to Craig, a terminally ill man. She has been by his side,
bathing and feeding him for the past seven years. She cares for him day in and
day out, the weight of it all taking a toll on her life and her marriage. But their
marriage was broken long before the disease, and those cracks have never gone
away. Now, frayed by a life in stasis, Amanda realizes it's time to make a choice.
A meeting with a stranger becomes Amanda's final chance to regain her hope.
Oddball
Joshua Moore
Short
On Film compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A creative profile on Stephen Parr, the Oddball behind San Francisco's Oddball
Films.
Paleta Power
Ruben Chang
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
An inspiring story about a single mother, Rosa, and her daughter, Lily. Rosa
makes a living selling paletas and is in disbelief. Lily's misfortune finally
brings community in and pushes Rosa's faith to go against the
establishment with a voting campaign that brings community together
overcoming adversity defeating the establishment.
Parametric
Amila Kumarasinghe
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
The endless needs of man have destroyed nature and turned us blind to the fact
that humans are part of nature. If you were the last person on earth, how would
you ensure your survival?
Pen
Diego Rico & Carlos Corra
Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Richard, a young college graduate, is moving into his new apartment to begin his
life away from home. After speaking with his brother over the phone, Richard
recalls an old girlfriend who also lives in the same city. Before he can finish
writing down the phone number, Richard is interrupted by his new neighbor.
Priyanath
Anietie Antia-Obong
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday, Oct. 22, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Six year-old Priyanath imagines himself to be a superhero taking down imaginary
villains with his extraordinary powers. But when he learns of a real danger near
his home, Priyanath must decide if hes actually got what it takes to be a real life
superhero.
The Prodigy
Richard Krall
Music Video
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A young female scientist creates a clone of herself as she had always hoped to
be seen by the world.
Push Pull
Edward Ramsay-Morin
Experimental Short
Re-inventing the Image Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:15 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Push Pull is a collage film created using clips from the Prelinger Archives. It
taps footage from scientific films to explore themes of power and control and
combines them to imply fragmented and distorted physiologies and create spatial
and psychological tension.
QUAKER OATHS
Louisiana Kreutz,
A Chick Flicks Presentation
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 9 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Premiere
When Quakers get married, they ask every wedding guest to sign their marriage
certificate. Its a sweet tradition that signifies the importance of community. But
when Joe and Emily want to get divorced, that sweet tradition creates an
unexpected challenge: now every guest must cross off their name to make the
split official. In this off-beat comedy, our two would-be divorcees hit the highway
to track down friends and relatives, revisiting old feelings and discovering new
ones along the way.
Website: http://www.quakeroathsmovie.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxyqFdwd07
Rebel Skeletal
Mark Ridlen
Short
Performance Value Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22, 10:25 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A loving tribute to David Bowie and a few of the different forms of mystical
religions he followed during the 1970s. Through the dream lens of two of his
young fans you too will wonder - what is real and what is imagined? Music by
Lithium X-mas.
retrospective of artist Tracy Hicks, which was held shortly after Hicks' death, and
includes interviews with those who were closest to him.
Filmmaker in Attendance
Roadside Assistance
Bears Fonte
Narrative Short
The Power of Stories Compilation
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A mysterious woman stranded by the side of the road hitches a ride with a
passing stranger.
ROOSTER TEETH
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 4:45 p.m. at the Angelika 2
A pioneering Austin studio is responsible for some of the biggest online series in
history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series,
Connected follows two people who give up their smartphones, laptops and the
internet for 24 hours. Cast Member Blaine Gibson in Attendance
Day 5, Episode 1, Waking Nightmare, set in the aftermath of a fatal sleep
epidemic and encroaching apocalypse, fuses serial drama and thriller around a
human story of survival and redemption. Co-creators Josh Flanagan, Chris
Demarais, and Daniel Fabelo in attendance
Website: roosterteeth.com
SIGGRAPH
Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 2
This special session of SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer
GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques) at VideoFest presents highlights from
SIGGAPHs 2016 Computer Animation Festival, which celebrated its 43st year
as the world's most innovative exploration of computer-generated animation and
visual effects.
Website: http://s2016.siggraph.org/
Spectratta
Susan Maughlin Wood
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Spectratta, is a video companion to Sonatina for Violin and Piano "Parallel
Plaid, in which time stretches and compresses in ways that will be familiar to
those affected by Autism SD and ADHD/ADD. The film seeks to celebrate the
spectrum of neurodiversity.
Spider Veins
Frank Mosley
Narrative short
Plays with Maid
Friday Oct. 21st, 9:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A mercurial narrative about the reunion of two old friends. Loosely inspired by
Ibsen's 'A Doll's House'.
Split Decision
Kel Davis
Narrative Short
Stories from the Edge Compilation
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 6 p.m. at the Angelika 7
Spunkle
Lisa Donato
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited
wife ask him to be their sperm donor.
STENOGRAPHY
Lee Murray and David Smith
Documentary Feature
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 7
This is an experimental comedy using poetry and prose and is inspired by events
in Germany in 1923, when right- and left-wing revolutionaries fought for the soul
of Germany and the world.
STREETS OF A SCION
Gabriel Duran
Narrative Feature
Thursday Oct. 20th, 9:15 p.m. at the Angelika 2
Award-winning graduate filmmaker Gabe Duran is releasing a hood drama for his
latest film, STREETS OF A SCION. In STREETS OF A SCION, a young man
named Bobby loses his father and moves into an unfamiliar neighborhood. He
tries to find himself in Cee, a neighborhood thug.
Director in Attendance
Website: http://duran1films.wixsite.com/gabrield
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIQBemNyDX4&feature=youtu.be
Sweet Love
Stephen Crompton
Documentary Short
On Film Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 7
From a sprawling Florida retirement community, entertainment producer Alvin
Bojar recounts his brief foray into softcore porn production in the early 1970s.
Website: http://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/
TITO
TRACKTOWN
Jeremy Teicher & Alexi Pappas
Narrative Feature
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 2:45 p.m. at the Angelika 2
In a small town obsessed with competitive running, a famous but lonely track
star is torn between chasing love and chasing her Olympic dreams.
TRACKTOWN stars Alexi Pappas, co-writer/co-director, an actress and elite
athlete who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Co-Director Jeremy Teicher in Attendance
Website: http://tracktownmovie.com/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/184622009
Two Landscapes
Neil Needleman
Narrative Short
A Different Perspective
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 8:45 pm in Angelika Theater 7
A clash between the landscape the eye perceives and the one thats deeply
embedded in the mind. Starring Herb Rogoff as the artist.
UNBROKEN GLASS
Dinesh Sabu
Documentary Feature
Part of Kartemquin 50 Year Celebration
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 4:45 p.m. at the Angelika 3
When he was six-years-old, Dinesh Sabus parents died. Raised by his siblings,
he had little idea who his parents were or where he came from. Now as an adult,
Dinesh sets out on a journey to piece together their story. Uncovering a silenced
family history and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his siblings must reconcile
themselves with the past and confront the trauma of losing their parents and the
specter of mental illness.
Director in Attendance
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/UnbrokenGlassFilm/
Undertow
Shelly Brandon
Short
15th Annual Chick Flicks Festival
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 5:45 p.m. at the Angelika 7
A visual and emotional journey through one woman's experience with
depression.
Wake Up
Wes Sutton
Big D Mobile III
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 1 p.m. at the Angelika 3
A man wakes up to a new job and a perfect day with his family, but all may not
be as it seems.
Director in Attendance
White Cane
Katie McCullough
Narrative Short
Differently Abled Performers Compilations
Saturday Oct. 22nd, 2:30 p.m. at the Angelika 3
Vanessa, a passionate would-be dancer who is blind, develops a deep friendship
with Danielle, who struggles to translate her love of dance into movement.
Wikileaks V6.1
The Yes Men
Catching Up with the Yes Men, Snowden and Julian
Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3
The Yes Men hang out with Julian.
Guillo tells the story of Dr. Gregorio "Guillo" Yanez, a doctor at the Shoulder to
Shoulder clinic in Santa Ana, Honduras, who overcame poverty to get a medical
education.
Piece of Naan (Irving)
Rijaa Nadeem
Narrative
An outcast in Pakistan, Rafi is a transvestite who earns a living through begging
and selling his body. He meets Nadia, a member of the upper class forced into
prostitution by her indebted father.
Director in Attendance
Rashad Released (Arlington)
Fatimah Films
Documentary
Released from prison after 5 years, Rashad Abdul-Walee seeks difficult
challenges in adjusting to the real world. Rashad's biggest obstacle is gaining
trust and respect from his 4 children whom he fathered by four different women.
However, with faith, love and support by his family and religious values, he will
continue to strive for a new beginning.
Director in Attendance
A Song for Danny (Austin)
Andrew Garbus
Narrative
Danny, a jazz pianist in Austin, Texas, gets an offer to sign with a big recording
label in New York. Over the course of one night, Danny must decide what's more
important, his career or his relationships with those he will have to leave behind.
Thread (Forth Worth)
Erik Clapp
Documentary Short
About artist Gabriel Dawe at the Amon Carter Museum
Director in Attendance
Wakinyan (Arlington)
4 Tone Poem
Wakinyan is a Lakota word meaning thunder or thunder spirit. The language is
one used by native people of the American Great Plains. Thunder is one of the
few things that still exist on the Plains unaltered by man. It has always existed,
and will hopefully - remain unchanged. Wakinyan offers a glimpse into a
pristine, natural world displayed on a canvas as big as the sky.
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DALLAS VIDEOFEST 29
Updated Fact Sheet
WHAT:
VideoFest 29 presented by the Video Association of Dallas
VideoFest.org
FESTIVAL BADGES and TICKETS:
http://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/2454570830469247
All-Festival Badges: $150
(Includes Opening Night Tickets and all films, and Festival Lounge)
WHEN and WHERE:
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 8 p.m.
Opening Night Event:
Dallas Chamber Symphony presents
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS (1927)
Dallas City Performance Hall
2520 Flora St., Dallas, TX 75201
Opening Night tickets
Single performance, individual tickets:
$19-$55 each
$15 for students
VideoFest Badge
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/videofest
Instagram:
http://instagram.com/videofest
About Dallas VideoFest 29:
VideoFest (VideoFest.org) is now the oldest and largest video festival in the United
States and continues to garner critical and popular acclaim. VideoFest prides itself on
bringing films to the theater that are rarely available to be seen anywhere else. Films
like Experimental/Art Films, Animation, Narrative and Documentary Shorts, as well as
Documentary and Narrative Features and some hard-to-find Classic TV episodes and
Classic Films are often in the mix.
History of VideoFest: Cutting-Edge Art
Merging art and technology since 1987, VideoFest has specialized in independent,
alternative, and non-commercial media, presenting hard-to-find works rarely seen on
television, in movie theaters, or elsewhere, despite their artistic excellence and cultural
and social relevance. Even in a Web 4.0 environment where everything is seemingly
available on the Internet, the VideoFest provides curatorial guidance, a critical voice in
the wilderness navigating the vast and diverse landscape of media, helping to
interpret its cultural and artistic significance. The event provides a communal
environment for real-time, face-to-face dialogue between makers and audiences.
Dallas VideoFest 29 Sponsors
MAJOR SPONSORS: Jeff & Jani Leuschel; City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs;
Texas Commission on the Art; Dallas Film Commission; The National Endowment for
the Arts; AMS Pictures; Alford Media Services; KERA; CharlieUniformTango;
Mockingbird Station; Prekindle; and Selig Polyscope Company. Sponsors: Angelika
Film Center Dallas; FilmFreeway; Studio Movie Grill; Harry Moss Foundation; F R E E M
A N Audio Visual Solutions; Proof and Pantry; Jersey Mikes on Greenville; and
Instagram Cat Mom. REBIRTH OF A NATION Co-Sponsors: Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU
Meadows School of the Arts; MAP - Make Art with Purpose. Dallas VideoFest 29
Lounge Sponsor: Dallas Film Commission. Media Sponsors: KERAs Art & Seek;
AMS Pictures; The Common Desk; Selig Film News; Sell.com; SullivanPerkins;
TheaterJones; and Freeman. Special Programs Sponsors: Fort Worth Film
Commission; Houston Film Commission; Texas Film Commission; and Texas
Association of Film Commission. Sponsors and Contributors-Special Thanks: Jeff
& Jani Leuschel; Jim & Deborah Nugent; Spencer Michlin; Andy Streitfeld; and Texas
Theatre. Transportation: American Airlines. Content Support: Women in Film.Dallas.
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