ATLANTA UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
AUGUST 23 - 27, 2006 AT EYEDRUM & CINEFEST. See WWW.AUFF.ORG for latest info.
On this night:
Documentary Shorts Program : The True Reality Show Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ Eyedrum
6:30 PM
running time: 79 minutes
Documentaries have always been a great way to peak inside the lives of unique individuals. With these AUFF documentary shorts, we meet an angry computer user, an elevator operator / aspiring writer, a memorable cast of circus performers and the many women who are committed to making and supporting pornography.
*DO YOU WANT THE ELEPHANT MUSIC
Dir.: Leslie Dektor - NY - 17 min.
The ring allows us to see the lives and understand the feelings of the circus performers.
*HOT AND BOTHERED : FEMINIST PORNOGRAPHY
Dir.: Becky Goldberg - NY - 37 min.
Wow - leave the kids at home for this one! Hot and Bothered takes a rare look into the pornography industry and the feminist community to see how they intertwine within and poetics of female sexuality.
THE ELEVATOR OPERATOR
Dir.: Jonathan Skurnik - NY - 8 min.
A meditation on the simultaneous power and futility of hope.
DELL HELL
Dir.: Neil Ira Needleman - NY - 17 min.
You can't promise a $400 rebate, and then try to weasel your way out of it. As if we didn't have enough to worry about - what with terrorism and religious fanatics trying to upset our way of life!
Spanish Shorts Program: A Conquest of Film
Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ Eyedrum
8:00 PM
running time: 66 minutes
Don't miss an AUFF salute to Spain with this wonderful collection of films. From hilarious comedies to dark dramas, these shorts will have you longing for the warm coast of Barcelona and the hot city life of
Madrid.
*A FALTA DE PAN
Dir.: Martin Rosete - Spain - 11 min. (Spanish, English Subtitles)
Spain, after civil war, and two men duel in a time when there are rations on their weapon of choice - bread.
REVOLUCION
Dir.: Martin Rosete - Spain - 7 min. (Spanish, English Subtitles)
Tired of the monotonous life he is living, this romantic protagonist decides to break the established social order and start a personal revolution.
CONTRATIEMPOS (MISFORTUNES)
Dir.: Antonio Gomez-Olea - Spain - 14 min. (Spanish, English subtitles)
A sickly older man on a bus intensifies Javier's problems with his neighbors, job, and marriage. At what point is enough too much?
VENCIDOS (O EL SUENO DE LA RAZON)
DEFEATED (OR THE DREAM OF REASON)
Dir.: Ana Prieto - Spain - 9 min. (Spanish, English subtitles)
Obsessed with the novel of Don Quixote, Don Felipe is capable of doing anything to defend a just cause.
ECHOES
Dir.: Estefania Muniz Villa - Spain - 25 min. ( Spanish, English Subtitles)
After a terrible accident, Liv learns how to live without judging anyone - not even herself.
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International Shorts Program : It's Foreign To Me!
Thursday August 24, 2006 @ Eyedrum
9:00 PM
running time: 81 minutes
Take a trip across the world with an AUFF collection of international shorts. These unconventional films promise intense sexual energy. All of the filmmakers show a real flair for creating meaningful work outside of pre-established genres.
*BEING
Dir.: Jonas Kr. Nielsen, Soren H. Boeskov - Denmark - 11 min.
Three chapters: DEMON is about a young man in conflict with suppressed homosexuality, SON is about mother fixation, REPLACEMENT is about a couples anxiety for love and and their need for desire.
GET BACK TO THE HEARTBEAT
Dir.: Inza - France - 6 min.
Destroying the instruments of control is the first step to personal liberation and reclaiming one's individuality.
A MAN MEETS A WOMAN
Dir.: David VAn Poppel - England - 6 min.
A man finds his chance to meet a beautiful woman when she drops her wallet at the subway station.
CALIFORNIA
Dir.: Irene M. Borrego - Cuba - 12 min. (Spanish, english subtitles)
Alicia is an elderly woman who goes to live at a retirement community. Her new welcome her dearly, but there is something wrong with Alicia's new home.
DESDE EL ESTOMAGO (FROM THE STOMACH)
Dir.: Roberto Contador / Gonzalo San Martin - Chile - 30 min.
(Spanish, english subtitles)
A gang of killers paid by a sinister institution are dedicated to street cleaning a society saturated with paranoid, violent, intolerant and psychotic images.
EXTASE DE CHAIR BRISEE (BROKEN FLESH ECSTASY)
Dir.: Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt / Frederick Maheux - Canada - 16 min.
The prey becomes the predator on a quest for a murder fueled orgasm.
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Experimental Shorts Program : Film as Art
Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ Eyedrum
10:30 PM
running time: 97 min.
We take a moment to explore the idea of cinema as art during the AUFF Experimental Shorts Program. From experiments in form, shooting style and story, these films are perfect examples of real art cinema.
*BICENTENNIAL NIGGER
Dir.: Matthew Jackson - CA - 5 min.
Based on Richard Pryor's stand-up routine of the same name, the film examines the African American experience from Jamestown to Hurricane Katrina.
*THE BOY IN THE AIR
Dir.: Lyn Elliot - PA - 2 min.
An enigmatic advertisement inspires a letter. The corporation writes back.
*SWORD BOY
Dir.: Tristan Orchard - Canada - 5 min.
A primitive still picture animation about racism, swords and one boy's quest to attain greatness.
CONSENTING ADULTS
Dir.: Neil Ira Needleman - NY - 4 min.
Ghost image from a family's movie archive becomes a looping dance of desire and disapproval.
FOUND
Dir.: Sherri Larsen - ATL - 10 min.
In viewing the hundreds of anonymous home movies, what responsibility does the filmmaker have to the images?
THEREABOUTS
Dir.: Peter Byrne / Carol Woodlock - NY - 5 min.
A layered visual journey reflecting landscape and memory.
ONE OF LIFE'S PLAYERS
Dir.: Daniel G Hughes - UK - 3 min.
Gun control meets art.
THE MUSE: A GIRL'S DELICIOUS DAYDREAM ABOUT A DANGEROUS MAN
Dir.: Diana Whitten - NY - 13 min.
A twisted Pygmalion tale of love darkened by obsession.
THE ADVENTURES OF BARON-ORMESAN II - A GREAT FILM
Dir.: John Rasmussen - FL - 15 min.
A French film company exploits the actuality of film in order to create a profitable enterprise.
TWO TRACKS
Dir.: Robert St. Mary - MI - 11 min.
An expressionistic short about a young man's struggle with bi-polar disorder.
TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME
Dir.: Eric Potter - CA - 2 min.
A rejected lover reflects on the probable current behavior of his ex.
LOVE ME, LOVE ME, LOVE ME
Dir.: Eric Potter - CA - 7 min.
Several lovers come to understand that there is nothing left to say.
TRISTESSE
Dir.: Eric Potter - CA - 4 min.
A repetiteur has a difficult time finding adequate ballerinas for her ballet.
HEATHER'S BOW
Dir.: Karen Forss - WY - 6 min.
A fairytale about the transformative power of shoelaces.
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