2005 Films

Filmic Achievement

This send-up follows several obsessive, over-eager and mostly pretentious auteurs-in-training as they prepare for the “biz”. At prestigious UNY, situated in a five-story walk-up, we meet: Delvo Christian, who majored in semantics and minored in semiotics at Brown and wants to make an existential French film; tortured little rich girl Constance van Horn, performance artist with an Oedipus complex, who wants to make an abstract art film starring herself; and chunky Mike Pack, who lives in his mother’s basement, emulates Tarantino and wants to make an “explosive” film. Their professor, Buck Felty, teaches the 13 steps of filmmaking but somehow only gets to step #9.

Year: 2005, Length: 79 min., Format: BetaSP, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer: Kate O’Neil, Director/Writer: Kevin Kerwin, Cinematographer: Rick Lopez, Music: Dennis Lewin, Editor: Aaron Lubarsky
Cast: Matthew Lawler, Andrew Benator, Claire Winters, Dave T. Koenig
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Formosa

Albuquerque, 1951. A struggling community of social guidance filmmakers, search for ways to keep their studio afloat and spend their last dollars on a mysterious con man they mistake for a Method actor. The con man wants a quick buck, and the filmmakers want a realistic edge to their films. Both get much more than they bargained for in this warm, engaging comedy in the spirit of Pleasantville, Ed Wood and Shadow of the Vampire.

Year: 2004, Length: 86 min., Format: BetaSP, Origin: California, U.S.A.
Producer: Anita M. Cal, Director: Noah Kadner, Writer: Jamieson Stern, Cinematographer: Tyler Oliver,  Editor: Tirsa Hackshaw
Cast: Steven Gilborn, Jamieson Stern, Jessica Kiper, Clayton Rohner, Geoffrey Lewis
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Hot Lunch

In a cross between the British "Coupling" and American "American Pie," four men, Jack, Tom, Hugo, and Shag, and their female counterparts are all in varying degrees of woeful love lives. In an attempt to improve their situations they tackle the New York dating scene, hitting the clubs and bars, restaurants and parties with an enthusiasm that is unparalleled. They soon learn though, that in order to find the lighter side of love, they'll have to experience the darker side of dating.

Year: 2005, Length: 90 min., Format: 35mm, Origin: New York, U.S.A.
Producer: Cecily Tyler, Rory Kindersley, Director/Writer: Rory Kindersley, Cinematographer: Till Neuman, Composer: Adam Balazs, Paul Goldman, Editor: Jason Eastman.
Cast: Rocco Cafferelli, Ben Uttley, Kirk McGee, Samantha Raddock, Charlotte North, Rory Kindersley.
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Stay Until Tomorrow

'Stay Until Tomorrow' is a funny and kaleidoscopic film-within-a-film that centers on Nina, a former teenage soap star who dropped out of college to travel the world, and then never stopped. In the several years since, she has remained attached to the adventurous lifestyle of a transcontinental drifter. Back home for a visit, she drops in unannounced on her childhood friend Jim, and asks if she can crash with him for a few days...which turns into a few weeks...

Year: 2004, Length: 92 minutes, Format: 35mm, Origin: Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Producers: Amy Geller, Laura Colella, Carlo Ruggeri, Donald R. Sweitzer, Director/Writer: Laura Colella, Cinematographer: Richard Rutkowski, Composer: Alec K. Redfearn, Editor: Laura Colella,
Cast: Eleanor Hutchins, Barney Cheng, Alison Folland, Slava Mogutin, Reena Shah, Pierre Mignard, Patrick Clarke, Eddie Bernard, Paul Kaup, and Aaron Jungels


 

The Wayfarers

A family of lobsterman are reunited when the dying, compulsive lying matriarch of the family wants to stage a Remembrance Ceremony while she's still alive. Her estranged son Alex is forced to endure the week with his proctologist Uncle; his religious spouting Aunt; his 'nam flashback Vet Uncle; his Don Johnson obsessed brother; and his ex-girlfriend, a nurse who is caring for his mother. All the while Alex has to listen to his father, who wants him to become a fisherman like himself. The Wayfarers is a feature film dramady about family, love, and lobster set against the backdrop of a New England fishing village.

Year: 2005, Length: 83 min., Format: HDcam, Origin: New Hampshire, U.S.A.
Filmmaker: Todd Norwood