Shorts: Looking Glass

The Snell Show
(East Coast premiere)

Director: Andrew Black
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 8 minuets
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Every year the community gathers at the Snells’ trailer for the greatest show on earth.

Print Source: 490 East 4020 North, Provo, UT 84604, 801-224-8779, andrewjohnblack@yaho.com, www.thesnellshow.com

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Kinetic Sandwich

Director: Eric Dyer
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 3 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Converting space into time: the space is the physical form of the sandwich, which is then sliced through, taking a picture of each slice, and transforming the sandwich into time. A linear video piece… and it looks kinda cool too!

Print Source: Eric Dyer, 601 W. 38th St., Baltimore, MD 21211, eric.g.dyer@verizon.net

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Synapse

Director: Matt Kalish
Country: USA
Year: 2001
Running Time: 11 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Inspired by the tragic suicide of a childhood friend, “Synapse” explores the moment between cause and effect. Once a course of action is set in motion, its effect is often irrevocable.

Print Source: Matt Kalish, 4247 Dixie Canyon Ave. APT. 201, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423, m_kalish@hotmali.com

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Gray
(East Coast premiere)


Director: Parker Gindele
Country: USA
Year: 2003
Running Time: 32 minutes
Format: DVD

Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic narrative about the forces of Mother Nature, mankind, and the system that eats them all.

Print Source: 1323 Eutaw Pl. Apt. 1, Baltimore, MD 21217, 410-523-4569, park_gee@hotmail.com

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A Fall From The Clouds

Director: Craig Herron
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 6 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Live action is combined with 2D and 3D animation to tell this World War 1 tale of a beautiful young French girl in love with a handsome British pilot. Every morning she climbs to the tower of a chapel to watch for him as he flies toward to front to engage in aerial combat. One afternoon the danger follows him back.

Print Source: Craig Herron, Herron Designs, 4504 Fernhill ave., Baltimore, MD 21215, 410-664-6020, craigh9557@aol.com, www.herrondesigns.com

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The Great Movers Of Dust

Director: Ben Hayflick
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 7 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: A cleaning lady’s curiosity for the supernatural is tested when her employer decides to kill himself. She worries that his spirit will be trapped in the apartment – “how can they get to heaven if they can’t even get to the front door?” She must help him, somehow… and that’s where the dust bunnies come in.

Print Source: 96 5th Ave. # 16G, NY, NY 10011, 212-627-3956, cel: 917-325-0725, fax: 240-757-4043, bhayflick@yahoo.com

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Potential Energy

Director: George Su
Country: USA
Year: 2003
Running Time: 14 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: Jenny tries to convince her roommate, Richard, that there is potential energy between them. But first, Richard must realize that the energy between him and his ex-girlfriend is gone.

Print Source: 53 East 95th Street #2A, NY, NY, 646-672-5122, 917-270-4418, gs422@nyu.edu

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passe-partout

Director: Stephanie Maxwell & Allan Schindler
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 6:00
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: A collaborative film/musical composition in which an aerial mobile suspends magically in a three-dimensional space. Each of the pendants of the mobile reveals a unique visual and aural world.

Print Source: Stephanie Maxwell, 6 Bridgewood Drive, Fairport, New York 14450, 585-425-1832, www.rit.edu/~sampph
Allan Schindler, allan@ecmc.rochester.edu, 585-274-1575, www.esm.rochester.edu/allan/allan.bio.html

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Birdbeat (fugue)

Director: Geoff Adams
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Running Time: 4 minutes
Format: BetaSP

Synopsis: The ritual hierarchy at a backyard bird feeder accompanied by a saxophone ensemble.

Print Source: ga@geoffadams.com, www.geoffadams.com

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Por Mis Ojos (Through My Eyes)
(East Coast premiere)

Director: Richard Baker
Country: USA
Year: 1998
Running Time: 5 minutes
Format: DVD

Synopsis: An experimental reflection of the filmmaker’s dreams and memories of two key experiences: living in El Salvador and his childhood.

Print Source: 730 Puritan St., Baltimore, MD 21211, 410-662-7424, r.w.baker@verizon.net

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