Filmmakers
Thursday, May 22th, 2008 6-10pm
¬Director: Jamie Teer – Austin, Texas
Is a frist time director. Jamie Teer is an actress
making her filmmaking debut. She is a Native American
activist learning to balance her love for Spirit and her love for acting.
Film: “SHIKEIKEE" – 7 min Experimental, Short
ShiKeiKee is an experimental love ballad featuring the
duality of one woman revealing her outer and inner self. The
viewer goes on a psychedelic journey through a seductive
reality to a sensual dream of truth. In her own language,
Little Black Bird speaks a poem of ShiKeiKee (Eternal Love).
¬Director: Hazel Meek– United Kingdom
Hazel started her training in Fine Art with the emphasis
on painting and sculpting. In the autumn of 2000, the
study of Photography became her passion, which
ultimately lead to a career in moving images.
Film: "The Art Of Tease"- 11 min Short
The Art of the Tease follows the story of Sadie Powell
a sultry burlesque dancer. On the night she has to deliver
the performance of her lifetime she finds herself drawn
to a handsome stranger. hazelmeeks@ucla.edu
¬Director: Maria Gigante- Chicago, IL
As a storyteller, I am interested in exploring how personal
relationships form and change over time. Girls Room is definitely
a story about how they begin. Our main character, Sammy, is very
private, but it isn't until she lets her guard down that she finds
companionship and loses her fear. Whether it's through similar
anxieties, shared pain, or the same bizarre sense of humor, it's
that ability to share what is real within two people that leads to
meaningful connections, which in turn can help people overcome
obstacles that they may struggle with on their own..
Film: “Girls Room” – 10 min, Short Drama
Girls Room is a dark comedy that tells the tale of a young
girl who must confront the much-feared school bathroom,
where she is sure to encounter terror, humiliation, and isolation.
But, when she finally takes matters into her own hands, she
discovers that maybe she isn't so alone in this big, bad world..
¬Director: Meg Weidner- Anniston, AL
Meg Weidner is a homegrown, Southern woman with a strong
passion for the arts. Meg's primary background is in acting, but
recently she took the bull by the horns and wrote her own screen
play, "You're Too," which she also directed and starred in.
Film: “Your’re Too” – 12 min Drama
Whether auditioning for the role of a life time or playing
her part in everyday life, Mandy is always too something...
You're Too' explores the common theme of judgment and
how everyone faces being judged on some level. Through
strong female friendships and her own inner strength and
confidence, Mandy realizes that she's everything of exactly
what she needs to be, regardless of external judgments.
¬Director: Corky Pumilia – Austin, Texas
Corky Pumilia is a first time director making many short
films about the life around her. She is a spiritual meadiaist
and travels the world studying the Spiritual prayer rituals of
women, the love of Mothers for their families and women’s
beliefs of the higher consciousness.
Film: “Your Mama and Two Meals” – 11 min Doc
You’re Mama and Two Meals is a travel documentary
shot in Fes, Morocco. It documents the oral history of,
Saidia Douni, a Muslim Mother and her secret recipes
to life. Corky2p@aol.com
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 6-10pm
¬Director: Yelena Demikovsky, New York, NY
Has directed two full-length documentaries, and Unity, and the
award-winning The Story of Fenist. Demikovsky is in post- production
on a feature documentary, This is Our Mission..., and I am Vera... and in
production of And Then Comes The Glory... In addition, she has written
five short scripts, two feature scripts and a two-act play.
Film: “Shell” – 17 min Experimental
Sea.Sand. Sun. Two children meet on a beach. The boy is
black, the girl white. Life appears beautiful and simple when
you're eight. But it's not the same for their parents, who had
had a liaison in the past. They relive their compromised
commitments. yelena@redpalettepictures.com
¬Director: - Bonnie Blake, Oakland, NJ, World Premiere
Bonnie Blake is a new media artist, animator, filmmaker, author,
and Associate Professor of Design and Interactive Media at Ramapo
College of New Jersey. Her work has been screened at national and
international venues, most recently at New Media New Work in
Cambridge MA and the International New Media Festival in Chiangmai,
Thailand. Bonnie is currently working on the animated short based on
a homeless woman, Behind the Purple Coat.
Film: “To Lost To Find” – 13 min documentary
Too Lost to Find explores the fears, losses, sorrows, laughter, and
the cost of living on the streets for a group of homeless people as
they struggle to survive and stay invisible in a city in the United States
(Hackensack, New Jersey) that doesn’t want them there in the first place.
¬Director: Elena TaJo- Albuquerque, NM
Elena TaJo is a psychologist filmmaker whose mission is to trigger
shifts in perspective through art and conversation. The films are
an amalgam of performance art and documentary forms, and
examine life dilemmas in a playful way..
Film: “Duet with Doubt” – 3 min Experimental
A woman confronts her shadow. Reading her mother's poem,
On Doubt,' the woman engages with the unsavory presence
and discovers how to start working. tajopro@gmail.com
¬Director: Joanne Hershfield,- Chapel Hill, NC
Joanne Hershfield has worked in film and video for over twenty years
producing and directing award-winning social and cultural documentaries.
Recent documentaries include The Gillian Film (2006), Women in Japan:
Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future (2001); Nuestra Comunidad:
Latinos in North Carolina (2002); Leading Women, 1998; and Between
Two Worlds: A Japanese Pilgrimage, 1992.
Film: “Men Are Human & Woman Are Buffalo” –30 min Documentary
A country that is promoted to western tourists as
a fairy tale land of beautiful beaches, pristine countryside,
cheap vacations, and a thriving sex trade industry, Thailand
is also one of the developing countries with the highest
incidence of violence against women. hershfld@email.unc.edu
¬Director: Molly Vernon/ Bryce Galbraith- Houston, Texas
Molly is a theater and film professor in Houston, Texas and an award-winning
filmmaker and writer. Her narrative feature screenplay “Trashman” based on
the real local serial killings along I-45 is in development. She recently worked
on Jesse Salmeron’s film, “This Is America” as Unit Production Manager and
will be working with Mel House on his film “Walking Distance” shooting
this summer in Houston, Texas.
Film: “Predator” –7 min Short
One young girl gets singled out in the park to be the
next victim of a child molester and we share the shocking
results. mollyvern@aol.com
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 6-10pm
¬Director: Hazel Gurland- High Falls, NY
Hazel Gurland, after receiving her Masters degree from Columbia
University's Graduate School of Journalism, began working on long
-form TV documentaries at ABC News Productions in New York.
These programs aired on A&E, National Geographic, and the Travel
Channel. Gurland also worked as an Associate Producer at the History
Channel on the quarterly series, Save Our History..
Film: “First” – 39 min
The women in First come from a variety of geographic
backgrounds: urban, suburban and rural, a variety of
racial/ethnic backgrounds, and a variety of socio-economic
backgrounds. In addition, the women in First span four
generations revealing the change in sexual attitudes from
the 1920's through today. walterme@newpaltz.edu
¬Director: Reina Solunaya , Seattle, WA
Film: “Foreign Language”, 19 min short
Set in Los Angeles, “Foreign Language” is the story of
Delphine, a French artist, and Sebastián, an Argentinean student,
whose passionate love affair begins one unexpected evening in
a local tango club. But they are ultimately torn apart by their
individual fears and desires. All that remains are memories.
¬Director: Alpha, Passion Fruit Studio, Austin, Texas
Film: Drive, 30 min short/Drama
Drive is a wild ride-along with two lovers through a surrealistic
landscape of past and present. Called an " artful masterpiece" and "
a lesbian Scanner darkly" by reviewers, Drive is director Alpha's
latest work that explores power and complicity in relationships --
all through the metaphor of a ride through the desert of the heart.
Drive stars the lovely Native American/Syrian actress Lynne Kirby ,
" Sid" Everett and co-stars Holly Lorka.
¬Director: Kasumi Hiraoka, Japan
Film: RAKUGAKIIROMACHI, 30 min New Media/Experimental
Japanese prostitutes have turned their backs to conventional society!!!!!
They are vulnerable yet fearless and maintain their innocence
regardless of their profession. mybrassierefilm@hotmail.co.jp
Sunday MAT, May 25th, 3pm to 6pm
¬Director: Suzanne Guacci, Sayville, NY
Cycles is the first film from writer/director/producer Suzanne
Guacci. Cycles is a slice-of-life drama shot entirely in one location,
taking place over the course of one day. Characters come and go
on this day, sharing time and traveling on in anonymity allowing
us just a glimpse on this seemingly ordinary yet extraordinary day..
Film: Cycles, 74min Feature
Set exclusively in a Laundromat, Cycles, is simply one
day in the life of this Laundromat from its opening to its closing.
Characters come and go throughout this day, sharing time and
then heading back to their lives, traveling on in anonymity. Cycles
is a character driven piece with a 'sweat sock' at the center. The
handling and mishandling of this sock is our invitation into the
lives of the characters who enter, allowing us just a glimpse on
this seemingly ordinary yet quite extraordinary day.
¬Director: Alexis Krasilovsky
In the 1980’s . she founded the Street agency, which
published poetry by women and minorities. She is now
creenwriting professor at California State University Northridge,
and recently wrote and directed the award winning documentary, “
Women Behind the Camera”
Film: Some Women Writers Kill Themselves, And Other Poems
Alexis krasilovsky, in her poetry videos, works expertly
with contradiction. Her poem speak of disaster and
despair yet produce feels of hope—G. Murry Thomas, Next
¬Director: Robin Hayes, Santa Clara, CA,
Robin J. Hayes is a scholar and filmmaker who
completed a combined doctorate in African American
Studies and Political Science at Yale University.
Film: “Beautiful (me) Finding Our Revolutionary Selves In Black Cuba” – 45 min Doc
Beautiful Me(s) is the true story of a diverse group of underdog
students who travel from the elite cloistered environment of Yale
University to the rebel state of Cuba. In the streets of Havana and
Santiago, they witness extraordinary hip hop, reggae and rumba
performances, strike up conversations with Cubans from all walks
of life. robinhayes@aya.yale.edu
Sunday, May 25th, 7pm to 10pm
¬Director: Jamie Teer – Austin, Texas
Film: “SHIKEIKEE" – 7 min Experimental, Short
ShiKeiKee is an experimental love ballad featuring the
duality of one woman revealing her outer and inner self.
The viewer goes on a psychedelic journey through a seductive
reality to a sensual dream of truth. In her own language,
Little Black Bird speaks a poem of ShiKeiKee (Eternal Love).
¬Director: Maria Gigante- Chicago, IL
Film: “Girls Room” – 10 min, Short Drama
Girls Room is a dark comedy that tells the tale of a young
girl who must confront the much-feared school bathroom,
where she is sure to encounter terror, humiliation, and isolation.
But, when she finally takes matters into her own hands,
she discovers that maybe she isn't so alone in this big, bad world..
¬Director: Annetta Marion – New York, NY
Her body of work as a filmmaker and director includes
over ten short documentary and narrative films, as well as
broadcast commercials, public service announcements and
episodes for a web series. For her work, Marion has received
a directing fellowship at AFI’s prestigious Directing Workshop
for Women, and has been nominated for the Working Woman
Entrepreneurial Excellence Award and the Northern Ohio Live
Awards of Achievement in Film/Radio/TV.
Film: “Donut Heaven” – 14:14 min Short Drama
Phoebe, a chain-smoking daughter who is thoroughly
fed up with her obese mother's penchant for Jesus and
overeating, comes up with an ingenious way to help her mother
and herself. Her idea is a simple bet; for every ten pounds that
mom drops, Phoebe will give up one day of the week smoking.
¬Director: Corky Pumilia – Austin, Texas
Film: “Your Mama and Two Meals” – 11 min Doc
You’re Mama and Two Meals is a travel documentary shot i
n Fes, Morocco. It documents the oral history of,Sadia Douni,
a Muslim Mother and her secret recipes to life. Corky2p@aol.com
¬Director: Kasumi Hiraoka, Japan
Film: RAKUGAKIIROMACHI, 30 min New Media/Experimental
Japanese prostitutes have turned their backs to conventional
society!!!!! They are vulnerable yet fearless and maintain
their innocence regardless of their profession.
¬Director: Alpha, Passion Fruit Studio, Austin, Texas
Film: Drive, 30 min short/Drama
Drive is a wild ride-along with two lovers through
a surrealistic landscape of past and present. Called an " artful
masterpiece" and " a lesbian Scanner darkly" by reviewers, Drive
is director Alpha's latest work that explores power and complicity
in relationships -- all through the metaphor of a ride through the
desert of the heart. Drive stars the lovely Native American/Syrian
actress Lynne Kirby , " Sid" Everett and co-stars Holly Lorka.
¬Director: Hazel Meek– United Kingdom
Film: "The Art Of Tease"- 11 min Short
The Art of the Tease follows the story of Sadie Powell a sultry
burlesque dancer. On the night she has to deliver the performance
of her lifetime she finds herself drawn to a handsome stranger.
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