cFF 2008 * May 29- June 1, 2008 : Films that other festivals are afraid to show

FILM STILL	FILM SYNOPSIS
	Réécrire sa vie Annie Coutu \| 25 min (Canada, 2007) Documentary Produced by Aisha Productions With no education, what kind of life will you have? Will you be able to understand all the government paperwork? Will you be able to hide the fact that you can't write or read? Will you be able to do the job that you want? The solution is maybe closer then you think...Seven (7) people give us the reasons they dropped out originally and what brought them back to school after all those years.Seven (7) people with different life styles and backgrounds, seven (7) people who found out that the only way to touch their dreams is by rewriting their life ("Re Ecrire sa vie"). The documentary makes people of all ages and social bearings realize more the importance of having a good education. It is our hope that this documentary might help people in the same position as the people in the documentary decide to go back to school for a better education www.aishaproductions.ca/Reecrire.php
	Work in Progress (Out of Competition) Repentance Julio Antonio Toro \|13 min (USA, 2008) Suspense/ Horror Written by Julio Antonio Toro Produced by HollyHood Productions in Association with Pagan Images Father Brennan, a tortured priest, is forced to confront the demons of his past when a mysterious wanderer enters his church and forces him into a confession.Filmmaker's Comment: I created this film as a character study based on the Catholic Church's neglect in addressing theongoing problem of pedophile priests. I was fascinated by the idea that someone who dedicates their life to God can live their remaining days knowing that such an outrageous sin awaits them on their day of judgment: www.hollyhoodproductions.com www.myspace.com/julio_antonio_toro www.myspace.com/repentancemovie
	Saving Planet Earth Jonathan Powell \| 2:20 min (UK, 2008) animation comedy 'Saving Planet Earth' is a comedy showing the dangers of leaving climate change in the hands of politicians. A European president wants to solve climate change in order to make his mark on history. Looking for a grandiose gesture, he finances a space mission to bring back a new planet. Although he plans ecopower, his understanding is confused and his real interest is in raising ever greater taxes and getting a Nobel prize .jonathanpowell@concepttshirts.com
	Short Forms Eleanor Dubinsky \| 2 min 30 sec (USA, 2007) Video ArtsExperimental Created and produced by Eleanor Dubinsky Short Forms is a series of three experiments that zoom in on details of ordinary life to reveal moments of accidental beauty. Humorous, visceral, and personal, the works draw on the artist’s choreographic sensibility and are playfully crafted studies seeking meaning in the everyday moods and moments that often pass us by.Filmmaker's note: All footage in this video piece was filmed in Dunkerque, France during the very cold winter of 2005. Short Forms was first exhibited at the Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis, MO in 2007. eleanordubinsky@earthlink.net www.myspace.com/eleanordubinsky
	Sweets and Teats Geretta-Geretta \| 85 min (Switzerland, 2006) Dramedy Produced by Roger Brustio A married cake-baker during an art exhibit accidentally swallows the party drug K while under the influence she also steals her best friend's fiance. To save the friendhip and her own marriage she's forced to "cook-up" one outlandish scheme after another to avoid being 'outted' by the very industry that until now had nourished her. A small Swiss film with a sweet message against intolerance of any kinds in German with English subtitles.
	Talking Heads/Signing Hands Lizzie Sorkin \| 24 min (USA, 2007) Documentary A documentary that shows different faculty/staff/students' perspectives when coming from the other side of the community -- the deaf and hearing communities at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
	techqua ikachi: aboriginal warning Alan Gorg \| 42:50 min (USA, 2008) docudrama Produced by gwyn gorg, galyn gorg, alan gorg In the film TECHQUA IKACHI: ABORIGINAL WARNING--EDUCATION EDITION, indigenous people resist the exploitation and pollution of their ancestral lands by oil and mining interests.Part One: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HOPI, historical documentaryA young boy is taken away from the land by the government to school, to factory work, to unemployment, to war. He chooses to return to tradition and a more natural life.Part Two: EARTH SPIRIT, prophetic docudrama. A troubled city teenager of mixed ancestry is drawn back home to help defend the land, and an elder risks his life to stop the mining because of ancient prophecy that harming the earth will bring doom to humanity. Tribe and family are split apart as traditionals blockade the main highway to protest mining and drilling.All around the world, indigenous peoples are protesting the drilling and mining that has invaded their lands. Like Al Gore, many are concerned about the effect of global warming on their health and well-being, but few think about the health or well-being of those suffering right now at the sources of our energy and metals. www.geocities.com/alankentgorg www.venicevisionarymedia.net
	World Premiere The Bait Pile Jeni Decker \| 59 min (USA, 2008) Dark Comedy Written by Jeni Decker Produced by Susan Geyman for Closet Space Productions An agoraphobic woman who lives with her mother, lures YouTubers to her home, then kills them.Filmmakers Comment: A cautionary tale concerning the inappropriate nature of posting too much personal information on pubic internet sites, this is also a comedic romp through the dysfunctional lives of a mother and daughter. www.youtube.com/agorophobejeni
	The Dragon Who Eats Little Girls Lukas Constantine \| 9:35 min (Greece, 1990) horror/experimental The remains of an abandon factory near the sea, will be the ideal place for a young infidel mother to hide her crime. The oldest crime in the world namely adultery. She will arrive there on a hot summer day with her daughter (a girl no more than six years old) as well as with her lover. After they unload the kid by sending her to play, the two lovers start enjoying the pleasures of the flesh… Their intercourse will be interrupted at an inappropriate moment. The little girl comes back screaming: “there under the rocks.. into the sea… a man .. and together we sang….” There is no much to understand of all these incoherences. “What exactly did you see Alice?” Asks the lover. “A man under the rocks” replies the girl. “So you know who this man you saw is? He is the bad Dragon who eats the little girls….”The eternal conflict between the materialistic world of the adults and the fantasy world of the kids takes a new dimension in this tale of Septimus Dail. Filmmaker's Comment: “The Dragon Who Eats Little Girls” is a black comedy. It is the story of a little girl who tries to speak,but nobody pays any attention to her. Therefore the ending is an inevitable tragedy - a laughing tragedy. I can say that my film is a Greek cinematographic adaptation of Septimus Dale’s narrative; not only because the dialogs are in Greek (with English subtitles), but also because the strong sunlight, the landscape and the colors of the Greek summer they actually “play” into this versionIt was my very first film. This film passed on CBC – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and so I decided to stay in Canada. lukasconstantine@yahoo.ca

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