Extremely Shorts Film Festival
Juror Brent Hoff from Wholphin DVD in attendance
Saturday Screenings: June 18, 3PM and 5PM
Closing Party Picnic: Saturday, June 18, 6:30PM
Location: Molly Gochman’s Studio, 2442 Bartlett Street
*Tickets No Longer Available For Purchase Online; Door Sales ONLY
Saturday Screening Admission: $10 Non-Members; Aurora Members Free with RSVP
Picnic Admission: $15 Non-members; $10 Members
These films under three minutes in length may be short on time, but they are rich in passion and ideas. Come see what our 2011 Juror, Brent Hoff, selected from the amazing submissions of animated, experimental, narrative, and documentary short films. Cast your vote for your favorite film and support the filmmakers of this year’s Extremely Shorts. The awards will be given out at the annual picnic with a menu from Saint Arnold Brewery, Ruggles Green, Mission Burrito, Whole Foods Market, My Fit Foods, Crave Cupcakes and Natachee's Supper N Punch followed by the time-honored karaoke tradition.
Special thanks to Hotel Icon for their support of this program.
Your 2011 Extremely Short Films Are:
Mini by Bryan Arguello
The Woodlands from above.
Ad Astra by Leslie Ash
Ad Astra presents a glimpse into an individual’s past, present, and future. The story explores the relationship between now and then, here and there, reality and fantasy, and life and death.
The Face Shop by Noella Borie
A dark animated comedy for children about a boy called Faceless Neil. Will Neil find a face?
Try To Say by Noella Borie
A traditional paper cut animation for a music video from Lauren Molina’s album.
What It Feels Like for a Girl by Eric Dano
A poem.
The Rules of Attraction by Mel Edelman
At one point in my life I was an active participant in the computer-dating scene. In the process of reviewing many hundreds of photographs, some interesting patterns began to emerge.
Take My Hand by Karina Farek
A short film combining stop motion and traditional animation in which two pieces of paper try to escape the mundane life of being stuck to a bulletin board.
Captain Jack by Karina Farek
A space-age bounty hunter relentlessly tracks down the fugitive "Captain Jack" within a high school. This film combines stop motion and traditional animation in a large environment.
Announcement by Joshua Funk
A Woman makes a big announcement to her friends.
Kataklysm by Kat Goins
An experimental video that presents a grid of performances.
Anything Else by Case Hathaway-Zepeda
A man transforms himself with a haircut.
Please Come Visit Ivanhoe by Otis Ike
Please Come Visit Ivanhoe is an experimental piece in which the layers of a rural Appalachian streetscape are bequeathed a quality of magical realism through the fantastical interpretations of a Ty King. Raised by his grandmother, Ty’s relishes in interpreting the homes by their flower arrangement, snake infestations and beautifulness. Ty’s mysterious vocabulary over the backdrop of Ivanhoe reworks the semi abandon town into an eden of Appalachian mythology that must be visited.
America by Mark F. Kindred
A large man suits up for an operatic jog through the park, but to what end?
Heliotropes by Michael Langan
The parallel goals of man and nature through the most primitive and sophist acted means, to simply stay in the light
Revolution by B. Lynch
Revolution can mean an upheaval or a circling back. The fantastical imagery in B. Lynch's Revolution is of radical change as the charlatan tells our "fortune". Our fortune ends like all, in decay. This meditative yet slyly funny take on life and death is accompanied by a tongue in cheek song--"It's a Wonderful Day".
We Need A Bike by Molly McIntyre
What does it mean to be safe?
Despejado by Antonio Pérez
A few clouds in the sky and something shines far away.
How Do I Look? By Alexandra Roriguez and Alanis Castano
A boy gives his eyes a break after a big starring contest.
Carbon Study III by Sarah Rushford
Carbon Studies III, the third of a series of vignettes shot in Berlin in the summer of 2010, is a lyrical piece with a tone of vulnerable transcendence. It is informed by Berlin’s unignorable history.
Elle Be Jay by Melissa Tran
This text-based video visually highlights a long forgotten (and widely unknown) phone call made by a widely known man.
Paradise Beach Resort by Christine Veal
A private beach resort that starts off as a picture perfect place to relax, but has uncomfortable consequences
Tropical Burrowing Peach Worm by David Waddell
A nature documentary, which shows the survival of an exotic underground worm. What happens when the maternal figure comes above ground to save her offspring?
Brent Hoff is the editor and co-founder of Wholphin DVD where he films drunk bees, crying competitions, and illegal trans-border volleyball matches. Before that he authored Mapping Epidemics, a book on pandemic disease transmission, made TV at The Daily Show, VH1, and Nickelodeon, and wrote articles about squid. He has four feature film scripts in pre-production including one on the Last days of Old Dirty Bastard. He hopes one of them actually gets made someday.
Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine published by McSweeney’s, lovingly encoded with unique and ponderable films designed to make you feel the way we felt when we learned that dolphins and whales sometimes do it.
