UofT Film Festival 2008 [PAST EVENT]

Celebrating UofT’s rich contribution to the arts through its student & alumni filmmakers


Hart House Theatre,
The Hart House Film Board,
&
CINSSU
present

UNIVERSITY
OF TORONTO
FILM FESTIVAL
2008

March 12-15
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY
7pm

Tickets
(per night)
$8 / $5 students & seniors
general admission

One ticket covers an entire night.

Friday is FREE.

The University of Toronto Film Festival returns for its 7th year with a dynamic mix of shorts, features, and special presentations from the UofT community and beyond.


SCHEDULE


March 12
Wednesday

7pm
Super 8 Circus
(45:00)
Sponsored by the Hart House Film Board and Exclusive Film and Video

Brand new super 8 films projected with live music by GUH. Filmmakers include: John Porter, David Eng, Koom Kankesan, Sabrina Moella, Felix Kalmenson, Joel Barnes, Jo Dickins, Timothy Rothwell, Rick Palidwor, Yousof Malik, Judy Barros, Richard Fedorchak, Craig Butta, Alex Rogalski, Gabe Knox. See insert for final list and running order.


UofTube
(32:00)
Sponsored by the Hart House Art Committee

Warning: Suggestive Content
The Morning Commute
(1:00) by Timothy Rothwell
Shot on Super8; no sound.
This film shows the trip from my home to Hart House. The camera was carried in my pocket and set to shoot a frame every half second (which was a frame/step). The result is two interleaved time lapse movies from slightly different points of view.

Mindy's Oven
(1:10) by Cameron Moffat and Daina Hodgson
YouTube superstars Mindy Goldenberg and Brie Pantiesbreath find the silver lining in an itchy situation.

Bitch and Bass
(1:55) by Cameron Moffat and Daina Hodgson
YouTube megastars Brie Pantiesbreath and Mindy Goldenberg perform a captivating rendition of Renataabbade's "Bitch and Bass" dance video. The world of creative modern dance will never be the same.

Luvah Line
(1:22) by Daina Hodgson, Cameron Moffat and Ryan Kerr
Telephone dating services have their risks....

Comus God of Revels
(3:33) by Giulio Michelino
A street festival full of dance and joy.

Salvation
(1:48) by Giulio Michelino
A film set to a pantoum poem brimming righteous fire and brimstone.

Berlin
(3:50) by Jessica Duffin Wolfe with April Aliermo, Daniel Lee, Clea Desjardins
Over four colourful minutes in California, Toronto, and Berlin, this microfeature tells a tiny story about being swept away.

Homage to Pudovkin
(2:40) by Giulio Michelino
A 're-montage' of the last 15 minutes of Pudovkin's famous film 'Mother'.

American Immigrants
(9:00) by Taha Tabish, Shanele Soares and Nasir Husain with Mackenzie Gruer and Alexandra Hurley
An international crisis has prompted Americans to emigrate to Canada. These are video blogs commenting on the repercussions.

Toronto Path
(4:51) by Stephen Ng
The short film is a exploration of the Toronto PATH system, which serves as a stand in for the cyclical vicious cycle of the commercial market. In the film, we track an anonymous consumer who goes from McDonalds to McDonalds, buying the same things over and over without escape in an alienating setting.


8:30pm
Open Shorts I:
Genres
(77:00)

Warning: Coarse Language + Violence

The Pit and the Pendulum
(7:04) by Marc Lougee with Matt Taylor, Susan Ma, Philip Stanger, John Herberman, Pete Gugno, Mike Weiss, Ryan Fairley, Dean Holmes, Rosary Kwak, Paul Hunter and more The Pit and the Pendulum rediscovers this tale of judgment, condemnation, despair, hope, and eventual redemption. A victim of the Spanish Inquisition is brought before a tribunal where he is condemned and sentenced to the dungeons. Awaiting his death, he struggles with hope and faith, while his captors employ fiendish machinators in their efforts to unhinge him.

Frank & Stein
(9:36) by Stephen Boyle with Stephen Charles, Andrew James, Jenny Fushicn
A short film about Frank (a zombie) and his ghost (Stein) - Silent feature (intertitles & music)

Mother Bird
(2:00) by Justin Oakey with Jonathan Balazs, Sean Macpherson, Matthew McGrath, Hugh Innis and Andrew Bathory
A provocative look at the power of the mind as it removes itself from a physical world laden with agony.

Tide Force
(13:00) by Efehan Elbi and Zak Tatham with Aaron Manczyk, Evan Brandon, Kristen Dealy and more
In a dirty, scary world, Stanley goes after his girl while Steven and Tiffany share a moment in a time where anyone can be swept up by the Tide.

Morning, Lover!
(3:30) by Brandon Steele with Najat Abdel Hadi, Tai Lam, Phil Wan, Ben Kaplin
A girl wakes up in a park after a night partying. She reunites with her date soon after to continue a morning of mischief.

Street Dragons
(8:49) by Mike Sheer, Steve Jones, Lucas Goldman
The murder of Billy's lover by Tommy initiates a blood soaked rivalry leading to a planet shattering battle of Titans.

The Rhythm of Youth
(8:08) by Brendon Foster-Algoo with Chris Venoit, Jesse Elliot, Sandy Falconi, Barry Choi, By No Design
A short documentary about Steven Eliopoulos -an 11-year old boy who plays the drums in a rock band with his older brothers. A story of the sacrifices of immigrant parents, and the blurring of the line between brotherhood and surrogate parenthood; this documentary provides a snapshot of a boy's life unified by his unique talent for drumming.

The Rookie
(8:00) by Matt McGrath and Mike Mackinnon
A Rookie Detective involves himself in a case way over his head, and pays the price.

Hero's Advice
(7:15) by Matt Iantorno with Geoff Anhorn and Jonathan Lall
A hero gives a fledgling hero advice.

Dreams of the Cheddar Fiend
(5:03) by Miriam Springett
A mysterious blue creature becomes lost in a world unfamiliar to him, he must overcome many bizzare obstacles before returning to a place where he feels safe.

The Antic
(5:03) by Razvan Anton with Jamieson Child, Filip Anton, Stephen Crosby, Christopher Chow, Peter Anderson, Arwen Smith, Jason Farro, Shirvington Hannays and more
The funny story of a corpse that doesn't want to be dead.

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March 13
Thursday

7pm
International Health Programme
(90:00)
Sponsored by the Centre for International Health (CIH), Faculty of Medicine, (UofT) and University of Toronto International Health Programme (UTIHP)

360 degrees: A Perspective on Global Health
(4:00) by Pavan Gill, Christine Yurkowski, Nicodemus Oey and Gargi Nanavaty
A visual PowerPoint narrating the experiences of UofT students who traveled to countries around the world including Tanzania and Guyana reflecting on the challenges and accomplishments they achieved while playing a part in global health. The students attempt to evoke thoughts on what global health means to them, should mean to us and where do we all go from here?

Going for the Gold - Canadian Mining in Indigenous Mayan Lands
(4:00) by Alina Smirnova, Sana Malik, Kristen Yee and Miry Choi
A group of UofT students traveled to Alto Plato of Guatemala and produced this photographic essay elucidating the struggle of the indigenous people to keep their land and their health in the face of an expanding (Canadian) mining project. You will meet the victims, the government, and the researchers who are all working to defend their rights as human beings.

Into the Rainforest
(5:00) by Nicodemus Oey (Juxtaposition Global Health Magazine)
A UofT student's journey into the heart of the Borneo rainforests to help realize the dream of 5000 children around the village of Tamong, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. $10000 were raised here in Canada during the 2006-2007 school year that all went towards the building of a health clinic and an elementary school.

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
(56:00) Director Peter Raymont, producer Patrick Reed for White Pine Pictures, based on Romeo Dallaire's book, Shake Hands with the Devil.
This is the most powerful documentary produced about the Rwandan genocide. Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was tasked by the United Nations with ensuring that peace was maintained in Rwanda. The General pulls no punches in his condemnation of top UN officials, expedient Belgian policy makers and senior members of the Clinton administration who chose to do nothing as Dallaire pleaded for reinforcements and revised rules of engagement could have prevented the slaughter of 800,000 people in 1994. Shake Hands with the Devil will be preceded by a discussion with Gerald Caplan, author of Rwanda: The Preventable Genocide.


8:30pm
Spotlight on Literacy
(25:00)
Sponsored by Frontier College

The Problem of Literacy
(3:00) by Renée Pang with Jeff Dobbin
Founded in 1899, Frontier College has promoted literacy in Canada for over a century. Today, faced with new issues and challenges associated with literacy, Frontier College continues its mission to build a better future for Canadians.

Finding Your Voice
(3:00) by Ryan Kerr with Sandra Krstin, Annie Graham, Jill Srigley and RJ Hatanaka
A visitor to our city has to learn a new way to communicate with the locals if she is to be understood and accepted.

Animation
(8:00) by Dmitri Tcherbadji and Thayanantha Thevanayagam
A union of music and moving picture that is built upon the idea of growing up and moving to the next step in life.

Modes of Expression
(8:00) by Renée Pang
Oscillating between the image and the text, the voice and the imagination, Modes of Expression establishes a rapport between


Open Shorts II:
A State of Mind
(50:00)

Warning: Coarse Language + Violence

Misremembered
(0:38) by Claro Cosco
A whirlwind docu-fantasy through memories both real and constructed.

Blister
(4:50) by Miriam Springett
A woman heavily steeped in denial, is interviewed by a man who pokes holes in her dillusions, and makes her face up to uncomfortable truths.

Psychiatric Survivor Pride Weekend
(3:30) by Jaren Folden, Alex Dempster, Heather Slepchik and Patricia Szigeti
Psychiatric Survivor Pride Weekend is an annual event in Toronto, Canada. Featuring the story of Richard McDonald, a "psychiatric survivor" who narrates his personal triumph and devotion to the Toronto psychiatric community.

Missing Person
(5:45) by Miriam Springett with Tony Dunn, Hilary Shelton and Martin Springett
Afraid of the outside world, a young woman shuts herself in her room, and sends out a replacement that no one was expecting: one entirely made of clay.

The Quitter
(15:00) by David Gelston with David Tobias, Denis Coupal, Stephan Bitar, Carolina Bartczak, Thierry Demers, Russell Simco, Daphne Gauhier
A website designer loses a not insignificant portion of his sanity when he tries to quit smoking.

Purity
(2:05) by Tony Del Rio with Patrick Burke, Linamaria Aristizabal and Jason Howarth
A story of two people's inner monologues struggling to create intimacy.

Pebbles
(5:44) by Carter Bruce and Phil Mogavero
Some people just really like cereal.

Pizza
(11:00) by Peter Hatch with Andrew Laing, Malo Bourgon, Adam Dwyer, Shaun Hunter, Peter McCarter, Richard Bloch, Alan Tighe, Nathan Keavenly and more
David Sykes' father chokes to death, which leads to violent repercussions.

Not Altogether Fool
(1:00) by Claro Cosco with Andrew Campana
A young man laughing, intoxicatingly.

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March 14
Friday

7pm
Spotlight on Cinema Studies Students
(52:00)
Sponsored by Cinema Studies Student Union

Warning: Nudity + Sexuality

Keep Moving
(8:00) by Wilson Cameron with Colin McAskile, Sally Qi, Daniel Neuhaus, James Kang and Daniel Dalimonte
A young man deals with the monotony of student life and the uncertainty of things to come.

Popcorn Trilogy: Sign of the Times
(5:00) by Robin Sharp with Alex Woodside, Peter Kuplowsky, Nigel Agnew, Joey Buck, Daniel Neuhaus, Lindon Brunswick, Regan MacDonald, Cooper Sanborn, Aran Rondel, Christian Coulter and more
An employee at a local old house Cinema enraged by his managers prowess over the cinema's only female employee decides to get back at the manager by telling the world what he thinks.

Kinopolitik: Vanguard of the Cold War
(14:00) by Daniel Neuhaus with Nate Kreiswirth, Wilson Cameron, Daniel Dalimonte, Daniel Goodbaum, Peter Kuplowsky, Brian Nugent, Omar Possobon, Will Perking, Sean Rogers, Alex Woodside and Ryan Knight.
Experimental short looking at the role of the media in the Cold War as an ideological weapon.

Too Dangerous
(5:15) by E.L. Santonato and Malcolm Sweeny
An experimental art music video challenging moral assumptions of sex and violence in a post-nuclear, post-9/11 world where boundaries between what is deemed socially acceptable shift depending upon the political climate. Featuring US government cold war propaganda mashed up with scenes of explicit sex and violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

The Engagement Party
(15:00) by Mark Raso with Alan Poon, Mike Filippov, Joseph Raso, Stephanie Swedlove and more
Occurring in real time and one continuous shot, “The Engagement Party” follows the guests at Mike and Leanne’s engagement party and shows the neurosis, lies and insecurities that govern their lives. An opportunity arises for people to confess their secrets and unmask their facades – but will anyone take advantage?


Shitty Film Contest
(5:00)

untitled
(1:00) by Daniel Giavedoni
The story of my life, when things went terribly wrong.

Raptor Attack
(0:52) by Peter Kuplowsky and Cooper Sanborn
Cooper and Peter are playing Jurassic Park: The Lost World at Niagra Falls when danger strikes!!

Dawn at Lavender Lake
(1:00) by Jon Garcia with Jessie Burke
Note: You may experience audio and video difficulties if your viewing system is not calibrated correctly. Please adjust accordingly.

Star Wars: A Newfoundland Hope
(1:00) by The Kuplowsky Brothers
When on vacation in Newfoundland, three geeky brothers took advantage of the landscape to recreate two iconic moments in cinema.

You're Sitting On It
(0:19) by Sadia Ahmed
An indignant student shares her displeasure at the condition of certain seats in the medical science building.


8pm
Family Viewing
(86:00) 16mm
by Atom Egoyan, 1987.
This story of mistaken and found identities is set in a nursing home, a condominium and telephone-sex establishment. Using a collection of video images-television, pornography, home movies and surveillance ­ the film observes the breakdown and restoration of a dislocated family. Darkly humorous and unpredictable, Family Viewing is a complex journey into a world of brutality and sentiment.

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March 15
Saturday

7pm
Hart House Film Board Gala
Part 1
(77:30)

Walter
(1:40) by Stavros Vassos and friends (part of 54-hour movie contest)
Walter is trapped in an alternate 2D reality. He has to find a key to lead his way out but it's not going to be that easy.

Her Music Led
(10:00) by Fawaz Al-Matrouk with Josh Clavir, Joshua AllenPouya Hamidi, Peter Genoway, Marlene DeGenova, Jadea Kelly, Chris Younger, Christian Gallant, Fred Hellmuth and more
Dramatic ballad about a hiker who discovers a meloncholic flutist in the forest, and is drawn into her world and her fate. Based on John Keats' poem "La Belle Dame Sans Merci."

Nappy Heads
(3:00) by Sabrina Moella with Carl Merenick
Short tribute to the afro hair in its natural state.

The Stand
(8:00) by Steve Figueiredo with JJ Rees
Jason and Kyle need to pay the rent. They decide to make a stand.

The Housecall
(4:15) by the Film Board Farm Project: David Eng, Victor Fan, Stuart Constable, Ali Nabi, Tina Elahipanah, Taha Tabish, Nasir Husain, Todd Harris, Shawn X Liu and Leif Nelson
A patient with the ability to see into the future explores the remorse and perverse pleasure of a murder he is about to commit.

The Life Line
(5:00) by Joseph Chung and Yousof Malik with Naoki Okura, Shotaro Quinto, Andrew W.B. Yeats, Ava Wellman, Yegor Sak, Samantha Patricia Kumar and Jason Gyles. (part of the Love and Sex Movie Contest)
Stationed deep in the core of the Torontonian concrete jungle, a disheveled young man strives desperately to capture the damsel of his dreams. Little did he know, that a compilation of lust, jealousy, and hatred would intoxicate him on a journey of devastating consequences.

4:29
(4:29) by Felix Kalmenson with Ariel Shepherd and Julia Wagner Brady
The film is an exploration of dreams and nightmares. It attempts to translate the disjunct and noncasual nature of the subconscious into the tangible and material world.

Marie-Claire and Marthe, Family Portrait
(19:40) by Mariette Auvray with Blaise Harrison
In a deserted village of France, Marie-Claire, a woman with Down Syndrome, lives with her old mother Marthe and works in a factory.

In the Cards
(16:00) The 2008 Film Board "New Filmmakers Project", directed by Jay Voutour, produced by Marta Paszucka and with the involvement of actors Jason Gyles, Tristan Theberge, Katie MacTavish and production crew Allsun Campbell, Kim Killeen, Pollux Steif, Ian Astorquiza, Anna Chen, Yousef Malik, Naoki Okura, Shotaro Quinto, Joseph Chung, Rolla Tahir, Tandis Sutudeh, Joseph DeSimone, Ava Wellman, Katrina Lagace, Brittini Whiting, Marco LaRocca, Carson Chow
Blinded by ambition and greed, Vincent, a young art dealer, murders his business partner. Although initially confident the choice will leave him a richer and happier man, the magnitude of his decision soon takes its toll, and the psychological torment may be more than he can stand.


8:30pm
Hart House Film Board Gala
Part 2
(72:00)

Fear/Less: Opening Minds About Schizophrenia
(25:00) by Dagny Thompson with Steven Hobe, Paul Dore, Scott Bell, Iris Ng
Documentary exploring one person's experience with schizophrenia and the effects on his family.

He Knows About You
by David Dennison with Bruce Veugelers and Liang Ding. (part of 54-hour movie contest)
George Bush knows you are a terrorist.

Strongbone: Voodoo
(3:43) by Giulio Michelino with Simon Hue and Chris Jodoin (part of music video contest)
The band 'Strongbone' performing in the Arbor Room

A Stone's Throw Away
(2:55) by Taha Tabish, Nasir Husain and Talha Tabish with Stuart Constable and Natalie von Harsdorf
Caught up in a life of routine, this is a look into the simplicity of happiness.

Never Different
(14:30) by Camilo Lanfranco with Ramon Meza, Drendan Hummelin, Miranda Begley, Sinclair Barrister and Lake Sagaris
Two strangers meet. Where and why is a mystery they don’t care to resolve.

The Movie Race
(3:14) by David Eng with Caitlin Morrison, Chris Brown, Karrenga Edwards, Jonah Hart and Ngardy Conteh
A writer working on a script for the 12-hour film race wishes for some help and gets an unexpected surprise.

Action Makes: Charley & the C.F.F.
(5:00) by Naoki Okura with Carrie Terracino, (Part of the music video contest)
Music Video for Toronto band Action Makes.

Terminus
(14:30) by Michael Sargent with Dustin Sargent, Andrei Whitaker, Vanessa Guillen, WD Sainsbury
Architecture is often produced by a series of relationships outside the direct scope and influence of the discipline. Terminus represents connections—across technological, geopolitical and societal exchange—that form the genealogy of a hypothetical architecture.

The Prescription
(9:40) by the Film Board Workshop Project: Kaveh Mohebbi, Marissa Janes, Arusyak Karapetyan, Clement Yang, Hubert Boorder, Jap Makkar, Yousof Malik and Lauren Pessione Marie-Claire and Marthe, Family Portrait.
Andy has trouble following the doctor's orders.


10pm-midnight
Reception + Awards to follow in the Hart House Debates Room

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UofT Film Festival 2008 [PAST EVENT]

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Wed Mar 12 2008, 7:00pm
Thu Mar 13 2008, 7:00pm
Fri Mar 14 2008, 7:00pm
Sat Mar 15 2008, 7:00pm


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