Still from Benjamin Hayden's Pick
2018 United States Super 8 Film + DV Festival begins Friday, February 23!
Here is the Friday, February 23, 2018 line up for Day 1 of the United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival!
Tundra - Victory Furniture (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
A hypnotic film haiku focusing on blowing and billowing snow shot on the Trans-Siberian Railway. 1999; 3 min. Best of the 2000 United States Super 8 Film Festival!
Cold Butter - Alex Faoro (Brooklyn, New York) Cold Butter is a super 8mm film that abstracts time in order to amplify the mundane frustrations of everyday life and explore ideas of repetition and mortality. 2017; 5 min.
The Flood - Jeissy Trompiz and Laura Sanz (San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba) In a post apocalyptic world, the only safe place to live inside pools, immune to air pollution. Marcos wants to flee his community, this wish which finish leading him to death. 2017; 6 min.
The Paintings Paint Themselves - James Hollenbaugh (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) For the past 20 years, New York based, self-taught artist Bill Mayer has been creating an exuberant and startling body of work that captures the gritty street life of pre-Bloomberg New York City and reimagines classical painting genres inspired by lifelong visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mayer invites us to his studio—housed inside a 200-year old hotel in Davenport New York—for an intimate look at his art as formal practice, expressive therapy and a way to create the worlds he wants to see. 2017; 6 min.
Pick - Benjamin Hayden (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) It is 1916. In the basement of a haunted hotel, a voyeur stalks a young damsel. Shot on location in the Riverside Hotel in Calgary, where an actual riot involving over 1,500 men took place, the film embodies the violent energy of a dark historical moment in the city’s past. 2010; 12 min. Best of the 2011 United States Super 8 Film Festival!
Last of Our Kind - Reed O'Beirne (Seattle, Washington) Weaving together film, music, and poetry, this film transforms the memory of a lost love into a ritualistic incantation of longing. Action is exaggerated and time seems to blur, as the lovers’ tale unfolds poetically into a modern interpretation of the Persephone myth. Featuring an original soundtrack created by Cocteau Twins' founder, Robin Guthrie, interwoven with a voice-over recitation of Rick Linville’s poem. 2012; 13 min. Best of 2013 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival!
Olivia - Ana García Abad (Toluca Lake, California) In this short film, Olivia is a 13-year-old narcoleptic girl who is constantly bullied by her classmates. However, her luck changes when her disorder brings her an unexpected power: the ability to step into other people's dreams. 2012; 15 min. Best of 2013 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival!
Apologies - Anne Ronbertson (Framingham, Massachusetts) A significant feminist manifesto. (1990) 17 min. Best of 1991 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival!
Still from Ann Robertson's Apologies
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2018 United States Super 8 Film & Digital Video Festival
View the winning films and digital videos of the International U.S. Super 8 Film + Digital Video Festival, selected by a jury of filmmakers, Rutgers University students, and media professionals. The festival--now in its 30th year—will feature finalist works and previous winners by independent filmmakers from the United States and around the world. Go to www.njfilmfest.com to see the complete festival line-up. Approx. 80 min.
Friday, February 23 , 2018
7:00 p.m.
Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey
$12=General; $10=Students+Seniors; $9=Rutgers Film Co-op Friends
Information: (848) 932-8482; www.njfilmfest.com
Jimmy John’s of New Brunswick will be providing free food prior to all New Jersey Film Festival Screenings!
Still from Ana García Abad's Olivia
