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Are you a fan of short films?  SENE has scheduled our short film programs so you don't have to miss any.


Shorts Program I | Shorts Programs II | Shorts Program III

Art/Experimental |Music Videos | Animated | LGBT | Regional (RI, CT, MA)


Wednesday, April 6

Artistic/Experimental Films | Opening Night Party | 6:00 PM | PeaceLove Studios

A Sand Grain's Dream
USA, 2010, 15 mins.
Director: Angi Ali

Reflects on the unparalleled theme of the human condition; mainly touching on the subjects of power of choice, free-will, and dreams. The film pays homage to the classic era of silent film-making with a poetic narrative that takes its viewers on an unprecedented journey of the dream of a sand grain.



Come & Go: with apologies to Samuel Beckett
USA, 2009, 4 mins.
Director: Philip Hopper

An experimental meditation on the repetitive nature of urban life.
 



Punctum
United Kingdom, 2010, 6 mins.
Director: K J Shepherdson

Through sound and image explores how the prosaic photographic snapshot and the singing voices of people passed cannot only bruise the maker, but provide a poignancy that is perhaps more universal.



ATR 1
Denmark, 2010, 9 mins.
Director: Bjorn Palmqvist

A trip to the end of the world.




A City Symphony Underground
USA, 2010, 13 mins.
Director Catherine Stratton in attendance

Be swept up on a magical journey on the New York City Subway, never knowing what you will see next. This musical 'tone poem' uses archival and present day scenes to create a movable feast of sights and sounds unique to this underground New York City icon.



(Black) Light
USA, 2010, 6 mins.
Director/choreographer Deirdre Towers and composer Jared Newman in attendance

A contemporary take on a gypsy ritual to free oneself from the past to embrace the light, performed by Katherine Crockett, with music by Paul Jared Newman.





Friday, April 8


Music Video Competition | Friday, April 8 | 9:00 PM | Fat Belly's Pub

At The Park
Canada, 2010, 4 mins.
Director: Thomas Pullar

Everyday a lone girl enters the forest armed with only an old blue saucer of milk form her satchel. Will she ever lure in the creature she lost?




Closer
USA, 2010, 6 mins.
Director Paul Gallasch, co-producer Erick Howard in attendance

You can run away from pain, but can you run away from Steven Pinker? Filmed to the track 'Closer' by Steering By Stars.





To the Death
Canada, 2010, 5 mins.
Director: Danielle French

A short film set to one of Danielle French's songs of the same name.  Reveals the psyche of Scarlett as she attends a performance at The Club, a surreal cabaret.




Winterthru
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Director Theodore Cormey in attendance

Conceptual music video for Ad Frank & The Fast Easy Women song, 'Winterthru"




Don't Turn Around
Canada, 2009, 6 mins.
Director: Pardis Parker

The music video for the first single off Treat of the Day, the sophomore album from Canadian hip hop sensation Ghettosocks.




Daydream
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Director: Lysandra Petersson

Three daydreamers take leave of their ordinary lives after meeting an impish stranger.




LipDub at Calvin College
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Director: Rachel Kuyvenhoven

A one shot video of students going about their regular activities, such as rock climbing, swimming, and working out, while also singing along with the song.
 



Till My Voice is Gone
USA, 2009, 5 mins.
Director: Sam Griffith

A man(Ed Asner) and a woman fall in love at a nursing home. Set to the music of The Old Ceremony's 'Til My Voice is Gone,' this music video shows that love is timeless, and can happen when you least expect it.  Website



Wake Up
USA, 2010, 3 mins.
Director: Don Askew

Fast and fun music video that reveals a long-kept spiritual secret. See talking animals, laughing kids, sexy girls, and travel through space and time to imaginary worlds...and all in only two minutes!



Northcote (So Hungover)
Australia, 2010, 4 mins.
Director: Craig Melville

A comedic music video that pokes fun at the Melbourne Hipster scene. Performed by The Bedroom Philosopher




Lose My Mind
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Director: Travis LaBella

At the premiere of his latest single, Rotimi is drugged by a woman who catches his eye. He is transported to a psychological institution in which he must overcome the temptation of sexy nurses and a white padded room to reach the woman of his dreams.



The Way It Should Be
Canada, 2010, 5 mins.
Director: Jennifer Podemski

A story of over indulgence and greed. We pull back the curtain and take a peek at an exaggerated version of the society we live in, a result of brain washing and indoctrination.



The Demon
USA, 2009, 6 mins.
Director James Cimalore in attendance

Music video from the short film "The Phantom Pervert of Poquamuck", done with an old school meets new school style.




Kidnapping
France, 2010, 6 mins.
Director: Isabelle Desmond

Leaning against her old truck, Pierrette smokes a cigarette in the country. Images come to her mind. She gets into the truck, turns the radio on and starts the engine. So far, so good in the country, but the kidnapping experience will start.



Saturday, April 9

Animated Shorts | Saturday, April 9 | 12:00 PM | Cable Car Cinema

Bait
USA, 2010, 10 mins.
Director: Michael Moore

A group of worms wake up one morning to find themselves trapped in a young boy's bait bucket.





Thought of You
USA, 2010, 4 mins.
Director: Ryan Woodward

A contemporary dance animation, drawn in a figurative style of conte on newsprint.  The theme allows the viewer to form an independent interpretation of the complexities of intimate relationships.



The Machine
USA, 2009, 6 mins.
Director: Rob Shaw

A fable that follows an innocently forged creation as he becomes determined to consume everything in his path.  The characters and scenes of this story are driven forward by the gears of an early 20th century arcade.  The machine feels invincible without realizing that his last nickel has dropped.



Factory Girl
USA, 2009, 10 mins.
Director: Jack Ofield

She left the farm and never returned. Did he do it or only think it?




Surviving Hunger
USA, 2010, 3 mins.
Director: Balgum Son

On a desert-like landscape where there is just sand and dry air and no food, a big frog-looking character wanders around for food. A cute little character comes towards the big character to use himself as a bait.



Denmark
USA, 2010, 7 mins.
Director: Daniel Fickle

Portland Cello Project's new music video features Pily, a lovable crustacean of mixed origin, who struggles to escape his underwater home when it becomes threatened by pollution.



Black Box
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Director Monica Garrison in attendance

An adaptation of a short story by Joyce Carol Oates dealing with the issues of trauma and memory.




Trees
USA, 2009, 3 mins.
Director: Randall Wakerlin

With poignancy and humor, "Trees" features two animated trees talking candidly about their predicament as their own corner of the rainforest is slowly diminishing.  Through playful banter, they remind us how trees benefit the environment, just as some leafy comrades are being chopped down.



Adveniat Regnum Meum
Germany, 2011, 9 mins.
Director: Stefanie Katja Ernst

Impressions of urban social life between men and women. The sexual male drive and the aggressive abuse stands in contrast to the beatitudes that are spoken by a woman. Finally that woman is included in the story and experiences her own instincts and real holy pleasure.



Shorts Program I | Saturday, April 9 | 1:30 PM | Cable Car Cinema

The Broken Heart of Gnocchi Bolognese
USA, 2009, 19 mins.
Director: Katherine Vondy

The pursuit of romance leads Gnocchi Bolognese to the origins of her unusual name.




Conquests
USA, 2010, 10 mins.
Director: Caroline Kessler

Through a woman's own introspection and documentation, we fall deeper into the dreamlike seductions of herself and others. What happens when you look so far, you can no longer see what you are looking for? When a desire for wholeness only leaves you more fragmented?



Swimming
USA, 2006, 19 mins.
Director Diane Lisa Johnson in attendance

A shy mailroom clerk's life is sent plunging into the deep end when she rescues an abandoned love letter from the trash can of a mean female executive... and decides to reply.



Quarter 'til Two
USA, 2009, 12 mins.
Director: Tim Connery

After failing to prevent the love of his life from leaving the country, Drake discovers the error of his ways after making a magical deal with a mysterious ice cream shop owner.




Broken Hart
USA, 2009, 26 mins.
Director Michael Allen Angel in attendance

A romantic comedy about a melancholy Everyman who wakes up one morning only to find it's Valentine's Day.




Shorts Program II | Saturday, April 9 | 3:30 PM | Cable Car Cinema

A Step in the Wrong Direction
USA, 2010, 33 mins.
Director Jimmy Driscoll in attendance

After losing the one person who loves him, an arrogant and paranoid physicist makes a remarkable discovery that allows him to change his destiny; but to what lengths will he go to protect his new-found power and can he learn that technology is no substitute for a conscience before he goes too far?



Duet
USA, 2010, 9 mins.
Director Christian de Rezendes in attendance

An amateur musician is forced to complete the writing of a romantic song for a goth band without his partner.




Hands of the Nocturnal Clock
USA, 2010, 20 mins.
Director Tom Goodwin in attendance

Victor, a driver for a mob boss, is thrown into the darkness of the criminal underworld of the 1920s when his brother's gambling debts get both men into trouble. In order to get them out, Victor must choose to resort to the one thing he has abstained from - violence.


 
Spin
USA, 2010, 5 mins.
Directors James Henry Hall & Bret K. Hall in attendance

Four strangers are forced to play a game of Russian roulette.




Red Princess Blues
USA, 2010, 11 mins.
Director: Alex Ferrari

In this twisted modern day fairy tale ZOE, a young teenage girl, is lured into an underground carnival by a sleazy rock n roll promoter RIMO.  She then gets more than she bargained for.  It is up to the mysterious PRINCESS to pull her out of the wolf's den that she has fallen into.



Regional Shorts (RI, CT, MA) | Saturday, April 9 | 5:30 PM | Chace Center

Rhode Island: A Great Place To Get Lost
USA, 2010, 3 mins.
Director Ryan Vemmer in attendance

This short portrays the misadventures of an ill-prepared father and daughter trying to find their way to a birthday party, though they haven’t the slightest idea where it is taking place. The director, with his small band of support crew (his family), created this little movie for the Why RI? video contest sponsored by Leadership Rhode Island www.whyrivideo.com


The Phantom Pervert of Poquamuck
USA, 2010, 16 mins.
Director Alec Asten, producer/writer James Cimalore, producer Judith Nutkis in attendance

Late one summer night, a clumsy swamp Yankee runs into the mysterious "Phantom Pervert" of Poquamuck.




Bird Talk
USA, 2010, 27 mins.
Director Richard Griffin, producer Ted Marr, writer Jennifer Scharf in attendance

A failed real estate agent turned self-proclaimed bird expert and radio personality under the call name "Twitcher" ruining lives, one caller at a time.




There She Is...
USA, 2010, 19 mins.
Director Jenn Dlugos and producer Andrea Henry in attendance

Everyone has a one crazy dream. There She Is tells the story of one woman's quest to win the Mrs. Massachusetts beauty pageant.




LGBT Shorts | Saturday, April 9 | 7:00 PM | Chace Center

HIV: RI
USA, 2009, 7 mins.
Documentary
Director Jason Wilder Evans in attendance

HIV: USA is a nationwide creative writing and documentary project.  HIV: RI is one chapter of this collaborative effort featuring several HIV positive Rhode Islanders who gave their permission to share a very intimate part of their life.


Now & Forever
USA, 2010, 7 mins.
Music Video
Director David Goldstein in attendance

An artist, a painting, and two hearts that become one.



Broken Hart
USA, 2009, 26 mins.
Director Michael Allen Angel in attendance

A gay romantic comedy short about a melancholy Everyman who wakes up one morning only to find it's Valentine's Day.




Henry & Anthony
USA, 2010, 20 mins.
Director: Spencer W. Richards

A father and son who cannot quite understand each other must find a way to meet in the middle.




Candy Apple Red
USA, 2010, 15 mins.
Director: Todd Norris

Emily is an aspiring photographer in a failing relationship with a man. Her world changes when she meets Lisa, a massage therapist. Emily agrees to take portraits of Lisa, and the photo session becomes an experience that challenges Emily's self-image and awakens her sexuality.


 
Shorts Program III | Saturday, April 9 | 9:00 PM |Cable Car Cinema

The Bully
USA, 2010, 26 mins.
Director: Derek Kimball

The Bully is a rich journey into the ubiquitous complications of a child’s formative years.  In an effort to win the favor of the popular girl, ten-year-olds Kelly (Henry Shotwell) and Sam (Richard Heim), plot to take out the school bully, Noah Marns (Alex Losi). This simple charge brings Kelly and Sam face to face with a much greater element, insurmountable and unexpected.


Raspberry
USA, 2010, 19 mins.
Director Jonathan Enrique Barajas in attendance

Moira is a young artist, still living at home, finishing college and deciding her priorities for the future. Through a video dream-journal, she recalls identity-shaping parts of her past that have been manipulated by either memory or dream logic.



Perspective
USA, 2010, 11 mins.
Director: Jon Byron

Three different men from three different backgrounds share their introspective views of the world provoking the realization: we're not as different as we think we are. In a world where we feel so different, all you need is a little perspective.



Ties
USA, 2011, 15 mins.
Director J.L. Topkis in attendance

Andrew gets stranded when escorting his father's ashes to a memorial.




Afghan
Canada, 2008, 12 mins.
Director: Pardis Parker

An afternoon surprise forces two friends to turn hate crime lemons into hilarious lemonade.