The 2005 hi/lo Film Festival Program

The following films 40 were selected from over 500 entries submitted to this year's festival. They will be presented in SF and Oakland from April 14-17, 2005 at the Red Vic Movie House and the Parkway Theater. Screening times and descriptions for each film can be found by clicking on the Program Titles below and tickets will go on sale April 1st.

Shorts Program 1 - Thursday 7:15pm and Friday 9:15pm - Red Vic
Shorts Program 2 - Thursday 9:15pm and Saturday 9:15pm - Red Vic
Shorts Program 3 - Friday 7:15pm - Red Vic; Sunday 6pm - Parkway
Documentary Program 1 - Skating is not... w/shorts - Saturday 5pm - Red Vic
SF Graffiti Feature - Piece by Piece- Saturday 7:15pm - Red Vic

The 2005 hilo films are:

Shorts Program 1

Broadcast 23 - Tom Putman, Woodland Hills, CA , 8 min, 35 mm
Glass Crow - Steven Subotnick, Providence, RI , 6 min, Beta
Little Muffin - Sean Christensen, San Francisco, 1 min, Mini DV
I Can Say It - David Politzer, Syracuse, NY , 3 min, Mini DV
Found Artists: Gary Crom - Curtis Craven, Austin, TX , 9 min, Dvcam
Gentle Nightmare - Alvarez Wortham, Los Angeles, 4 min, Mini DV NTSC
Chinese Beauty - Debbie Lum, San Francisco, 10 min, 35mm
Somebody's Watching Me - Ryan Archibald, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, 8 min, 35mm
Magic Hostess: The Electric Can Opener - Rob Tyler, Portland, OR , 4 min, Mini DV/ Super8
Two - Nick Peterson, Portland, OR , 10 min, Super 16mm
Updebum - Jim Minton, Dallas, TX , 3 min, DV
Valium and Grass - Bill Macomber and Tony Schloss, Los Angeles, 12 min, Super-8
Lilo and Me - Kip Fulbeck, Southern California, 9 min
Papillon D'Amour - Nicolas Provost, Brussles, Belgium, 4 min,
Rotation - Erin Hudson, Stanford, CA, 3 min, 16mm
Homoerotic Destination Tokyo - Kurt Serbus, San Francisco, 3 min, 35 mm
Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about spam - Steven Tsuchida, Los Angeles, 5 min,

Shorts Program 2

Secret Santa - Alan Harris, Brooklyn, 3 min, Mini DV
Neighbors - The DB, Brooklyn, 6 min, Mini DV – NTSC
Natasha - Jen Ashlock, Chapel Hill, NC, 13 min, 8mm Super
Nature's Blueprints - Mike Seely, San Francisco, 10 min, 16mm
Petunia - Aaron Hughes, New York, 3 min, Video (Animation)
Mobius - Julie Kahn, Miami, FL , 4 min, 16mm
Smack - Alessandro de Cristofaro, Evanston, IL 2 min, Mini DV
Tales of Mere Existence - Lev , San Francisco, 7 min, Mini DV
The Legend of Santa Susanna - William Scott Rees and JoEllen Martinson, Minneapolis, MN , 38 min, Mini DV

Shorts Program 3

Archive - Charles Cline, Pittsburgh, PA , 6 min, Super-8mm
American Bandits - Philippe Vendrolini, San Francisco, CA , 4 min
Candy Girl - Charles Roxburgh, Burbank, CA, 5 min, 16mm
Dark- Bright- Red - Danann Breathnach, London, UK, 9 min, Mini DV
Financial Advice ` - Fritz Donnelly, New York, 5 min, Mini DV
Good Strong Roof - Tony Gault, Englewood, CO , 6 min, Super 8
Oh Dear - Nicolas Provost, Brussels, Belgium, 1 min,
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn - Neil Needleman, Katonah, NY , 7 min, VHS
Stall - Brian Kerr, Lake Oswego, OR, 2 min, Mini DV
Turkey Shoot - Dug Ward, Los Angeles, 4 min,
We Are The Littletons: A True Story - Penny Lane, Troy, NY 10 min, Mini DV
Weights and Measures - Tom Toro, Brooklyn, 7 min, 16mm

Documentary Program 1

Natasha - Jen Ashlock, Chapel Hill, NC, 13 min, 8mm Super
Skateboarding is not Tony Hawk pro skater 3 or the X-games or - Drew Barlow, Provo, Utah 57 min, 8mm Super, 16mm, MiniDV, Hi8

Feature Program

Piece By Piece - Nic Hill, San Francisco, 78 min, 16mm, 8mm, DV


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