hi/lo film festival TOUR

HIGH CONCEPT/LOW BUDGET FILMS
for the adventerous and disenchanted... now on tour

The hi/lo Film Festival screens at the Brava Theater in San Francisco and the Parkway Theater this April and then heads out on tour across the country! We'll announce the line up of the 2006 hilo touring edition after our festival in April. But we already know that he first stop is:

Rooftop Film Series - Brooklyn, NYC - Summer, 2006

If you're looking to set up screenings for the 2006 festival tell us!

The touring edition of the 2005 film festival consists of 17 narratives, docs, animations, and bizarro shorts that epitomize what high-concept/low-budget filmmamking is all about. Check it out!

Secret Santa [fiction] - Alan Harris, Brooklyn, NY, 3 min, Mini DV
Good will during the holiday season is always appreciated, or is it?

Valium and Grass [experimental/music video/found footage] - Bill Macomber and Tony Schloss, Los Angeles, CA, 12 min, Super8
Assembling a collage that is as much sonic as it is visual, these filmmakers set hypnotic beats to an eclectic mix of b-movie and home movie footage. Then they scribble over it, cut it up, fold it in on itself, and get deliriously trippy with it.

Neighbors [documentary] - The DB, Brooklyn, NY, 6 min, Mini DV
Before you 'just browse' the neighbor's newspaper you might want to look over your shoulder.

Papillon D'Amour [experimental/found footage] - Nicolas Provost, Brussels, Belgium, 4 min, DV
A scene from Akira Kurosawa's Rashoman is turned on its side as a depiction of violence becomes mesmerizingly beautiful.

Rotation [documentary] - Erin Hudson, Palo Alto, CA, 3 min, 16mm
Every filmmaker who has ever driven along 580 by the windmills at the Altamont Pass has wanted to put them in a movie; now someone has.

Candy Girl [music video] - Charles Roxburgh, Burbank, CA, 5 min, 16mm
Gussied up in the bright red colors of a bygone Soviet era of space exploration, a girl races in her rocket to get back to the moon in time to save the universe and keep her dog from going crazy.

Weights and Measures [fiction] - Tom Toro, Brooklyn, NY, 7 min, 16mm
In a startlingly elegant cinematic style a health inspector visits a Japanese restaurant and finds himself swept away in a macabre tale of sex, power and living up to code.

Petunia [animation] - Aaron Hughes, New York, NY, 3 min, video
A charming love affair between a man and his flower bounces merrily along from this world into the next.

Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn [documentary]- Neil Needleman, Katonah, NY, 7 min, VHS
An earnest interest in the family history takes a screeching right-turn as Aunts Esther and Naomi disagree about the details.

I Can Say It [fiction] - David Politzer, Syracuse, NY, 3 min, Mini DV
Practice, theoretically, makes perfect. When it comes to those magic words, however, it's all in the timing.

Magic Hostess: The Electric Can Opener [music video] - Rob Tyler, Portland, OR, 4 min, Mini DV/Super8
Charlie Chaplin critiqued industrialization with Modern Times and Jacques Tati satirized the automatic world in Playtime but here is a more reverent tribute to the wonders of 20th century technology.

Nature's Blueprints [documentary]- Mike Seely, San Francisco, CA, 10 min, 16mm
If all architects took their cues from nature, the world would look like a very different place, or at least Berkeley would.

Mobius [music video] - Julie Kahn, Miami, FL, 4 min, 16mm
It's like a trip to the ballet, except with lawn mowers and weed-wackers.

Good Strong Roof [documentary] - Tony Gault, Englewood, CO, 6 min, Super 8
On the one foot this is the story of a man's lifelong struggle to keep his toenails under control; on the other it may very well be a story about making your peace with who you are.

Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about spam [fiction] - Steven Tsuchida, Los Angeles, CA, 5 min 35mm
If the X-files had a penchant for Japanese poetry (and for a certain Hormel meat-based product) you might get a metaphysical comedy like this.

Dark-Bright-Red [fiction] - Danann Breathnach, London, UK, 9 min, Mini DV
Using crisp imagery and a taut script, a narrator chronicles the trivial and profound experiences of a foreigner making sense of her menial job, her new tongue and her own aspirations.

Financial Advice [fiction] - Fritz Donnelly, New York, NY, 5 min, Mini DV
The Wall Street Journal never tells it like it is. But alone in his apartment, Fritz breaks down all you need to know about taking stock of your assets, inventorying your friends, and hiding your cash in your closet.

Previous hi/lo Film Festivals have screened at:

The Downtown Media Arts Center - Orlando, FL
Subterranean Cinema - Jacksonville, FL
Sledgehammer Theater - San Diego, CA
Industrial, Light, and Magic - Marin, CA
Lubbock Arts Center - Lubbock, TX
911 Media Center - Seattle

Secret Santa [fiction] - Alan Harris, Brooklyn, NY, 3 min, Mini DV Good will during the holiday season is always appreciated, or is it?
Valium and Grass [experimental/music video/found footage] - Bill Macomber and Tony Schloss, Los Angeles, CA, 12 min, Super8 Assembling a collage that is as much sonic as it is visual, these filmmakers set hypnotic beats to an eclectic mix of b-movie and home movie footage. Then they scribble over it, cut it up, fold it in on itself, and get deliriously trippy with it.
Neighbors [documentary] - The DB, Brooklyn, NY, 6 min, Mini DV Before you 'just browse' the neighbor's newspaper you might want to look over your shoulder.
Papillon D'Amour [experimental/found footage] - Nicolas Provost, Brussels, Belgium, 4 min, DV A scene from Akira Kurosawa's Rashoman is turned on its side as a depiction of violence becomes mesmerizingly beautiful.
Rotation [documentary] - Erin Hudson, Palo Alto, CA, 3 min, 16mm Every filmmaker who has ever driven along 580 by the windmills at the Altamont Pass has wanted to put them in a movie; now someone has.
Candy Girl [music video] - Charles Roxburgh, Burbank, CA, 5 min, 16mm Gussied up in the bright red colors of a bygone Soviet era of space exploration, a girl races in her rocket to get back to the moon in time to save the universe and keep her dog from going crazy.
Weights and Measures [fiction] - Tom Toro, Brooklyn, NY, 7 min, 16mm In a startlingly elegant cinematic style a health inspector visits a Japanese restaurant and finds himself swept away in a macabre tale of sex, power and living up to code.
Petunia [animation] - Aaron Hughes, New York, NY, 3 min, video A charming love affair between a man and his flower bounces merrily along from this world into the next.
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn [documentary]- Neil Needleman, Katonah, NY, 7 min, VHS An earnest interest in the family history takes a screeching right-turn as Aunts Esther and Naomi disagree about the details.
I Can Say It [fiction] - David Politzer, Syracuse, NY, 3 min, Mini DV Practice, theoretically, makes perfect. When it comes to those magic words, however, it's all in the timing.
Magic Hostess: The Electric Can Opener [music video] - Rob Tyler, Portland, OR, 4 min, Mini DV/Super8 Charlie Chaplin critiqued industrialization with Modern Times and Jacques Tati satirized the automatic world in Playtime but here is a more reverent tribute to the wonders of 20th century technology.
Nature's Blueprints [documentary]- Mike Seely, San Francisco, CA, 10 min, 16mm If all architects took their cues from nature, the world would look like a very different place, or at least Berkeley would.
Mobius [music video] - Julie Kahn, Miami, FL, 4 min, 16mm It's like a trip to the ballet, except with lawn mowers and weed-wackers.
Good Strong Roof [documentary] - Tony Gault, Englewood, CO, 6 min, Super 8 On the one foot this is the story of a man's lifelong struggle to keep his toenails under control; on the other it may very well be a story about making your peace with who you are.
Spam-ku: I won a haiku contest about spam [fiction] - Steven Tsuchida, Los Angeles, CA, 5 min 35mm If the X-files had a penchant for Japanese poetry (and for a certain Hormel meat-based product) you might get a metaphysical comedy like this.
Dark-Bright-Red [fiction] - Danann Breathnach, London, UK, 9 min, Mini DV Using crisp imagery and a taut script, a narrator chronicles the trivial and profound experiences of a foreigner making sense of her menial job, her new tongue and her own aspirations.
Financial Advice [fiction] - Fritz Donnelly, New York, NY, 5 min, Mini DV The Wall Street Journal never tells it like it is. But alone in his apartment, Fritz breaks down all you need to know about taking stock of your assets, inventorying your friends, and hiding your cash in your closet.

hi/lo film festival TOUR

HIGH CONCEPT/LOW BUDGET FILMSfor the adventerous and disenchanted... now on tour

HIGH CONCEPT/LOW BUDGET FILMS
for the adventerous and disenchanted... now on tour