THE
TELEPHONE POLE NUMBERING SYSTEM
William Weiss Seattle,
WA
Robert and his friend Walt go out surveying the city on a
very specific quest of knowledge: to understand the telephone
pole numbering system. Robert, onepart Mister Rogers and two
parts Don Quixote, is a late night delivery driver that often
runs into Theanna, who has her own idiosyncratic passion archiving
flyers found on telephone poles. Interspersed in their fictional
jour - ney are documentary-like interviews explaining the
“truth” by utility industry experts. The first
feature for director William Weiss. (82 mins.) Director
in attendance.
PAPERS
Danel Elwing, Kelly Meador
Portland, OR
A short, psychedelic trip through a paper garden. (5 mins)
TENDER
Mike Wellins Portland,
OR
In Wellin’s world of beguiling images, strange creatures
appear for an instant, a protaganist prepares a mysterious
tincture in the woods, and a beautiful woman, perhaps a memory,
smiles on. (4 mins.)
AMBER
Jen Morgan Portland,
OR
A truly unique 3-D animated film that examines the dynamic
between two sisters confronting issues of death and responsibility.
(5 mins.)
THE
ACCORDION
Vincent Caldoni Portland,
OR
A hotel maid, recenly released from apsychiatric ward, and
a businessman on the verge of losing his job, are drawn together
by an accordion. (21 mins.)
THIN AIR
Joel Bennett Juneau,
AK
As a small party of climbers attemp to climb the Ama Dablami
in the Himalayas, an unexpected storm catches them high on
the mountain—experience the real-life drama and fear
when things go wrong. (8 mins.)
BRUNO
AND BIPPY GO BOATING
Leif Peterson Portland,
OR
As light and sweet as cotton candy, a salute to the nickelodeon
era. (2 mins.)
SAY YES TO
DRUGS
Karl Krogstad Seattle,
WA
Seattle’s legend of experimental cinema returns with
biting social commentary couched in a montage of cautionary
drug imagery from yesteryear. (8 mins.)
BARTLETT
PEAR
Melanie Brown Portland,
OR
During a respite to the bathrooom in a crowded bar, a young
woman has a series of epiphanies about meaning, honesty and
superficiality. (7 mins.)
DANDELION
Grace Carter, Holly Andres
Portland, OR
A stream of consciousness tour through the filmmakers’
memories of the loss of their mothers. (7 mins.)
HONORABLE MENTION
". . . .for its distillation of shared loss, with
a compelling, seemingly casual use of overlapping voices and
a roving camera. "—M.A.
AT
THE QUINTE HOTEL
Bruce Alcock Vancouver
BC
Alcocks’ rollicking interpretation of the well-known
poem by Al Purdy uses almost every animation technique in
the book. (4 mins.)
HONORABLE MENTION
". . .for its Bukowski-esque mix of bravado and self-mockery,
carried along on a stream of visual metaphors that are sharply
clever--at once splashy and simple and fun." —M.A.
DRIVE
James Wallace Vancouver
BC
Richard Peel once had it all: a career on the rise, a beautiful
wife, and an even more beautiful mistress. Now, homeless in
his aging car, he wanders aimlessly down highways, seeking
clues to his downfall as he sifts through the wreckage of
his past. (30 mins.)
POLICE
BEAT
Robinson Devor Seattle,
WA
“This is exactly the type of risk that Sundance should
be taking,” said ROLLING STONE's Peter Travers after
POLICE BEAT's Park City premiere. This daring new feature,
produced through the Northwest Film Forum’s innovative
Start-To-Finish feature film production grant is based on
Charles Muede’s popular column in Seattle’s “The
Stranger” newspaper. The film follows Z, a Senegalese
bicycle cop, as he investigates various crime scenes. Meanwhile,
his internal dialogue communicates (in Wolof, his native tongue)
his heartbreak over his girlfriend having gone on a vacation
with another man. Director Robinson Devor’s deft handling
of a variety of subjects and tones, from the touching to the
bizarre, the suspenseful to the hilarious, all with a cast
comprised of largely non-professionals makes the film an artistic
triumph and a tour de force of storytelling. (80 mins.)
DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER IN ATTENDANCE
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