A GREAT WONDER
Kim Shelton / Ashland, OR
The most harrowing casualties of the Sudanese civil war are the 15,000 children orphaned when their villages were destroyed. After wandering almost 1000 miles on foot, American aid organizations placed many of these "lost boys" (and girls) in foster homes. A GREAT WONDER tells the unlikely story of four of these refugees as they adjust to an entirely new way of life in Seattle. It is impossible to hear their stories without gaining perspective on the relative comfort of our lives. (61 min)

SUBVERTISERS
Michael Seely, Sarah Eberhardt / Seattle, WA
The cultural activists of the 21st century can't wait around for a sit-in; they're out in the field every day getting their point across by subverting the power that advertising has over our lives. Tracing the movement from coining of the phrase "culture jamming" to the current actions of media activists like Adbuster Magazine’s Kalle Lan, SUBVERTISERS is an engaging survey of the culture wars and an introduction to a personal, revolutionary way to affect the world. (24 min)

The Environment - 7pm
Sarah Halpern / Portland, OR
A bit of educational found film footage with the environment of the medium rendered in chattering frames, ambient sound and visible tape splices. (5 1/2 min)

Crowfilm - 7pm
Edward P. Davee / Portland, OR
A Vertovian celebration of the beauty and intelligence of the common crow also recognizing the process of the documentation. (20 min)

The Home - 7pm
Erin Brown / Victoria, BC
“What makes this film compelling is not so much the easy solution to its narrative but rather the uneasiness of the characters' movement, the strangeness of their "computer" faces, and the way they gaze.” –JB (5 min)


Afterthought - 7pm
Michael Cross / Seattle, WA
Roy and Macaela wander through a relationship where time never seems to be quite on their side. Makes traditional "chronological" dating seems a piece of cake. (20 min)

Out of Our Hands - 7pm
Cheryl Slean / Seattle, WA
Vic and Kendra meet for their date at a truck stop motel. Bob arrives to stake a claim that Kendra vehemently denies. Who is Vic to believe? A film that resists the pressure to resolve the narrative question, instead exploring the conundrum of truth in a relative mind. (22 min)

Andaluz - 7pm
Joanna Priestley, Karen Aqua / Portland, OR
Two animators met by chance in a Mediterranean village in southern Spain. They fell in love with the locale and spent three years collaborating on this mellifluous tribute to Andalusia. (6 min)

Entry - 7pm
Dayna Hanson,Gaelen Hanson / Seattle
With Seattle dance-theater company 33 Fainting Spells, a single phrase of movement occurs within the narrow bounds of an overgrown sidewalk. (5 min)
“I don't want to spoil this film with description, but when it's over think about how it engages movement and space; it dances from beginning to end. My favorite film of the festival.” –JB

Meridian Days - 7pm
Trevor Fife / Portland, OR
A gorgeously photographed, elegantly paced sepiatone pleasure cruise with the filmmaker and the grandmother he gently observes and whose language he threatens to understand. (11-1/2 min)