Photo - Magda (Shorts II)

Short Cuts I
SHOWTIMES: 2/13, 12:15pm GU and 2/14, 8:30pm GU.

HELLO
Jonathan Nix, Australia
Can analog find true love in a digital world? Leave it to the wise old gramophone to offer answers to a lovesick loner in this delightful animated twist on a classic story.
(6 mins.)

THE GOD
Konstantin Bronzit, Russia
Even a god might have to reincarnate to get rid of a pesky fly. (5 mins.)

THE SURPRISE
Lancelot V. Naso, Germany
When a man rushes frantically to prepare a surprise dinner for his girlfriend, it turns out she has a few surprises of her own in store for her hapless lover. (11 mins.)

THE GOSPEL OF PIG CREOLE
Michelange Quay, Haiti/France
I am the creole pig. I am who I am. I am the pig of your ancestors My flesh is your flesh. Till the end of time. (19 mins.)

DROP
Robert Mowen, United States
The journey of a single drop of rain becomes a meditation on the shaping forces of life. (6 mins.)

7:35 IN THE MORNING
Nacho Vigalondo, Spain
One morning a woman notices something unusual at the cafe where she has breakfast. Everyone is completely silent and their breakfasts are untouched. (8 mins.)

BROADCAST 23
Tom Putnam, United States
May God have mercy on our souls; Broadcast 23 wasn’t a greeting at all . . . (7 mins.)

PASSING HEARTS
Johan Brisinger, Sweden
The encounter between a young man and the family whose late son saved his life forms the basis for this moving tale of the unexpected ties that can bind people who have never met. (15 mins.)

JO JO IN THE STARS
Marc Craste, Britain
Jo Jo in the Stars is a story of love, selfsacrifice, and jealousy played out against a black and white world that is both nightmarish and hauntingly beautiful. (13 mins.)

Total running time: 90 mins.

Short Cuts II: Made in Portland
SHOWTIMES: 2/17, 8:45pm GU and 2/19, 1:30pm GU.

CONTINGENT
Nick Peterson
In this study of interpersonal relationships emotional distance, infidelity and sexual restlessness are revealed in a young woman’s various seductions. (20 mins.)

JOE BLOW
Mark Gustafson
Poor Joe puts his all into making his first date a perfect evening, only to have the
effort of seduction get the better of him. (4 1/2 mins.)

MAGDA
Chel White
Animated entirely with mannequins, White’s enchanting film tells of a love affair between a contortionist and her devoted fan turned sour by greed. (5 mins.)

WINDOW
Ryan Jeffery
Deep in the forest, a human is caged—or protected—by a luminescent box, making interaction with the lush surroundings impossible. Jeffery’s striking visual riddle asks the viewer to question our ability to create and control our own environment. (3 mins.)

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM STORY
Bill Daniel
In this film about a film, Daniel examines a movie made 30 years ago in graphic, violent response to the Vietnam War. Viewed today, with commentary by the filmmakers, the images are no less disturbing and resonant. (7 mins.)

THE MORNING AFTER
Will Vinton
It’s never easy to deal with the ramifications of a one-night-stand, but this one is a bit more complicated than most. A witty blend of animation and live action, this is Vinton’s first film since his departure from the studio that bears his name. (5 mins.)

TOWLINES
Matt McCormick
McCormick’s explores the visual and emotional characteristics of tugboats, those hardworking and invaluable contributors to our world and waterways who never seem to get their due recognition and glory. (20 mins.)

BIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN HOSTESS
Shilpa Sonthankar
She is courteous, helpful and polite, even as her guests are arrogant, ignorant, rude and racist. Such is the life of a restaurant hostess. (18 mins.)

WINTER
Andy Collen
Through the blinding white of snowdrifts, a girl searches for a gift for her ailing mother. (6 mins.)

Total running time: 95 mins.

Short Cuts III: Excavations in Time
A program of recent avant-garde films curated by Cinema Project
SHOWTIME: 2/22, 8:30pm GU.

FACE A/ FACE B
Rabih Mroue, Lebanon
Using virtually no images, this short piece is an intimate record of a family’s life affected by the losses and the political ideals of the Lebanese Civil War. (9 mins.)

IT’S NOT MY MEMORY OF IT
The Speculative Archive (Julia Meltzer, David Thorne), United States
A visual essay which combines text, sound, found footage and animation to question the construction and perception of secrecy and memory in the US government’s handling of sensitive information. (24 mins.)

THE FUTURE IS BEHIND YOU
Abigail Child, United States
In this fictional narrative, composed from home movies and historic focuses on two sisters coming of age as it touches on history, gender and family psychology. (18 mins.)

CONCERNING FLIGHT: FIVE ILLUMINATIONS IN MINIATURE
Charlotte Pryce, United States
Beautifully capturing the fantastical, we are presented with five brief fictions which explore the mysteries of insect flight: its various rhythms, movements and sounds. (9 mins.)

MY NAME IS YU MING
Daniel O’Hara, Ireland
A young Chinese man decides to move to Ireland. But first he’s determined to learn its official language. Upon arrival in Dublin, Yu Ming is puzzled by his failure to communicate. (13 mins.)

I BEGAN TO WISH
Julie Murray, United States
Murray’s exquisitely re-envisions a found film to create a haunting world where fruits grow pale and shrink back into buds, flowers speak, and sons wish for death. (6 mins.)

Total running time: 75 mins.

Short Cuts IV
SHOWTIMES: 2/24, 8:30pm GU and 2/26, 1pm GU.

WASP
Andrea Arnold, Britain
Single mum Zoe is broke and her kids are hungry. When Dave, an old flame, swings by with the offer of brief release, she has to choose between being responsible and being happy. (23 mins.)

NIBBLES
Christopher Hinton, United States
A father who takes his two sons on a fishing trip into the untamed forests of the Abitibi region of northwest Montreal in Canada. An animated documentary, or “documation.” (5 mins.)

THE HOLE
Vahid Nasirian, Iran
In this animation film the director Vahid Nasirian, deals with the cruel subject of addiction. The film is frightening but on a high artistic level. (6 mins.)

POL POT’S BIRTHDAY
Talmage Cooley, United States
The office staff of the most brutal dictator on earth attempts to throw a surprise birthday party for their boss. (10 mins.)

DOG YEARS
Richard Penfold, Sam Hearn, Britain
Ben, 39, Leo, castrated mongrel, needs love, GSOH essential. (4 mins.)

ALL IN ALL
Torbjørn Skårild, Norway
When all is said and done, conclusions arenot so important after all. (4 mins.)

THE MAN WITHOUT A HEAD
Juan Solanas, France
The Man without a Head is a surrealistic film.A mix of dream and reality. The jurywas impressed with the style, graphics and the
consequence of the story. (18 mins.)

PAPILLION D’AMOUR
Nicolas Provost, Belgium
A mesmerizing manipulation of Rashomon that expresses the horror that can lie in beauty and pure love. (3 mins.)

Total running time: 90 mins.

Short Cuts V: Best of the Young People’s Film & Video Festival
SHOWTIME: 2/19, 11am GU.

Where is the next generation of mediamakers coming from? What do they haveto say? Each year the Film Center’s Young People’s Film & Video Festival, held in July, takes the pulse. Join us for a special program of winners from the last five years, a sampling of the outstanding work video, film and animation by northwest high school age producers.

The program includes:
Roundtrip Ticket, Laneia Seumalo, Portland; Cavitumerous, Brad Schaffer, Benton City, WA; Dear Me, Peter Broderick, Carlton, OR; In the Laundry Room, Dalton Rose, Snohomish, WA; The Nuthouse Café, Fiona Bayh, Portland; Nerve, Sean Corwin, Portland; Ergophobia, Brad Schaffer, Benton City, WA; High Stakes, Sean Howley, Portland; Shadows, Jack Davis, Portland; At the Diner, Eliot Murray, Vancouver, WA; Cinderella: The New Edition and Scanning For Threat, 911 Media Arts, Seattle; Bat Meets Bat, Ken Yuzuriha, Vancouver, WA; A Profound Insight, Andrew Morse, Salem; Eternal E & Me; Dominic Fratto, Salt Lake City, UT; Save Our Culture, 4H Club & Fraser High School/Fort Peck Reservation, Glasgow, MT; The Ball, Matt Wright, Vancouver, WA; What’s He Building? Rory Fanning, Matt Pfingsten, Vancouver, WA; and Juice Box, Brad Moss, Vancouver, WA.

Total running time: 85 mins.