OCT 22 FRI 8 PM
GUILD THEATRE
SHORTS ONE
RESFEST 2004 kicks off with a lively 10-film mix of state-of-the art storytelling, animation and graphics-oriented work that signals the programs to come. See Jason Swishnow’s retelling of the tragic fate of Oedipus in the luxurious cinematic splendor redolent of ’50s era epics—with a cast of vegetables. See what happens when the inexorable thrust of time slows, then stops, allowing three characters to transcend their destinies in Daniel Askill’s visually stunning philosophical mindbender WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE. Be amused by Talmage Cooley’s dark, satiric POL POT’S BIRTHDAY.

FRI 10 PM
CINEMA ELECTRONICA
RESFEST’s music video showcase features a stellar slate of over two-dozen cutting edge works from around the world. Among the highlights: Tomorrow’s Brightest Mind’s kaleidoscopic “NEEDY GIRL” for Chromeoa loving animation/live action nod to the Busby Berkeley dance spectacles of the 1930s; Jason Kahn’s masterful, kung fu-inspired GET YOURSELF HIGH (for the Chemical Brothers); and the very latest from such innovative producers as Pleix, H5, Logan, Hexstatic, Dougal Wilson and Little Minx.

OCT 23 SAT 2 PM GUILD THEATRE
RESFEST WORKSHOP
Canon does a special presentation on their new XL2 camcorder, which offers a revolutionary design, new professional features,
and a full line of customizable controls—including an interchangeable lens.Learn how this new MiniDV offers cinematographers and videographers a completely customizable broadcast and feature-film quality tool. Admission is free.

SAT 4 PM
SHORTS TWO
Wry humor threads its way through this program of shorts as filmmakers respond to life’s daily travails by mixing striking visual trickery with old-fashioned laughter. Duncan Skiles’ SUNDAY suggests the volatile danger of mixing sex, babysitting and pizza, while Stefan Nadelman’s ONE STEP AHEAD follows a hapless character in his pursuit of speed in a city seemingly designed to slow him down.

SAT 6 PM
BY DESIGN
By Design is a showcase for preeminent motion graphics and broadcast design work from around the world. This year’s program is rich with new work by past RESFEST artists, including Logan, MK12 and Richard Fenwick, and includes as well stellar work from the likes of Psyop, Suk + Koch, Justin Harder and Plus et Plus.

SAT 8 PM
SHYNOLA RARITIES
In a few short years, the prolific British directing team of Shynola has created some of the most amazing videos ever made. Comprised of college friends Gideon Baws, Chris Harding, Richard (Kenny) Kenworthy and Jason Groves, the chaotic collective has crafted pieces that are by turns hilarious, epic, moving and sexy for the likes of UNKLE, Quannum, Radiohead, Stephen Malkmus, Lambchop, Junior Senior, Queens of the Stone Age, Bur and The Rapture. The boys have rifled through their closets and pulled together this special RESFEST-only program of Shynola rarities.

SAT 10 PM
BUSHWACKED!
See what happens when you turn some of the world’s top activist, media-jamming filmmakers loose in an election year! In this showcase of often-hilarious activist shorts you’ll see the latest from artists such as Bryan Boyce, Eric Henry, Archer & Beck, Michael Moore, Guerrilla News Network and Johan Söderberg. Join us for a late night party after the screening hosted by Taow Productions.

OCT 24 SUN 1 PM GUILD THEATRE
WARP VISION
For the past decade and a half, England's Warp Records has been a visionary champion not only of experimental electronic music, but also of that music's marriage to dynamic visual imagery—demonstrating an unflagging commitment to raising the bar when it comes to innovation in music video direction. In honor of the label's 15th anniversary, we present a special program surveying Warp's groundbreaking work—most never before commercially released.

OCT 24 SUN 3 PM GUILD THEATRE
VIDEOS THAT ROCK
A rollicking survey of rock-oriented projects, highlighted by fascinating animated videos. In THE YEAR OF THE RAT, from Monkmus, a man and his dog spread affection through the streets of urban despair; Douglas Wilson’s THREE GIRL RUMBA, for Klonhertz is, in the director’s words, “a video made of paper.” Perennial favorite Michal Gondry’s WALKIE TALKIE MAN, for Stereogram, blends stop-motion and painstakingly arranged shots to create an action-packed world almost completely made of yarn; and there’s new work from Jonas Odell, Chris Hopewell, Plates Animation, and Kuntzel & Deygas among others.

SUN 5 PM
SHORTS THREE
The flimsy divide between real life and fantasy unites this mix of decidedly idiosyncratic portraits on cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, a slew of scarred rock stars, New York’s bicycle gangs—and other characters who may or may not be real. But why fixate on borders and boundaries? The point here is to see how filmmakers show us the world with inventive mixes of breathtaking imagery, humor and design.

SUN 7 PM
JONATHAN GLAZER
RETROSPECTIVE
This year’s director retrospective program surveys the exceptional work of British director Jonathan Glazer, whose music videos include the seminal STEET SPIRIT for Radiohead and RABBIT IN YOUR HEADLIGHTS for UNKLE, as well as award-winning commercials for the likes of Nike, Guinness and Levi’s. In his first feature, SEXY BEAST, Glazer married his short form expertise with riveting performances to make one of the best films of 2001. This year will see the release of Glazer’s second feature, BIRTH, starring Nicole Kidman. The program traces Glazer’s career to date, with commercials, music videos, trailers and rarely screened behind-the-scenes footage.

SUN 9 PM
SPROUT
Director Thomas Campbell is one of the many artists to take creative inspiration from Southern California's skateboarding and surfing cultures. SPROUT is his second surf documentary, following SEEDLING (1999), his portrait of the California longboard surfing community. This time, traveling to such far-flung locations as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Morocco, South Africa, Costa Rica and Australia, Campbell surveys the devices surfers use to harness the power of the waves, including fish, eggs, mats, tubes, boogie boards, tri-fin boards, no-fin boards, traditional longboards, modern shorties and their own bodies. Woven into his images is a whimsical animated sequence by Geoff McFetridge, and a soundtrack featuring Tortoise, Will Oldham, and Tommy Guerrero, and interviews with numerous international surfing icons.
(90 mins.)