UCLA Festival 2009: New Creative Work

Sunday Screenings (3rd Screening)

James Bridges Theater at 6:00 PM on Sunday, June 7, 2009

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Festival continues with a program of films and videos showcasing the diverse talents of our student filmmakers.

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Code Duello
Directed by Nora Gruber
ngruber@hotmail.com ((323) 206-1689)
Narrative HDCAM
Running Time, 8 min, 0 secs

A series of letters escalate to a duel between two men.

A Short Dialogue in Subtitles or Projection
Directed by Katrina Frederick
katrinaf@ucla.edu
Experimental DVD
Running Time, 4 min, 5 secs

Two brains argue in a post-apocalyptic setting about the way the world used to be.

Dog Days
Directed by Mary Lai
maryjlai@gmail.com
Narrative
Running Time, 2 min, 45 secs

A little girl spends yet another boring Summer day doing nothing.. until an ice cream cone brings the unexpected.

Way Home
Directed by Erick Oh
contact@erickoh.com
Animation MiniDV
Running Time, 8 min, 53 secs

'Way Home' is a story featuring a fly, a dung beetle, and a farmer. Through a tragic episode that is also filled with humor and brightness, I would like to give the viewers an opportunity to think about what they are chasing after and what is truly precious in life.

Escape
Directed by Amie Barnes
amiebarnes@ucla.edu ((408) 242-0294)
Narrative HDCAM
Running Time, 12 min, 0 secs

In this feminist Western, an oppressed housewife embarks on a quest to kill a deadly outlaw. Hell breaks loose when she is falsely imprisoned, and she must escape before sunrise.

The Sound
Directed by Michael McNeff
mdmcneff@gmail.com ((310) 384-4034)
Experimental DVCProHD
Running Time, 3 min, 0 secs

A fight between a father and son is interrupted by an unusual event.

Hue
Directed by Justin Tan
justintan@ucla.edu ((626) 348-7619)
Experimental DVD
Running Time, 4 min, 7 secs

A girl has some serious cosmetic issues.

Unending Hell
Directed by Justin Wolske
jwolske@tft.ucla.edu ((646) 345-5523)
MFA Thesis Film DVCProHD
Running Time, 26 min, 21 secs

A Hollywood agent to C-list talent devises the most devious PR stunt ever to save her client.

VROOM-VROOM!
Directed by Tess Sweet
tesssweet@yahoo.com ((323) 332-8776)
Narrative DigitalBETACAM
Running Time, 11 min, 30 secs

After getting dumped by her boyfriend and stranded in the desert, a heartbroken woman meets an unlikely trucker with a tool box full of miracles and an invitation to a magical place.

The Dinner Party
Directed by Keith Hedlund
kahedlund@yahoo.com ((323) 301-6714)
Narrative
Running Time, 9 min, 54 secs

When Maggie hires Hector, a Mexican day laborer, an unexpected event challenges her to reassess her identity.

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NHAMO
Directed by Eunice Chiweshe Goldstein
Narrative DV HDCAM
Running Time, 12 min, 0 secs

Set in a war torn land, a young boy is caught in the midst of a revolution that will forever change the history of a nation.

MAN-TO-MAN
Directed by Philip Klucsarits
phil.k@mac.com
Narrative DigitalBETACAM
Running Time, 6 min, 16 secs

To become a man, Gary must seal the deal. A comedy about true love and knives in the 70s.

They Came Sprayin'
Directed by Eli G. Mael
eligmael@yahoo.com ((510) 910-3480)
Narrative
Running Time, 11 min, 30 secs

A young man who managed to get out of his rough neighborhood returns home to find his brother and childhood friends are immersed in a life of crime.

Psychic Love
Directed by Aaron Wilde
aaronwilde@hotmail.com ((0973) 3638-6659)
Documentary DVD
Running Time, 18 min, 0 secs

"Psychic Love" is a short documentary/television pilot about one man's fatalistic search for love and destiny, through astrology, past-life regression hypnosis, numerology, and internet dating chance.