The 2008 Denver Underground Film Festival will take place at the Starz Film Center at the Auraria Campus on October 17, 18, 19, 2008. FRIDAY, October 17, 2008. 7 pm. Shorts Portrait of a Filmmaker Experimental Short 2 minutes 10 seconds. Director: Mark Mamalakis Chicago, Il. Originally short in Super 8mm and 16mm. A beautiful and visually captivating exercise in black and white film reminiscent of Chicago in the 1950's. Golgota Narrative Short 30 minutes. In Spanish with English Subtitles. Written and Directed by: Roman Rubert Bernat Madrid, Spain. Rodeno, a family man in rural Spain, discovers a letter from his wife Golgota. Liminal Experimental Short 14 minutes. Written and Directed by: Stephen Keep Mills A woman, her body, and the destructive voice that controls her. INA and JOY are naked and locked in a battle of elimination. INA must reverse the power to survive. Are the they lovers or is JOY the "killer-within"? Think it's a dream? So You Say You Wanna Make a Movie Denver, CO Narrative Short 4 minutes. A film by Tony Diaz and Daniel Brown. Tony and Daniel show us the elements of making a film. Featuring very familiar sights in Capitol Hill. Refraction 35mm Color. Short Film 5 minutes Director: Michael Lauter (in person) Denver, CO. A visually stunning short fill for Denver's own electronic pioneers, Testube. Shot and projected in 35mm. Michael Lauter's feature "Persistence of Division" was the opening film for the first Denver Undergrond Film Festival in 1997. ************ Intermission ************ Feature Saila Experimental Feature 94 minutes Written and Directed by: Julia Ostertag East Berlin, Germany. A marooned area turns into a parallel universe filled with obsessions, violence and anarchy. This is where Saila lives in an abandoned high-rise block to receive her visitors. A sureal underground epos with a haunting soundtrack and one of film history'sbloodiest love scenes. ----------------------------------- SATURDAY, October 18, 2008. 7 Pm Short Feature Silence, Ca Tue! Narrative Feature 66 minutes. In French with English Subtitles. Directed by: Christophe Lamot Belgium A young director disgusted by the financing system of the movie industry decides to shoot a feature movie made from live scenes without any financial support in order to denounce the difficulties to achieve a cinematographic project in Belgium. The rivalries between the cast members, the excesses and the frustrations will slowly lead him to a surrealistic disaster. Shorts Death of the Reel Experimental Short 7 minutes Produced, directed and edited by: Benjamin Meade. Guy Maddin flys to Kansas City, Missouri, in a vain attempt to save cinema as it continues to die from contempt and neglect.The tongue-in-cheek project, is shot in classic Maddin style, which is to say silent and on high-contrast black-and-white film. The story? Well, it begins in a Winnipeg bar where filmmaker Guy Maddin (played by, yes, Guy Maddin) reads a newspaper article declaring the death of cinema in the United States. He decides to ride — or fly — to the rescue. Shot in black and white 16mm film and narrated by mega underground icon, Lydia Lunch. The Girl in the Red Dress Narrative short. 7 minutes. Directed by: Chris and Robert Smellin. Australia. A family is torn apart by the relationship between father and daughter. Automatic. Narrative Short / Stop motion animation. 30 minutes. Directed by: Sharon Mooney Brooklyn, NY. In an attempt to take control of his life, a customer service employee becomes obsessed with a chronic complaint letter writer. Automatic combines humor with unbalance; live-action + stop-motion to slip the viewer through reality and fantasy until the line is no longer discernable. Feeding Time Experimental Short 15 minutes Directed by: Nathan Maxwell Cann. A dark and terrifying vision of human nature. A man recurs to eating his own flesh to relieve his hunger. Made in Japan Narrative Short 6 minutes Written and directed by: Ciro Altabas. Madrid, Spain. A man has only three minutes to explain to his angry girlfriend why he missed her sister's engagement party. He weaves the perfect excuse, save for one little detail. A far-fetched tale is the basis of a comedy told through flashbacks. Creative sight gags and quick pacing allow the audience to become immersed in one man's wacky journey to find his estranged father and take out the trash. Starring Ciro Altabás. Ciro was born in Zaragoza, Spain in 1977. He has studied filmmaking at Universidad Europea de Madrid, the London Film School and UCLA. He currently lives in Madrid. ************ Intermission ************ Feature Vitamin P Narrative Feature 85 minutes. Director: Rich Borrero Brooklyn, NY. Lisa (Kellie Ambrose) is being torn by her passon for two different lovers; one being her boyfriend Ray (David Robinette) and the other being a lesbian perormance artist Victoria (Sthephanie Philo).Lisa and Victoria's toxic relationship leads to the murder of Lisa's beloved Ray... or so we think. When Ray comes to the realization that Lisa is having an affair with Victoria, his jealousy and rage spirals out of control. ----------------------------------- SUNDAY October 19, 2008. 7 pm Shorts Das Auge Des Parasiten Experimental Short 11:30 minutes. In German with English subtitles. Directed by: Luis Ortiz Colombia / Germany Residual Experimental Short 9 minutes Directed by: Padrick Ritch San Diego, CA. An experimental narrative about lapses in time in regards to the ritualistic nature of daily routines surrounding an isolated character whose paranoia and fear threaten to overtake him. Raubbau Animated Short 5 minutes Directed by: Christian Schleisiek. Mainz, Germany. Two neighbours suspect the other of having committed a thievery and do not see that their properties are falling into entirely different hands or the damage they cause to others involved. Nachttanke (Night Gas Station) 7 minutes Directed by: Christian Schleisiek. Via surveillance cameras you become witness of a crime scene at a gas station. But the tape is running backwards and step by step you recognize that nothing is what it seems. D'entre Des Mortes (Among the Dead) Narrative Short (Fantasy / horror) 30 minutes - French with English subtitles. Alain Basso France. When Roger meets Pauline, she inspires him to create a remake of his favorite film, VERTIGO. But all that glitters is not gold. ************ Intermission ************ Railed Narrative Feature 80 minutes Directed by: Ryan Fox Hollywood, CA "Railed" blurs the line between reality and fiction, taking place on a cross-country train trip from Los Angeles to New York. Passengers, unaware, become the stars and plot of the film. ************ Intermission ************ Feature Altamont Now 80 minutes. Director: Joshua Von Brown NYC, NY. On the 30th anniversary of The Rolling Stones' disastrous concert at Altamont, a mysteriously square journalist infiltrates a cult of indie rock revolutionaries living inside an abandoned nuclear missile silo. By bearing witness to the group's hilariously absurd White Panther posturing, he unwittingly creates an apocalyptic "Gimme Shelter" for the 21st Century
