1997 FESTIVAL SHORTS

DROUGHT DIR Lisa Moncure US 1997, 16MM SEPIA/COLOR, 27 MIN, ENGLISH A searing tragedy of a man and woman trapped in a dying romance within a landscape parched by rainless heat. Screening with THE BIG EMPTY 10/24 8:15pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/26 3:30pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 10:00 AM and 10/30 1:00 PM LOVERBOY DIR Matthew Reichman US, 1996, 16MM, B&W, 10 MIN, ENGLISH A small gang of urchins living in a condemned building jealously destroy a budding romance between two of their elders. STUDENT AWARD, Alamo International Student Film Festival 1996. Screening with SWEET JANE 10/24 10:45 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/26 6:00 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 3:30 PM and 10/30 10:00 AM AFI Shorts 1 10/24 5:45pm Laemmle's Monica AFI Shorts 2 10/25 1:00pm Laemmle's Monica AFI Shorts 3 10/26 1:00pm Laemmle's Monica RANT DIR Mary Siceloff US, 1996, 35MM, COLOR, 9 MIN, ENGLISH Two ants, one sandwich, and a chance to be heroes, as a couple of bold insects encounter the perils of the large world. Screening with PIECES 10/25 5:30pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/29 7:00pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 2PM and 10/29 1 PM THE BLOODY OLIVE DIR Vincent Bal BELGIUM, 1997, 35MM, B&W, 10 MIN FLEMISH A Christmas Eve night full of surprises and unexpected plots when Werner's colleague, Sam, discovers that he has been falsifying the books and wants the money back. Screening with LOVER GIRL 10/25 7:45 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/28 8:45 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 1:00 PM and 10/31 11:30 AM THE SHOPPING QUEEN DIR Jamie Billett US, 1996, 16MM, B&W, 4 MIN, ENGLISH Sandi and her arch nemesis, Veronica, both receive car faxes announcing a sale at Armani and race to buy the same dress. Screening with REAL STORIES OF THE DONUT MEN 10/25 10:15 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/27 5:00 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 3:30 PM and 10/31 2:00 PM LOAFING DIR Duane Lavold US, 1996, 16MM COLOR, 14 MIN, ENGLISH A skateboarder, a yuppie, a homeless man and a salesman find themselves in the awkward silence of a New York public bathroom where they overcome their vast differences through a rather unique human interaction. AUDIENCE AWARD, Slamdance International Film Festival 1997 Screening with EIGHT DAYS A WEEK 10/25 5:20 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/29 9:30 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 2:00 PM and 10/29 1:00 PM SETANTA DIR Brian Willis IRELAND/ENGLAND/FRANCE, 1996, 35MM, COLOR, 27 MIN A documentary covering an independent music label based in London. Screening with PUNCHING THE CLOWN 10/25 10:30 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/30 2:15 pm GENERAL CINEMA HOLLYWOOD GALAXY Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 12:15 and 10/29 3:00 LEGS DIR David Ostry CANADA, 1996, 35MM, B&W, 5 MIN ENGLISH Over one hundred pairs of legs ranging from 6 months to 97 years are surveyed in this telling montage of the human body. Screening with THE PERFECT MOMENT 10/25 12:15 pm GENERAL CINEMA HOLLYWOOD GALAXY and 10/30 6:00 PM Laemmele's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 12:15 and 10/29 3:00 IF YOU LOVED ME... DIR David Betteridge and Shirley Lixenberg UK, 1997, 35MM, COLOR, 12 MIN, ENGLISH An outrageous black comedy about what could happen when love is pushed to the Nth degree - when 'the power of love' takes on a new, darker meaning. Screening with WITHOUT A MAP 10/26 8:15 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/28 4:00 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 11:30 AM and 10/31 10:00 AM TAG DIR Katharine Garrison US, 1997, 16MM, COLOR, 14 MIN, ENGLISH Fourteen-year-old Lola, new to Brooklyn, learns the art of writing her name. BEST FILM OF THE NIGHT, AUDIENCE AWARD, Polo Ralph Lauren Festival of New Works 1997. Screening with COST OF LIVING 10/26 10:30 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/28 1:15 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/27 3:30 PM and 10/30 10:00 AM LOVEHOUND DIR Neil McInnes CANADA, 1997, 35MM, COLOR, 11 MIN, ENGLISH An animated love triangle between Pete, his browbeating boss, Ronnie "The Realtor", and the woman of Pete's dreams, Ronnie's mistress... the lovely Ethel. Screening with THE SOULER OPPOSITE 10/27 7:00 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/29 3:45 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 1:00, 10/31 11:30 AM GENERIC METAL TITAN DIR Tim Naylor US, 1996, 16MM COLOR, 21 MIN, ENGLISH Teen spirit goes murderously awry as Midwestern kids, Neil and Chuck, have a few differences of opinion. Screening with STEAMING MILK 10/27 9:45 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/29 1:00 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 3:30 and 10/31 2:00 PM IS IT THE DESIGN ON THE WRAPPER? DIR Tessa Sheridan UK, 1997, 35MM, COLOR, 8 MIN, ENGLISH What is the cure for a crappy childhood? A six-year-old girl tells us as she gets the better of a bubble gum lady, and goes home strangely comforted. Screening with SOULMATES 10/28 6:30 pm Laemmle's Monica and 10/30 3:30 pm Laemmle's Monica Screening at the Festival Online Cinema 10/28 11:30 AM and 10/31 10:00 AM LUNCH WITH LOUIE DIR PETER ROBINSON US, 1997, 35MM, COLOR, 12 MIN A repressed bureaucrat having lunch in a park finds his solitude disturbed by a somewhat friendly, somewhat threatening derelict. Screening with HACKS, 10/28 7 pm, Mann's Chinese

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