Wisconsin / Illinois Showdown | Shorts Slot #2

This short slot is heavily over-balanced in favor of WI by a margin of 6-1. You do NOT want to miss the chance to screen this one, as WI filmmakers gang up on a feisty, but pathetically outnumbered, group of IL indies. There will be the hurling of empty cheese wrappers and mentions of how some sort of bears are still sucking (??) A real bloodbath! And some pretty darn good flicks, too. Be der! Yah hey!!

Screenings

Buy TicketsFri Feb 20, 2015 – 5:00 PM – Domenico’s

Buy TicketsSun Feb 22, 2015 – 2:00 PM – La Casa Grande

Buy TicketsFri Feb 27, 2015 – 2:00 PM – La Casa Grande

Seize the City

Seize the City

Genre:  Documentary
City / State:   Shorewood, WI
Rating:  PG
Runtime:   9 min.
Director: Melissa Flores, Vianca Fuster
Producer:  
Website :   N/A

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

“Seize the City” is a short documentary that follows local Chicago graffiti artist Carpe Diem as he introduces graffiti as a form of art and speaks upon Chicago’s strict laws that have declared it a form of vandalism punishable with felony offenses.

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Genre:  Biography, Drama
City / State:   Milwaukee, WI
Rating: G
Runtime:   15 min
Director: Junehyuck Jeon
Producer:   Junehyuck Jeon
Website :   Invisible Library

Synopsis:

The one who delivers memories: transporting, distance, proximity, translating, remembering, forgetting.

Letters to Ashleigh

Genre:  Documentary
City / State:   Milwaukee, WI
Rating:  G
Runtime:   23 min.
Director: Kyle C. Olson
Producer:  
Website :   Letters to Ashleigh

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

“Letters to Ashleigh” is a documentary short about Ashleigh Love – a young girl who was senselessly murdered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Letters shows how one girl’s death inspired an entire community to make a change.

Furthermore, this film provides hope and inspiration to families who are battling similar circumstances so they can hopefully realize that even after the darkest of hours, you can still find strength to carry on

Nostalgic

Nostalgic

Genre:  Drama, Sci-Fi
City / State:   Wilmette, IL
Rating: G
Runtime:  11 min.
Director: Ronald Eltanal
Producer:   Dana Hodgdon, Matt Irvine, Josh Russell
Website :   N/A

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

An aging scientist must decide whether to give in to early-onset dementia, or to take an experimental drug which locks him into his memories, unable to form new ones..

Do As Told

Genre:  Poetic, Experimental
City / State:   Milwaukee, WI
Rating: G
Runtime:  5 min.
Director: Aaron Granat, Nina Ham
Producer:  N/A
Website :  N/A

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

“Snippets of presidential speeches, flashes of collegiate revelry and repose, and some unnerving footage of two figures in wrinkly old-man masks become the raw material for a reflection on higher education’s promises and perils.

Aaron Granat and UW-student Nina Ham have crafted a sharp-elbowed yet artfully-diffuse work that critiques the conformity of contemporary learning institutions while (appropriately enough) leaving the viewer with more questions than answers.” Matt Connolly, Wisconsin Film Festival programmer

Carnival of the Animals

Carnival of the Animals

Genre:  Documentary
City / State:   Shorewood, WI
Rating: G
Runtime:  15 min
Director: Sitora Takanaev, Michael Krieger
Producer:  Sitora Takanaev
Website :  N/A

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

A portrait of the beautiful, minute detail created by the hands of master craftsmen, embodied by the workers of Carousel Works, the country’s only maker of handmade, full-size wooden carousels.

Accompanied by the titular suite by Camille Saint-Saens that helped inspire it.

Inside & Out

Genre: Documentary
City / State:  Madison, WI
Rating:  G
Runtime:  3 min.
Director: Eric J. Nelson
Producer:  Kristin Larson
Website :  N/A

Filmmaker Attending

Synopsis:

Kyle, a sign-carrying air guitarist, puts on an epic rock show every day at the car wash where he works.

NOTE: Synopsis are typically provided directly by the filmmaker themselves. Sometimes English is not their first language. We ask reader’s understanding for less-than-perfect language and grammar

BIFF - Beloit International Film Festival
BIFF | Beloit International Film Festival