Friday, April 22

7:00 p.m.
Sam Hoolihan

City of Lakes - A 16mm, black and white, portrait of Minneapolis. (Running time: 18 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

7:30 p.m.
Anoka Ramsey Community College (Mark Lambert, producer/director)

Warren Mackenzie: A Potter's Hands - A cinematic window into the life, work, and philosophy of this remarkable Minnesota potter. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 45 minute film, producer will be present.)

8:00 p.m.
Mike Hazard

The Happy Collaborator - segment from a film about George Stoney, the Johnny Appleseed of documentary filmmaking. (Running time: 20 minutes of 54 minute film, filmmaker will be present at 4/22 screening.)

8:30 p.m.
Benjamin Moren

Carbon Copy - examines the human/digital divide and the ever evaporating separation between them. (Running time: 7 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

9:00 p.m.
Blake Nellis

Mad Minute Films - Ten 60 second dance films, intended for an internet audience, that show the beauty of human connection, improvisation and touch. (Running time: 10 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

9:30 p.m.
Leslie O'Neill

Good Night, Sleep Clean - a short, site-specific, dance film that explores a woman's dark journey for self-expression through her crumbling psyche. (Running time: 20 minutes, filmmaker will be present, NOTE: adult content.)

Saturday, April 23

12:00 p.m.
Marylee Hardenbergh

Confluence - a combination of dance and videography in which six dancers are located at six different points along the Mississippi River. (Running time: 8 minutes, choreographer and filmmaker will be present.)

12:30 p.m.
Britni West

Tired Moonlight - combustible dreams fail to ignite as a lonely, middle-aged, woman is confronted by lost love in a small town. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 76 minute film.)

1:00 p.m.
Teresa Konechne

ReEarthing: finding our way back to the land "film seedlings" - a collection of ancient and contemporary vignettes about land and our connection to her. (Running time: 18 minutes, filmmaker will be present at 4/23 screening.)

1:30 p.m.
Joel Barkley

Into the Wild Blue Yonder - a montage of animations from Brunhilda Berkle's Bumpy Brown Barn interactive e-book series. (Running time: 10 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

2:00 p.m.
Kristen Lowe

Painting the Place Between - a segment from a full-length documentary that profiles four contemporary Minnesota visual artists. (Running time: 17 minutes of a 60 minute film, filmmaker will be present.)

2:30 p.m.
Patrick Coyle

The Public Domain - a 20 minute segment from a full length film about four characters haunted by near misses after a tragic bridge collapse. (Running time 20 minutes of 91 minute film, filmmaker will be present.)

3:00 p.m.
Kathleen McTavish

Br1Nk - a work in progress that blends improvisational cello, found sound, text, data and abstract, layered, moving images. (Running time: 12 minutes.)

3:30 p.m.
Jesse Roesler

The Sandwich Man - tells the story of retired school teacher, Allan Law, who distributes a thousand sandwiches every night to those in need. (Running time: 5 minutes of a 93 minute feature film, filmmaker will be present.)

4:00 p.m.
Thomas Schroeder

Island of Giglio - a hand-drawn, sketchbook film, observed from life in the village of Campese on the Italian island of Giglio. (Running time: 10 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

4:30 p.m.
Anoka Ramsey Community College (Mark Lambert, producer/director)

Warren Mackenzie: A Potter's Hands - A cinematic window into the life, work, and philosophy of this remarkable Minnesota potter. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 45 minute film, filmmaker will be present at 4/22 screening.)

5:00 p.m.
D.A. Bullock

The UnCool - rough cut of an experimental documentary that examines black male self-identity in America. (Running time 15 minutes, filmmaker will be present, NOTE: adult content.)

5:30 p.m.
Allison Bolah

Tell Me About Your Mother - filmed interviews in which each sitter is asked similar questions about their mother. (Running time: 19 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

6:00 p.m.
John Whitehead

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Craving the Real - this work in progress is a portrait of an African-American string band and their mentor, black fiddler, Joe Thompson. (Running time: 20 minutes, filmmaker present at 4/23 screening.)

6:30 p.m.
Alberto Justiniano

The Lesson - the story of an undocumented immigrant who refuses to be defined by his job and discovers his true calling. (Running time: 14 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

7:00 p.m.
Peter Nelson

Jessie - an animated work in progress that tells the true story of one woman's struggle with sexism, depression, and dementia. (Running time: 5 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

7:30 p.m.
Cadence Nelson

Solar Flare - a narrative short film that follows a young woman as she makes her way to the airport against a backdrop of surveillance and technology. (Running time: 8 minutes, filmmaker will be present, NOTE: adult content.)

Sunday, April 24

12:00 p.m.
Hmong Cultural Center (Mark Pfeifer and Txongpao Lee, producers)

Wedding and Funeral Songs - three short films that demonstrate instrumental and vocal music performed at traditional Hmong weddings and funerals. (Running time: 11 minutes, producer will be present.)

12:30 p.m.
John Akre

North by Northeast - Three short films that explore the creation of animation projects in public spaces. (Running time: 8 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

1:00 p.m.
Norah Shapiro

Miss Tibet: Beauty in Exile - explores the paradox between the Tibetan Buddhist value of inner beauty with a conventional beauty pageant’s emphasis on appearance. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 70 minute film.)

1:30 p.m.
Maya Washington

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar - follows the career of legendary Viking and wide-receiver, Gene Washington, who was a member of the first fully integrated American football team at Michigan State University. (Running time: 10 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

2:00 p.m.
Michael Rivard

How to Make a Mask - a look at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater's annual MayDay Parade from 2006 to the present. (Running time: 20 minutes, filmmaker will be present.)

2:30 p.m.
Midwest Special Services (Lauren Hughes, producer)

Sleeping Between Worlds - Artists with disabilities from Midwest Special Services created the stories, acted in, and helped produce this feature film that explores the theme of dreams. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 48 minutes film, producer will be present.)

3:00 p.m.
Al Milgrom

From These Bohemian Shores - From 20 hours of film shot from 1976-1990, this rough cut documentary tells the story of a New Prague/Veseli Minnesota polka band. (Running time: 20 minutes of a 76 minute film, filmmaker will be present.)

3:30 p.m.
Mike Hazard

The Happy Collaborator - a segment from a film about George Stoney, the Johnny Appleseed of documentary filmmaking. (Running time: 20 minutes of 54 minute film, filmmaker will be present at 4/22 screening.)

4:00 p.m.
John Whitehead

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Craving the Real - this work in progress is a portrait of an African-American string band and their mentor, black fiddler, Joe Thompson. (Running time: 20 minutes, filmmaker present at 4/23 screening.)

4:30 p.m.
Teresa Konechne

ReEarthing: finding our way back to the land "film seedlings" - a collection of ancient and contemporary vignettes about land and our connection to her.(Running time: 18 minutes, filmmaker will be present at 4/23 screening.)