Thank you for a wonderful festival!
Our filmmakers, our sponsors and, in particular,
our audience gave us another memorable film weekend, topped off
with great food and discussion. Look for us again in November 2006!
Here are this year's winners. Congratulations to all.
Best Animated Film
Winner: Blood and Scones
Honorable Mention: Masquerade
Best Documentary
Winner: The Long Haul of A. I. Bezzarides
Honorable Mention: Penobscot Basketmaker
Best Feature (US)
Winner: Sunnyvale
Best Feature (Foreign)
Winner: Hill 16 (from Ireland)
Best New Hampshire-made Film
Winner: Windows to the Soul
Honorable Mention: HOPE
Young Filmmaker Award
First Place: Flatline Pulse
Runner Up: Jazz it Up
Best Short Film
Winner: Forgotten Stars
Honorable Mention: The Lonely Bear
* subject to change
Film Lists -- Features and Shorts
Listed in alphabetical order, including running time and showtimes.
Feature Films (40 minutes or longer)
Call It
Democracy (USA; 85 min) 
Call
it Democracy (USA; 85 min.) A fresh perspective on voting
rights and unresolved electronic voting problems. Four years in
the making, this film begins when the voting--and mainstream media--coverage
stopped. Friday, noon, Sweeney Hall)
Les
Diaboliques (France; 90 min) 50th anniversary release of
Clouzot's classic film noir, starring Simone Signoret. Dark study
of a wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster
who join forces to kill him, only to have the body disappear. Don't
fall in the swimming pool. (Friday, 7 p.m., Room 314/315)
Enron:
The Smartest Guys in the Room (USA; 110 min) A searing
examination of the Enron accounting scandal which reveals the psychology
of greed and corruption that led to the company's rise and fall
and traces its links to the California power blackouts. (Friday,
7 p.m., Sweeney Hall--followed by guest speaker Dr. Richard Hanson,
C.P.A., a forensic accountant) Sponsored by the New Hampshire
Society of Accountants. (Reprised Saturday, 2 p.m., Room 314/315
without discussion)
Forgotten
Stars (USA; 43 min) Mockumentary about a ventriloquist
and his dummy. Or is it the other way around? (Friday, 4 p.m,
Room 314/315)
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Half Dead (Ashland, NH; 40
min) Zombies in Holderness, NH. (Saturday, 4:15 p.m., Sweeney
Hall) Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
Hard Work (Maine; 59 min)
A surprisingly relevant documentary about the lives of Maine women
factory workers in the late 1800s, speaking to today's wage gap
and other concerns. (Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Room 314/315)
Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.
Heavy
Metal (Quebec; 48 min) A documentary about the effects
of mining pollution coupled with bureaucratic indifference on Cree
Indians in Northern Quebec. (Saturday, 2:50 p.m., Sweeney Hall.
Sponsored by Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum). Followed by a discussion
with the filmmaker.
Hill 16 (Ireland; 124 min.)
A coming of age story of a Dublin teen's obsession with a local
teacher and her msyterious affair with his cousin. (Friday,
1:45, Green Room) Winner of the Best International Feature Film
Award at the Tromafling Independent Film Festival in Edinburgh,
2005.
Kiss Me Deadly (USA; 106
min) Another 50th anniversary classic. Written by A.I. Bezzerides,
based on a Micky Spillane mystery, directed by Robert Aldrich. A
doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool
of intrigue. (Saturday, 11:45 a.m., Sweeney Hall)
The Long Haul of A.I.
Bezzerides (USA; 52 min) The story of a former Hollywood pulp
writer with a day job as a long-haul trucker. (Saturday, 10:30
a.m., Sweeney Hall-followed by a discussion with the filmmaker)
Penobscot
Basket Maker (Maine; 59 min) The life story of Barbara
Francis, a Native American basket maker from Indian Island, Maine.
(Saturday, 1:45 p.m., Sweeney Hall. Sponsored by Mt. Kearsarge
Indian Museum) Followed by a discussion and demonstration with Barbara
Francis and 2 other basket makers. Nominated for an Emmy.
Phantom
of the Opera (USA; 79 min) The re-mastered version of Lon
Chaney Sr.'s creep classic. Live accompaniment by the Alloy Orchestra.
(Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Concord City Auditorium)
Followed by our closing reception.
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POPaganda,
the Art and Subversion of Ron English (USA; 78 min) An
eye-opening examination of Ron English, guerilla artist who hijacks
corporate billboards. (Friday, 4 p.m., Sweeney Hall--followed
by a brief discussion with the filmmaker Pedro Carvajal)
A
Sidewalk Astronomer (USA; 76 min) Documentary about a man
who brings astronomy into popular culture. (Saturday, 4:15 p.m.,
Room 314/315)
Sunnyvale
aka Opie Gets Laid (USA; 80 min) A lonely loser gets luckier
than he could ever imagine. (Friday, 10:30 p.m., Sweeney Hall)
Until
When (Palestine; 58 min) Everyday life in Israel seen through
the eyes of four Palestinian families. Documentary. (Saturday,
10:30 a.m., Room 314/315)
When
Zachary Beaver Came to Town (USA; 90 min) Zachary Beaver,
the fattest boy in the world, comes to town and changes the lives
of everyone in Granger, Texas, especially the life of 13-year old
Toby Wilson. Based on a 1999 National Book award winner and starring
Jonathan Lipnicki (Jerry Maguire, Stewart Little) and Eric
Stoltz (Jerry Maguire, Pulp Fiction) (Friday, 2:15
p.m., Sweeney Hall)
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Shorts
Art in the Carbon Era (US:
4 min.) A well- grounded mockumentary send up of artistic pretensions.
Mind your step! (Friday, 4 p.m., Room 314/315)
Blood & Scones (Berlin,
NH; 3 min.) Knitting like Grandma never did it. Animated. (Saturday,
4:15 p.m., Sweeney Hall) Followed by discussion with the filmmaker.
A Couple of Bitches
(US; 5.5 min) Armed with a "bulletproof" scheme, Dom's
bad luck in meeting women is about to change. (Friday, 10:15
p.m., Sweeney Hall)
Cycles of Repetition
(India; 3 min) A wordless, musical documentary about rug-making
in India. (Friday, 4 p.m., Room 314/315)
Disposition (New
York; 3 min) A student animated graphic film.
Downer (Mass; 11 min)
A controlling father believes his daughter is trying to kill him.
(Friday, Noon, Green Room)
Eddie's Winning Date
(US; 15 min., 15 sec.) Eddie learns a new slant on football betting.
(Friday, 12:45, Green Room)
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The Exchange (USA;
22 min) The CIA and its drug-dealing practice. (Saturday, 2
p.m., Room 314/315)
Flatline Pulse (Concord,
NH; 18 min. 45 sec.) Modern thriller based on Poe's Telltale
Heart. (Saturday, 4:15 p.m., Sweeney Hall) Followed
by discussion with the high school senior filmmaker.
Hans Rickheit: The Cartoonist
(Massachusetts; 30 min) An aspiring cartoonist explains his
craft and philosophy. (Friday, 5:30 p.m., Sweeney Hall)
Holly and Duane (USA; 4.5
min) Holly and Duane's relationship sinks like the Titanic. Adapted
from a Raymond Carver short story. (Friday, 4 p.m., Room 314/315)
HOPE (Sanbornton, NH; 7 min)
An animated collage of images, based upon the work of a Native American
storyteller. (Saturday, 1:45 p.m., Sweeney Hall. Sponsored by
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum)
I Know Who You Are (USA;
12 min) A creepy tale about a psychic who foresees death. (Friday,
7 p.m., Room 314/315)
Jazz It Up (Bow, NH; 20 min)
A student film about a 13-year old girl who learns a valuable lesson
when she does it her way at a dance competition. (Friday, 1:45
p.m., Sweeney Hall auditorium--followed by a brief discussion with
the filmmaker)
Lis and Ogre (USA; 9 min) Anime
about life in a futuristic mine. (Saturday, 11:30 a.m., Room
314/315)
Little
Red Jiving Hood (USA; 11 min) Comical musical spoof on
Red Riding Hood, not just for kids. (Friday, 12:45, Green Room)
The Lonely Bear (USA;
5 min) A rather busy stuffed bear pursues the life of a lonely bachelor.
Friday, 10:15 p.m., Sweeney Hall)
Love: The Movie (USA; 4.5
min) Movie-making spoof from a film maker who knows the score. (Friday,
4 p.m., Room 314/315)
Masquerade (Canada; 2.5 min)
An animated and whimsical tale about a juggling jester. (Friday,
noon, Sweeney Hall and Friday, 4 p.m., Room 314/315)
No More Tomorrows (USA;
2.5 min) A silent look at the life and times of a garbage collector.
(Friday, 4 p.m., Green Room)
Paying Respect (USA;
15 min) The case of the corpse that wouldn't die. (Friday, 4
p.m., Room 314/315)
Sorry Joe (Massachusetts;
11 min) Joe reacts badly to a romantic breakup and is mistaken for
a street bum in a city park. (Friday, 1:15, Green Room)
There Once Was A King (Italy;
11 min) He-said, she-said, Italian-style. (Friday, 4 p.m., Green
Room)
Windows to the Soul (Concord,
NH; 9 min) Who's lying. It's in the eyes, or isn't it? (Saturday,
4:15 p.m., Sweeney Hall)
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