FILM LIST 2007

This year's festival includes 70 films in a variety of genres: experimental, animation, documentary, feature length, student fims and horror/sci-fi. Below is a complete list of films, arranged by genre. Showtimes can be found on our schedule.

Film List by Genre:

Student Films

Documentary Film, 1-30 minutes

Documentary Film, 30+ minutes

Narrative Film (Shorts and feature-length)

Animation/Experimental

Horror and Sci-Fi

(Most images linked to the film's website)

Concord TV Summer Camp Student Film Collection( Concord/30 min/2007)

Chris And Chip in Fetch (NH/ Concord/ 2 min/ 2007/ Directed by Chris Dell’Isola
Chris and his dog Chip, in a homage to Warner Bros. Looney Tunes, attempt the age-old game of fetch.

Cross Words (NH/Concord/27min/ 2007/ Directed by Dylan Ladds
In this film noir style short, detective Archie Crispin is presented with a murder case. The film follows him through interrogations and exciting action scenes until the killer is finally revealed.

Cure (NH/ Concord/ 10 min/ 2007/ Directed by Arnold Soko)
His father died finding the cure, is he willing to risk his life to prove that it works?

Delusions (NH/Concord/ 8 min/ 2006/ Directed by Ryan Scura & Dylan Ladds)
A young man, troubled by paranoia, has difficulties being alone. His caring parents leave for a friend’s house, assuring him he is safe. However, his isolation may be too much for him to bear.

Earl of Sandwich (Austraila/ 30 min/ 2007/ Directed by Daniel Inglese)
The Earl of Sandwich has always believed that he was destined for greatness. It is not until the creation of the sandwich that his destiny is fully realized…but at what cost?

Fine (NH/Hopkinton/ 13 min /2007/ Directed by Jonathan Buiel)

Matt loves his wife, but is love enough? Everything with her is “fine,” but Matt wants it to be better than that. He wants it to be the best. How far will he go to be better than fine?

Flitter, Flutter – Thud ( NY/ 4 min/ 2007 Directed by Uday Benegal)
An atypical day in the park.

Handkerchief (NH/Concord/ 4 min/ 2006/ Directed by Travis Laughlin *Travis is the winner of the 2006 Best SNOB Short)
When a wandering chimney-sweeper loses control of his handkerchief, he is led on a dangerous chase through town.

In the Tradition of My Family (MA/ 15 min/ 2007/ Directed by Todd Davis)
Billy wants a better scar than the one his father has. A tradition of violence that goes back generations is threatened when a father hesitates to indoctrinate his son into the insane family tradition.

Library (NH/Concord/ 13min/ 2007/ Directed by Travis Laughlin *Travis is the winner of the 2006 Best SNOB Short)
In an unusual day at the library, a young woman and a janitor both run into misfortune. Only after they have faced cruelty and dejection do they meet and exchange much needed kindness.

A Man and the Moon (NH/ Bedford/ 8min/ 2007/ Directed by Katherine Potter)
"This documentary is about my father’s work on the Apollo mission and the trip to the moon. It touches upon the dedication and spirit of both the astronauts and those working on the program. My father also relates the hardships and heartbreaks they experienced during those years."

Moods of Color ( NH/Keene /8min /2006/Directed by Tom Krzywicki)
This video educates the correlation between color and emotion in a rather comedic manner. The film was made for a color theory class.

Puppet Tear (CA/ 4.5 min/ 2007 Directed by Julie Philips)
A poetic story of images describing the loneliness of a puppeteer. Starring Robert Romanus, teen star of Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Shakespeare’s Monkey ( MA/ 12min/ 2007 / Directed by Michael Ouellette)
Dick Boolean is a man at the end of his rope, but when he sees a news report about a typing monkey, his life will never be the same. A comedy of Biblical proportions.

Sweet Child O’ Mine (NC/ 10 min/ 2007 Directed by Melissa Lozoff)
“The Earth is our Mother. We are her children.” What happens when we forget?

Unfortunates (NC/ 6 min/ 2007/ Directed by Melissa Lozoff)
Two high school students get beaten, battered and bloodied…and then have the best day of their lives!

Quiet Time ( NH/Litchfield/ 3min / 2007/ Directed by Shawn Allaire)
Sometimes house-sitting is not all it’s cracked up to be. Our protagonist soon discovers this and tries to get some peace and quiet in his temporary surroundings.

Documentaries: Shorts: up to 30 min.

Crate Diggers: A Love story (MO/ 13 min/ 2005 / Directed by Anthony Ladesich) Crate Diggers is a story about obsession, a peek inside the mind of fanatic record collectors.

Creating A Zen Garden ( NH/Rindge/ 12min/ 2006 Directed by Heather Tullio)
A teacher’s trip to japan inspires schoolchildren and a community to collaborate on a Zen Garden in southern NH. Dedicated in memory of all the World War II victims, the Zen Garden is located at the Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge,NH.

GRANITE STATE (preview) (CA/NH/ 13min/2007 Directed by Fay Lellios)A short documentary rounding up the main elements in a work-in-progress feature of the same title. Four cities, two towns and one unincorporated village are featured, each offering a unique story based on the themes of community and endurance.

Keck’s Wooden Heart (Canada/27min./2006/ Directed by Andrew Palkovic) In the tiny off-the-map community of Dunchurch, Ontario lives Dieter Keck, carver of burls, roots and knots. A German immigrant, Dieter has chosen Dunchurch’s beautiful dense forest as the landscape for his serious but simple life.

Taking Back Odiorne (NH/ Portsmouth/ 16min/ 2006/ Directed by Aaron Marinel)
For almost twenty years there have been reports of unusual activities in Odiorn State Park. Most recently a serial flasher has been plaguing people recreating there. The series of crimes remain unsolved to this day, and the filmmaker creates awareness with this documentary.

Documentaries: (30+ minutes)

Abel Raises Cain (USA/CA/ 82 min/ 2005/ Directed by Jenny Abel and Jeff Hockett)
Filmmaker Jenny Abel explores the life and career of her father, Alan Abel, the infamous prankster who has pricked the pomposity of the media and aroused the public with his seemingly nonsensical ideas. Hailed by some as the world’s greatest hoaxer, and scorned by others as a complete menace to the media, Jenny reflects on what it was like growing up with the man responsible for SINA - the Society for the Indecency of Naked Animals. (Adult themes and nudity)

A Balancing Act (MA/ 80 min/ 2007/ Directed by Marc Israel)Take a tour of Austin's acclaimed Museum of Ephemerata, soak up the madcap theatrics of Iowa City Optimist Club founder Skutter, rub intimate eyeballs with L.A.'s one & only "towel-face artist", then scour & scrutinize the cities & jungles of Cambodia & Vietnam, all in search of a mysterious international motorbike balancing contest! Intoxicated with a "rebirth of wonder" after imbibing copious amounts of mind-altering Kombucha tea, award-winning filmmaker Marc Israel takes us on this wild, soul-stirring, & often hilarious journey. "Delightful & enormously entertaining...An amazing & meaningful gem!"- Davy Rothbart, This American Life

END of Suburbia ( Canada/ 78 Min/ 2004 Directed by Gregory Greene)

The consequences of inaction in the face of this global crisis are enormous. What does Oil Peak mean for North America? As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done NOW, individually and collectively, to avoid The End of Suburbia ?

Freedom to Inspire: A Different View of Russian-American relations. ( NH Alton/41/2007/ Directed by Jeannie Ferber)
Here is a compelling story of how Russians and Americans have worked together, not at business or politics, but at life. The film is a result of seven years and over 20,000 miles of journeying across Russia.

Gordon Manning: The Sawyer of Sutton Mills ( NH Warner/60 min/2007/ Directed by George Packard)
The movie follows Gordon felling trees, cutting lumber on the mill, and talking about his life and work. It features visits to the State of NH’s 1820 water powered sawmill in Derry, NH, and a state of the art automated production sawmill in Henniker, NH.

High & Outside (WA/84min/2007/ Directed by Peter Vost)
High And Outside is a documentary/biography of world-class athlete, self-styled mystic, social and labor activist, and pressroom comedian Bill “Spaceman” Lee, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox and Expos for 12 years. He sprinkled marijuana on his buckwheat pancakes. He was blackballed from baseball following the ’81 strike. Or was he?

Including Samuel (NH/Concord/ 55min /2007 Directed by Dan Habib) Photojournalist Dan Habib rarely thought about inclusion until he had his son Samuel seven years ago. Now he thinks about inclusion every day. This film documents the efforts of Habib family to include Samuel, 7, in all facets of their lives.

Lost and Found in Mexico (Mexico/ 52min/2006/ Directed by Caren Cross) While many Mexican are leaving families behind and risking their lives to cross the USA/Mexico border for a better life, this film focuses on Americans who have crossed the border in the opposite direction for a simpler life.

Low Down on Low Brow ( Canada/ 48 min/ 2006/ Directed by Marcus Rogers)
Hotrods, pinups, movies, music, flame jobs, posters, TV, comics, cowboys, monsters and cartoons. All these things are influences on the artists creating the work sometimes referred to as "Low Brow." A look at west coast pop art from the 40s to the future.

Post No Bills (USA/ 57min/ 1992/ Directed by Clay Walker)
"Post No Bills" is the award-winning documentary on infamous satirical 'guerilla' poster artist Robbie Conal, a professional painter who has splattered hundreds of thousands of his caricatured paintings-as-posters across the United States' urban streets.

Premier Primary ( NH/Concord/ 68 min/1987&2002/ Directed John Gfroerer)
The only comprehensive video history of New Hampshire’s most important political event: the Presidential Primary. Old newsreels, news films, photos, campaign literature and interviews with behind-the-scene players bring the story to life.

ROCKABILLY 514 (Canada/ 86 min /2007/ Directed by Mike Wafer and Patricia Chica)
This is a social/musical documentary about a community of people who are dedicated to the 50s lifestyle. It’s an outside-in look at a lifestyle continues to transcend space and time.

Row Hard: No Excuses ( Spain/NH/Concord/ 88min/ 2007/ Directed by Luke Wolbach
This documentary chronicles the voyage of the only American entry in a rowing race across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s both an exciting rowing adventure as well as an intimate portrait of the two-man crew that explores masculinity midlife and ambition. (And one of the rowers is from Concord.)

Scared Circle: Mt Kearsarge Indian Museum Pow Wow 2006 (NH/Warner/ 45 min/2006/ Directed by George Packard)
The Powwow is an essential part of building and growing the Indian community, and in New England more and more are taking part each year. This film depicts one of the best yet, featuring Grey Wolf Fouliard, a member of the Cree Nation from Warner,NH.

Turning Point (OR / 71min/ 2007/ Directed by Ross Williams)
The Turning Point is a personal view of a filmmaker’s journey through his wife’s pregnancy, the birth of their first child and the harsh uphill battle of his becoming a father.

Narrative films:

All Roads Lead to Here (Canada/ 5 min/ 2005/ Directed by Richie Mehta and Stuart McIntyre)
The exotic playful nature of this film will leave you rhythmically overloaded. It defies explanation.

Blind Leading the Blind (CA/ 18 min/ 2007/ Directed by Danny Gonzales)
Can two Puerto Rican homeboys hang with a blind Jewish Yenta? Can she have a good time with these two knuckleheads? Follow our two heroes as they realize the dark yet colorful world of Agnes while they roam the streets of New York.

The Container (MA/21min/2007/ Directed by Andrew Sniezek)
The Container is a dark comedy that goes behind the metal walls in a storage facility, where a pleasant man and a troubled woman cross paths to unlock a hidden truth. This film is silent, with no subtitles. This film was part of the 2007 Canne Film Festival.

Dribbles (NH/Weare/ 100min/2007/ Directed by Thomas Tosi)
Hailed by HBO screenplay coverage as “a surprisingly moving piece about teen life”
and Republic Pictures coverage as” beautifully written, heartwarming and quite charming,” this truly independent film tells the story of a talented high school artist desperate to prove himself to his runaway father by winning a state basketball championship jacket.

Driver’s Ed (WA/ 11min / 2005/ Directed by Thom Harp and Mike Standish)
A high-school girl who's failed her driver's test four times must get her license in order to save her long-distance relationship. Her latest instructor thinks he can teach her to drive ... if he can just survive the first lesson.

Forgetting Betty( 10min/2007 /Directed by James Anderson and Robert Postrozny)
A lyrical drama about one woman near the end of her life. Set in a small town outside of Chicago, Betty (Helen Rose), a 96-year-old Polish widow, leads a lonely life. Her day consists of routine chores, revisiting past memories, and waiting for the visitor who never comes. But today is different. Her only grandson (Postrozny) arrives to celebrate a birthday she would otherwise forget and she is forced to confront her future and own mortality in this at once joyous and moving film.

Fortune Hunters (CA/ 20 min/ 2007/ Directed by Thom Harp and Mike Standish
Arthur Yu’s girlfriend, Megan, plans to study abroad in China for a year, leaving him to waste another college vacation working at his dad’s fortune cookie factory. An accident involving a heartfelt letter and the fortune cookie press leads to each cookie revealing pieces of Arthur’s broken heart. Featuring Jessica Skerritt.

Gas Man (Canada/ 10 min/ 2005/ Directed by Corey Fischer)
In this day and age, seldom do we see someone who does their job with such gusto and panache; someone who takes their job seriously, and has pride in the work they’ve done. There is, however, such a thing as too much pride…

Happy Holidays (CA/ 102 min/ 2007/ Directed by James C. Ferguson)
Three friends unexpectedly reunite in their New England hometown the week before Christmas in a comedy about friendship, family and faith.

Hit or Miss (MA/ 29min/ 2007/ Directed by David LaCarubba and Michael Ouellette)
Noel Mooch is stuck in a dead-end job. A lover of action films, he decided to embark on a new career as a hitman for hire. With his best friend Pete at his side, he’ll train in the art of assassination and try to take out his first target: the husband of a greedy wife.

A Modern Faerie Tale ( CO/ 4min/ 2007/ Directed by Maiz Lucero)
Cameron meets a new friend who opens his eyes to a whole new world he never knew existed. Whatever you do, don’t say you don’t believe…

Monkey Warfare ( Canada/ 80min/ 2006/ Directed by Reginald Harkema)
Dan and Linda are living underground in Toronto, surviving by selling discarded treasures on the internet. Bound together by the misdeeds of their past, the once passionate pair are now ambivalent about their lives and each other.

Memories of My Melancholy Copy Machine (MA/NH/ Milton/ 13 min/ 2007/ Directed by Justin Slosky)
It’s a surreal “melodramedy” about a bullied office worker named Bobby who falls in love with a copy machine…and she, the copy machine, loves him back. Mature scenes follow.

Sadie Turns Seven (NC/ 10min/ 2007/ Directed by Todd Tinkam)
When a birthday dinner exposes Sadie to a difficult truth about the world, Sadie uses everything she’s got to right a crustaceous wrong.

Short Collection of Hilary Flamingo’s Dream Vocations ( UK/ 6min/ 2007/ Directed by Harriet Fleuriot)
A dissatisfied factory worker escapes into a delicious selection of fantasies. A short but sugary sweet experience served with color, music and a sprinkling of silly humor.

Scarlet Letters ( VA/ 14 min/ 2007/ Directed by Kevin Herberger)
This story ain’t just boy-meets-girl…a lonely loser, Paul, finally meets the woman of his dreams in a local bar. Walking Sarah back to ‘her place,’ Paul’s plans take a turn for the bizarre.

Sharp Dressed Men (NH/Portsmouth/ 84 min/ Directed by Ti Alan Chase)
Thirty years ago, Bill and Lorraine met, fell in love and didn’t get married. Now they have four children, a son-in-law and an ex-daughter-in-law,
and they are finally ready to tie the knot.
This is the story of their wedding day.

VirtuaGirl ( CA/ 25 min/ 2004/ Directed by Paul Matusheski)
A computer geek finds love with a fully interactive, amazingly mobile PC- “VirtuaGirl.” When a real girl enters the equation, this made in hard drive heaven become a fatal attraction situation.

What the Frock? (NC/ 12min/ 2007/ Directed by Todd Tinkham)
A short film about life, death, and the search for the perfect dress.

Animation/Experimental:

A Garota (The Kid) (Brazil/ 4min/ 2006/ Directed by Fernando Pinheiro)
The story of a child in black and white and watercolor, in painting on canvas. The child is condemned simply by playing.

Ambassadors Day ( CA/ 21min/ 2006/ Directed by Dave Kellum)
Long after the end of the world, two diplomats must defuse a volatile international dilemma before the apocalypse happens for real.

Baseball Card Shop ( CA/ 7min/ 2006/ Directed by Kelly Kennedy)
In a dark and quiet baseball card shop, a lonely Pez dispenser watches as heroes of the past awaken to play one more game.

Black Films (USA/ 90 min/ 2005/ Directed by Aldo Tambellini)

Black Film Series by Aldo Tambellini
Presented by Anthony Tenczar

Avant-garde artist, poet and filmmaker Aldo Tambellini¹s Black Film Series
(1965-69) ranges from cameraless abstraction to intermedia manipulation of
the mass media . These works are turbulent and uncompromising formalist
barrages of image and sound often with significant social meaning. A rarely
seen two screen version of Tambellini¹s seminal film ³Black TV² will be
featured. This showing of the Black Film Series includes a newer film --
the award-winning digital film Listen (2005) which is based on Tambellini¹s
recent poetry and co-directed/edited by Concord filmmaker and UNH
Communication Arts professor Anthony Tenczar. Tenczar will introduce the
films and Tambellini will be on hand to answer questions.

Dead Soldiers (NH/Concord/ 15min/ 2007/ Directed by Paul Stillwell)
In the time is takes to drink a three beers, a man remembers three significant relationships in the military.

Dear Sweet Emma ( NC/ 5min/ 2003/ directed by John Cernak)
As the search is given up for Emma’s latest husband, Tucker, a private look reveals that Emma has a secret and uncontrollable dark side. The sweetest angel and favorite citizen of Fishtickle would indeed pose an uncomfortable dilemma for all if her problem is found out.

Emmaline (Who Lived by the Sea) ( CT/ 19min/ 2006/ Directed by S.A. Bouchard)
Emmaline is a tale of a woman obsessed with a cataclysmic event that occurred during her childhood. Turning her back on the world, she retreats to her own private island and further into the dark territory of her own psyche.

Flyaway ( NC/ 11min/ 2004/ directed by Danny Oakley)
A little wooden plane, despite the price it must pay, does the impossible and joins the world it could only dream of.

Hell on Wheels ( NH/Windham/ 6min/ 2007/ Directed by Donna Catanzaro)
A satirical critique of organized religion. Popes on steamrollers plow through history, changing and obliterating icons and scientific thought.

Hot Air Balloon ( VT/ 7min/2007/ Directed by Gail Schwartz)
Hot Air Balloon takes a lyrical jaunt through one woman’s memory of her first love. Blending interview footage, with “dressing up” footage. Contains nudity.

Joyride ( NC/ 5min/ 2005/ Directed by John Cernak)
What “The Man” wants, “The Man” gets…and if you don’t pay attention it will go by in the blink of a sound bite!

Leatherwing Bat ( MA/ 3min/ 2001/ Directed by E.J. Barnes)
Leatherwing Bat is a gouache-on-paper animation of the traditional Appalachian folk ballad. Bats and birds complain and rejoice over their love lives, night and day, day and night.

Startle Pattern ( NC/ 13min / 2006/ Drected by Eric Patrick)
Startle Pattern is a farewell card to the film medium. In this late age of emulsion, this essay is a call of the cinematic gaze to a state of crisis. The film functions as a deconstruction of spectatorship and authorship in the moving image… a puppet’s formtattered and decayed, hinting at the Protagonist's delicate relationship with reality, voyeurism, the director and the apparatus.

The Tree With Lights in It ( MA/ 5min/2007/ Directed by Jason Harrington)
“When the doctor took off her bandages and led her into the garden, the girl who was no longer blind saw the tree with lights in it. “Inspired by this quote from Anne Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek this short animation explores the vision of a young girl discovering the world for the first time.

Trip to Prague ( NY/ 4.5min/ 2006/ Directed by Neil Needleman * Note is well loved by the SNOB committee for his prolific amount of submissions to our festival over the years.)A love story in progress with a happy-and unexpected-ending

Pit and the Pendulum (Canada/ 7min/ 2007 Directed by Marc Lougee)
This well animated short of the Edgar Allen Poe classic is a treat to behold.

Horror /Sci-fi:

Gateway Ship ( VA/14min/2007/ directed by Trent Duncan)
When a ship passes through a gateway, it brings something mysterious from another world into ours and then inflicting its good and evil upon us.

The House of Usher (MA/ 81min/ 2006/ Directed by Hayley Cloake )
Based on the Edgar Allen Poe short story, this film was produced and financed 100%
By women. Starring Beth Grant from Donnie Darko and Little Miss Sunshine

Tucker’s Crossing (NH/ Holderness/ 2007/ directed by Jamie Sharps)
A young boy’s life changes when he is dumped off at his uncle’s house by his deadbeat dad. Immediately he’s tortured by uncle Roo. Beware this is a slasher-film not for the weak stomached; set in the Holderness woods, delivered with a heavy dose of camp.

a heavy dose of camp.