MadCat Women's International Film Festival
The Truth of the Matter
Using animation, documentary and experimental filmmaking, this series reveals how artists question their governments and challenge their actions.
PROGRAM
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Which Way
Directed by Claudia Herbst.
Germany, 2001, color, 5 min.
Combining rapid fire editing of animation, still photographs and live-action sequences, Herbst reveals a national tragedy through her very personal story.
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Good Morning, Night
Directed by Kiyoko Segawa.
Japan/US, 2004, color, 3 min.
A surreal animation about a family that tries to ignore impending war.
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Travis
Directed by Kelly Reichardt.
US, 2004, color, 12 min.
Reichardt appropriates and illustrates an NPR radio interview with a mother whose son was killed clearing mines in Iraq just after President Bush declared the end to major combat.
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Call to the Dark Side
Directed by Barbara Klutinis.
US, 2003, color, 3 min.
With an eerie soundtrack and footage of a boy about to jump off an unidentified ledge, Klutinis creates anticipation and fear of an unknown horror ahead.
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It’s Not My Memory of It
Directed by Julia Meltzer and David Thorne.
US, 2004, color, 25 min.
In this riveting video, a former CIA source reveals how the agency constructed his false identity. Footage of a burial at sea and shredded classified documents are animated and reconstructed to reveal a complex story of cover-ups and the complexity of defining the truth.
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The Thief of Bagdad
Directed by Diane Nerwen.
US, 2003, color, 5 min.
Oil, flying horses and tales of liberation swirl together in this Technicolor action adventure fantasy starring Charlton Heston as a swaggering Texan empire-builder in Baghdad and Conrad Veidt as his nemesis.
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Cross Examination
Directed by Lori Hiris.
US, 1994, black & white, 12 min.
Using the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill broadcast as its soundscape, Cross Examination is a chilling reflection on politics, race, power dynamics and gender relations in America.
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The Invisible Hand
Directed by Lori Hiris.
US, 2003, color, 12 min.
The Invisible Hand is a hand-drawn history of corporate corruption from Enron, to Halliburton to Marthagate.
