Best of Nantucket Film Festival 1999
The shorts program was a highlight of this year’s Nantucket Film Festival. The collection I’ve put together here is but a sample of what was screened, favorites of mine and my projection crew. We felt the Cambridge/ Boston audiences should experience these films as well... – Katie Trainor
PROGRAM
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Devil Doll/Ring Pull
Directed by Jarl Olsen.
US, 1998, black & white, 1 min.
One thing’s for sure: this film proves that truth can be told in forty seconds. You’ll see what we mean in this "wee" film with a big punch.
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Desserts
Directed by Jeff stark.
UK, 1998, color, 4 min.
Momma told you, and she was right: never eat stuff you find on the ground, no matter how good it looks.
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Madame Zander
Directed by Patrik Milani.
US, 1998, color, 3 min.
A mature woman usurps youth’s radiance from her prey.
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Herb
Directed by Amie Steir.
US, 1999, color, 7 min.
Herb is in a band. He likes to party. But mostly he’s sexy and wants to get his picture in Playgirl magazine. Told from the point of view of his "girlfriend," we follow Herb’s daily life as he waits to see if he’s made it.
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Silent Film
Directed by Malcolm Venville.
UK, 1997, 11 min.
1962. A deaf Jewish girl meets a deaf Catholic boy. They marry and produce a son. Unsure whether the child is born deaf, the mother reflects while awaiting the diagnosis.
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Ladies Room
Directed by Eugenia Ives.
US, 1998, color, 5 min.
From the first melodic drips of a leaky faucet to a full-blown cacophony (yes, that is Pachelbel’s Canon), Ladies Room gives us all a rare glimpse of one woman’s semi-private experience.
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Killing Joe
Directed by Chris Fallon.
UK, 1998, color, 44 min.
The year is 1963, and a Brit boy named Kennedy must deal with his blossoming sexuality and the pains of adolescence under the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis brought about by his famous namesake.
