Festival History ◊ 2006 ◊ Films: S - Z  

 

 

Scentsory Design® Writer/Producer/Director: Jenny Tillotson Scentsory Design® is a film that explores the fusion of ‘Emotional Fashion’ with health and olfaction science, to create a new concept in perfumery. It is a multi-sensory journey describing the future of fashion and fragrance that goes beyond current microencapsulated techniques, through the inclusion of body sensors and microfluidics that sense and respond to psychological and environmental changes. Inspired by the human body’s circulation system and the defense mechanism in bombardier beetles, the purpose is to produce an ‘aroma rainbow’ around the user, that changes with emotion. Science Fiction, United Kingdom, 6 min

 

Sound Of Slyness Writer: Diane Ruggiero; Producer: Darya Danesh, Freeman White; Director: Mikki Willis Marty comes home to find his wife, Vivian...distracted.  She had hired a private investigator to spy on him.  Now she has the evidence of his philandering. When confronted by audio surveillance of he and his mistress, Marty resorts to “creative storytelling” as an attempt to explain. Comedy, USA, 10 min

 

The Sparkle Lite Motel Writers: Sarah Dodd, Cory Kinney; Producer: Cory Kinney, Mel Weisbaum; Director: Cory Kinney Newlyweds George and Anna check into a questionable motel expecting a night of marital bliss. Once in the room, the couple begins to see manifestations of their parents. Anna is visited by her mother, Sidura, a demure sophisticate who does not approve of her daughter marrying this boy from the wrong side of the tracks. George begins to see his father, Tavish, a coarse, Scotsman who teases his son mercilessly. As Anna and George’s relationship is tested by Tavish and Sidura, the couple quickly figures out that there is something very wrong with room 24 and The Sparkle Lite Motel. Horror Comedy, Canada, 15 min

 

Surrogate Writer/Producer/Director: Peter Podgursky A childless alien couple just want a baby.  Looking over all the possibilities, they choose a handsome astronaut to be their unknowing surrogate. The female makes herself look human and goes to him. But his romantic human ways sparks more than her maternal instincts.  This is a love triangle that can't end well.  Horror Comedy, USA, 6 min

 

Tell-Tale Art Writer/Director: Jeremy Dylan Lanni; Producers: Jeremy Dylan Lanni, Bradley Sellers, Noah Goldsmith Lenore brutally murders her husband, dismembers his body, and conceals the pieces within a grotesque sculpture. Why? Perhaps Lenore was right in claiming it was Allan’s cataract eye that drove her to do it. The milky orb was certainly repulsive to behold. But did it really scour her soul with a supernaturally critical glare? And when one Officer Morley questioned Lenore, something made her lose her composure. What exactly shattered her resolve? That, like Lenore’s motive, is a mystery. All we know for sure is that Lenore dissolved into a gibbering wreck, confessed to her heinous crime, and remains stark raving mad to this day! (Web Site) Thriller, USA, 6 min

 

That's My Baby Writer: Staci Bernstein; Producer: David Bernstein; Director: Staci Simpson That's My Baby is a lighthearted look at maternal instincts gone awry. When two women in a park both lay claim to the same child, tempers flare and the fight is on. Though neither seems to have a strong grasp of parenting, both toss their conflict to the wind when the child’s safety is threatened. Who is the real mother? Could the child have two mothers? What’s best for the child? Assumptions about child ownership and child rearing are a gentile undercurrent in this frolicking physical comedy. Comedy, USA, 10 min

 

Thumb Pow Writer: Joseph Clark, Steve Oedekerk; Producer/Director: Joseph Clark Thumb Parody based on Steve Oedekerk's Kung Pow: A young man, who some say is the 'chosen one,' is walking through life trying to find his purpose. In the mean time there are evil people who are trying to kill him so that they may take over the world. Thumb Animation! Parody, USA, 7 min

 

The Toll Writer/Director: J Zachary Pike; Producer: Marc Dole The Toll is a Computer Animated mockumentary and a character study in the guise of a student project created by fictional film student Harvey Stevens. Harvey delves into the realm of not-so-fantastic myth to interview a troll who lives under a bridge. The troll is, for lack of a better word, evil. He's aggressive, uncouth, temperamental, and has a nasty habit of eating people. His pet is a malicious cross between a dragon, a pug, and a Cuisinart. Yet strangely, the troll wants acceptance from the society he preys on, and sees the young filmmaker as an opportunity to clear up the 'misunderstandings' that have always plagued him. Animated Fantasy, USA, 6 min

 

Uh Oh Betty Writer: Anthony Veve; Producer: Drew Weaver; Director: Anthony Veve Uh Oh Betty is a documentary parody that shows the lighter side of a rather bleak topic. Christina Binkley is Betty, a young woman that has had enough of her boyfriend’s sexual advances, in a fit of anger she kills him! Finding herself in a rather large quandary, her only help and savior is the narrator Dr. Rackenport who instructs Betty on the proper techniques of disposing a body. A purely black and white comedy that draws you into the comfortable era of poodle skirts and car hops, lowering your defenses enough to make you laugh. The upbeat jazz and soothing voice of Dr. Rackenport set you up perfectly as a blundering Betty knocks you down with laughter! Parody and Satire, USA, 8 min

 

Uh-Oh: A Brief Encounter Writer/Director: Joe Henke; Producer: Hero Motion Pictures Uh-oh is a computer-animated short about a brief encounter on a not-so-far away planet. Told without dialogue and set to the music of the legendary Raymond Scott. Moral? Don't leave your keys in your spaceship. (Web Site) Animated Comedy, USA, 2 min

 

The Urge Writer/Producer/Director: Chris Angus This short film is a spoof, deflating the exaggerated horror behind old vampire movies. We are lead into the suspense of expecting the vampire to leave his coffin and commit heinous crimes, only to discover that he has far more pressing things on his mind. Animated Comedy, Canada, 2 min

 

Whore Writer/Producer/Director: Vincent Scordia Whore, tells the story of a young married couple experimenting with a violent sexual fantasy in a sleazy New Jersey motel room. The main idea of the film was to explore a side of sexual culture that is often ignored in contemporary culture. The idea is that sexual gratification can be achieved through abuse and violence in the context of an otherwise loving relationship. (Web Site) Drama, USA, 8 min

 

Witchwise Writer/Director: Joe Harris; Producer: Amanda DeSeta, Hunter Shepherd Everyone adores Andrew, including his old Aunt Mary. Rather, she did... until she died. Now, standing at her funeral, his Aunt’s casket open before him, Andrew reflects on the last time he saw Mary alive… as well as the shocking, secret chain of events that led to her death.  Was Andrew’s Aunt Mary a witch? What was the source of her power? And, most importantly, how can he make it his? Witchwise is a swirling tale of horror and magic, murder and vengeance in which one bad little boy learns an important lesson—Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it! (Web Site) Horror, USA, 13 min

 

The World Outside Writer: Ben Collins; Producer: Josh Lind; Directors: Josh Lind, Kevin Phillips SLOW AND STEADY GETS YOU FIRED! Rules, restrictions, guidelines, suggestions, commands, punishments, work work work. Life in a toy factory goes as planned. Whether the toy you build is a ball on a stick or a ball on a string, you will do as you are told or feel the consequences. After meeting a bright-eyed young lady who works at the factory across the street, a young lever-puller decides to disguise his identity, fool both factories, and avoid the watchful eyes of the building officials to get closer to the one girl he could love. Fantasy, USA, 28 min

 

The Wright Stuff Writer/Producer/Director: Ford Austin When the Wright Brothers are called upon by the president of the united states to fight 'evil doers', they fly to his aid and go on many amazing adventures while remaining grounded with their lucrative bike repair business. Relentlessly hilarious! Comedy, USA, 20 min

 

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