When We Were Marks: September 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011

2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Selection: Twilite – Fire

2011 YoungCuts Film Festival Selection
Twilite – Fire

The YoungCuts Film Festival is pleased to announce that it has selected Marcin Mikulski's short film Twilite – Fire as one of our Top 100 International Short Films for 2011. The film is also shortlisted for consideration as Best Music Video.

Twilite – Fire

Marcin Mikulski

Directed and Written by Marcin Mikulski

This music video is the first film that we have ever played from Poland.

It's a sharp little narrative about the permanence of the past.

It manages to comment on memory, the past and the environment without using a speck of dialogue (beyond the lyrics of the song).

*****

The Barren Landscape of Regret

Runtime: 2 min: 34 sec

Completion: September 2010

County of Origin: Poland

*****

Digging a Hole Big Enough to Bury the Past

Synopsis: The main character wants to change his life so he packs all his stuff and begins his travels.

Précis: Le personnage principal veut changer sa vie pour qu'il l'emballage de tout son matériel et de commencer son voyage.

*****

Filling the Hole

Director's Statement: The main character wants to change his life. So he packs all his stuff in a big sailor bag and begins to travel. When he finally find his destination, he digs a hole and throws all his things in the hole. He leaves, but his personal things don't let him get very far. It's complicated, You just have to see it ;-)

Parole du Réalisateur: Le personage principal veut changer sa vie. Alors, il l'emballage de tout son matériel dans un sac marin grand et commencer à Voyage. Quand il trouve enfin sa destination, il creuse un trou et de jeter toutes ses croit le trou. Nous s'en va mais sa persone les choses ne veulent pas le laisser aller très loin. C'est compliqué, Il suffit de voir ;-)

*****

Free of the Past

Filmmaker Age: 25

Maciej Twardowski

Cinematography and Post Production by: Maciej Twardowski

*****

The Past Returns

The 2011 YoungCuts Film Festival begins on Friday, September 30th at Guzzo Spheretech. The Animation and Music Screening is Saturday, October 1st at 5PM and concludes with a presentation of an award for Best Animated Film and Best Music Video.

*****

The Band

Not so Easy to Turn Your Back on the Past

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Oasis HD Grand Prix Screening (Best of the Fest) at the YoungCuts Film Festival

Oasis HD Screening
for the Tenth Anniversary YoungCuts Film Festival

Featuring the best films of the Festival by young filmmakers from Quebec, Canada, the United States, Switzerland and France.

Sunday, 2 October, 2011 9PM/21h dimanche, le 2 octobre, 2011

Guzzo Mega-Plex Sphèretech 14, 3500 Côte-Vertu, Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.

15 Films, Approximately 107 Minutes

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1. Fokker, Le (QC) Anthony Boulay, Animation, 1:00

Synopsis: One quiet evening at the aircraft museum, a rambunctious little boy decides to steal a plane to go flying in the clouds.
Une soirée tranquille au musée de l'aviation, un petit garçon turbulent décide de voler un avion du musée d'aviation pour se promener dans les nuages.

2. Finding Soil (USA) Tavarius Eberhart, Drama, 7:30

Synopsis: Sometimes it's hard to grow without a strong foundation.
Parfois c'est dur à grandir sans une forte fondation.

3. Patrick the Artist (Canada) Aidan Jeans, Documentary, 4:30

4. Il Était Encore Un Fois (QC) Roxanne Baril-Monfette, Animation, 1:30

Synopsis: Mister Fox finally gets his cheese only to find that Mister Crow has encased it in a metal container!
Maître Renard, parvenant à obtenir son fromage tant désirée, ne se douta point que Maître Corbeau, cette fois-ci, le lui offrirait dans son emballage métallique.

5. Diaspora (Canada) Aadhi Vive, Drama, 6:30

Synopsis: Hard work, a good education and a big dream sound like the sure ingredients for success in starting a better life in a new country. But are they?

6. Insecurity (USA) Mallory Mahar, Animation, 1:00

7. En Route (Canada/USA) Colin Levy, Drama, 8:00

Synopsis: A slight deviation in course - a fortuitous decision in child's play - can spawn a ripple effect that will change the trajectory of your life.

8. Extraordinary Fight of Atticus Walker and the Monster in his Mind, The (USA) Michael Karman, Comedy, 13:00

Synopsis: You know that voice? The one that reminds you of your every insecurity? For Atticus Walker, this voice is 6 feet tall, obese, furry, and green.

9. Amis, Les (QC) Olivier Brisson, Animation, 2:00

Synopsis: Friendship.
De l'amitié.

10. Best Christmas Ever, The (USA) Kai Winikka, Comedy, 2:00

Synopsis: Santa Claus comes down a chimney but only two of the three children were good enough to receive presents - the latter gets a surprise.

11. Invité, L' (QC) Colin Racicot, Drama, 13:00

Synopsis: Antoine, a lonely fisherman, makes an unusual encounter while fishing on the frozen lake.
Antoine, un pêcheur solitaire, fait une rencontre inhabituelle en allant pêcher sur le lac gelé

12. Halbschlaf (Switzerland) Johannes Hartmann, Drama, 8:00

Synopsis: Confusion through dream and reality...
Une confusion du rêve et de réalité.

13. Collection of Walt, A (USA) Greg Yagolnitzer, Animation, 3:00

Synopsis: Walt struggles with everyday tasks.

14. Tempus Fugit (QC/France) Fred Grivois, Comedy, 11:30

Synopsis: We do not negotiate with terrorists. Unless there is money to be made...
On ne négocie pas avec les terroristes. Sauf s'il y a du blé en jeu…

15. Dead Grass, Dry Roots (USA) John Negropontes, Drama, 24:00

Synopsis: A peaceful cattle rancher must abandon his pacifist beliefs in order to save the life of a young man condemned to hang.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

MyFilmmaker.com Screening for the YoungCuts Film Festival

MyFilmmaker.com Screening
for the Tenth Anniversary YoungCuts Film Festival

Featuring films by young filmmakers from Quebec, Canada, the United States, Singapore, Israel, Mexico and Australia.

Sunday, 1 October, 2011 7PM/19h dimanche, le 1 octobre, 2011

Guzzo Mega-Plex Sphèretech 14, 3500 Côte-Vertu, Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.

13 Films, Approximately 110 Minutes

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1. Hunger Pains (Canada) Oliver Lauder, Short, 1:00

2. Castoffs (Australia) Nathan Campbell, Short, 4:30

Synopsis: A homeless robot wanders the city streets, ignored by others; lacking any purpose, he spends his time collecting the strange, glowing shards that accumulate in back alleys and laneways.

3. Common Ground (Australia) Hollie Fifer, Documentary, 14:00

4. Choking Hazard (Australia) Ella Macintyre, Short, 2:00

5. Sun and Moon, The (USA) J. J. Rubin, Short (Teen), 5:00

Synopsis: When Moses is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, his reaction is not like most.

6. Lemons and Lemonade (Canada) Milton Ng, Comedy, 6:30

Synopsis: An entrepreneurial eight year old with a lemonade monopoly finds that business sense only goes so far when it comes to selling himself to the girl next door.

7. Rusted Pyre (Canada/USA) Laurence Cohen, Drama, 13:30

Synopsis: Ginny and Sally venture out in the middle of Winter a ways out of town to endure a rite of passage in a secluded, abandoned old car.

8. Morning Mrs. Meth (Israel) Eli Arenson, Drama, 4:30

Synopsis: Fictional portrayal of a young Methamphetamine Abuser.

9. Summer & Its Rain (Singapore) Joshua Simon, Drama, 10:30

Synopsis: In a world that has lost its' color, a young woman uses music to restore vibrancy to her life.

10. Daddy's Little Girl (Canada) Shawn Gerrard, Drama, 14:00

Synopsis: 8 year-old Katie Halson struggles to keep the secrets of her white supremacist father as police investigators search their home.

11. 1000 Things (Canada) Bryce Bladon, Short, 3:30

Synopsis: When Chris and Carla find out their best friend Josh is about to die, they set out to help him complete his bucket list.

12. Récits d'Hyperinflation (QC) Karim Haroun and Julien Cadieux, Drama, 12:00

13. Combi Borracha, La (Mexico) Luis David Rojas, Drama/Comedy, 19:30

Synopsis: Alexis drives the 'Drunken Bus', a service that provides transportation for young inebriated party-goers, with the purpose of preventing them from driving under the influence, until he meets Miguel, the most obnoxious, perverted and hilarious drinker.

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TextbookVideos.com Teen Film Screening at the YoungCuts Film Festival

TextbookVideos.com Teen Film Screening
for the Tenth Anniversary YoungCuts Film Festival

Featuring films by teen filmmakers from Quebec, Canada and the United States.

Sunday, 2 October, 2011 5PM/17h dimanche, le 2 octobre, 2011

Guzzo Mega-Plex Sphèretech 14, 3500 Côte-Vertu, Ville Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.

14 Films, Approximately 101 Minutes

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1. Sebastian's Adventure (USA) Nat Motulsky, Animation, 2:00

2. MeJohn (USA) Phillip Bernardino-Gomez, Documentary, 5:00

Synopsis: An eccentric man goes through life collecting strange items such as pantyhose, his own brand of miniature cars, and anything else he believes that has a special value to it.

3. Adventures of Floating Boy and Flying Girl, The (USA) Jimmy Peguero, Animation, 5:00

Synopsis: A stop motion fairytale. Floating boy floats through the world, unloved and unnoticed, until he meets flying girl, another lonely soul.

4. Cut (USA) Molly Cinnamon, Short, 4:00

5. Freeriders (USA) Troup Wood, Documentary, 7:00

6. Send Me to Babylon (USA) Jeremiah James, Short, 3:30

Synopsis: Only a few humans remain... Who will survive?

7. Play Time (USA) Roxy Shih, Drama, 5:30

8. An Inconvenient Route (Canada) Rocket Lai, Animation, 3:30

Synopsis: A polar bear gets tired of melting icebergs in the Arctic and sets out to move to Toronto, but finds it in an even worse state than the North Pole.

9. Claret (Canada) Izzy Traub, Drama, 11:00

10. Onion Skin (Canada) Joseph Procopio (Drama) 12:30

Synopsis: A high school student turns heads when he decides to avoid text-messaging a girl in this comedy-turned-romance about the power of letter writing.

11. Suffocation (USA) Nick Lieberman (Drama/PSA) 2:00

12. 36, The (USA) Nic Weinfeld (Drama) 7:00

Synopsis: The best of us act humanely no matter the circumstances.

13. Untermensch (Subhuman) (USA) Michael Aloyan (Drama) 12:00

14. I Love Burgz (QC) Leave Out Violence Filmmakers (Documentary) 24:00

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