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The Last Happy Day
by Lynne Sachs
Screened at Oct 2009 Views From The Avante-Guard, Sachs' essay film, which resonates as an anti-war meditation, is composed of excerpts of her cousin's letters to the family, abstracted war imagery, home movies, and interviews. |
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The Mist
by Maryam Habibian
Through a series of interviews with painters, poets, intellectuals, and students, Iranian-born ex-patriot filmmaker Maryam Habibian uncovers a very different reality in modern day Iran. |
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From The Ground Up
by Su Friedrich
As the world's second most traded commodity after oil, it's all about the coffee, and about everything else we consume, consume, consume…With few words and no polemics, From the Ground Up shows how an ordinary cup of coffee occupies center stage in the world economy. |
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Make Them Jump
by Kelly Spivey
Optically printed from found footage of animals with children, with subliminal messages…Repetition, time and sound manipulation, and not least of all – humor, all reside within the film frames of this project. |
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Wide Awake: Portrait of the Artist as Insomniac
by Alan Berliner
A deliriously intimate portrait of the artist, his obsessiveness and manias, and his inability to sleep, as he seeks counsel from various sleep experts and family members. |
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Associated
by Jenny Perlin
A short film of a day in the life of a corner store, a former Associated supermarket, owner Charles Leem reflects on the history of his small neighborhood business in Brooklyn, NY. |
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I Remember Now, We Never Danced, I Miss You, Good-bye
by Diane Bonder
Everyday movement, woven into a dance of memory and loss. This is the last film made by this longtime friend of Standby before her death in July of 2006. |
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Red Hook Justice
by Meema Spadola
Recently featured on P.O.V., this film documents the day-to-day workings of the Red Hook Community Justice Center, a pilot project in Brooklyn, NY. Before resorting to jail, the Red Hook judge mandates extensive drug treatment, job training and community service. |
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The Flooded Playground
by Lisa Crafts
A digital animation in which a child wanders deep into a fairy tale forest, encountering a variety of menacing creatures along the way. |
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