Fresno Filmworks

2008 Fresno Film Festival



Synopsis & Film Details

4th annual Fresno Film Festival, April 18-20, 2008

Friday, April 18

 

7 p.m. • THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (w/ short film LIGHT YEARS)

9:30 p.m. • Opening Night Reception

At the conclusion of THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, join the Fresno Filmworks board in welcoming visiting filmmakers and the public to the fourth annual Fresno Film Festival. Admission to the reception is included with a festival pass or with general admission to the opening night film. The reception will include a Mediterranean feast, champagne, and dessert, catered by Whole Foods Market. The local swing band Scats On The Sly will provide entertainment.

Saturday, April 19

 

11 a.m. • MODERN TIMES (w/ short film SIMULACRA)

1:30 p.m. • SHORTS PROGRAM 1

Fresno Film Festival: Short Film Category

THE CAVE: AN ADAPTATION OF PLATO’S ALLEGORY IN CLAY
Michael Ramsay, USA, 3 min.

LULLABY
Kevin Markwick, UK, 15 min.

UNDERPASS
Rain Breaw, USA, 15 min.

PK-GRANNY
Jo Meuris, USA, 2 min.

AGNIESZKA 2039
Martin Gauvreau, UK, 12 min.

YASIN
Betty Lee Kim, USA, 13 min.

POLLEN NATION
Singeli Agnew and Joshua Fisher, USA, 26 min.

4:30 p.m. • THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) (w/ short film PAPIROFLEXIA)

8:00 p.m. • A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS

Academy Award-nominated Shorts

2008’s A Night at the Oscars

EVEN PIGEONS GO TO HEAVEN
Samuel Tourneux & Simon Vanesse
France, 9 minutes, French w/ English subtitles

TANGHI ARGENTINI
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
Belgium, 13 minutes, French w/ English subtitles

PETER AND THE WOLF
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
UK and Poland, 27 minutes, Silent

THE SUBSTITUTE
Andrea Jublin
Italy, 17 minutes, Italian w/ English subtitles

I MET THE WALRUS
Josh Raskin
Canada, 5 minutes, English

THE MOZART OF PICKPOCKETS

Philippe Pollet-Villard
France, 31 minutes, French w/ English subtitles

Sunday, April 20

 

noon • JELLYFISH (w/ short film CARNIVAL DARING-DO)

2 p.m. • SHORTS PROGRAM 2

Fresno Film Festival: Short Film Category

PARACHUTE
Lucas Fleischer and Paul Grellong, USA, 12 min.

PAPIROFLEXIA
Joaquin Baldwin, USA, 3 min.

PATIENCE
Robert Hackett, UK, 7 min.

WAITING ON FOUNTAIN
Evan Wasserstrom, USA, 4 min.

CHILES
Tyrone HuFF, USA, 15 min.

HOTEL FRESNO
Teresa Flores, USA, 4 min.

CARISSA
David Sauvage, USA, 21 min.

4:30 p.m. • KENNY (w/ short film PK-GRANNY)

7:30 p.m. • STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING

 

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