PISS Fest! 2003 - Official Selections
WINNER - Best Animation
Tunanooda>>Brooklyn, NY>>Dave Zackin
A touching story about lifeguarding and lunchmaking.
A grandfather tells a big fish story to his grandson
as an oral tradition is played out through food preparation.
Tunanooda uses two and three dimensional animation as
well as real food to explore connections between eating
and storytelling.
Man's Best>>Austin, TX>>Caroline
Karlen
A man suspects that his wife's dog is a spy and takes
matters into his own hands.
Starry Night>>New York, NY>>Irra
Verbitsky
A personal film about the filmmaker's childhood in Russia
and tragic events that unfold during World War II.
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Ways to Die>>Royal Oak, MI>>David Chai
and Steve Stanchfield
Crazed college cartoonists collaborated cross-continentally
to confer this catastrophic collection of casualties.
The Date>>Van Nuys, CA>>Greg Benson
and Michael Mayer
Susan is looking for the man of her dreams. Steve likes
grapes a lot. Tonight, the twain shall meet!
7 Minute Psychosis>>Aloha, OR>>Daniel
Rowland
With the end of his one true romance, Steven struggles
with his sanity while trying to understand what happened.
His confusion boils over as the differences between
friendship and romance, happiness and jealousy, and
love and hate fatefully blur.
Defining Reason>>St. Louis, MO>>Michael
D. Whitman and John P. Dentlinger
Ryan Sullivan longs to fit into a world in which there
is no place for him. One morning, Ryan finds himself
yet again in a run down hotel. He can't seem to shake
the feeling that he is being followed. A letter from
a friend justifies his fears and when Ryan is discovered,
he must try to escape.
Weiner>>Vancouver, BC>>Brae Norwiss,
Ryan Malone, and Jason Scheider
The story of a small dog and wiener roast that goes very,
very wrong…
Tom Hits His Head>>Woodland Hills, CA>>Tom
Putnam
Ever since Tom hit his head, he's been having dizzy spells,
indulging in Ebay, and having conversations with the
devil. Featuring music by Portland band The Standard!
Chase>>Australia>>Nick James
A film about a boy, a cake, a girl, a dangerous waiter,
and desire…
He Said>>Portland, OR>>Andy Blubaugh
An couple tries to reconnect after their break-up.
Extreme Bible Stories>>Seattle, WA>>William
Ross
Bobby, Suzy, and their friends learn that childish hijinks
can have dire consequences when they make the mistake
of teasing the wrong bald-headed stranger: the Old Testament
Prophet Elisha. Based on a true scripture.
WINNER - Best Narrative
2nd Place - Audience Choice
Quekes Tu'e Deuche& Behind the Deuche>>Los
Angeles, CA>>Tyler R. Brooks
A foreign film and the story of its creation. It doesn't
make much sense but neither does the director or anyone
else connected with the film for that matter…
SuperSound>>England>>Thom
Sanders
A gadget enthusiast gets more than he bargained for when
he sets up his new home theater surround sound system
and finds out that sometimes sound can be too real.
Partisan>>Ontario, Canada>>Dylan
Reibling
A dialogue-free stop-motion animation allegory. Partisan
that explores the challenges of finding a voice in
a partisan political system via a cast of characters
created out of small-scale found objects.
The Long and Short of
it>>New Zealand>>Sean
Astin
A story of friendship, diversity, and public transit.
A bedraggled painter is able to finish his work through
the assistance of an unlikely pair of strangers.
3rd Place - Audience Choice
Short on Sugar>>Valley Village, CA>>Lynn
A. Henderson, Kimberly Browning, and Joseph Anaya
Pam (Lynn A. Henderson) has fallen for Stephan but is
too shy to ask him out. Her foolproof plan to "casually" meet
him again turns out to not be as perfect as it seems.
1st Place - Audience Choice
Cry for Bobo>>Scotland>>David
Cairns and Nigel Smith
Frantic knockabout tragedy ensues when Bobo is sent to
Clown Prison. Can he escape in time to prevent his young
family from bringing shame on all clowndom? Probably
not.
The Call of Cthulhu>>Tigard, OR>>Edward
Martin III
A young man discovers his error when he answers a call
from The Sleeping God Cthulhu.
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