Eclipse Film Festival 2003

“A Pioneer Miracle”
(USA) Short Drama
Director/Cinematographer: T.C. Christensen
Super 16mm / 13 min. 30 sec.

The true story of eight-year-old Belle Richards who disobeys her father and as a result puts herself and her three year old brother in a life and death situation. Through prayer and a miracle they survive and Bell makes the decision to never defy her Father again. Though she never tells a soul about the incident, years later her Father knows just what happened.

All Ages

“Abbie Down East”
(The Netherlands) Foreign Short
Director: Ellen-Alinda Verhoeff
35mm / 26 min.

Based on a true story, fourteen-year-old Abbie must save her ailing mother and younger sisters when they are stranded on a remote lighthouse during the great storm of 1856.

All Ages

“Batman: Dead End”
(USA) Short
Writer/Director: Sandy Collora
Producer: Simon Tams, Daren Hicks
35mm / 8 min. 13 sec.

The Joker has escaped from Arkham and Batman must once again bring him in – once and for all. Unfortunately for the bat, there is something even more sinister than the Joker waiting in the alley for the dark knight detective.

Contains Minor Violence

“Carter’s Wish”
(USA) Short
Writer/Director: Kevin Shahinian
16mm / 13 min. 30 sec.

Adam Cagley stars a loveable Carter Bigelow, a 12-year-old outcast with one simple wish. But after a catastrophic mistake made by a slightly “absentminde” Genie, Carter finids himself among the often hysterical, always amazing chaos of a world where everyone’s wishes are coming true at random… everyone’s except his… a serendipitous disaster that can only be reversed by the boy himself.

All Ages

“Chapter 2: How to Breathe”
(South Korea) Foreign Short
Director: Lee Hyung-suk
35mm / 21 min. 30 sec.

Ji-su is a boy who lives in a village adjacent to a shooting gallery. On the day his uncle and aunt have been to hospital, he peeps into their room as usual through a hole on the wall. After then, he goes to the deer farm, where he removes the ear-covers, which he himself has put on his dog to shut out the noise and does something for that animal. But it leads him to a situation never dreamed of...

In Korean with English Subtitles

All Ages

“Die Kurve”
(Germany) Foreign Short
Director: Felix Fuchssteiner
35mm / 45 min.

A rocky mountain road: Two brothers live off the wrecks caused by the most dangerous curve in the world, until one day there is a survivor….

In German with English Subtitles

Contains Some Mild Language

“Drifter”
(USA) Short
Director: Lori Chodos
16mm / 34 min.

A washed up reporter searches for a man with no identity.

All Ages

“Girl(Boy)14”
(Argentina) Student Short
Director: Fernando Dominguez Sarmeinto
DV / 25 min.

Inspired in real life, we are here closely following the life of the typical Jekyll and Hyde character: a little manic-depressive teen girl that snaps from now and then into this aggressive character. The twist? The passive character is performed by a girl, and the aggressive by a boy. The character is driven to take immediate action when she/he is constantly threatened by family, school peers, teachers and bullies for her/his anti-social behavior. The result: media induced violence. Inspired from films such as The Matrix, she/he begins to create a world of imagination where she is the victim, and he, the hero.

Warning: Contains Language

“Gretchen Brettschneider Skirts Thirty”
(USA) Short Comedy
Director: Corey Blake
Writer/Producer: Annie Oelschlager
Elevation 9000 Films & 1421 Productions
35mm / 17 min.

Gretchen Brettschneider possesses so much youthful energy that she is stunned to discover she is about to turn thirty. Undaunted by logic, and supported by a Greek Chorus of sunny, show-tune-singing friends, she sets out to avoid the dreaded event through all means legal and scientific.

All Ages

“Herbert III”
(USA) Short
Director: Rebecca L. Abbott
HD 24P / 37 min.

How many things can happen to a teenaged boy… in the mind of his mother? The collective experience of being black in America of the 1970’s explored through the anxiety – and humor – a teenager’s parents face late at night waiting for their son to come home.

Contains Some Mild language & Mild Adult Humor

“Last Wish”
(Slovenia) Foreign Short
Director: Petar Pasic
35mm / 9 min. 35 sec.

This short film shows us a chicken’s path from its execution at the factory all the way to a plate of a man, who is awaiting his own execution. While following the entire circle (between the two deaths), we can hear people in the background talking about their every-day problems and life in general, but at the same time those people are trapped in their own little circles (workers at the factory, delivers, drivers, cooks, guards), without being aware of how much in common they have (their circles, ways of thinking, interests,…). This film is a metaphorical presentation of our lives and our similarities even though we tend to believe that we are all so very different.

Warning: Contains Heavy Language

“Love Sees No Color”
(USA) Short Music Video
Director: Fred Nassiri & Jeff Lester
N/A / 4 min. 08 sec.

All Ages

“Rules of the Game”
(USA) Short
Writer/Director: Marton Varo, Jr.
Super 16mm / 10 min. 30 sec.

The world of comic books and reality mesh together in this fast-paced short about two eccentric stick-up men who hold up a quaint comic book shop. An unlikely hero emerges as the story’s victor.

Contains Some Mild language

“Spewed”
(USA) Short
Director: Adam Lawson
35mm / 14 min. 08 sec.

Jared (Cameron Hopkin) is alive, but only in the most perfunctory sense of the word. He moves from moment to moment controlled by the list of things he shouldn’t do that exist in his head. At the same time, he is tormented by intense visions of carefree impulses that flirt through his brain. He lives with Roark (A. Scott Haycock), a man who is wildness personified. When Roark takes it into his head that it’s time for Jared to start really living, Jared is pushed to his limits and beyond – just where he needs to go.

Warning: Contains Heavy Language, Adult Content

“Silver Cattle”
(USA) Short Comedy
Director: Rick Williams
35mm / 18 min. 24 sec.

Ever wondered what become of the urban cowboy. Look no further.

Contains Some Mild Language

“The Anniversary”
(Vietnam/USA) Short Drama
Director: Ham Tran
35mm / 28 min.

A Buddhist monk is haunted by his memories of war and betrayal on the anniversary of his brother’s death.

Shot in Vietnam, Student Academy Award ® nominated director, Ham Tran teams up with veteran cinematographer, Guillermo Rosas (“Before Night Falls”) and producer, Lam Nguyen to take viewers through a visually stunning journey of hope and remorse that will resonate in audience’s heart long after the film is over.

In Vietnamese with English Subtitles

Contains Some Wartime Violence

“True Blue Beauty”
(USA) Short Comedy
Director: John Herzog
Producer: Matthew Herzog
16mm / 7 min. 15 sec.

Set in the 1950’s, True Blue Beauty tells the tale of a young girl who inadvertently sits down next to the man of her dreams. Unbeknownst to the girl, however, the man she tries to win the attentions and affections of is dead… or is he? Humorously dark, True Blue Beauty is a tribute to both the 1950’s and silent film; it will keep you guessing until the end and long after.

All Ages

“Unfolding”
(USA) Short Drama
Writer/Director/Producer: Christian Vuissa
16mm / 25 min.

Lila struggles in her relationship with her father who lost his memory years ago. When she finds an old box with personal items, she beings a journey toward understanding her father as well as herself. As she grows closer to him, she longs to connect with him one last time to say goodbye.

All Ages

“White Blossom”
(USA) Short
Writer/Director: Christine Kelley
35mm / 14 min.

Set in a coastal Southern Italian village in the early 1960’s, Angelina mourns the death of her elderly husband by burying her lingerie out in the cemetery for him and swearing she will be faithful the rest of her life. When the town people discover this, Angelina soon becomes the subject of many jokes and Duccio, the town Casanova, comes up with a plan to get her to break her vow.

Warning: Contains Some Mild Adult Content