bvff2012

All Berkeley Video & Film Festival 2012 screenings at:
East Bay Media Center Performance Space
1939 Addison Street - Downtown Berkeley Arts District
Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-3699 - 1 Block from Downtown Berkeley Bart Station
www.eastbaymediacenter.com www.berkeleyvideofilmfest.org

All Tickets $5.00. each day / evening
2-day Pass $10.00 day / evening
Advance Tickets / Passes available at East Bay Media Center
Please plan to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to any listed film(s) during our marathon continuous screening schedule, both to ensure seating and to allow for programming offsets.

Screening Schedule
Sunday, December 9, 2012

3:00 p.m. Iguanas after Breakfast – Sarah Shockley
Education, 24 minutes
Face-to-face with giant tortoises, marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies through the eyes of a 10-year-old explorer in the Galapagos.

3:30pm. From Morehouse Baby to Morehouse Man
Andrew Young Productions / William Hubert
Documentary, 23 minutes
A commemorative tribute to Clinton Ellsworth Warner, Jr. by Andrew Young. Mr. Warner passed away on June 30, 2012, this tribute was produced in 2011.

4:00pm. A Zest for Life – Eve A. Ma
Arts, 57 minutes
Using performance, interviews, historical photographs, on-location footage and a host’s narrative, this documentary essay acquaints us with Afro-Peruvian music, dance, history, and culture.

5:00pm. DS+R – Checkerboard  Film Foundation
Documentary, 54 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Architecture and design team – Diller Scofidio + Renfro - examined through the lens of two important urban projects: the High Line and Lincoln Center.

5:55pm. Intermission
Student Filmmakers
6:30pm. Snow – Isaac Ergas
Student Filmmaking, 23 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD STUDENT FILMMAKER
When the great cholera outbreak of 1854 sends London spinning out of control, Dr. John Snow must expose the ugly truth about London’s water supply.

7:00pm. Written in Ink – Director: Martin Rath, Producer: Marcin Malatynski - Poland
Student Filmmaking, 12 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL STUDENT FILMMAKER EURO
Written in Ink is a documentary about hope. The poignant story of a man trying to regain contact with his sister  after 14 years of silence. But can one change what has already been written in ink?

7:15pm. 1000 Grams – Tom Bewilogua - Germany
Student Filmmaking, 15 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD STUDENT FILMMAKER EURO
1000 Grams: Is the average quantity of fat that gets lipoed to contour the abdominals of a normal weight person.

7:35pm. Selections from USC School of Cinematic Arts
First Look 2012 . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD STUDENT FILMMAKERS
Selections from the FiRST Film, FiRST Look Festival 2012 bringing together the rich diversity, creativity, and talent from the USC student body across multiple disciplines and art forms in film, television, film production, animation, or interactive media.
Selections from Adobe FiRST FRAME FiRST Look Festival 2012. Screening of BA and MFA student work form the USC John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts.

Friday, December 14, 2012

7:00pm. BON: MUSTANG TO MENRI – Andrea Heckman and Rose Gordon
Documentary, 52 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY
This film communicates Bon’s unique place in Tibetan history and illuminates why the work that monks do is vitally important in our current times. Q&A with Filmmakers

8:00pm. Crime After Crime – Yoav Potash
Documentary, 93 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY
Tell the dramatic story of the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of domestic violence. She was wrongly convicted of the murder of her abusive boyfriend, and given 26 years in prison. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when two rookie land-use attorneys step forward to take her case. Through their perseverance, they bring to light long-lost witnesses, new testimonies form the men who committed the murder and proof of perjured evidence. Their investigation ultimately attracts global attention to victims of wrongful incarceration and abuse, and becomes a matter of life and death once more. Sundance Film Festival Award Winner. Q&A with Filmmaker

9:35pm. Intermission

9:50pm. The Last Immortal – Charles Denson
Documentary, 80 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD DOCUMENTARY
Keith Suber is a forty-five year old reformed Coney Island gang leader, an original Rollin’ 60’s Crip, who’s been shot six times and served ten years in a federal penitentiary. He’s returned to his Coney Island roots and founded an organization whose mission is to stop the gun violence that is plaguing the community.

Saturday, December 15, 2012


7:00pm. Woven Stories: Weaving Traditions of Northern New Mexico – Andrea Heckman
Documentary, 42 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Weaving in Northern New Mexico has joined three distinct cultures into a human tapestry with a common love a fiber and sense of place.

7:45pm. Intermission

8:00pm. Three Erotic Films by Peter C. Turner
On Top of a Mountain
Arts, 7 minutes
The erotic power of female fantasy and female attraction.
Dreams
Arts, 30 minutes
A surreal journey through a shifting landscape of feelings, sensuality, struggle, shamanistic experiences and the desire for freedom.
Before
Arts, 17 minutes
Transformational pathways of discovery, self-realization and surrender with an original soundtrack by the filmmaker.

9:00pm. The Swim Trunks – Gerald Gutschmidt
Short Feature, 11 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD SHORTS
15 year old Mark is sent off to the pool to teach his younger, adopted brother, Samy, how to swim,
but then he starts daydreaming of a beautiful lifeguard.

9:15pm. Framed Baby Photos – Matt McKenna
Short Feature, 6 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL SHORTS
On the sidewalks of Berkeley, a strange man sells baby photographs to skeptical shoppers.  The pictures they buy change their lives, maybe.

9:25pm. 1000 Grams – Tom Bewilogua - Germany
Student Filmmaking, 15 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD STUDENT FILMMAKER EURO
1000 Grams: Is the average quantity of fat that gets lipoed to contour the abdominals of a normal weight person.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

4:00pm. Summer Teen Media Camp 2012
Teen Producers, 75 minutes . GRAND FESTIVAL AWARD TEEN - YOUNG PRODUCERS
Selection from East Bay Media Center 2012 Summer Teen Media Camp.

5:15pm. Saraya’s Universe – Chris Fure
Experimental, 46 minutes
Saraya’s Universe is the fictional depiction of an endorsed physics theory that explains Universe Acceleration.
The story involves a Muslim student’s quest for self-determination from her mother and thesis advisor.

6:05pm. James Salter –Checkerboard  Film Foundation
Documentary, 54 minutes
This documentary traces the writer James Salter’s lifelong love affair with France, unforgettably expressed I his 1967 masterpiece, A Sport and A Pastime.

7:00pm. Intermission

7:15pm. The Perfect Hello – Zack Kasten
Short Feature, 40 minutes . THE VAPOUR AWARD
Wade Perkins a fifty-five year old motivational speaker at the end of his rope. After learning of his younger brother’s demise, he embarks on a self-destructive journey through middle America, accompanied by mysterious younger woman.

 

Friday, December 21, 2012


7:00pm. ‘4 Givings’ – Colin V. Barton
Experimental, 4 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL EXPERIMENTAL
‘4 Givings’ follows the cycle of the day in search for forgiveness.

7:05pm. Selections from the USC School of Cinematic Arts . Adobe First Frame . Animation + Digital Arts
Student Animators + Digital Artists, 15 minutes - Grand Festival Award Student Animators / Digital Artists
Ballet of Unhatched Chicks - Seong Young Kim, The Old Castle - Ryan Kravetz and Elizabeth Willy, Seed - Matt Zell, Transition - Chia-Lin Tseng

7:20pm. The Two Fauns – David Finkelstein
Experimental, 18  minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL EXPERIMENTAL
Two men engaged in a friendly game of erotic pursuit. A mysterious chorus of voices encourages them.
With a text by Percy Shelley and music by Randall Wong.

7:40pm. If I Had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon – Don Arbor
Music Video, 3 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL MUSIC VIDEO
Music video inspired by the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin and President Obama’s response.
Trayvon could have been anyone’s son, and his death touches us all.

7:45pm. La Entrevista II – Xamuel Banales
Short Feature, 16 minutes
Dr. X and Apocalitzi are back to deliver another drama-driven decolonizing interview punch!
By way of Apocalitzi’s political provocations, Obama, the Left, and even Dr. X cannot escape her poignant tongue.
Dr. X and Apocalitzi heat up the screen with nothing less but passion, color and lots of scandal

8:00pm. Intermission

8:15pm. Contact – Mitchell Rose
Arts, 3 minutes. BEST OF FESTIVAL ARTS
A dancer is confronted by an onslaught of attackers, illustrating that our days are battles.

8:20pm. Food Stamped – Shira and Yoav Potash
Documentary, 62 minutes . BEST OF FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY
Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Through their adventures they consult with members of U.S. Congress, food justice organizations, nutrition experts, and people living on food stamps to take a deep look at American’s broken food system.