2008 New York Underground Film Festival


These are the films shown at the 15th New York Underground Film Festival, held from April 2–8, 2008.
Film nameDirectorTypeLengthNotes
1956Jenny StarkDocumentary Video7:30
4 Films in 5 MinutesSkizz CyzykExperimental 16mm6:00
4 Ways he tried to tell youJennet ThomasExperimental Video6:00
Adventure Poseidon, TheAnne McguireFeature 35mm On Video117:00New York Premiere
America's Biggest DickBryan BoyceShort Video3:00
Amy Goodrow: Tape 5925Eileen MaxsonExperimental Video6:00
Andre the Giant Has A PosseHelen SticklerDocumentary Video20:00
Armored Cars: Protect Yourself from Ballistic AttacksAngie WallerExperimental Video8:26
Beirut OuttakesPeggy AhweshExperimental 16mm On Video7:00
Broad DayKevin Jerome EversonShort 16mm1:00
CALIFORNIA/blueAbbey WilliamsExperimental Video7:27
Call and ResponseAaron ValdezExperimental Video3:24
Cats and PantsJennifer MatotekShort Video1:00
Chapters 1-12 of R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet Synced and Played SimultaneouslyMichael Bell-SmithExperimental Video5:00
ChroniclesKirsten StoltmannExperimental Video12:45
CrackJon MoritsuguExperimental 16mm1:00
Decision 80Jim FinnExperimental Video10:00
Degradation #1: X-ray: Part 2, Government RadiationJames June SchneiderExperimental 16mm3:30
Destiny ManifestoMartha ColburnAnimation 16mm On Video8:00
DeviantJames FotopoulosExperimental Video2:52
Dirty PicturesJohn SmithExperimental Video14:00
Discoveries on the Forrest Floor 1-3Charlotte PryceExperimental 16mm4:00
Don't Be a StrangerJames FotopoulosExperimental Video1:00
Don't Forget About MeJames FotopoulosExperimental Video
DrowningJames FotopoulosExperimental 16mm3:00
East of the TarPitsGary LeGaultFeature Video74:00International Premiere
Every on My Cell PhoneDarrin MartinExperimental Video7:40
False FutureMatthew BuckinghamExperimental 16mm10:00
Faustus's ChildrenDavid Jones, Tim Jackson, Michele O'MarahFeature Video43:00
Figures in the LandscapeThomas ComerfordExperimental 16mm11:00
Foggy Mountains Breakdown More Than Non-Foggy MountainsJessie SteadFeature Video59:00
HamboneSteve Hall, Cathee WilkinsExperimental Video3:00
HANESMark TherExperimental Video4:50
HarmonyJim TrainorAnimation 16mm12:00
Heavy Metal in BaghdadEddy Moretti, Suroosh AlviDocumentary Video84:00New York Premiere
Hobbit Love is the Greatest LoveSteve ReinkeExperimental Video14:00
Hommes a FemmesGerard ByrneExperimental 16mm On Video40:00
HoopestonThomas BenderDocumentary Video78:00International Premiere
HouseBen RiversExperimental 16mm5:00
How to Behave or: A Story of KindnessTran Van ThuyExperimental 16mm On Video43:00
Huge FlagJessie SteadExperimental Video12:00
Hymn of ReckoningKent LambertExperimental Video7:00
I Am The Fred Astaire of KarateTommy ButtonExperimental Video3:15
I Was a Teenage Serial KillerSarah JacobsonShort 16mm27:00
I-Be AreaRyan TrecartinFeature Video108:00
i.MirrorCao FeiDocumentary Video28:00
Inside, Outside, Upside DownShort VideoInternational Premiere
Internet AlphabetJoe NanasheExperimental Video6:32
InterplayRobert ToddExperimental 16mm7:00
It Only Takes a SecondFound Footage FestivalShort 16mm On Video4:00
JME in MySpace: Tropical FeelingsLev Kalman, Whitney HornDocumentary Video3:51
JunkyTony NittoliExperimental 16mm On Video5:00
Kenedi is Getting MarriedŽelimir ŽilnikFeature Video80:00US Premiere
Key to the CityKevin Jerome EversonShort 16mm1:45
King of PornJeff KrulikDocumentary Video7:00
KittypieJennifer MacmillanExperimental Super-8 On Video4:00
Light is WaitingMichael RobinsonExperimental Video7:00
Little FlagsJem CohenExperimental 16mm On Video7:00
Looks Like It's Going to RainKen NordineExperimental Audio3:29
Lovely AndreaHito SteyerlExperimental Video30:00
Market sentimentsBarbara MusilExperimental Video4:00
Michael Dancing On New Year's Eve, 1985Michael LucidDocumentary Video1:36
Mild People in Aggressive T-shirtsLyn ElliotShort 16mm On Video3:00
Mit MirKerstin CmelkaExperimental 16mm3:00
Nasty As U Wanna BeExperimental VideoInternational Premiere
NeighborsRobert ToddExperimental Video4:30
New York MarathonKoh YamamotoExperimental 16mm1:00
Night Tide Drew HeitzlerExperimental Video17:09
Nook and CrannyExperimental 16mm3:00
Number OneLeighton PierceExperimental Video10:05
Observando el CieloJeanne LiottaExperimental 16mm19:00
Office SuiteRobert ToddExperimental 16mm15:30
Oh DanielCC & BNShort Video3:00
Oh Great, Now Look What HappenedGerbrand Burger, Tijmen HauerExperimental 35mm4:04
On The Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can The Avant-Garde Artist be Wholed?Owen LandExperimental 16mm17:00
Orchard Gallery PresentsExperimental 16mm76:00
P.R.Bryan LeisterAnimation Video1:10
Paradise Michael AlmereydaExperimental Video13:00
Photography is EasyLeslie ThorntonExperimental Video4:28
Playing DeadKevin Jerome EversonShort 16mm1:30
Priciest HomesJesper NordahlExperimental Video3:00
Prison ImagesHarun FarockiExperimental Video60:00US Premiere
private_eyez.midFrankie Martin, Cory ArcangelExperimental Video3:00
Raw Nerves: A Lacanian ThrillerManual De LandaExperimental 16mm On Video30:00
Rejected or Unused ClipsSeth PriceExperimental Video10:00
Return of the Black TowerExperimental Video15:00
Roberta Beck Mercurial Cinema presents REVOLUTION 9Experimental 16mm
Rock My ReligionExperimental Video55:00
RocketLuther PriceExperimental 16mm7:00
Ruhe im Stalle furtzt die Kuh Mark TherShort Video7:47
Serendipity 1967Aaron ValdezExperimental Super-8 On Video6:00
Seven Days Til SundayReynold Reynolds, Patrick JolleyExperimental Super-8 On Video10:00
Slave #13Koh YamamotoExperimental 16mm3:00
Smells Like Teen SpiritJem CohenShort Super-8 On Video7:37
Social VisionsRedmond EntwistleDocumentary 16mm20:00
Songs of AzoresAdrienne JorgeDocumentary Super-8 On Video9:00
Stranger Comes to TownJacqueline GossAnimation Video28:00
Super High MeDocumentary Video89:00New York Premiere
The Black TowerJohn SmithExperimental Video24:00
The DisappearanceJohn MenickExperimental Video8:00
The End of the Light AgeJames June SchneiderFeature 16mmNew York Premiere
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay PornographyWilliam E. JonesExperimental Video20:00
The Film - An Epic Adventure, or The Other KwaiJesper NordahlDocumentary Video11:00
The Golden Age of FishKevin Jerome EversonFeature Video60:00New York Premiere
The Juche IdeaJim FinnFeature Video62:00New York Premiere
The Lincoln Library of Essential Information Volume 20Kelly Oliver, Keary RosenExperimental Video2:28
The Magician's HouseDeborah StratmanExperimental 16mm5:45
The ManipulatorsAndrew Jeffrey Wright, Claire E. RojasAnimation 16mm On Video2:00
The Only Possible City, part 1Experimental 16mm73:00
The Only Possible City, part 2Experimental Video60:00
The Only Possible City, part 3Experimental Video93:00
The OperationJacob Pander, Marne LucasExperimental 16mm On Video10:00
The People's Advocate: The Life & Times of Charles R. GarryHrag YedalianDocumentary Video59:00New York Premiere
The Third BodyPeggy AhweshExperimental Video9:00
The Vyrotonin DecisionMatt MccormickExperimental 16mm7:00
Throwing Paint Tins off the RoofVibeke BryldDocumentary 16mm20:15
Tiger Me BollixAndrew Lampert, Moira TierneyExperimental Super-8 On Video3:30
Toute la Memoire du MondeExperimental 16mm21:00
Tube Time!Short Video
Two Black TowersShort Video
Two Black TowersAnimation 16mmInternational Premiere
Unfolding ContinuumNate BoyceExperimental Video9:00
UntiedDeborah StratmanExperimental 16mm3:00
Untitled #1 Nao BustamanteExperimental Video5:00
Untitled Takeshi MurataExperimental Video5:00
Victory Over the SunMichael RobinsonExperimental 16mm13:00
We are WizardsJosh KouryDocumentary Video79:00New York Premiere
We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to passJulia Meltzer, David ThorneDocumentary Video47:00
What I'm Looking ForShelly SilverExperimental Video15:00
What's On?Martha ColburnAnimation 16mm2:00
When The Light's RedKeith WilsonDocumentary Video10:45
Whispering Pines #5Shana MoultonExperimental Video6:32
Window of TimeJames FotopoulosExperimental Video22:32
Window of Time #2James FotopoulosExperimental Video15:28
X: The Baby CinemaRobert BanksDocumentary 16mm16:00
Ya Private SkyStom SogoExperimental Video3:00