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Friday April 9 & Saturday April 10, 2010
Veteran’s Memorial Center Theater, 203 E. 14th Street, Davis, CA
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Showtimes
FRIDAY, APRIL 9TH
Reception with food and beverages at 5pm, Films begin at 6pm
SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH
Reception with food and beverages at 5pm, Films begin at 6pm
Veteran’s Memorial Center Theater, 203 E. 14th Street, Davis, CA
2010 Davis Feminist Film Festival Program
FRIDAY APRIL 9
Somewhere In Between 29 min
Denise Nicole Green, Davis, California
The interwoven stories of five men reveal how experimentation with dress and bodily modification at the Burning Man festival creates new ways of conceiving of masculinity and appearance in everyday life. Funny, insightful and playfully provocative documentary about the ambiguous spaces that exist in between categories of gender and identity.
Royal Male, or Coppola’s Spyglass 12 min
Marianna & Daniel O’Reilly, London, United Kingdom
How does one express the struggle for identity in language that does not fully capture the complexity of identity? Royal Male experiments with the medium of film in order to reject the gendered confines of language and to create a new voice that explores the possibility of agency through the techniques of visual and acoustic interruption.
Last Bus 10 min
Maria Hengge, Berlin, Germany
Inspired by the power of the ocean and a sleeping stranger, a woman responds to her intuition and takes a risk by changing course. What awaits her? A quiet, lyrical film that explores the relation between self and other, waking and dreaming. Stunning landscapes.
The Line 24 min
Nancy Schwartzman, New York, New York
Where is the line? Through an intensely personal documentary Nancy Schwartzman explores the unclear definitions and understandings of rape both within U.S. culture as well as abroad. Riveting interviews with sex trade workers and the filmmaker’s own attacker highlight both the ambiguity and the charged emotional issues surrounding society’s assumptions about rape.
Charades 7 min
Ann Steuernagel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
This film explores the formation of gender identity through a re-examination of the past. Questioning memory and sexuality in a post Prop 8 world, Steuernagel creates a dream-like sequence using found Super-8 footage.
Your Turn 4 min
Sarah Grimmer, Melbourne, Australia
Esther and Joan have been playing checkers over the Internet for hours – or has it been years? Bored with waiting for Joan to make her move, Esther decides to spice things up. This charming film demonstrates how one is never too old to break routine and challenge expectations.
Whore 21 min
Prarthana Mohan, Los Angeles, California
Socially awkward Wendy Michaels is having trouble adapting to her new high school. As she copes with the name-calling and shaming, fellow student Peter tells her to fight back. How will both students deal with their bullies? A painful yet poignant look at the all too common difficulties of female adolescence.
How She Makes It 5 min
Ashley Marie Connor, Brooklyn, New York
This film represents commodification, and demonstrates one woman’s ability to resist objectification by creating her own aesthetics. A distinctly beautiful visual vocabulary is created in this short experimental film.
Erica 6 min
Jia Tan, Los Angeles, California
This film offers a refreshing view into the ambiguous nature of gender performativity within non-heterosexual relationships. Jia Tan’s innovative use of experimental sound, dream sequencing, and flashback creates a non-conventional space in which themes of desire and loss are explored.
Dyke Dollar 11 min
Laura Terruso, New York, New York
Inspired by gay activism of the 1990’s, this film is a quirky comedy that addresses identity politics and the queer community’s contribution to the economy. Following a live Dyke Dollar that ends up in the hands of two suburban teenage boys, we are introduced to the proclaimed identity of a commodity, to the likeable person and personality behind the eponymous “Dyke Dollar.”
Desigirls! 18 min
Ishita Srivastava, Brooklyn, New York
This film examines the lives of several women in the South Asian queer community of New York City. What role does their community play in helping them deal with the complex issues that come with their diasporic experiences as well as being queer?
Apron Outside, Woman Inside 18 min
Claudia Brenlla, Vigo, Spain
Pervasive across many cultures and spanning generations, the apron exists as both a symbol of tradition and modernity, feminine identity and female work. This experimental documentary explores how this piece of clothing positively links female ancestry and heritage to that of present day femininity, juxtaposing the apron’s constant presence with the disparate experiences of all those who wear it.
SATURDAY APRIL 10
We, First-Person Plural 10 min
Vika Kirchenbauer, Berlin, Germany
This film is an intimate, experimental, autobiography that you, the viewer, might even be in! Vika Kirchenbauer explores the longing for love and the inevitable disconnection and loss that can occur in any relationship. Is “love” really possible? Can we ever really know someone? Can we ever really know ourselves and our desires? This film dissembles traditional film structures and invites us, in turn, to break down our own social barriers.
La Mariachera 8 min
Melissa Perez, Goleta, California
Rosa Linda is a Folklorico dancer who has been rejected by the woman she loves. In a bid to impress her she takes on the role of the mariachi. Can Rosa Linda win her lover back?
The Digital Closet 11 min
Shante Espericueta, Cindy Flores, Margaret Gordon, Los Angeles, California
How does contemporary popular media represent the queer community? Too often, our media environment circulates harmful stereotypes that are oppressive to the LGBTQ community. This documentary looks at reality television, scripted shows and other media forms to analyze the problem of queer representation in popular culture.
Friday 11 min
Alexe Landgren, Gothemburg, Sweden
Write about what you did on Friday. A simple writing exercise, right? But one that yields very different and revealing results for four students in this intense film tackling complex issues of gender and equality.
The Molky Way 25 min
Gonzalo Ballester, Murcia, Spain
Is it ever too late to take a trip of a lifetime? A 73 year old Iranian woman makes a long-distance expedition to see friends and family that she has not visited in over twenty years. This documentary captures the universal spirit of adventure with its lyrical observation of Mrs. Molky and her journey.
Never Too Late 7 min
Wendy Weinberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stella and Rosie have waited 25 years to be wed, and now they are finally ready to take the plunge. Yet, Prop 8 stands in their way. Using redubbed classic archival footage this film humorously examines the effects of Prop 8 on California.
The Breast Cancer Diaries 75 min
Linda Patillo and Ann Murray-Paige, Los Angeles, California and Davis, California
When Ann Murray-Paige, a former local news reporter and anchor, is diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 38, she sets up a diary camera in her bedroom. Ann’s video diaries offer an intimate chronicle of a young mother’s nine month journey with breast cancer, punctuated with humor, poignany and romance. The Breast Cancer Diaries is a real-time portrayal of the unique issues and challenges that face 1 in 7 women in the world.
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