Woods Hole Film Festival 2008

Part poem, part spell, ‘5 Tears’ is a shedding of past debts. Originally hand crafted on 35mm leader, each tear represents a point of regret that gets purged. Fake religion, fake friends, false society, lost love, and loss of innocence are the basic segment themes.

A quirky and enthusiastic young woman with a passion for air drumming falls for a loner who works at a local music store. Upon applying for a job there she encounters a bitter store manager who has little patience for her lack of musical experience. Can her unique enthusiasm for music prevail over the unforgiving world that surrounds her?

So he sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed himself with Alicja, though he knew he had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality -- the grass would be only rustling in the wind, and the pool rippling to the waving of the reeds.

Barefoot, exhausted, and covered head to toe in blood, a mysterious woman wanders into a desolate frontier town, causing a stir with the few remaining town folk and provoking the ire of the local sheriff who is hellbent on cleaning up the town and making it a respectable place to live. When the stranger takes off her hat and reveals a man's name cattle branded into her forehead, it becomes clear to the town folk that she's got revenge on her mind, and she won't stop looking until she finds the man that's done her wrong.

Returning home was the choice she made. Letting go was the choice she inspired. Ancestor Eyes tells the story of a young Native American woman and her mother who both must come to terms with the young woman's illness. Pain turns into a source of inspiration, igniting her mother's gift for storytelling and ultimately paving a path of magical transformations.

'Anjali' is a drama about Anjali Gupal, a rebellious Indian-American teenager, who comes home early one day only to secretly witness her father having sex with another woman. Faced with this devastating information, Anjali must decide whether she will share her secret, and risk destroying her family.

When Andrew is dumped by his girlfriend, his pals plan a trip to Lake Balaton, where they will drink, smoke, and fish, and where all discussion or thoughts of girls will be strictly forbidden. But their 'celibate' vow is immediately complicated by a chance encounter with a pretty girl named Bianka.

What happens when a visionary French artist meets the creative spirit of a former Tobacco Road town in the midst of a downtown revitalization? A singular grassroots arts project emerges that confounds expectations and takes the city of Durham, North Carolina by storm as buildings from a past incarnation of the city are transformed into temporary canvases for dramatic public art. Bending Space: Georges Rousse and The Durham Project captures the genius of French photographer and installation artist Georges Rousse and follows the artist and two hundred volunteers during a September 2006 art residency in Durham. The film includes interviews with Rousse, project coordinators and volunteers, and people on the street as they visit the installations. Bending Space reveals the complex process of creating Rousse's signature trompe l'oeil illusions of color and shape that ultimately become the stunning large format color photographs exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. The film is witness to the energy that is unleashed when a remarkable artist and an art-loving community join forces.