NAFF invades the Art tonight!
The New Art Film Festival finally returns to the Art Theater, 126 W. Church St., Champaign, IL, tonight, Friday, April 8, starting at 5 p.m. and running until just past 12 a.m.! As a featured event during the ninth annual Boneyard Arts Festival this weekend, we hope you see it fit to attend the NAFF as part of your experience sampling the sights and sounds of Champaign County artists. Admission is free, so attendees are welcome to (politely and quietly) come and go as they please, but we hope you will at least give several movies a look-see while you’re with us! To help plan your timing, we provide the film schedule below with basic synopses written by your humble editor. As they say, “Come one, come all!”
~ Jason Pankoke
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5 p.m. show
PORTRAITS: 20-25
Director: Abbi Rajasekhar
30 minutes, 2010, Chicago, IL
This kaleidoscope of images and sound bites characterizes the current generation of young adults.
PROBABILITY OF POSSIBILITIES
Director: Catrina Choate-Heretoiu
25 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A young man and woman get to know each other through glances, silence, space, time, and most importantly, dance.
DIVERSION
Director: Chris Folkens
Producer: Sam Carmichael
14 minutes, 2011, Chicago, IL
A big city businessman finds himself at the wrong end of a blackmail attempt.
HANJAN
Director: Timothy Ro
23 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A handsome but reserved customer of a neighborhood bistro strikes a server’s fancy.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972
Director: Chris Lukeman
13 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A clutzy adventurer travels through time and fights a robot.
7 p.m. show
BEDTIME FOR TIMMY
Director: Thomas Nicol
3 minutes, 2010, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Little Timmy thinks there is a monster in his closet. But wait, there’s more!
WOODEN HOUSES
Director: Don Ferguson
Music: Elsinore
6 minutes, 2010, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Animated music video for song “Wooden Houses” from the Elsinore album, Yes Yes Yes.
PRESS START 2 CONTINUE
Director: Ed Glaser
81 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Evil sorcerer Count Vile has returned and is now playing with corporate power in hopes of enslaving the world!
9 p.m. show
AMBER ROSE
Director: Mike Trippiedi
88 minutes, 2010, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A single working mother and her pre-teen daughter befriend new neighbors and friends who share a dark past.
11 p.m. show
ONCE UPON A TIME IN 1972 (reprise)
Director: Chris Lukeman
13 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A clutzy adventurer travels through time and fights a robot.
SELF-HELP SHERLOCK
Director: Dylan Damian
7 minutes, 2010, Carbondale, IL
A bored office worker reads a book to improve his self-esteem.
THE WINDOW INTO TIME
Director: Thomas Nicol
16 minutes, 2011, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A harried scientist and his assistant unwisely attempt to decode ancient texts in the classic H.P. Lovecraft tradition.
IN VINO VERITAS
Director: Joe Taylor
17 minutes, 2010, Fairmount/Oakwood, IL
A wine connoisseur from the city visits a rural winery and learns a little too much about the proprietor’s process.
ONE ROACH FOR SEAMUS
Director: Karl Bauer
27 minutes, 1990/2010, Champaign-Urbana, IL
A young man awakens to find a surreal card game taking place in his bedroom.
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