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A series of odd, innovative and funny short films about the intricacies of love.

Then a Year by Kelly Reichardt uses a collage of sound from sensationalized TV “true” crime shows and eerily beautiful Super 8 footage to create a narrative of love and betrayal. Amy Taubin of the Village Voice calls Then a Year “lyrical, ominous, and evocative of how horribly love can hurt.” Local filmmaker Zoey Kroll will present the World Premiere of Fingers, Mouth. With wonderfully sly interview techniques this film reveals how boys find their way through the female anatomy. Structured as a language lesson, Making Out in Japan (US Premiere) by Janet Merewether lists five easy steps to attain intimacy in Japanese. The subtleties of love are humorously regimented into dry language drills. Student Academy Award Winner The Velvet Tigress by Jen Sachs is a highly stylized animated drama that uses recreated newspaper headlines and narrative sequences to tell the bizarre story of the 1931 Winnie Ruth Judd “Trunk Murders.” Was it a crime of passion or just cold-blooded murder?

For more info,
MadCat Film Festival
www.somaglow.com/madcat
415 436-9523

Do you ever watch the shadows of leaves dancing on the pavement? Ever feel a cold breath on the back of your neck? Fascinated by the light streaking across your room in the morning?

“Triple A” presents a night of films and performance about shadows,magic ,ghosts and optical illusions.This show will explore the nature and mystery of shadow play. Film is the perfect medium for capturing spirits and shadows, ephemerality unfolding in time,like a smoke ring,once almost solid that dissolves to a mere wisp. the bewitching quality of shadows: to interact with the world intimately in a way that we never could.They are a force that is allowed to mingle with objects,to envelope them. Shadows can also be an illusion,making round what is flat, a sphere from a circle. They lend dimension to vision.”PENUMBRA” will feature work Jeff Warrin of “Silt”(San Francisco), Alexis Bravos (San Francisco),  Robert Schaller (San Francisco) Aaron Cruse (San Francisco), Thomas Comeford (Chicago) and many more surprises.

Look for the window installation at Artists’ Television Access starting September 1/2002.This will be the first incarnation of a month long changing installation in the window and gallery culminating on the September 22/2002 at 8pm with a screening of films.

$5.00

ATA’s monthly underground video show welcomes short format work or segments (20 min or less) from all genres. All entries MUST be received by 7PM on show night, cued and labeled, to be considered. Space is limited! To reserve ahead of time, or get more info, contact Meg at openscreening@hotmail.com or call 824-3890.