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Film Listings and Information A Curious Shower
7 PM Friday, October 21
Canada
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
7 PM Friday, October 21
Canada
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Michael John Unger
Description: A poetic ode to the religious,
erotic,
and isolated nature of the shower.
A Good Strong Roof
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Tony Gault
Description: A Super 8 film that provides a lesson in
grooming from the formerly homeless "Backpack Jack"
A Eulogy for Memory
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by Karl Lind
Description: Forgotten family moments brought back to life.
Aroma
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
Ireland
Directed by Damon Silvester
Description: Two introverted elderly ladies go out for
an aromatic dinner at a posh restaurant and end up having
a blast.
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Backseat Bingo
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Liz Blazer
Description: Sexy Senior Seeks Same. Backseat Bingo
is a poignant and humorous animated documentary about
the romantic lives of Senior Citizens.
Bartlett Pear
Portland, OR
7 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Melanie Brown
Description: What is important in our everyday life?
This is the subject of Zoe's dinner conversation which
compares human absurdities and fruit flies.
Bean with Bacon Soup
9:10 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Portland, OR
Directed by Allan Steele
Description: A slice of the life from cartoon trash
buddies. A flower, a brand-conscious hypodermic needle
and two soda bottle tops take us on journey.
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Break it Off
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Joshua Fisher, Maree Healy & NWFC Shooting
DV Class Members
Description: Joe isn't having any luck dumping his beautiful
but clueless girlfriend, Virginia, so his spirits perk
up when an office mate recommends a professional Break
Up Service to do the dirty work for him.
Broadcast 23
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by Tom Putnam
Description: "Broadcast 23" is a comedy disguised
as a horror film. Professor Russell Morgan thinks he's
on to the scientific break-through of the century. He
couldn't be more right...or more wrong. "May God
have mercy
on our souls, Broadcast 23 wasn't a greeting
at all..."
"Twisted Fun"
-BALTIMORE CITY PAPER
“ Puts a Planet of the Apes spin on Deliverance
(by way of The Blair Witch Project).”
- SAN FRANCISCO BAY
GUARDIAN Film
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Broken
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Theodore Collatos
Description: A twisted and, edgy and beautiful drama
about a young loveless couple and the allure of dreams.
Commercial
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Michael Cross
Description: After staying up all night watching
commercials,
a young man begins to see his entire life as an advertisement.
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Dear Sweet Emma
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by John M. Cernak
Description: As the search is given up for Emma's latest
husband, a private look reveals Emma's secret not-so-sweet
side.
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Dentally Disturbed
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
Australia
Directed by Craig Melville & Cameron Mitchell
Description: One man's spiral into insanity as he defends
the existence of dental floss.
Dentist
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by Signe Baumane
Description: An enthusiastic dentist, a reluctant patient,
and a strange picture on the wall…
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Departure
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
North American Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Irra Verbitsky
Description: A personal story based on the filmmaker's
life. After his brother Alik was mobilized to fight the
Germans in WW II, Irra and his parents left for Kiev.
This animated film depicts his experience as a young
boy during wartime: leaving his home, experiencing air
raids, and being separted from his brother. The filmmaker
uses oil paintings by his grandfather, his father, and
himself to tell the story.
Dew Line
7 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Portland, OR
Directed by Joanna Priestley
Description: Abstracted biomorphic forms that hint at
the loss of botanical diversity. The title refers to
the shapes created by condensation and to the line of
radar stations (Distant Early Warning) built in Alaska
during the Cold War. Made with Flash animation, the colors
are bolder and crisper than Priestley's drawn animation,
but her distinctive style and lyrically comic sense of
movement and interaction remains intact.
"I love Joanna's films. They're brilliant,
inventive and amazing. She's the queen of independent
animation."
-Bill Plympton Film home page
Disposition
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Peter Bertoli
Description: This experimental film explores a series
of fractured visual images.
Extreme Shopping
9:10 PM Saturday, October 21
Canada
Directed by Pascale Marcotte
Description: Man, I could kill for some toothpaste…
Falling Home
7 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Ryan Smith & Nicolas Pectol
Description: A documentary of a day in the life of a
Thomas Marshall, former member of rock-band "Pacific
Gas and Electric" and now a member of the homeless
community.
Flying Dream
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by John Bacone
Description: A short film about a boy and his dream.
Gimme Doughnut
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by Magda Diaz, Anna Michelson, and Jen Smith
Description: An exploration of the nightly workings
of Portland's VooDoo Doughnut shop.
Handshake
9:10 PM Friday, October 22
USA
Directed by Patrick Smith
Description: In this animated film, an innocent greeting
between two people is quickly transformed into a sticky,
tangled struggle for survival.
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Hello?
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Matt Donaldson
Description: A brief tale of loss and madness, “Hello?” suggests
that what we have isn't always as important as what we
want.
Heroes: the Year in Sports
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Jay Rosenstein
Description: "HEROES: The Year In Sports" takes
a distinctly un-ESPN look at the year's highlights by
the athletes we worship as heroes.
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I Love a Parade
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Kristen Lauth and Tom Jenkins
Description: 'I Love a Parade!' is a quick look
at the
2005 Presidential Inauguration Parade in the style of
an old-time silent movie.
In the Morning
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Danielle Lurie
Description: When a young, Turkish, woman is brutally
attacked, the responsibility of restoring her family’s
lost honor is left in the hands of her youngest brother – a
thirteen-year-old boy.
“With its striking direction and tense
camera work, “In the Morning” leaves a lasting,
devastating impression.”
– Film Threat
“Poetic, haunting and beautifully crafted”
– Women
Make Movies
Krok – I Drink!
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
North American Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Irra Verbitsky
Description: "I Drink" with other animators
from all over the world at the Krok International Animation
Film Festival which takes place aboard a boat in the
Black Sea.
Kumquat
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by William Fisher
Description: A distraught man on the run would like
a light from a silent hitchhiker.
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Life in Transition
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by John R. Dilworth
Description: Life in Transition is a visual and symbolic
journey depicting the continual transformations of life
from birth to death to re-birth.
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Love is Fog
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by Fawn Williams
Description: "Love Is Fog" humorously reflects
the common experience of losing and attaining love and
the struggle to remain optimistic throughout. Its style
references both instructional videos and traditional
narratives.
Lucky
7 PM Friday, October 21
Australia
Directed by Nash Edgerton
Description: Lucky finds himself in a bind – and
he’s going to have to pull more than a Houdini
act to get himself out of this one.
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Lump
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Sarah Kruchowski
Description: “Lump” weaves the sad, but
somehow optimistic, tale of ten-year old girl and the
pet she longs to love. Armed with imagination and determination,
our heroine, Ruby, will not be denied.
Monday Morning
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by David Nicoloff
Description: The story of a man and his breakfast.
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No Money Down
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Jim Haverkamp
Description: Before he became a corporate shill, Abe
Lincoln was punk rock.
O
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
Ireland
North American Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Tom Hopkins and Molly Stack
Description: A birthday party becomes a matter of life
and death.
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Oh My God!
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by John Bryant
Description: The horrifyingly hilarious story of a man
who comes home and finds his family has become the victims
of a brutal attack.
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One Hand Boxing
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Richard Wright
Description: What do you get when you put two guys together
with one pair of boxing gloves?
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Perils in Nude Modeling
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by Scott Rice
Description: On the verge of expulsion, a hapless art
student must decide between life-long ambition and love.
“A remarkable tour de force… superbly
paced, inventive, and exhilarating.”
-Roger Corman
“Polished, taut, and beautifully lit…Rice
has an accomplished, stylized smoothness to his work…”
-
Austin Chronicle
“Filmed with all the sumptuousness of a Vermeer
painting. . . John Merriman is so engaging as a student
struggling through the class that you desperately want
him to succeed in this absurd world.”
- City Paper,
Baltimore
Ping Pong Love
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Bo Mehrad
Description: Only one thing stands between Adam and
the Great American Romance Novel: a beginning. Caught
in the throes of writer's block, Adam finds inspiration
in the most unlikely of sources: his two awkward and
fretful neighbors. While each inspires the other,
none
of them suspects where their story will
ultimately lead.
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Pornographic Apathetic
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by T. Arthur Cottam
Description: Two girls, two guys: Sex like you've never
seen.
"It achieves both stinging commentary and
big laughs in just five minutes' runtime."
-Willamette
Week
"Funny and absurd, pure genius"
-Florida
Film Festival
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Portrait of a Dude
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by Ned Hylton
Description: A glimpse into one man's life after oral
surgery. "Portrait of a Dude" follows the struggles
of Tyler Kinney with laundry, mail, and a birthday party.
Red Upholstery
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Liz Adams
Description: A sexy romp brought to you by the US Government.
Relish
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Sean Stewart
Description: An experimental short reflecting a life
with obsessive-compulsive disorder: hand-washing, strange
eating habits, and excessive sexual desire.
Run
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by Ryan Rogers
Description: A man runs from his fears and finds out
that his fears have found him.
Sardinur
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Nicole Linde
Description: A girl finds love in an unlikely place.
When she opens a sardine can, she is taken into a fantasy
land that reveals her fears and longing to find "the
perfect catch." Shot in Iceland, "Sardinur" is
a collaboration between American filmmaker Nicole Linde
and Scottish artists, Eveline Nicollette and Robin Manson.
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Souvenir
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Stephen Rose
Description: A shadowy fable unfolds from inside a souvenir
snow globe, in this unique film that was shot entirely
with a toy camera.
"..plays like Guy Maddin directing a
Charlie Kaufman script inside a snow globe."
-Los Angeles
Times
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Spacer
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
Canada
Directed by Guy Roland
Description: “Spacer” looks at the world
through a moving camera, finding inn it odd rhythms and
unexpected harmonies. The immovable monuments of our
times, buildings, bridges, fences and walls come alive
as they reveal themselves as you’ve never seen
before.
Speed Dating
7 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Portland, OR
Directed by Chris A. Bolton
Description: Owen and Danielle meet at a speed dating
session. As each imagines the possibilities, we discover
that nothing kills a perfect romance like reality.
Stick Up
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
Canada
Directed by Douglas Newell
Description: What happens when a couple decides to add
more spice to their marriage...in the garage? A modern
comedy set in this most romantic location where imaginations
clash and role playing rises to the ridiculous.
Stoopid Movie
9:10 PM Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by David Chai
Description: Very rarely does a film come along, which
is so compelling and emotionally moving that it effects
generations of viewers to reconsider the very way in
which they live their lives; evoking social change and
making the world a better place in which to live.
This
is not that rare film.
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Super-Anon
7 PM Friday, October 21
Canada
Directed by Stephen H. Plitt
Description: Superheroes get all the glory. How does
this affect their untalented relatives?
Tattoo
Every Showtime
Portland, OR
Directed by Dan Schaefer
Description: "Tattoo," the 30-second voter
registration PSA, produced by Portland-based We-Vote,
ran nationally during the 2004 Presidential election
campaign.
"Tattoo" was done with the generosity of many
in the Oregon film community, including Limbo Films,
Downstream Digital, Koerner Cameras, Gearhead Grip and
Electric, BLT Productions, Animation Dynamics, Film/Sound
Inc., and Seattle's Alpha Cine.
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Texas Hospitality
7 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Michael Pfaendtner
Description: If you knew your next meal would be your
last, what would you choose? Based on information provided
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Hospitality
examines the final meal requests of ten executed offenders
and in the process, offers a revealing look at the individuality
and humanity of these condemned men and women as they
awaited their imminent demise.
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The "Aha" Moment
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
A film by Lori Gomez
Description: Toni just wants to meet a nice guy...but,
she is always attracted to the 'bad' boys. When she agrees
online to meet a 'nice' guy for coffee - will she give
him a chance, or the 'bad' boy waiter she usually falls
for?
The Creature's on the Loose
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Michael Chappell
Description: An animated music video that critique's
modern society and science.
The Death of Theodore Graham
9:10 PM Friday, October 21 & 7 PM Saturday, October
22
Eugene, OR
Directed by Erik Hecht
Description: Hilarity ensues as Death fights Theodore
for his soul!
The Gates of Heaven
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
United Kingdom
Directed by Lucy Lee
Description: Can we be more? We are compelled to take
the leap. Based on the Chinese myth called The Dragon
Gate.
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The Sound of Sausage
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
World Premiere at PISS Fest!
Directed by Brad Reeb
Description: A roller coaster ride through the world
of specialty meats and the people of Edelweiss Deli.
The Submarine Teaser
7 PM Saturday, October 22
Portland, OR
Directed by Jubal Nance
Description: Captain Nemo fights Nazi's in the ocean
depths. An homage to the classic B-movie.
The Twelve Months
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
Australia
Directed by Jonathan Nix
Description: A young girl is sent into the woods to
complete three impossible tasks and finds what she is
looking for in the face of a friendly giant.
The Zit
9:10 Saturday, October 22
USA
Directed by Mike Blum
Description: A small tale about a giant pimple. A young
boy on his way to his school dance is forced to deal
with his first pimple problem--and what a problem it
is!
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Win The Box
9:10 PM Friday, October 21
USA
Directed by Jim Eshom
Description: A hallucinogenic game show in the park
satirizes the over-medication of America. Side effects
include: nausea, cramps, violent diarrhea and kidney
disease.
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