Central Florida Film and Video Festival

Honorable Mentions

1. Experimental

Roswell

An amnesiac pursues U.F.O.'s through New Mexico and tries to remember what he's so worried about.

Bill Brown
P.O. Box 53832,
Lubbock, TX 79453

Speakeasy: Women Talkin'Mostly 'Bout Men

The words and environments of five very different and insightful women are used as the source of imagery for this dramatic short. Doreen, Lorna, June, May, Cora, and Naomi represent a variety of ages, races, and classes of women who talk about the men in, or sometimes out of their lives. The women bare their souls with a comic-sad poignancy that puts the listener at ease while simultaneously revealing intimate tensions between the sexes.

Bridget Murnane
375 Mt. Auburn St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

2. Animation

Merry Christmas

The award winning cartoon story of a man who is bothered by a bus driver and sets out on a path of revenge, not realizing that he is being observed. At the moment of each unpleasant deed a camera clicks and an entry is made in a report. Behind all this spying we find of course the most famous Finn in the universe: Father Christmas.

Veikko Anttila
Franzeninkatu 22 B 71
Helsinki, Finland 00530

Cell #724

A man sits in a small room where things happen.

Karl Staven
P.O. Box 965
New York, NY 10113

3. Documentary

This Is Cuba

"This Is Cuba" is a personal journey into the island during 1994 and 1995. Director, Chris Hume traveled to Cuba with a tourist visa. He never acquired the proper government permits to film and thus was able to gain access to people and places that would otherwise have been off limits. This film is a portrait of the island during its deepest economic crisis ever.

Chris Hume, Aspect Ratio
1347 Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Portrait of Boy With Dog

This is a cinema verite work from the streets, rooftops, and parks of one child in today's Moscow. Thirteen year old Gosha, who was abandoned by his parents, is institutionalized in an uncaring system speaks candidly of his contempt of authority, his malignant boredom, and his dreams for a new life. He provides a unique and personal perspective of changes occurring to him as well as his country.

Robin Hessman/James Longley
12 Rolling Ridge Rd.
Andover, MA 01810

4. Narrative

Customs Of The Country

A young woman tries to regain custody of her child after her own bout with drug abuse and a single incident of child abuse.

Bobby Sheehan
60 W. 66th St.,
New York, NY 10023

A Hard Rain

Ross Stewart is devastated when his son is murdered by a volatile local policeman. Consumed by grief and his impulse to take revenge, the film explores the moral dilemma of "an eye for an eye." Free on bail, the killer walks the streets of their small island community and haunts the Stewart family. When it becomes apparent that his son's murderer will receive a light sentence, the pressure on Ross Stewart escalates. Based partly on fact and a short story called "Killings" by Andre Dubus.

Dennie Gordon
2044 Lewis Terrance
Los Angeles, CA 90046

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