13th Annual MadCat Women¹s International Film Festival

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The 13th Annual MadCat Women¹s International Film Festival
Kicks off September 16 at El Rio with World Premieres, Live Musical  Accompaniment, and Directors in Person.
Screening the best films by women directors from around the world

When:  September 16, 2009, Doors open at 6:30pm and films start at 8:30 pm
Rain or Shine. Tickets at the door CASH only $8­-$20 Sliding scale

Where:  El Rio, 3158 Mission Street at Precita Street in San Francisco.

Programme:

- Astroland (Samara Halperin, 2009, 3:10 min, Color, Mini-DV) Filmmaker in Person, World Premiere
Take, ride through pre-demolition Astroland in this free-wheeling celebration of the fabled Coney Island amusement park. Shot on glorious 16mm color film. Original score written by Stormy Knight.

- The Horses, They Came (Harriette Yahr, 1990, 4 min, Color, 16mm). Bay Area Premiere
A film about the destructive nature of obsession.

- Seattle Solstice (Caryn Cline, 2008, 2:40 min, Color, 16mm). West Coast Premiere
Hydrangea, Geranium, Nandina, Camillia, Snapdragon, Cyclemen, Violet, Linden. Birch Bark?. Mapping, Seattle landscape in deep winter with its surprising array of flora, this film is, series of optically printed, handmade frames that unfolds into, gorgeous swath of color and movement.

- 1 to, (Amy Schwartz, 2008, 5 min, 16mm, Color). West Coast Premiere
A rhythmic play on light and color, this film consists of Super-8 frames, each 30-seconds in length, reworked in the optical printer

- Lively Lovely (and the rest) (Eve Gordon, 2007, 2:52 min, B/W). U.S. Premiere
A modern take on the musical cinema of the 1930s, Lovely follows a disembodied pair of legs as it dances, Busby Berkley-esque routine, simultaneously objectifying the female form while celebrating its grace.

- Woodward¹s Garden (Katherin McGinnis, 2008, 10 min, Color 3D, Mini-DV). World Premiere with Live Original Score.
Combining old and new 3D images, Woodward¹s Garden explores the site of ³the Central Park of the West,², 19th century amusement park in San Francisco¹s Mission district, which now houses, drug rehab facility, an Internet porn studio, and upscale restaurants. Historic stereographs by Carleton Watkins and Edward Muybridge evoke the era when this park thrived. Glasses provided by MadCat.

- Spectrology (Kerry Laitala, 2009, 11 min, Color, 16mm). Filmmaker in Person, World Premiere
In 1646, Athanasius Kircher¹s Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae described for the first time how images could be projected onto, screen by means of, magic lantern. Using this apparatus, 18th century showmen like Paul de Philipsthal and Etienne Gaspard Robertson conjured up the spirits of the recently deceased to spellbind and spook their unwitting audiences. Calling upon the secret repertoire of these early conjurors, Spectrology simulates the creation of the bygone phantasmagoria, recasting them in, modern-day illusion.

- Motion Studies (Fernanda D¹Agostino, 2009, 12 min, Color, Mini-DV). S.F. Premiere
Using an eye-popping color palette, D¹Agnostino digitally transforms the original footage of migrating wild birds and the motion studies taken by Dr. Bret Tobalske¹s flight lab at the University of Portland. At times, an undulating abstract painting, other times, the birds in flight and the wake of their movement becomes more apparent. Either way, it¹s mesmerizing.

- Cobra Mist (Emily Richardson, 2009, 9 min, Color, Anamorphic 16mm). U.S. Premiere
Orford Ness sits on the Suffolk Coast of Great Britain, looking out at Europe across the North Sea. Formerly, military base, this spit of land was the site of Cold War radar experiments. Dotted by the extraordinary architecture of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, the place has a sinister atmosphere, accentuated by its moody soundtrack that layers ominous industrial din with the sounds of nature.

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