dA CENTER FOR THE ARTS PROUDLY PRESENTS: SMOGDANCE ’08--The 10th Annual Pomona Valley Film Festival

Galileo Hall @ Harvey Mudd College, 260 E Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA 91711.

Friday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 27 at 5:00 p.m.

THE FILM SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

FRIDAY SHEDULE:

The Wishing Well (Maxwell/Animated, 12 min) - Some have to work harder than others to find true love

Felix Melman (Lantz/Comedy, 13 min) - For hire: mild mannered office worker - no job too unprincipled

Fallen Apple (Sarrow/Open/Experimental, 17 min) - Wrenching piece about soldiers in the middle of societal ethics and commanding officer's orders

EPICAC (Tully/Open/Experimental, 21 min) - Techno love story bringing poetry and science together

Raccoon and Crawfish (Frederick/Animated, 8 min) - A tale of wits between hunter and hunted…

Children of Scum: A Retrospective (Grossman/Comedy, 13 min) - Insider view of the actors and the making of a cult classic

INTERMISSION

I Love You, I'm Sorry, And I'll Never Do It Again (Snyder/Comedy, 14 min) - Three phrases every partner must use at least once in a relationship

The Seed (Mateo/Open/Experimental, 12 min) - Harsh vision of a future where what is real isn't always seen

MAC VS PC (Jun Park/Animated, 3 min) - MAC is definitely winning in the marketing world, but in the ring….it's anybody's bet

Pulse (Savage/Open/Experimental, 13 min) - Grieving man catches glimpses of his dead wife via electricity

Diary of a User (McDaniel/Open/Experimental, 4 min) - Poem about drug use and hope

The White Room (Kurpanek/Open/Experimental, 8 min) - Passionate murder turns into a discussion in the afterlife

knock. knock (Motlagh/Comedy, 20 min) - A couple reunites after a breakup in the past

Freedom Now (Rivas/Open/Experimental, 11 min) - Boy convicted of murder and sentenced to life struggles to keep his spirit free

Love Sophie (Yashar/Comedy, 6 min) - True love for grandpa leads to a brief discussion of belief and faith between cousins

SATURDAY SHEDULE:

Simulacra (Lertwirojkul/Animated, 4 min) - Even a robot needs something to care for

Deleted Scenes (Gielen/Comedy, 24 min) - Director Commentaries uncovers an uncomfortable parallel between script and life

The Room (Valdes/Open/Experimental, 20 min) - Edgy, eerie, old fashioned horror film - don't open that door!

The Late Mister Cubicle (Keller/Animated, 3 min) - Will the late Mr. Cubicle please stand up…

My day at the beach (Messersmith/Open/Experimental, 16 min) - Breezy beautiful beach day ends in darkness

Pizza Guy (Symons/Comedy, 13 min) - Girls night in turns into a visit from the police

INTERMISSION

Code Blue (Still/Comedy, 7 min) - One late payment and mayhem ensues

Lost Utopia (Mizue/Animated, 5 min) - Trippie, jazzy, spermy, eggy kinda thing...

Vanished Acres (Bolt/Open/Experimental, 31 min) - Beautiful and mysterious story of a elderly man remembering his love and answering very tough questions

Strangely Inappropriate Guy (Bartholamew/Open/Experimental, 2 min) - The new guy is a little weird…

RADIO (Gangwisch/Open/Experimental, 9 min) - radio study of product placement

20Q (Keith/Comedy, 35 min) - Mockumentary of a new competition that is sweeping the nation!

SUNDAY SHEDULE:

Water Damage (Moore/Comedy, 16 min) - Sweet story of a young girl who finds a true friend in the midst of adversity

'Till Death Do Us Part (May/Animated, 12 min) - Widower is presented with a reason to carry on

Double Talk (Ezri/Comedy, 5 min) - This dinner engagement provides a twist ending

The Insect Chorus (Aftel/Open/Experimental, 24 min) - Twins living in isolation encounter a door-to-door salesman

Doddington's Dinner Party (Parker/Comedy, 5 min) - Silent film spoof about a dinner party gone very wrong

Dandelion (Liao/Animated, 6 min) - Beautiful story of a grand daughter missing her grampa

A Bump in the Night (Wija/Comedy, 16 min) - Vain man decides to fight back when his childhood closet terrorizor returns

INTERMISSION

Eyes Wide Open (Daulton/Open/Experimental, 27 min) - Heart-wrenching film that follows a movement designed to increase awareness of the impact of war

Movement and Stillness (Chiu/Animated, 2 min) - Stunningly beautiful drawings, images, and transitions…

Lie Detector (Moran/Comedy, 15 min) - Love story with extraordinary characters

Darkness and Light (Todd Jones Donahue a.k.a. Spark*!/Open/Experimental, 6 min) - Playful visual study of images and sunlight

Idea Development (Webster/Animated, 4 min) - When you hit a wall in your writing…fly over it

Parental Guidance (Bashian/Comedy, 4 min) - First impressions are very important on this date

Tea Reverie (Kim/Animated, 4 min) - Mysterious animation of a little girl meeting a wood fairy and a dragon

Avec La Moustache (Pion-Berlin/Comedy, 7 min) - One of a pair of happy go lucky guys questions his image

Carpe Noctem (Chung/Open/Experimental, 5 min) - Music and striking visuals combine to tell a tale of dedication and love

Idiot Actor Syndrome (Bartholamew/Comedy, 9 min) - When the auditioning gets tough, the actors get help!

Special Thanks to Harvey Mudd College.