2002 New York Underground Film Festival
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These are the films shown at the 9th New York Underground Film Festival
, held from March 6–12, 2002.
New York Underground Film Festival
Founded in 1994 by filmmakers Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland, the New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008...
, held from March 6–12, 2002.
| Film Name | Director | Type | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Day in the Hole | Kevin Everson, Roddy Bogawa | Experimental 35mm | 6 | |
| A Diamond as Big as the Ritz | Arthur Rocker | Short Super-8 On Video | 5 | |
| A Message to Bin Laden | Monroe Bardot | Documentary Video | 3 | |
| Abstract Pornographic Film | Chris Jolly | Experimental 16mm | 1 | |
| Alien Workshop: Memory Screen | Chris Carter, Mike Hill, Neil Blender | Short Video | 1 | |
| Amplified Voices | Angela Aguayo, Lauren Banta | Animation 16mm | 1 | |
| Angel's Wild Women | Al Adamson Al Adamson Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself... |
Feature 35mm | 8 | |
| Anorexia Rules, OK! | Cody Critcheloe | Animation 16mm On Video | 3 | |
| Autopilot | Robert C. Banks Robert Banks (filmmaker) -Biography:Banks attended the Cleveland School of the Arts, and has taught film at Cuyahoga Community College, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Cleveland State University.... |
Experimental 35mm | 3 | |
| Bad Coffee | Elizabeth Moore | Short 16mm On Video | 3 | |
| Beautiful Frenzy | Christina Hallstrom, Mandra Waback | Documentary Video | 52 | International Premiere |
| Beer Goggles | T. Arthur Cottam T. Arthur Cottam T. Arthur Cottam is a screenwriter, actor, producer and film director. A graduate of the Film and Television Production program at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University, Cottam resides in Los Angeles, California... |
Short 16mm | 5 | |
| Blind: Video Days | Spike Jones, Karol Winthrop | Short Video | 24 | |
| Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box | Joey Garfield | Documentary Video | 80 | World Premiere |
| Buffalo Common | Bill Brown Bill Brown (filmmaker) Bill Brown is a "nomadic" filmmaker, photographer, and author from Lubbock, Texas. He has produced films on the United States–Mexico border, North Dakota missile silos, the Trans-Canada Highway, among other places. The films have been exhibited at numerous film festivals and museums, including the... |
Experimental 16mm | 23 | |
| Burn | Reynold Reynolds, Patrick Jolley | Short 35mm | 10 | |
| Candy Coated Evil | Mike Kuchar | Short Video | 7 | |
| Ce qui est fait le mal est fait | Messieurs Delmotte | Experimental Video | 4 | |
| Chirpy Chirpy Chirpy is a 2001 animated short by director John Goras, winner of Best Animation at the 2002 New York Underground Film Festival.After showings in Germany and the UK, Chirpy was banned in London by ruling of the Westminster Council in 2002.... |
John Goras | Animation 16mm On Video | 12 | |
| Christabel Christabel (2002 film) Christabel is a 2002 experimental film directed by James Fotopoulos and based on the unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Christabel was Fotopoulos’ first feature-length non-narrative production, consisting of two half-hour segments shot on digital video and two short sequences shot in 16mm... |
James Fotopoulos James Fotopoulos James Fotopoulos is an independent filmmaker and media artist living in Chicago, Illinois. His work is low-budget and rigorous, and consists of experimental narrative features, non-narrative shorts, and video installations... |
Experimental 16mm On Video | 70 | World Premiere |
| CLIP (4000 f.) | Robert Todd | Experimental 16mm | 3 | |
| Come Alive | Dylan Griffen | Short Super-8 On Video | 1 | |
| Condensed Movie #1 | Kent Lambert | Experimental Video | 9 | |
| Crying Underwater | Alicia Scherson | Experimental Video | 17 | |
| Cul de Sac: A Suburban War Story | Garrett Scott | Documentary Video | 55 | World Premiere |
| Current | Brian Doyle | Experimental Video | 6 | |
| Cyclone Alley Ceramics | George Kuchar George Kuchar George Kuchar was an American underground film director, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic.-Early life and career:... |
Short Video | 12 | |
| Dear Auntie | Matt Wolf | Experimental 16mm On Video | International Premiere | |
| Dildo Heaven | Doris Wishman Doris Wishman Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer.... |
Feature Video | 70 | World Premiere |
| Dirtboarding Skateopia | Rick Charnoski | Documentary Video | 2 | |
| Dogs | Stephanie Barber | Experimental 16mm | 15 | |
| Eat | Bill Plympton Bill Plympton William "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in... |
Animation 35mm | 9 | |
| Eels | Patty Chang | Experimental Video | 4 | |
| Einstuerzende Neubauten: Listen With Pain | Christian Beetz, Birgit Herdlitschke | Documentary Video | 55 | |
| El Guero | Jim Finn | Experimental 16mm On Video | 2 | |
| Everything Will Be Okay | Scott Pagano Scott Pagano Scott Pagano is a Los Angeles-based video artist, filmmaker, and motion graphics designer and is recognized for his distinctive style of moving images constructed by re-mixing images of architecture, daily life, and intricate CG graphics... |
Experimental Video | 5 | |
| Exposed | Siegfried Fruhauf | Experimental 16mm | 9 | |
| Film(Dzama) | Deco Dawson | Experimental 16mm | 23 | |
| First Person 911 | Luke Joerger, Ray Mendez | Documentary Video | 25 | |
| Forrest Project | Michael Jackson Chaney | Experimental 35mm | 3 | |
| Four Corners | Ian Toews | Experimental 16mm | 6 | |
| Friends Forever | Ben Wolfinsohn | Documentary Video | 83 | |
| Getting Stronger Every Day | Miranda July Miranda July Miranda July is a performing artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called Snarla.- Background :Miranda... |
Experimental Video | 6 | |
| Girls For Rent | Al Adamson Al Adamson Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself... |
Feature 35mm | 88 | |
| Gone Over | Christofer Bravo | Experimental 16mm | 10 | |
| Grip of the Gorgon | Mike Kuchar | Short Video | 11 | |
| Have A Nice Day Alone | Leslie Thornton | Experimental Video | 7 | |
| Hillbilly Robot | Todd Rohal | Short Video | 23 | |
| Hollywood Inferno (Episode One) | Laura Parnes Laura Parnes Laura Parnes is an artist whose work engages strategies of narrative film and video art to blur the lines between storytelling conventions and experimentation. Parnes combines elements such as continuity and dialogue with highly stylized sets and performances to present non-linear narratives as... |
Experimental Video | 40 | |
| Honey Bunnies on Ice | George Kuchar George Kuchar George Kuchar was an American underground film director, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic.-Early life and career:... |
Short Video | 7 | |
| Horns and Halos Horns and Halos For the Dolly Parton album, see Halos & Horns.Horns and Halos , an award-winning documentary film directed by Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, is primarily about the difficult road the author and publisher travelled to bring Fortunate Son, a controversial biography of George W... |
Suki Hawley, Michael Galinsky | Documentary Video | 90 | North American Premiere |
| How Does Electricity Work? | Jenny Stark | Experimental Video | 3 | |
| I'm simply overwhelmed, I just don't know what to say - Thank you all very much. Good night. | Roddy Bogawa | Experimental Video | 20 | |
| In Our Garden | Giuseppe Andrews | Feature Video | 87 | World Premiere |
| Introduction to Living in a Closed System | Brittany Gravely | Experimental 16mm | 18 | |
| Investigation of a Flame Investigation of a Flame Investigation of a Flame is a documentary about the Catonsville Nine and their nonviolent act of civil disobedience. This documentary film examines the courageous attempt of protesters to call attention to the Vietnam War.- Overview :... |
Lynne Sachs | Documentary 16mm | 45 | |
| Ken Burns Give You Something | Kent Lambert | Experimental Video | 3 | |
| Lily | Mike Kuchar | Short Video | 4 | |
| Little Flags | Jem Cohen Jem Cohen Jem Alan Cohen is an award-winning New York City-based filmmaker known for his observational portraits of urban landscapes, blending of media formats and collaborations with music artists. He is the recipient of the Independent Spirit Award and many first place awards for feature filmmaking... |
Experimental 16mm On Video | 7 | |
| Lockdowns Up | Ashley Hunt | Documentary Video | 8 | |
| Lord of the Cockrings | Nick Zedd Nick Zedd Nick Zedd is an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work... |
Short Video | 27 | |
| Love is All | Oliver Harrison | Experimental 35mm | 3 | |
| Matinee Idylls | George Kuchar George Kuchar George Kuchar was an American underground film director, known for his "low-fi" aesthetic.-Early life and career:... |
Short Video | 12 | |
| Momus at Luna | Jeff Scher | Documentary 16mm | 12 | |
| Negative 10 | Jenny Stark | Experimental Video | 3 | |
| New World Order Re-Mix | Philipp Virus | Experimental Video | 12 | |
| Nitwit | Xan Price | Feature Video | 100 | World Premiere |
| No Sunshine | Bjorn Melhus | Experimental Video | 6 | |
| Oh Christmas Tree | Juli Berg, Candace Corelli | Experimental Video | 2 | |
| On a Shore Beneath the Sky | Mike Kuchar | Short Video | 18 | |
| One Mile Per Minute | Bobby Abate | Experimental Super-8 On Video | 10 | |
| Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community | Stephen Epstein, Timothy Tangherlini | Documentary Video | 39 | |
| Our Vacation Trip | Arunas Kulikauskas | Experimental 16mm | 3 | |
| Periodical Effect | Stom Sogo | Experimental Video | 10 | |
| Plain English | John Standiford | Experimental 16mm | 9 | |
| Prohibited Beats | Julie Covello | Documentary Video | 25 | |
| Radio Haiti | Moira Tierney | Documentary 16mm | 4 | |
| Resin | Vladimir Gyorski | Animation Video | 87 | New York Premiere |
| Resolution | Spencer Parsons | Experimental Video | 9 | International Premiere |
| Revolutions Per Minute | Alex Roper | Experimental Video | 3 | World Premiere |
| Richart | Vanessa Renwick, Dawn Smallman | Documentary Video | 23 | |
| saint henry composition | Joe Sola | Experimental Super-8 On Video | 5 | |
| Satan's Sadists | Al Adamson Al Adamson Al Adamson was a prolific director of B-grade horror films throughout the 1960s and 1970s.After assisting his father, Victor Adamson, in making the 1963 movie Halfway to Hell, Adamson decided to work in the motion picture industry himself... |
Feature 35mm | 86 | |
| Saw Boy Buck! | Richard Mather | Animation Video | 3 | |
| Sex Toy | Zakery Weiss | Documentary Video | 1 | |
| Showdown | J. X. Williams J. X. Williams J.X. Williams is an American avant-garde filmmaker and director. Numerous critics have cited him to be one of the most influential figures in American avant-garde cinema . Williams was an innovative cult director for several notorious exploitation films produced in the 1960s and 1970s... |
Experimental 16mm | 8 | |
| Silverplay | Stom Sogo | Experimental Video | 10 | |
| Sledding Accident 1986 | Chris Jolly | Experimental Video | 2 | |
| Slow Business of Going | Athina Tsangari | Feature 35mm | 101 | |
| Soundings | Sandra Gibson | Experimental 16mm | 5 | |
| Spangled | Jason Blalock | Documentary Video | 21 | |
| Standing By Yourself Standing By Yourself Standing By Yourself is a 2002 documentary that marked the directing debut of filmmaker Josh Koury. Set in Clinton, New York, a suburb of Utica, the film follows Koury’s maladjusted teenage younger brother and his rambunctious best friend Josh, who share social and economic frustrations of living... |
Josh Koury | Documentary Video | 57 | New York Premiere |
| State of the Union | Bryan Boyle | Animation Video | ||
| Teenage Hooker Became Killing Machine in DaeHakRoh | Nam Ki-Woong | Feature Video | 60 | US Premiere |
| The 100th Undone | Jacqueline Goss | Experimental Video | 9 | |
| The Atlas Moth | Rolf Belgum | Documentary Video | 75 | |
| The Drifters, excerpts: Good Together, The Fruit, Jewels | Miranda July Miranda July Miranda July is a performing artist, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called Snarla.- Background :Miranda... |
Experimental Video | 1 | |
| The Electronic Bra | Anonymous | Documentary Video | 1 | |
| The Fat (Facts about skateboarding) | Lucia Helenka | Documentary Video | 13 | |
| The Fear | Angel Nieves | Short 16mm | 18 | |
| The History of Choking (with Erick Estrada) | Abel Klainsbaum | Documentary Video | 30 | |
| The Local Sky Enlarger | Jennet Thomas | Experimental Video | 27 | |
| The Money Center | Naoko Nozawa | Short Video | 15 | |
| The Nagel Incident | Steve Hall | Short Video | 16 | |
| The Second Voice | Zakery Weiss | Documentary Video | 12 | |
| The Strip Mall Trilogy | Roger Beebe | Experimental Super-8 On Video | 9 | |
| then a year | Kelly Reichardt | Experimental Super-8 On Video | 14 | |
| Triumf | Seth Price | Experimental Video | 16 | |
| Two Minutes Skating in NYC | Andrew Gosselin | Short Video | 2 | |
| Untitled | Zakery Weiss | Experimental Video | 4 | |
| Well, Well, Well | Elisabeth Subrin Elisabeth Subrin Elisabeth Subrin is a Brooklyn-based film and video artist and curator.-Biography:In 1990 she received a B.F.A. in film from Massachusetts College of Art. She then received an M.F.A. in video from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995, where she stayed to teach in the First Year... |
Experimental Video | 4 | |
| With Me | Kerstin Cmelka | Experimental 16mm | 3 | |
| Ya Private Sky | Experimental Video | 3 | ||