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2009 SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival
Film & Event Schedule
(Additional films to be announced)
Online Program Guide Coming Soon!
THURSDAY, APRIL 2
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
OPENING NIGHT MUSIC & ART GALA PARTY
The SENE Film, Music & Arts Festival kicks off our inaugural year with a night of music, art and fun. We'll even preview some of the films that are scheduled to screen.
Hors d'oeuvre and dessert provided by Chelo's
Complimentary wine and Narragansett Beer
Free ticket to any festival screening ($8 value)
Free raffle for
Music by Weird Beards and Matt Fuller
Artists to be announced
Kay Studios
Tickets are only $25. SENE Members receive free admission.
Free admission with Festival badge or
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Filmmaker and Guest Reception
Marriott Courtyard Downtown
32 Exchange Terrace at
Welcoming Remarks:
Phil Capobres, Artistic Director
Don Farias, Producing Director
Special Guest:
Steven Feinberg, Executive Director,
7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Ranchero
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Roger Gutierrez, Brian Eric Johnson, Christina Woods, Danny Trejo, Ruth Livier, Jade Gordon
East Coast Premiere
Writer/Producer/Actor Brian Eric Johnson and Lead Actor Roger Gutierrez in attendance
"Ranchero" is the fish-out-of-water story of Jesse Torres (Roger Gutierrez), a small town cattle rancher with 50's sensibilities. Now in his late 30's, Jesse proudly wears his idol, Buddy Holly, inked on his bicep. Coupled with a love for photography, Jesse doesn't quite fit the mold of his peers, and dreams of a more diverse environment. The son of poor, uneducated, Mexican immigrants, he was born into the life of a ranch hand. Resentful of his forced station in society, Jesse packs his bags, cuffs his jeans, and leaves his country home for the bright lights of the city. Moving next door to his childhood friend Tom (Brian Eric Johnson) in a seedy
7:00 pm RISD Auditorium
Pendragon, Sword of His Father
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Aaron Burns, Nick Burns, Marilyn Burns, Erik Dewar, Andy Burns
East Coast Premiere
A Christian epic adventure film set in 411 AD, Pendragon, Sword of His Father tells the story of young Artos who is raised to believe that God has a purpose for each day. After a tragic event he is taken into slavery by the Saxons, where Artos questions his God. Advancing through the military ranks, Artos begins to understand that his father's vision was not based on the strength of man, but on the plan of God. Further events force Artos to decide between following God's plan unto certain death or abandoning God to save his own life. Filmed in five states with a crew of over five hundred, "Pendragon" is the first independent Christian film of its kind.
7:30 pm Gallery DEMI
SENE Sampler
A special selection of short films from the various short film packages to be shown at SENE.
9:30 pm Cable Car Cinema
Lady Feet
Narrative Short (
A series of glimpses into the lives of a dynamic, young,
The DVD
Narrative Feature (Malaysia, 2007, 85 min.)
Director: Surin Gnanalingam
Cast: Chong Shun Yuan,Carrine Chong Su Sian,Chye Chee Keong,Hansel Choi,Ganish Venugopal,Sim Yian How,Lavinder Chong Sheah Mei
This is a love story of a young college student, who, living with his widowed mother, has the kind of life of any below average student, who is barely passing his exams. Then an incident with a college bully one day causes an accidental meeting with a strange dark savior. The meeting changes his life forever as he moves into a life of crime, falls in love and exploits a DVD copy of a sex tape involving a major political figure.
9:30 pm RISD Auditorium
America’s Lost Band
Special Guests: The Remains will perform (unplugged) after the screening
Documentary Feature (
Producer Fred Cantor in attendance. The Remains band members Barry Tashian, Vern Miller, Bill Briggs and Chip Damiani will answer audience questions before their performance.
'Had these
The Remains appeared on Ed Sullivan, opened for the Beatles, and then broke up on the brink of fame. “
11:00 pm
After Party
McFadden's Restaurant & Saloon
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
2:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Larry and Roz
Animated Short (
Larry, a 93 year-old widower confined to a Nursing Home, remembers a time when he had more spring in his step. Based on real audio recordings from 2002, animator Kristen Palana uses individually painted digital images to imagine and recreate her grandfather's first attempts to woo his beloved Roz.
Documentary Short (
“Iowa Girls” is about the unique game of six-on-six basketball, played by generations of women in
Courthouse Girls of Farmland
Documentary Feature (
The "Courthouse Girls" (Garneta Amburn, - Miss February, Mary Ellen Talley - Miss April, Wanda Grove - Miss May, Eileen Herron - Miss October, Iraida Davis-Leitch - Miss December) and Co-Executive Producer Larry Francer in attendance
“Courthouse Girls of Farmland” is a story about a small
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Film Wizard Workshop
for children ages 8-15
admission: $15
The Artists' Exchange
4:30 pm Cable Car Cinema
Shorts Package I
Passion Is the Matter
Narrative Short (
Two friends try to find an explanation for the mistreatment by one of their husbands.
Superglue
Narrative Short (
Dave, a screenwriter new to
Miracle Investigators
Narrative Short (
Veteran miracle investigator Father Dominic and his rookie partner Father Justin judge the authenticity of miracles and bust the spiritual criminals who dare disagree.
The Potion
Narrative Short (
A man attempts to rekindle the passion in his marriage by secretly administering herbal supplements to his wife. His wife, having the same idea unwittingly double-doses and creates havoc.
Good Morning
Narrative Short (
En route to interview for her dream job over achiever, Sylvia Wiggins, finds herself trapped with a calamity from her past.
Knocked Down
Narrative Short (
A wide-eyed wannabe, whose youth is but a speck in his rearview mirror, finally sets out from the hinterland for the brass ring marked “
5:00 pm Meet the Artists Reception
Gallery DEMI
Meet the exhibiting festival artists.
7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Shorts Package II
Martin
Narrative Short (
A dark character study of an aggressive man fighting his inner demons until his bright 15 yr old daughter becomes a glimmer of hope in his otherwise worthless life.
Batter Up
Narrative Short (
In the bottom of the ninth inning a softball player gets injured after hitting a Home Run, leaving players from the opposing team with a decision to help her and loose, or to do nothing and win the championship.
Scarecrow
Narrative Short(
Jack ran away from the battle and found the war.
The Silence of Bees
Narrative Short (
Writer/Producer Joanna Perry-Folino in attendance
Alex McKenzie travels from
Uriasul
Narrative Short (
A boy and his 'dreams'.
Land Gewinnen (Gaining Ground)
Narrative Short (
A young illegal immigrant couple spends their time furtively avoiding the German authorities, until the wellbeing of their young son dictates that they resolve their untenable situation.
7:00 pm RISD Auditorium
The Curse of Micah Rood
Narrative Short (
Based on an old legend from
The Other Side of the Tracks
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Brendan
Still living at home and working at a local pizza parlor, Josh is numbed by the haunting memories of his high school girlfriend, killed 10 years ago in a train-car accident. His old friend Rusty tries to rouse Josh from his stalled life, but when Josh meets a spirited young waitress, who looks suspiciously like his high school girlfriend, Josh begins to feel pulled in opposite directions. Is she real or a ghost from his haunted past? Who is really looking out for Josh, the girl, or his best friend? Taking the love triangle to a whole new dimension, “The Other Side of the Tracks” is a supernatural fantasy starring Tania Raymonde from the hit ABC series “Lost”, Brendan Fehr from the WB network's “
7:30 pm The Spot on Thayer
Music Video Competition (Free Admission)
The Wigly
Music Video (
"The Wigly" is based on the song with the same name by Johnnie Lee Jordan, tests how far you would go for love. Mixing genres, and shot on 16mm, this music video is something fresh and new in a digital era where music videos fail to tell a real story anymore. The film stars cult horror movie actress Ruby Larocca and Performer Johnnie Lee Jordan as himself (who is often times compared to a young Tom Waites.) Its visual, Its catchy, and its bloody.
A Small Video Is a Great Moment
Music Video (
A drop of water as a boundary between before and after. In life. In the game of life. The challenge on this border extends the game a few precious moments more. The challenge belongs to three boys who face the risk to prove themselves. And they succeed. Before that drop will land on their freedom.
Rise
Music Video (
Washington DC-based singer/songwriter Tom Goss confronts himself and his past on the train. He and his fellow passengers ascend from the mundane and bleak train tunnels to a sunlit rooftop.
Inflatable You
Music Video (
Kees Hoogeveen uses his horn to improvise over a typical suburban view of
Sacrilege
Music Video (
"Sacrilege" is a conceptual music video for the band, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (featured on their recent EP release, Casualty Menagerie).
Sidekick
Music Video (
Producers Jonathan Bouknight and Josh Bishop in attendance
WHEN CHIMNEYS ATTACK! Only a trained pro can stop the brick hurling beast in this music video produced by Sunrise Studios LLC for The Noise's song 'Sidekick.'
Music Video (
A boy is seduced by a beautiful girl named
Thus Spoke the Spectacle
Music Video (
A music video film concerning the nature and effects of media, technology, war, celebrity, news, empire, nihilism, consumerism, corporatism, propaganda and other forces at work in the experiment in civilization called “
9:30 pm Cable Car Cinema
Animated (& More) Shorts
Larry and Roz
Animated Short (
Larry, a 93 year-old widower confined to a Nursing Home, remembers a time when he had more spring in his step. Based on real audio recordings from 2002, animator Kristen Palana uses individually painted digital images to imagine and recreate her grandfather's first attempts to woo his beloved Roz.
Faust
Animated/Puppet Short
Set in the middle ages, the infamous Dr. Faust dances with the devil's servant, Mephisto. This intense film, inspired by the German masterpiece by Goethe, comes alive through the medium of Puppets. All Faust wanted was more power, more glory, and more ability to seduce a young Gretchen. What he gets is a lot more.
The Cave: An Adaptation of Plato's Allegory in Clay
Animated Short (
An adaptation of Plato's, 'Allegory of the Cave' animated in clay.
The Incident at Tower 37
Animated Short (
In the middle of a dry, desolate landscape stands Tower 37: a shimmering water processing station, siphoning every last drop of water from a once pristine lake. Day in and day out the station's lone steward monitors the tower's activities, never realizing that Tower 37 is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem. But when two unexpected guests arrive, the tower's operator learns the high cost of his ignorance.
Bohemibot
Narrative Short (
A great cyborg harpist, forced to serve as a pilot in the last war on his planet, struggles to overcome a debilitating injury and the loss of his family. His encounter with a young enemy captive reveals that even the din of war can never silence the voice of the heart.
Sebastian's Voodoo
Animated Short (
A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.
Space
Narrative Short (
Separated by stars, a girl and a boy attempt to rekindle their old romance. The girl works at a factory in space sewing space helmets for emergency evacuation. She is a slave. The boy lives in a paper house in the country. He has slept for a long time and when he awakes he is determined to meet the girl in space. Will his lightning bolt rocket ship carry him all the way through... Space!
Symphony
Animated Short (
"Symphony" portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will. The topic of this abstractedly crafted animation applies to anything that struggles to be free. It can be a phenomenon occurring deep within the mind, or an individual confronting the standardized masses.
Escapism
Animated Short (
Escapism: Noun; The tendency to seek distraction and relief from unpleasant realities, especially, by seeking entertainment or engaging in fantasy (Oxford American Dictionary).
9:30 pm RISD Auditorium
Sidekick
Music Video (
Producers Jonathan Bouknight and Josh Bishop in attendance
When Chimneys Attack! A chimney chases the Noise's drummer around the city, until he calls in a chimney sweep to fight the monster on the roof.
Drifter
Narrative Short (
A man who is brutally assaulted in the middle of night finds refuge in a 24 hour laundromat, where he encounters a mysterious stranger.
Sisifo
Narrative Short (
Inspired by the homonym myth, “Sisifo” is the story of a man imprisoned in a room without doors and forced by destiny to extract his own teeth to assemble a key that, in his opinion, will permit him to escape.
Audie & the Wolf
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Tara Price, Christa Campbell, Rance Howard, Richard Riehle
This dark comedy/horror film offers a topsy-turvy take on the classic werewolf legend. Hit by a beautiful actress' car, a wolf is brought back to a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where by the light of the full moon he turns into a savage, bloodthirsty MAN and goes on a killing spree. Not remembering who he is, why he's killing, or how he got there, this John Doe enlists the help of a punk rock grocery delivery girl named Audie Bantam, who tries to help John with his amnesia, and they quickly fall in love. But John soon discovers that those he killed have come back as zombies, and he must fight them as they escape from the basement, as well as fight his wolf urges to kill and eat Audie, if he wants to set things right and get the girl in the end.
11:00 pm
Filmmaker Award Ceremony
Festival badge required for admission to Awards Ceremony, which is located in private balcony area
DownCity
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
12:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Limelight Series
An encore presentation of films from this year's festival.
2:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Back To Me
Narrative Short (
“Back to Me” takes us into the life of a Broadway actress whose world is devastatingly turned upside down. Unexpectedly, she comes face to face with her destiny as a mysterious stranger helps her face the music.
They Came to Play
Documentary Feature (
“They Came to Play” is an uplifting feature-length documentary chronicling the passion, pressure and potential surrounding The International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs hosted by The Van Cliburn Foundation, a prestigious event which reunites seventy-five of the world’s best amateur pianists with their dreams, if only for a brief time. Players from all over the world, ranging from self-taught to classically-trained, aged thirty-five to almost eighty, convene for a week of intense competition, music and camaraderie. Entertaining, irreverent and, above all, inspiring, the film provides an intimate look into the lives of these colorful, multi-faceted competitors as they strive to balance the demands of work and family with their love of music.
4:30 pm Cable Car Cinema
To Be Announced
4:30 pm RISD Auditorium
Regional Shorts: Spotlight on RI, CT and MA Filmmakers
Sacrilege
Music Video (
"Sacrilege" is a conceptual music video for the band, Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys (featured on their recent EP release, Casualty Menagerie).
Fate Scores
Narrative Short (
“Fate Scores” explores themes of isolation, connection, and chance. Two strangers--a guitarist and an introspective young woman--cross paths at an empty concrete bench and, with the help of eight additional strangers, discover that they have something special in common.
Mind the Gap
Narrative Short (
When the realities of her father's job hit, Sara copes with her grief the best way she knows how.
American Chop Suey
Narrative Short (
David loves
Smile Pretty
Narrative Short (
A girl attempts to express herself, but instead is treated to pills to help her 'problems'.
Never Again
Narrative Short (
A film noir take on a little girl's game of love.
Crisp
Narrative Short (
After smoking pot for the first time, a young girl tries to deal with the trials and tribulations of adolescent life.
Lesson One
Experimental Short (
“Lesson One” is an experimental narrative that attempts to show poetry of the mind and body as several characters run through an urban landscape at night, bound together by their thoughts and reflections of a life past.
Sons of Lemuria
Narrative Short (
This Medieval drama/action short follows Zarrium, one of the last two people with warlock blood, as he seeks out to stop his brother at all costs.
7:00 pm Cable Car Cinema
Mother, Mine
Narrative Short (United Kingdom, 2008, 17 min.) Director: Susan Everett
'Hello Mum. My name's Alison. I was born on the sixth of June, 28 years ago. But you know that already, don't you?' Alison sends out a videotape as she tries to track down her natural mother. But are her intentions what they seem?
Yesterday Was a Lie
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, Mik Scriba, Nathan Mobley, Warren Davis, Megan Henning, Jennifer Slimko, Peter Mayhew, Robert Siegel
A groundbreaking new noir film, “Yesterday Was a Lie” combines the thrills of a classic detective mystery with the imagination of science fantasy. Hoyle -- a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon -- is investigating introverted artist/archaeologist John Dudas. But her work takes an unforeseen twist as she begins to experience events around her in a mysterious, disjointed manner. With the assistance of her loyal partner and a cute young lounge singer, Hoyle uncovers a plot to unravel earth-shattering cosmological secrets, smuggled out of 1930s
7:00 pm RISD Auditorium
Rise
Music Video (
Washington DC-based singer/songwriter Tom Goss confronts himself and his past on the train. He and his fellow passengers ascend from the mundane and bleak train tunnels to a sunlit rooftop. Tom recently performed at the 2008 RI Pride Festival.
Between Something & Nothing
Narrative Feature (
Cast: Tim Swain, Gil Bar-Sela, Julia Frey
Director Todd Verow and cast members in attendance
Between Something & Nothing is based on filmmaker Todd Verow’s experiences at Rhode Island School of Design. After being accepted into a prestigious
9:00 pm
Closing Night "Wrap" Party
The Spot on Thayer
Admission $10
Free for members and those with Festival badges
Free admission with