2000 New York Underground Film Festival
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These are the films shown at the 7th New York Underground Film Festival
, held from March 8–14, 2000.
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 8–14, 2000.
| Film Name | Director | Type | Length | Notes |
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| - - - - | Theo Angell | Experimental Video | 6:41 | |
| 4 Ways he tried to tell you | Jennet Thomas | Experimental Video | 6:00 | |
| A Primer for Dental Extraction | Carl Wiedemann | Experimental 16mm on video | 4:30 | |
| A Sudden Loss of Gravity | Todd Verow Todd Verow Todd Verow is an American film director who now resides in New York City, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory. Together with his creative partner, James Derek Dwyer, he formed Bangor Films in 1995. He was also the cinematographer for Jon Moritsugu's... |
Feature Video | 85:00 | US Premiere |
| Aerobicide | Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna Kathleen Hanna is an American musician, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. In the early- to mid-1990s she was the lead singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s... & Sadie Benning Sadie Benning Sadie Benning is a video maker, visual artist, and musician.She first made her name in the early 1990s as a teenage video maker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Raised by her mother in inner-city Milwaukee, Benning left school at age 16, primarily due to the homophobia she experienced... |
Experimental Video | 4:00 | |
| American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land | Jasmine Dellal | Documentary Video | 79:00 | |
| Amerikan Passport | Reed Paget | Documentary 16mm | 83:00 | New York Premiere |
| An Accident in Paradise | Micha Klein | 9:00 | ||
| Atari Teenage Riot | Philipp Virus | |||
| Attack | Philipp Virus | |||
| Bathing the Baby | Semefo | Experimental Video | 10:00 | |
| Beat Time | Joost Rekveld | 9:00 | ||
| Black & Gold: The Latin King and Queen Nation | Richard Rowley & Jacqui Soohen | Documentary Video | 76:00 | New York Premiere |
| Blow Me | Marcel DeJure | Short 16mm | 10:00 | |
| BookWars | Jason Rosette | Documentary Video | 79:00 | World Premiere |
| Bored to Pieces | Jamie Ruddy | Short 16mm | 5:30 | |
| Born to Lose (The Last Rock and Roll Movie) | Lech Kowalski | Documentary Video | 90:00 | International Premiere |
| Chromasonic | Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer is a Dutch cinematographer and producer of documentary film, mostly known for his work Conducting Mahler .-Education:Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design , the "Vrije Academie" Art College in... |
13:00 | ||
| Chuck | Alex Turner Alex Turner (director) Alex Turner is an American film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for his work in the horror film genre, including the cult classic Dead Birds.... |
Short 16mm | 16:23 | |
| Civilisation Virus | Philipp Virus | |||
| Cocaine Ducks | Philipp Virus | |||
| Coleslaw Wrestling | Hayley Downs | Documentary Video | 3:00 | |
| Comm Raid on the Potemkin | Enda Hughes | Short 35mm | 3:00 | |
| Cook | Philipp Virus | |||
| Dance Habibi Dance | Usama Alshaibi Usama Alshaibi Usama Alshaibi is an Iraqi-American independent filmmaker and visual artist.Starting in early 2004, Alshaibi worked on a documentary on his homeland, and its current situation, titled Nice Bombs... |
Experimental 16mm on video | 4:00 | |
| Deep Africa | Steve Hall & Cathee Wilkins | Animation Video | 30:00 | |
| Deep Creep | Kate Haug | Experimental 16mm | 7:14 | |
| Destroy 2000 Years of Culture | Philipp Virus | |||
| Dickhead | Brian Tane | Experimental Video | 3:00 | |
| Do Not Ruin Your Credit | Paul Kell & Faisal Lutchmedial | Experimental Video | 6:30 | |
| Dreams of a Dead Poet (the remix) | Rob Schroder | 9:00 | ||
| Duty Nickels | Richard Morbid | Short 16mm | 10:00 | |
| Ecstasy in Entropy | 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... |
Experimental 16mm | 15:00 | |
| Embryonic | Robert Banks, Jr. | Experimental 35mm | 5:00 | |
| Eyes to Heaven | Shane Hawks | Feature 16mm on video | 88:00 | World Premiere |
| Femminist Fatales | Gritt Uldall-Jessen | Experimental Video | 3:30 | |
| FILM(knout) | Deco Dawson | Experimental 16mm | 9:43 | |
| Fissures | Louise Bourque | Experimental 16mm | 2:30 | |
| Fluff | William E. Jones | Experimental Video | 3:00 | |
| Frozen Hot | Charles Brousseau/Fisher | Feature 35mm on video | 90:00 | New York Premiere |
| Fruit of the Vine | Coan Nichols & Rick Charnoski | Documentary Super-8 on video | 45:00 | World Premiere |
| Frustration | Tom Patterson | Experimental Video | 3:43 | |
| GodAss | Esther Bell | Feature Video | 73:00 | World Premiere |
| Grand Central | Jeff Scher | Experimental 16mm | 15:00 | |
| Hello Kitty | Noel Dowd | Short Video | 14:00 | |
| Hi I'm Steve | Robert Kennedy | Short 16mm | 6:00 | |
| High Rocks | Jason Blalock | Documentary Video | 19:00 | |
| I Saw Bones | 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... |
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| I'm Insane | Philipp Virus | |||
| Jeff | Mark Hejnar | Experimental Video | 4:00 | |
| Jesse Helms is Cleaning Up America | Bob Judd | Experimental Video | 6:34 | |
| Kids Are United | Philipp Virus | |||
| Kingdom of Poet O | Dennis Karsten | Documentary 16mm on video | 9:20 | |
| Language Sign Duality is Asymmetrical | Andrej Velikanova & Julia Velikanova | Experimental Video | 11:00 | |
| Lee Hazlewood in New York | Suki Hawley & Michael Galinsky | Documentary Video | 8:00 | |
| Liquid Sky Liquid Sky Liquid Sky is an independent American film. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter. It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983 grossing $1.7 million dollars in the... |
Slava Tsukerman | Feature 35mm | 114:00 | |
| Live and Let Ride | Tara Cooper | Documentary Video | 15:00 | |
| Look Back, Don't Look Back | Randy Bell & Justin Rice | Documentary 16mm | 30:00 | |
| Low On Ice | Philipp Virus | |||
| Lucy's Dream | Relah Eckstein | Experimental 16mm | 12:30 | |
| Lullaby | Jennifer Reeder | Experimental Video | 18:00 | |
| Magic City | David Wilson | Documentary 16mm on video | 18:36 | |
| Meat Fucker | Shawn Durr | Short Video | 28:00 | |
| Median Strip | James Schneider | Documentary 16mm | 8:00 | |
| Migrating Forms | 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... |
Feature 16mm | 80:00 | World Premiere |
| Monk Fish Dream | Naoko Nozawa | Short Video | 31:00 | |
| Monkey vs. Robot!! | Nathan Pommer | Short Super-8/16mm/35mm on video | 2:30 | |
| Morphology of Desire | Robert Arnold | Experimental 16mm | 5:45 | |
| Muckafurgason: Dreaming on a Cloud | Vernon Chatman Vernon Chatman Vernon Chatman is a television producer, writer, voice actor, stand-up comedian, musician and a member of PFFR, an art collective based in Brooklyn, NYC.... |
Documentary Video | 11:00 | |
| Music for Airports | Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer is a Dutch cinematographer and producer of documentary film, mostly known for his work Conducting Mahler .-Education:Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design , the "Vrije Academie" Art College in... |
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| N.Y.H.C. N.Y.H.C. (film) N.Y.H.C. is a documentary film directed by Frank Pavich about the mid-90s New York hardcore scene.The documentary was acquired for distribution by HALO 8 Entertainment in December 2007. On March 25, 2008, Halo-8 released a two disc Special Edition for the documentary's first time on DVD... |
Frank Pavich | Documentary Video | 87:00 | East Coast Premiere |
| Nest of Tens | 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 | 26:27 | |
| Nest of Tens | 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... |
US Premiere | ||
| Nitwit Predelick | Xan Price | Short Video | 8:12 | |
| No Place Like Home #1 and #2 | Karen Yasinsky | Animation 16mm on video | 11:00 | |
| Nostalgia for the Future | Ian Kerkhof | 22:00 | ||
| Obsessed with Jews | Jeff Krulik Jeff Krulik Jeff Krulik is a director of independent films and a former Discovery Channel producer.Krulik's work frequently explores the fringes of popular culture from an enthusiastic and appreciative point of view.... |
Documentary Video | 10:00 | |
| Once & Future Queen | Todd Verow Todd Verow Todd Verow is an American film director who now resides in New York City, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory. Together with his creative partner, James Derek Dwyer, he formed Bangor Films in 1995. He was also the cinematographer for Jon Moritsugu's... |
Feature Video | 90:00 | World Premiere |
| Performance | 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 | 4:00 | |
| Pigskin Orgasm | Jennifer Cluck & Amber Cluck | Experimental Video | 3:00 | |
| Please Kill Mr. Kinski | David Schmoeller | Documentary Video | 9:00 | |
| pornfilm | Stephanie Barber | Experimental 16mm | 7:00 | |
| Porno Invaders Game | Shojo No Tomo | Animation Video | 3:00 | |
| Preserve Your Estate | Animal Charm | (Live) Experimental Video | 9:30 | |
| Princess 2000: Where Did All the Love Go? | Theresa Dillon | Experimental Video | 4:00 | |
| Quiver | Scott Beveridge | Short 16mm | 5:00 | |
| Recitalc | Seth Price | Experimental 16mm on video | 15:44 | |
| Removed | Naomi Uman | Experimental 16mm | 7:00 | |
| Revolution Action: Live at QEH2 London | Philipp Virus | |||
| Rock Opera | Bob Ray Bob Ray Bob Ray is an independent American filmmaker based out of Austin, Texas.In 1994 Ray founded the production company CrashCam Films. CrashCam Films' first productions were narrative Super 8 mm films and music videos... |
Feature 16mm on video | 90:00 | East Coast Premiere |
| Sex on the Fritz: Performance Anxiety | Astria Suparak | |||
| Shadow Boxers | Katya Bankowsky | Documentary 35mm | 72:00 | |
| Sick To Death | Philipp Virus | |||
| Sign of the Times | Miriam Kruishoop | 10:00 | ||
| sincerely, joe p. bear | Matt McCormick | Experimental 16mm | 4:00 | |
| Skate or Die Harder! | Helen Stickler Helen Stickler Helen Stickler is an American-born filmmaker whose works include Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator and Andre the Giant Has a Posse... |
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| Skatopia | Rick Charnoski | Documentary Video | 12:00 | |
| Some Like It Without Sugar | Andrej Velikanova & Julia Velikanova | Experimental Video | 11:00 | |
| Songs for Cassavetes | Justin Mitchell | Documentary 16mm | 87:00 | World Premiere |
| Sonic Fragments: The Poetics of Digital Fragmentation | Ian Kerkhof, Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer Frank Scheffer is a Dutch cinematographer and producer of documentary film, mostly known for his work Conducting Mahler .-Education:Scheffer was schooled at the Academy for Industrial Design , the "Vrije Academie" Art College in... , Micha Klein, Alexander Oey Alexander Oey Alexander Oey is a Dutch film director who has directed numerous documentaries for Dutch television, including the controversial Euro-Islam According to Tariq Ramadan and My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein , as well as There is No Authority But Yourself, a documentary on the... , Miriam Kruishoop, Rob Schroder, Joost Rekveld |
Experimental | 78:00 | International Premiere |
| Special Report | Bryan Boyce | Experimental Video | 4:00 | |
| Spectres of the Spectrum | Craig Baldwin Craig Baldwin Craig Baldwin is an American experimental filmmaker. He uses “found” footage from the fringes of popular consciousness as well as images from the mass media to undermine and transform the traditional documentary, infusing it with the energy of high-speed montage and a provocative commentary that... |
Feature 16mm | 88:00 | |
| Speed | Philipp Virus | |||
| Spiders in Love: An Arachnogasmic Musical | Martha Colburn | Animation 16mm | 3:00 | |
| Squat | Savin Yeatman-Eiffel | Animation Video | 7:20 | |
| Standard Industry | Robert Stoetzel | Experimental 35mm | 6:00 | |
| Sunday 10:42 am | Jonathan Green | Experimental Video | 3:00 | |
| Surface 2043 | Meg Hanna | Short Super-8 on video | 28:00 | |
| Surprise Cinema | 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 | 7:00 | |
| Sweat | Philipp Virus | |||
| Swingers' Serenade | Danny Plotnick | Short 16mm | 23:40 | |
| Talent Show | 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 | 4:00 | |
| Target | Animal Charm | Experimental Video | 8:30 | |
| Taxidermy: The Art of Imitating Life | Eva S. Aridjis | Documentary 16mm | 8:00 | |
| Terminator III | Andrej Velikanova & Julia Velikanova | Experimental Video | 11:00 | |
| The Birth of Century Sam | Jesse Brown | Animation Video | 1:52 | |
| The BLVD | Deborah Stratman | Documentary Video | 64:00 | East Coast Premiere |
| The Brady Lunch | Brendan Conway | Documentary Video | 8:00 | |
| The Businessman | Ethan Minsker | Short Video | 16:00 | |
| The Death of Sex | Carey Burtt | Experimental 16mm | 4:00 | |
| The Drowning Room | Reynold Reynolds & Patrick Jolley | Experimental 35mm | 10:00 | |
| The End of the Ego | Alexander Oey Alexander Oey Alexander Oey is a Dutch film director who has directed numerous documentaries for Dutch television, including the controversial Euro-Islam According to Tariq Ramadan and My Life as a Terrorist: The Story of Hans-Joachim Klein , as well as There is No Authority But Yourself, a documentary on the... |
10:00 | ||
| The Flocculus | Jeff Warrington | Animation Video | 8:00 | |
| The Littlest Circus | Alex Cohn | Short Video | 8:12 | |
| The Love Machine | Gordon Eriksen | Feature 16mm | 82:00 | New York Premiere |
| The Magnificent Andersons | Julie Morrison | Documentary Video | 31:00 | |
| The Manipulators | Andrew Jeffrey Wright & Claire E. Rojas | Animation 16mm | 2:35 | |
| The Penny Marshall Project | Greg Pak Greg Pak Greg Pak is an American New York-based film director/comic book writer, known for his work on such books featuring the Hulk.-Early life:Pak is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the Purple Crayon improv group, and studied history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and film at... |
Short Video | 12:30 | |
| The Quest | Francois Miron François Miron François Miron is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker.Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990.... |
Experimental 16mm | 10:00 | |
| The Report Soundtrack | Philipp Virus | |||
| The Shield Around the K | Heather Rose Dominic | Documentary Video | 85:00 | World Premiere |
| The Target Shoots First | Christopher Wilcha | Documentary Video | 60:00 | |
| The Vyrontonin Decision | Matt McCormick | Experimental 16mm | 7:00 | |
| The Warhaul | Tim Vierling | Animation 16mm | 7:00 | |
| Thorn and Toad | Tobin Yelland | Documentary Super-8 on video | 3:15 | |
| Tie Me To The Wall | Philipp Virus | |||
| Tiger Me Bollix | Andrew Lampert & Moira Tierney | Experimental Super-8 | 3:30 | |
| Tim & Andy Fight and then Go Bowling | John Tagamolila | Short 16mm | 7:00 | |
| Two Cats | 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 | 0:47 | |
| Untitled #29.95 | The Video Aktivists | Experimental Video | 15:00 | |
| We All Die | Philipp Virus | |||
| We Punkeinheit | Philipp Virus | |||
| Who Needs Hollywood! The Story of Video Pioneer John Door and EZTV | Nina Rota | Documentary Video | 26:30 | |
| Wrist | Matthew Harrison | Experimental 16mm | 5:00 | |
| WSNO | 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... |
Audio composition CD recording | 9:12 | |
| You Ain't Nothing | Philipp Virus | |||
| You're A Hero | Philipp Virus | |||