Student Life
Congrats to all award winners at the 2006 Lake Forest Film Festival! These are:
Best Feature Film
In Memory of My FatherBest Documentary Feature
The Amateurs and the GeneralSpecial Jury Prize in Cinematography
the little DeathBest Live Action Short
Love LetterBest Animated Short
Tall Tales and other Big LiesBest Documentary Short
UlbertBest Undergraduate Film
CheckoutBest Graduate School Film
My Backyard was a MountainSpecial Jury Prize in Screenwriting for a Short Film
Glacier Bay
Congratulations to all of the Accepted Films!
Here is the Program for the Lake Forest Film Festival (pdf file)
Tickets are $5 for the general public, and FREE with a student or faculty ID (k-12, College). Call (847) 735-5843 to make ticket reservations. Download the program for a full listing of the films and all the info you need!
Friday, November 10, 2006: Opening Night
"The War Tapes"
First Presbyterian Church
6:00pm-7:30pm
www.thewartapes.com
First film to be shot by soldiers themselves
"The War Tapes"
Mohr Student Center/TBD
8:00pm-9:30pm
Saturday, November 11, 2006
First Presbyterian Church
Short films: Fun for All Ages- 1PM-2:30PM
"Love Letter" - 17 mins
www.lovelettermovie.com
(Awarded a "Student Emmy" for Children's Programming)
"Spin" - 8 mins
www.doubleedgefilms.com
(Winner of over 35 festival awards)
"Binta y la Gran Idea" - 30 mins
"My Backyard was a Mountain" - 24 mins
www.palmarejofilms.com
"Moral Dilemma" - 6 mins
Coming of Age: 3:00PM - 5:00 PM
"The Girls of Elizabeth Street" - 15 mins
"Pope Dreams" - 106 mins
www.popedreams.com
(Grand Jury Winner at the Atlanta Film Festival)
Aging: 5:30- 6:30
"Forgetting Betty" - 10 mins
www.forgettingbetty.com
(Won Best Short at the Chicago Int'l Film Fest this year)
"Glacier Bay" - 28 mins
www.openthegatepictures.com
"The Last Farm" - 17 mins
(From Iceland, nominated for an Oscar)
Meyer Auditorium / Hotchkiss Hall
Art Documentaries - 1:00 pm-2:20
"Ulbert" - 20 mins
www.ulbertthemovie.com
"Return to Florence" - 50 mins
www.returntoflorence.com
Protection 2:30pm - 4:30pm
"And Now a Word from our Sponsors..." - 9 mins
"Casual Fridays" - 10 mins
"The Lucky Girl" - 81 mins
www.myspace.com/theluckygirl
Bosnian War - 5:00- 6:45
"Building Bridges" - 13 mins
"The Amateurs and the General" - 99mins
www.cramerfilm.de
Undergraduate Student Competition - 7:00pm - 8:10pm
"Checkout" - 20 mins
"Coop's Night In" - 20 mins
www.elantrafilms.com
"Slumber" - 15 mins
"Beneficience" - 10 mins
"Barnacle Bill the Sailor" - 5 mins
(Winner, 3rd Annual Lake Forest College Student Film Festival)
Chaos: Live-Action shorts and Documentary: 9:15pm - 10:15pm
"Thick" - 10 mins
"Hexing a Hurricane" - 43 mins
www.ten18films.com
McCormick Auditorium / Johnson B
The Local Matinee: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
"Just Their Words, They're Just Words" - 4 mins
"The Girl" - 93 mins
Chicago Matinee: 3:00pm - 4:45pm
"Promise" - 5 mins
"These Words (I Love You, I Love You)" - 4 mins
"First Date Meltdown" - 6 mins
"The Corner of" - 80 mins
www.bminusfilms.com
Fathers: 5:15pm - 7:30pm
"In the Tradition of My Family" - 15 mins
www.orlater.com
"The Father, Unblinking" - 23 mins
www.ZIGGYFILMS.com
"In Memory of My Father" - 96 mins
www.inmemoryofmyfather.com
Animated Shorts: 7:40pm - 8:20pm
"Endangered Species" - 10 mins
www.animaticus.com
"Esc" - 1 min
"A Moral Dilemma" - 6 min
"Dear Sweet Emma" - 5 min
"Tall Tales and Other Big Lies" - 5 mins
"The Wraith of Cobble Hill" - 15 mins
Festival Centerpiece: 8:45pm - 10:45pm
"The Last Farm" - 17 mins
(Oscar Nominee!)
"The Wraith of Cobble Hill" - 15 mins
(Sundance Jury Winner!)
"The Little Death" - 88 mins
(Closing Night, Atlanta Film Festival)
Works-in-Progress Screening: 11:00pm - 12:00pm
"Demon City" - 55 mins
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Meyer Auditorium / Hotchkiss Hall
Grad School Short Film Competition: 1:00pm - 2:45pm
"My Backyard was a Mountain" - 24 mins
(Winner, Best Student Short at Ft. Lauderdale Film Fest)
"The Girls of Elizabeth Street" - 13 mins
(Winner, Best Student Short at Cedar Rapids Film Fest)
"In the Tradition of My Family" - 15 mins
(Winner, Best Student Film at Rhode Island Film Fest)
"Love Letter" - 17 mins
(Winner, College Television Award)
"Civil War" - 15 mins
"Thick" - 10 mins
"Forgetting Betty" - 10 mins
(Winner, Best Short at the Chicago International Film Fest)
Performance: 2:55pm - 4:45pm
"What is Shakespeare?" - 21 mins
Features Tom Hanks and William Shatner
"As Smart As They Are" - 62 mins
www.pbnoj.com
Shorts, On the Go!: 5:00pm - 6:20pm
"Gone" - 3 mins
"Smoke" - 18 mins
"Les Pages" - 5 mins
"Civil War" - 15 mins
"Die Besucher/The Visitors" - 38 mins
www.maedchendiefluestern.de
The Screening Room: 6:40pm - 12:00am
"Spin Cycle" - 2mins
"House of Usher" - 81 mins
www.houseofusher.net
"Glacier Bay" - 28 mins
"Frame of Reference" - 10 mins
"Casual Fridays" - 10 mins
"Thanks for the Ride" - 14 mins
"Approaching Union Square" - 80 mins
www.approachingunionsquare.com
"Moving Picture Makers" - 5 mins
"Her Heart is Washed in Water and then Weighed" - 15 mins
"The Wine Bar" - 12 mins
"The Offering" - 10 mins
McCormick Auditorium / Johnson B
The Local Matinees: 12:00pm - 1:30pm
"Portrait of a Filmmaker" - 2 mins
"Stump, the Band" - 88 mins
www.stumptheband.com
Social Issue Documentaries: 1:50pm - 3:50pm
"Drag" - 10 mins
"Overexposed" - 25 mins
"Maxed Out" - 85 mins
www.maxedoutmovie.com
Darkon: 4:00pm - 5:35pm
"Darkon" - 93 mins
www.darkonthemovie.com
Short Evening at Cannes: 5:45pm - 7:10pm
"Confessions of a Late Bloomer" - 15 mins
"Cut" - 4 mins
"Buy it Now" - 62 mins
Festival Finale: 8:00-10:00pm
"Love Letter" - 17 mins
"Spin" - 8 mins
"Gone" - 3 mins
"ESC" - 1 min
"LOL" - 81 mins
www.lolthemovie.com
AWARDS CEREMONY: 7:20pm - 7:50pm, Sunday 11/12
Mohr Student Center
Congratulations to all of the Accepted Films!