A collection of 20 short films by independent, underground and alternative filmmakers featured at the Movieside Film Festival, the world's largest short film festival. Includes

Knuckleface Jones - Todd Rohal - (16 mins.) - Slamdance Entry Monkey vs. Robot - Nathan Pommer - (3 mins.) - San Fransisco Indie Film Festival Entry Dance Habibi Dance - Usama Alshaibi - (4 mins.) - New York Underground Film Festival Entry Warplay - Bryan Lefler - (8 mins.) - Slamdance Entry State of the Union - Bryan Boyce - (3 mins.) - Cinematexas Entry
0502 - Mark Hejnar - (3 mins.) - Chicago Underground Film Festival Entry And Knowing was Half the Battle - Eric Fensler - (3 mins.) - Museum of Contemporary Art Harry Knuckles - Lee Demarbre - (5 mins.) - Microcinefest Entry Printer Jam - Doug Lussenhop - (3 mins.) - Select Media Festival A Primer for Dental Extraction - Carl Weidemann - (5 mins.) Ann Arbor Film Festival Cabrini Green - Brett Foxwell - (5 mins.) 30 FPS - Micah Scarpelli - (6 mins.) - Stray Show Grain - Eric Medine - (3 mins.) Communista - Jim Finn - (3 mins.) - Cinematexas Damn You Mister Bush - Skizz Cyzyk - (3 mins.) - American Film Institute A Moment - Bob Hurst - (4 mins.) Track One: Incomplete (Locust Video) - Ricky Cozzolino - (1 mins.) Construction: One - Christine Hart - (4 mins.) Monkey Walken: An Intimate Portrait - Jason Woliner & James Dean Conklin - (3 mins.), Forced Entry TV State - Christian Matts - (6 mins.).

All films in a printable format

	Knuckleface Jones directed by Todd Rohal USA, Narrative, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:13:00 Just as things begin to turn ugly, a new folk hero emerges from the depths of America. Based on a traditional folk legend, Knuckleface Jones is a tale of broken hearts and beaten minds, a story of hope and mi... more info
	Monkey Vs. Robot directed by Nathan Pommer USA, Music, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 "Nathan Pommer has created an absolutely hilarious music video, chronicling a hokey battle between yesterday's primate, and tomorrow's cyborg. Four Stars! - FilmThreat.com ... more info
	Dance Habibi Dance directed by Usama Alshaibi USA, Mixed Genre, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 Mythological creatures parade and swim in an acid Greek mythos. This is the broadcast from beyond, with lurid flesh and Arabesque disco.... more info
	Warplay directed by Bryan Lefler USA, Narrative, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 Warplay is a story of a young boy's inability to separate his imaginative perception of himself from reality. Playing war evolves into real war, blurring the line between friend and foe, between childhood pla... more info
	State of the Union directed by Bryan Boyce USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 Bryan Boyce combines CNN footage of George W. Bush with clips from The Teletubbies to make one the most hilarious spoofs on "Homeland Insecurity" ever!... more info
	0502 directed by Mark Hejnar USA, Horror / Bizarre, 0, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 A cut up, found footage, experimental nightmare of boys with guns and girls with guts and gusto.... more info
	And Knowing was Half the Battle directed by Erin Fensler USA, Animation, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00
	Harry Knuckles directed by Lee Demarbre USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 "A loving homage to the over-the-top action style of the Asian film market, Harry Knuckles blends martial arts fury and breakneck physical comedy as leading man Phil Caracas socks his way through a legion of ... more info
	Printer Jam directed by Doug Lussenhop USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A hilarious office comedy about an angry man who can't get his printer to work. His co-worker sets the machine straight and gives it some rythme and the duo dance the night away.... more info
	Cabrini Green directed by Brett Foxwell USA, Documentary, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 A beautiful super 8 color film about the destruction of Chicago's notorious housing project Cabrini Green. ... more info
	30 FPS directed by Micah Scarpelli USA, Music, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 A fantastic skate video shot in an urban cityscape with a dynamite soundtrack. ... more info
	Grain directed by Eric Medine USA, Animation, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 Animated architecture jumps and moves with the camera's unflintching eye. ... more info
	Communista! directed by Jim Finn USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, 00:03:00 3 little karaoke movies on communism and love.... more info
	Damn You Mister Bush directed by Skizz Cyzyk USA, Political / Social, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A man, a ukelele, an idiot for president, and a recording studio... an open letter to the man that makes many people's lives horrible. ... more info
	Moment, A directed by Bob Hurst USA, Narrative, 0, 00:04:00
	Track One: Incomplete directed by Ricky Cozzolino USA, Music, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:00 A blisteringly fast video for the grindcore band the Locust.... more info
	Construction: One directed by Christine Hart USA, Experimental, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 Part of an ongoing exploration of creating personal dialogues and subjective narratives out of cultural debris.... more info
	Monkey Walken: An Intimate Profile directed by Jason Woliner and James Dean Conklin USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 Christopher Walken's primate doppelganger displays the woes and pleasures of the Hollywood machine.... more info
	Forced Entry TV State directed by Christian Matts USA, Political / Social, 0, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 A deconstruction of America's addiction to news media outlets and violence.... more info

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2008-01-30  Montreal Gazette By Al Kratina Movieside Film Festival (2007, Microcinema). I also resolve to increase my attention span, a process not helped by my compulsive looping of the 20 surreal shorts in this collection from Chicago's Movieside Film Festival. Filled with quick, psychotic bursts worthy of a schizophrenic cocaine dealer, films like a series of bizarrely co-opted G.I. Joe public service announcements don't do wonders for my lucidity, either.

2008-01-30  comicbookbin.com By Al Kratina You might be forgiven for never having heard of the Movieside Short Film Festival. It’s got little to offer in terms of glitzy red carpet photos or Britney Spears crotch shots, as the only celebrities it attracts are the kind that make video store clerks drool and everyone else shrug their shoulders in indifference while renting I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. But horror director George A. Romero, indie darling Jim Jarmusch, and cult filmmaker John Waters, all fans of the festival, can’t possible be wrong. This DVD from Microcinema contains 20 films from the festival, range from the strange to the strange and uncomfortable, though not quite as uncomfortable as that Britney Spears crotch shot. Knuckleface Jones – Todd Rohal The longest and possibly the weirdest of the films on this disc, Knuckleface is a primer for what the rest of the collection has in store. It has a linear narrative, provided your train of thought is conducted by a schizophrenic, but explaining what goes on would take longer than the film’s 16 minutes. Monkey vs. Robot – Nathan Pommer The title says it all. Essentially a music video for the titular James Kolchalka Superstar song, Monkey vs. Robot has a hypnotic beauty, and also a monkey fighting a robot. Apparently Andy Samberg, the SNL comedian successfully basing a career on the juxtaposition of Jewish middle class with hardcore rap, is the monkey. Dance Habibi Dance – Usama Alshaibi Think White Zombie go-go-dancers with Persian flair. Warplay – Bryan Lefler Video games don’t make kids kill. They do, however, make them aggressive losers with weight problems, as evidenced by Warplay. State of the Union – Brian Boyce When I think of George W. Bush, I don’t necessarily think of him shooting bunnies with his laser mouth on the set of Teletubbies. Or at least, I didn’t before. 0502 – Mark Hejnar My favourite film in the collection, black and white stock footage of children somehow quickly makes the viewer feel like a murderous pedophile. And Knowing was Half the Battle – Eric Fensler These are G.I. Joe public service announcements. With crazy people doing the voices. I have rarely laughed this hard. Harry Knuckles – Lee Demarbre A fake trailer for the greatest movie never made, though the fact that kung-fu star Harry Knuckles carries his knapsack like a middle-school science nerd is somewhat unnerving. Printer Jam - Doug Lussenhop Office Space mashed-up with Casio keyboard–created techno. Works better than you’d expect. A Primer for Dental Extraction – Carl Weidemann Subversively experimental stuff that plays like Stan Brakhage with an oral fixation. Cabrini Green – Brett Foxwell A quiet calm in the eye of the storm, classical music plays over the destruction of a condemned building in this short. 30 FPS – Micah Scarpelli A skate video that reminds me of high school with less Beastie Boys playing in the backgrounddatabase/. Grain – Eric Medine A beautiful mix of animation and video art with elements of Norman McLaren. Communista – Jim Finn Soviet communist folk songs juxtaposed with American standards that reminds me why I like neither country. Damn You Mister Bush – Skizz Cyzyk Likely the best ukulele-based music video I’ve ever seen. A Moment – Bob Hurst A series of mundane moments are expanded visually to warp time and space. Track One: Incomplete – Ricky Cozzolino If Aphex Twin liked black metal and hated everything else, this would be his next single. Construction: One – Christine Hart I don’t really know what’s going on in this strange animated film, but I know that I am now very sad. Monkey Walken: An Intimate Portrait – Jason Woliner & James Dean Conklin Exactly what it sounds like, but so much better. Forced Entry TV State – Christian Matts Another effective experimental film, that feels like found poetry created by that talking Internet dolphin from Johnny Mnemonic.

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