The
2009 Nihilist Film Festival
will be held at Track 16 gallery.
The show will be in December.
Track 16 Gallery is located in the Bergamot Station art complex in Santa Monica.
Bergamot station is at 2525 Michigan Avenue, near Olympic and 26th Street.
The gallery is in building C-1. Admission is five dollars.
Thanks to all those who attended
and submitted films.
Last year was the tenth
edition of the Nihilist Film Festival. We had another amusing
and grotesque selection of short films from around the country and around the
world.
2008 was again hosted by Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica.
The
2008 Nihilist Film Festival was at
Track 16 gallery, Friday, December 19
at
8 pm.
Machine Gun Jesus 4 minutes
Dustin Snodgrass Los Angeles
Jesus Christ returns to 1970’s Los Angeles to clean up
the streets… one motherfucker at a time.
Pollination 1:33 minutes
Ms. Max Chan New York City
Pollination is a traditionally animated 2D short detailing the beautiful, delicate
process of pollination.
Automatic 30 minutes
Sharon Mooney Chicago
In an attempt to take control of his life, a customer
service employee becomes obsessed with a chronic complaint letter writer. Automatic
combines humor with unbalance; live-action + stop-motion to slip the viewer
through reality and fantasy until the line is no longer discernable.
The Gynaecologist 9 minutes
Alfoso Cararero Coruna, Spain
A gynaecologist is working in her office at the hospital as normal. But the
next patient....is a boy! Naturally the gynaecologist throws out the joker.
But he returns with the coordinator (the gynaecologist’s boss), who commands
that the gynaecologist examine her (meaning the patient)! It’s not a joke;
it’s a conspiracy! But the troubles of the gynaecologist are just beginning...
Intermission
Botched Eyeball Operation 1 minutes
Clint Enns Winnipeg, Canada
Botched Eyeball Operation casts a voyeuristic gaze at a common operation gone
awry. This is the video documentation of someone losing his/her sight, and for
this reason, this video is more horrific than your typical slasher film produced
in Hollywood. Music by Sea Wizard.
Notes from Shanghai 3 minutes
Vienne Chan Montreal, Canada
An aggressive collage of urban Shanghai, cut to a live set performed by Chinese
noise musicians Torturing Nurse.
Wading 11:23 minutes
Fred Guerrier Queens Village, NY
Sour-faced Martha has more in common with her creepy co-worker than she thought,
as the two go about finding love.
Miserys 8 minutes
Isabelle Vossart Annacy-Le-Vieux, France
Stanley & Simon in the Backyard Event
15 minutes
Directed by Jeremy Maupin Hollywood
and starring Vito Viscuso and Jeremy Maupin
In the backyard of Ms. Supli’s home for intellectually disabled adults,
guests Stanley and Simon innocently and accidentally stumble upon the quintessence
of the revivification Phenomenon.
Petting a Dead Cat 4 minutes
Steve Wright Los Angeles
Strange things happen in the desert when a man realizes that dead cats need
love too. Based on a poem by Steve Wright, published by Thieves Jargon Press.
Bonus Video
Clips from Nihilists' Corner TV
from the past 16 years, featuring LA artists.
See
Programs from Previous Years
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