The Delta International Film and Video Festival
 

2008 Delta International Film and Video Festival

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Friday April 11 - Sunday April 13
Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi

PROGRAM #4: The DSU Student Showcase |Sunday, April 13 3:30 P.M. |Running Time: 92 minutes

Location for all Screenings: the Recital Hall at the Bologna Performing Arts Center, Delta State University, Cleveland Mississippi

Sur la Terre comme au ciel (On Earth as it is in Heaven)
Herve Demers
21:00; 2007; Canada

When his loving wife passes away, a retired 82 year-old farmer is relegated to a retirement home. The looks of those around him seem to silently condemn him to an imminent death, but with the aid of his unfailing memory and with hope still alive in his heart, the old man resolves to defen his right to go on living until his very last breath.

Looking Good
Ben Powell
20:25; 2008; USA

Glen Thompson isn't your normal everyday heir to a pressure-washing dynasty.  He also has a passion for greater things.

 

The DSU Student Showcase

 

Childhood’s End
Edgar Smith
4:00; 2007; USA
A meditation on the waning memories of youth.

 

Automated
Jesse Newsom
1:30; 2007; USA
An experiment with stop motion animation.

Loaded
Justin McEachern
3:00; 2008; USA

Loaded is a brief look at historic weapons and vehicles from the past and present.

 

Women
Leslie Galloway
3:00; 2007; USA
This film was a glimpse of an idea that I had in wanting to express how I felt about society today. The film was made entirely to be interpreted in whatever desired way, but it was a technical and ideological experiment for me.

Turkey Trip 2007
14:15; 2007; USA
Erika Thomas

This is a journey of 11 DSU students traveling to a foreign land. Students of the Delta State Art department traveled to Turkey for five weeks to study art and become engulfed in the Turkish culture. Through living in the capital, Istanbul, and traveling to over 10 other Turkish cities the students would experience things they will never forget.

Changes
1:49; 2008;USA
Brittany Huggins

This film represents the changes that we all go through in life and examines how we are all relatively connected through these changes. This film is simple and does not try to explain too much. It is my take on the subject itself.

Green pianos/19 cats
Emily Peacock
3:03; 2008; USA

Green pianos/19 cats is an experimental film about the beauties of ordinary life.

Closed for Easter
Jessica McRee
3:28; 2008;USA

Closed for Easter documents an Easter afternoon with Curtis Turner, a retired factory worker who shares his home grown stoicism during a ride to the dollar store.

In Venatus of Lux Lucis
3:24; 2008; USA
Mallory Anthony

Light aluminates the world around us and show us our worst fears. In Venatus of Lux Lucis (The Game of Light), the world slows down to see light in its true form , not just as an illuminator but as beauty on its own.

A Memory that Never Fades
Casey Williamson
5:32; 2008; USA

This is a film about the premature loss of a young man and a small glimpse of his sister's struggle to keep hope in a hopeless situation.

Deep Breaths
3:01; 2008; USA
Laura Swanson

This is a peaceful and reflective short film shown in slow motion. It focuses on the repetition of certain beautiful movements and gestures.

 

Rob Anotha Bank
Bolivar Ballers (Jordan Sims and Austin Brit)
3:00; 2007; USA