The 3rd Annual George Stickel
Festival of Moving Images

Bergen Community College Student Center Mini-Theater
400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ 07652-1595

Film Festival Presented by
The Arts and Communications Department
of
Bergen Community College

2007 Film Festival Screening Schedule

 

DOCUMENTARY

Skip Huisking
Bergen Community College
"Ghosts Ships of the Bikini Atoll"

Running Time: 6 minutes

World War II ended when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. To demonstrate to the world that the US could sustain the technology, they collected the major war ships in 1946 and then tested the effects of atomic bombs on the ships. The tests took place in the south Pacific ocean at the Bikini Atoll. 60 years later, Skip Huisking lead a scuba diving team to explore these "Ghosts Ships of the Bikini Atoll".

Frank J. Karcz
Bergen Community College
“Ben Shahn: A Graphic Adventure”

Running Time: 8’6”

An overview of artist Ben Shahn, who was born in 1898, Lithuania, and then immigrated with his family to New York City in 1906. Working as a typographer and photographer in his early years shaped his future artwork by blending text and images into combinations of realism and abstraction. His tempera paintings and murals reflect his political views and social activism for which he is best known for.

Takayaka Kawasaki
New York University
“Good Morning, Dangme”

Running Time: 47’

Radio Ada, the first community radio station in Ghana, is a powerful engine of social change for poor rural fishing and farming communities. By broadcasting in the local language, Dangme, this radio station has helped a predominantly illiterate and patriarchal society cope with its education and gender problems. With the support of the UN and international organizations, Radio Ada now serves as a role model for many African countries. Selected as a special feature for the UN Documentary Film Festival. It will be screened at the festival in New York City on April 22, 2007.

 

Judge's Choice
Barnaby Lo
New York University
“MD-RN”

Running Time: 24’

With 50,000 U.S. immigrant visas guaranteed for foreign nurses, nursing has become the profession of choice for Filipinos in the past six years. This includes doctors, 5000 of whom have left the country. The exodus has caused more than 100 hospitals to close, and many to operate without a doctor.

 

ALTERNATIVE

 

Honorable Mention
Pete Knutt
Prescott, Arizona
"God's Children "

Running Time: 7’

Documents a controversial right wing bicycle vigilante group based out of Prescott, Arizona.

NARRATIVE

Lala Akhundova
Azerbaijan - Russia
"Drug (Friend)"

Running Time: 26'

This film tells about a friendship of a young man and a horse and a choice made between liberty and prison.

 

 

Honorable Mention
August Borghese
Bergen Community College
"James Wiley: Teacher, Counselor, American"

Running Time: 5’

Portrait of a life lived with dedication and told with still photo's and music. I dedicate this to George who was after all a still photographer.

 

Judge's Choice
Andrew Pearson
College of New Jersey
“Photograph”
Running Time: 7’

An autistic man pieces together fragments of his memory to solve a murder case while solving his own “puzzle” at the same time.

Fernando Pinheiro
Brazil
“CAP XV:12”

Running Time: 7’

All you need is love.

Mario Lozano
Bergen Community College
“Pillowhead”

Running Time: 34’

Dorian has lost someone close to him recently, and the key to finally accepting the loss lies between his wife and his friends.  Can he learn to let go, or does the past have the power to haunt him forever?

ANIMATION

Megan Ballantyne
Bergen Community College
“Hearts”

Running Time: 2:30’

An experiment using different techniques using 3-D software, “Hearts” being the theme.

Charlie Baron
Bergen Community College
“Where’s My Hat”

Running Time: 4’
Leif Ericson and his sidekick “Runt” goes on a world wide search for his missing hat.

Joe Saia
Bergen Community College
“An NBA Throwback”

Running Time: 1:30’
Patrick Ewing doing a dunk.

 

 

 

This film festival is supported in part by

Film Festival Cover Designed by Wilson Aguilar

For more information about this film festival please contact: abaddish@bergen.edu

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