7:00 PM: A Piece of Pie - Dir. Janet Davidson, Santa Fe - A flat tire on a lonely NM road pits two strangers together over a piece of pie. TRT 18MIN Long Haul - Dir. Erin Hudson, Albuquerque - Barreling along freeways from behind the wheel of their big rigs, three women truck drivers share their humor, insight and experience of driving 18-wheelers for a living. TRT 22MIN Joseph Breza: The Language of Color - Dir. Brent Poole, Santa Fe - This short documentary profiles the impressionist work of New Mexico artist Joseph Breza TRT 7MIN Film School - Dir. Su Hudson, Albuquerque - One man’s journey ends as another begins. TRT 24MIN Two Beers for Breakfast - Dir. Tobias Katz, Albuquerque - An 18 minute documentary look at a Siberian-Surf-Punk band called “The Red Elvises”. TRT 18MIN 8:40 PM:
5:30 PM: 7:00 PM: 9:15 PM: Faithful and The Foul - Dir. Aaron Hendren, Albuquerque - A dark humored tale of a dangerous stalker with a pet peeve for people who talk loud in movies who’s obsessed with a comic book artist & a cheating husband with a daughter who does funny things on cars. And their paths cross.....TRT 75MIN 11:00 PM: Saturday May 19 11:30 AM: Three Way Split - Dir. Aaron R. Krettszheim, Cerillos - A bounty hunter with help from an Indian scout searches for a witness to a murder. TRT 6MIN Conversations in Subtext - Dir. Erik Solis, Albuquerque - Three videos are each different interpretations of one single conversation the director eavesdropped on and turned into the dialog in a script: word for word. The result is a study of subtext in conversations. TRT 12MIN Waking Beauty - Dir. David Sanchez, Albuquerque - Down and out artist finds redemption in an omelet. TRT 10MIN New Beginnings - Dir. Joey Liew, Santa Fe - Fate teaches arrogant young Will the consequences of his indiscretions when a series of life changing secrets emerge and reveal that things aren’t always what they seem; giving him a chance for redemption and an opportunity to to start a new life. TRT 29MIN 12:50 PM: New Mexico Under Ground - Cave #37 vol. 12 - Dir. Dan Otero, Albuquerque - NMU is a caving team currently focused on filming the hundreds of caves in New Mexico. This volume details the rappel into and ascent out of an amazing cave in southern New Mexico. TRT 14MIN Black Eagle Flying Free - Dir. Brad Stoddard, Rio Rancho - Flying free is a music video compilation of Black Eagle while recording their album, which went on to garner a Grammy Award for Best Native American Traditional recording. Included are various Black Eagle performances as well as the studio recording. TRT 4MIN Fairy Tracks: In Search of the Spirit in Nature - Dir. Jerry Wellman, Santa Fe - This lyrical documentary investigates our relationship to the natural world. It establishes the existence of hidden perfections, the value in the unknown, the need to cultivate innocence, and most importantly, the spiritual sustenance that permeates throughout nature. TRT 54MIN 2:30 PM: Reservation War Parties - Dir. Angelique Midthunder, Santa Fe - Based on true events, and sprung from the memory of a 10 year boy, it shows what can happen when fun & games turn to danger under the influence of alcohol for Native Americans living on a reservation while offering hope for the future. TRT 13MIN The Last Trek - Dir. Ramona Emerson, Albuquerque - Navajo Elder Helena Bitsilly is one of the few Navajo people who still make the long and arduous journey on foot twice a year to take their sheep to distant grazing lands. Filmmaker Ramona Emerson follows Bitsilly on what the elder has said will be her last trek. TRT 27MIN Raven Tales: Episode 8, Child of Tears - Dir. Chris Kientz, Las Cruces - Raven Tales is the number one children’s show in its timeslot. Based on Native American folklore and features Native American talent. TRT 23MIN 4:00 PM: 5:20 PM: Image Vultures - Dir. Gregory George, Albuquerque - An original poem by Max Klaperman shot in a cityscape. TRT 12MIN Praga - Dir. Malcolm Murray, Cedar Crest - A memory of Prague. TRT 8MIN The 9 x 10^9 Names of God - Dir Joe Maness, Albuquerque - A group of college students turn off the stars and discover a little about themselves in the search for a way to “reverse” the damage. Based on the short story by Arthur C. Clarke. TRT 44MIN 7:10 PM: 9:00 PM: A Taste of Rita - Dir. Mary Holyoke, Albuquerque - Even after the apocalypse, families should come together for dinner… TRT 9MIN Midnight Drive - Dir. Wayne Lawler, Albuquerque - A crime syndicate’s star hit man faces dramatic irony as he is forced to kill someone close to his wife. TRT 7MIN We Like to Drink: We Like to Play Rock n’ Roll - Dir. Lexie Shabel, Albuquerque - The Unband made every beautiful mistake a power trio can before imploding under the weight of their success and the fallout from a variety of celebrity pastimes. TRT 75MIN 10:45 PM: Internal Bleeding - Dir. Peter Meilleur & John Lore, Albuquerque - A hitman is caught up in a kidnapping scandal and is forced to retaliate. TRT 24MIN Clicker Clatter - Benjamin Radford, Corrales - One man’s brief voyage through the wasteland of television news and commercials. TRT 6MIN Peepshow - Dir. S. Rose Carp & Enrico Trujillo, Albuquerque - The peeps behind the peepshow. An insider’s investigation into the perspectives of dancers and clerks at a “hole in the wall” peepshow. TRT 15MIN Get Your Hair Back - Dir. Stephen W. Stone & Bill York, Albuquerque - A look into the world of a support group for recovering skin heads! TRT 12MIN Man Mouse Wheel - Dir. Tim Boughn, Albuquerque - A man and a mouse each run on their respective wheels. TRT 3MIN Baptism of Fire - Dir. Justin Golightly, Albuquerque - A documentary on British soldiers experiences during World War I, Visualized through reenactment. Shot completely on a green screen in the director’s garage. TRT 11MIN
11:30 AM: Better Way to Learn: Best Practices in Math Instruction - Dir. James D. Cederlof, Taos - Informational/documentary style digital film on best practices in math instruction, from one unique school in northern New Mexico. TRT 21MIN Vision of the Soul: The George Mendoza Story - Dir. Rajeev Nirmalakhandan, Las Cruces - The true-life story of blind artist/ athlete Las Crucen George Mendoza. TRT 30MIN Albuquerque Academy Chargers Basketball 2007 - Felicia J. Lucero, Albuquerque - Highlight footage of the 2007 Albuquerque Academy Chargers Basketball season. TRT 29MIN 1:30 PM: Dancing with the Guadulape - Dir. Diane Marron, Santa Fe - A documentary capturing the spirit and the faith of the devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico. Included are music and dance and pilgrimages to the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City with millions of pilgrims. TRT 71MIN 3:10 PM: 4:45 PM: I Yam What I Yam - Dir. Bryan Konefsky, Albuquerque - In 1929 monocular vision was not limited to the gaze of telescopes (Edwin Hubble) or movie cameras (Dziga Vertov). 1929 was also the year that the one-eyed, “strong to the finish” sailor named Popeye was first introduced to the United States as a comic strip character. And, even after 75 years and 234 movies, Popeye’s rebel yell for the common good, “I yam what I yam” still resonates with the hope and conviction of his visionary colleagues. TRT 17MIN. Interdimensional Voyage - Dir. Lisa Polisar, Albuquerque - A film about Gravity from the point of view of skateboarders and physics professors. TRT 8MIN The Desert - Dir. David Ferry Jr., Albuquerque - An abstract short shot on 16mm film then transferred to video. Slightly experimental, left open to interpetation. TRT 7MIN Fixtures - Dir. Patricia McInroy, Albuquerque - The way you “see” yourself is put together & reflected back in everything you encounter. This is manifested both literally & metaphorically in distorted perceptions. TRT 3MIN Bosque Del Apache - Dir. Mary Townsend, Santa Fe - This is an experimental short. A duck’s eye view of the Bosque Del Apache. TRT 4MIN The Unfinished Films of Toby Beyron - Dir. Stephen Ausherman, Albuquerque - The global journey of a grief-stricken photographer revealed through a docu-anthology of his fragmented film work. This version is the extended remix of the winning selection in the ABQ Local Shorts Film Fest 2006. TRT 22MIN 6:10 PM: Foodology Show - Dir. Fritz Eberle, Albuquerque - Documentary on food issues surrounding chocolate. We visit an artist, a chef, economist, world traveler and chocolatier from Santa Fe. TRT 25MIN Funny You Don’t Look Sick: An Autobiography of an Illness - Dir. Susan Abod & Lisa Pontoppidan, Santa Fe - An intimate portrait of a woman living day to day with Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) or Environmental Illness (EI) told with humor and compassion. TRT 64MIN 8:00 PM: Saturday Night Special - Dir. Justin Evans, Albuquerque - Eddie understands the mean streets of Spokane’s lower south hill. That’s why he quit the life. But tonight, his only choices are the hard ones. TRT 14MIN Deranged - Dir. Eric Smigiel, Albuquerque - Short story of a deranged man on a bad day, a really bad day. TRT 6MIN Endemic - Dir. Phillip J. Torres, Albuquerque - Experimental suspense thriller. A delusional stalker terrorizes a resilient waitress. TRT 4MIN If You Can’t Eat ‘Em… Join ‘Em - Dir. Ryan Gardner Smith & T. Elias Eversole, Las Vegas - Denny wakes up to his usual lazy daily routine, but something is out of place. He just can’t shake the uncanny notion that something is different. He finally finds that the empty streets and absence of life are due to a take over by zombies. TRT 13MIN Discrepancies - Dir. J. Anthony Cangialosi, Albuquerque - Following events from the previous night, Dan and Tom confront the demise of their friendship in order to sort out the startling discrepancies of an evening consumed by money, lies, violence, and a kidnapping. TRT 18MIN Hell in the Cell - Dir. Liz Norris, Santa Fe - An intimate glimpse into the passion, motivation, and philosophy of New Mexico martial arts instructor and cage fight promoter James Martinez. TRT 7MIN It’s Not Mine… - Dir. Brandon Weaver, Albuquerque - This film was based on a PSA, but it’s not a PSA. TRT 4MIN |