Girls in the Director’s Chair is a film festival dedicated to creating a venue for rising young female filmmakers in Minnesota. The mission of our festival is both to inspire and promote these young women and to help them realize that even in a field traditionally dominated by men, their dreams are still tangible. As curators we feel that it is important to display the art of our peers as well as share our generation’s point of view. This year, we received more than 100 submissions from filmmakers all over the state. Ranging from animations to documentaries to video poems, the 2007 Girls in the Director’s Chair program will deliver the full spectrum of video and film arts made by some of Minnesota’s newest filmmakers. Just as film transitions advance audiences into different scenes, the creation of these works has helped propel these young women into different stages of their artistic development.
Ellie Bryan and Kaliya Warren
Girls in the Director’s Chair teen curators
10:30 am
Fade In
A gradual increase in an image’s visibility at the beginning of a film sequence. This program showcases work by the festival’s youngest filmmakers. Total running time 56 minutes.
Dreams Tate Pashibin
Diversity Shevell Powell, Pa Chia Thao, Mai Xee Vang, Pa Nhia Vang, Kia Vue, and Steven Washington
LaDeDa Molly Nemer
The Chase Rachel Quednau
The Distinct Taste of Evi_l Genevieve Gleich and Lily Rogers-Grant
_Siblings (or Why I Wish I Were an Only Child) _Casey Haarstad, Molly Nemer, and Maddy Shaw
_Remember When Felicia Mason
Expression Through . . . _Danielle Roberts
_Neighborhood House Hannah Nemer and Molly Nemer
Wings Made of Dreams Alexandra Lovaas
Lily of the Forest Nora Epp, Lène Epp, and Helena Scholz-Carlson
A Puzzle Itself Elizabeth McNaughton and Tekla Monson
12 Noon
Jump Cut
A sudden cut from one shot or scene to another. These films roam everywhere, from documentaries about the experience of America’s minorities to technically advanced stop-motion animations. Total running time 54 minutes.
The Circle to the Center Sally King
Portrait of a Pro Madeline McCarty
Live Long and Open the Doors to My Fishtank: Seeing the Truth through Partially Closed Eyes Tricia Towey
Video Poem Chloe Robins
And Sometimes . . . _Kari Jo Skogquist
_Untitled but Awak_e Tanya Schmid
_Mixing Bowl Maddy Shaw
Stories from Vietnam War Kao Choua Vue
Prowl Grace Dupre
Akeelma Soultouch Productions, Lovin’ the Skin I’m In Collective: Audrey Thompson-Amartifio, Chalisa Anderson, Topaz Davis, Vanessa Gill, Shavon Ingram, Brianna Lark, Kiera Parham, Roderick Pierce, Harmonee Peterson, Halston Sleets, and Andreesa Wright
Life on the Reservation Keith Carmona, Anthony Hare, Rodger Johnson, Rodney Johnson Jr., Regina Walker, Danielle White, Jessica White, Joe Joe White, and William Stately Robinson
Thanks Ashley Fleck
2:30 pm
Cross Dissolve
A transitional technique between two sequences in which the visible image of one shot is gradually blended with the image from another shot. Through experimentation and narrative techniques, the films in this section easily flow from one genre to the next. Total running time 84 minutes.
Mookibii (Water) _Nicole Auginash and Cylicia Roybal
_Magnifying Memory Kari Jo Skogquist
Arlington High School: A Tribute to the Art Focus Area Mai Cha Vang
Hip Hop and Spoken Word Shaunice Crew and Shayla Martin
A Passing Grade Mira Lippold-Johnson
You Are Cordially Invited Becky Yates
Immanently Rebecca Schreiber
Leaving the Homeland Maisee Chang and Kong Xiong
Interior Dialogue Gretta Mosser
Irony Fiona Rentoul
Que Ironiko Laura Mobley
Petro Alexandra King
Locked Up Tricia Towey
Duel Kathryn Morris
4:30 pm
Fade Out
A gradual decrease in an image’s visibility at the end of a film sequence. The festival’s final screening addresses many of today’s social issues, including young women’s views on prostitution, gang violence, and drugs. Appropriate for ages 13 and older due to mature content. Total running time 54 minutes.
Lake and 42nd Claire Passer and Maddy Schaaf
Generation Internet Luke Anderson, Kayla Denison, and Stacy Howell
Shatona’s Choice Lynn Dixon, Bianca Emmons, Tiara Franklin, Ahmed Jeylani, and Mai Shoua Vue
The Women on the Streets Lynn Dixon, Bianca Emmons, Tiara Franklin, Ahmed Jeylani, and Mai Shoua Vue
Rains of Memory Mee Thao
Gangs & Violence Reanna Buckanaga
In Loving Memory Harriett Weyaus
Life in Mono Jaclyn Evert
High School Monica Gould