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The Falcon The Fence
3 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition
22 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition
Thursday 6:40p
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Friday 9:40p
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Saturday 10:10a
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Sunday 12:40p
Friday 6:30p
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Saturday 3:30p
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Sunday 10:00a
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Monday 9:30p
Sunday 3:40p
Plays with: Diary of a Times Square Thief (p23)
Plays in: Animation Shorts (p50), Family Shorts (p13)
shorts
Director: Matt Silas ■ Producer: Jim Batzer, Matt Silas ■ Screenwriters: Marilyn Skinner
Director/Producer/Screenwriter/Animator: Scot Hampton ■ Music/Composer: Thunderball
Lanier, Matt Silas ■ Cinematographer: Quyen Tran ■ Editor: Mathew Jones ■
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Music/Composer: Claire Holley ■ Principal Cast: Alexis Baldes, Linda Ignazi, Elizabeth
Machabeli, Trey McCurley ■
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This stop-motion film stars Professor Weston, Silly Patty and
Howell the Owl as they journey throughout the Focal Kingdom
A ranch family and their vast surroundings are captured in stark
searching for dinner. This innovative film is composed entirely
black and white, exposing their vulnerability. When a drifter
of macro-photographed hardware pieces from disassembled
unexpectedly passes through, their lives are suddenly and
vintage/antique cameras.
forever changed. [adult content]
Scot Hampton
Matt Silas
Director’s Statement
Student: UCLA
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The film is a tribute to the pioneers of
photographic technologies, from the
Director’s Statement
scientists and inventors (working in an
The film is based on a story that my mom
analog medium) whom discovered the
tells from when she was a little girl living on
technologies, to the artists who pushed the
an isolated, windswept ranch. In this story,
boundaries by experimenting with, and infusing creativity into,
I was interested in how a seemingly small event can change so
the scientific processes.
much. I am a long-time admirer of Yasujiro Ozu, the director of
such films as Late Spring and Floating Weeds. His films exem-
Filmography: Directorial Debut
plify the Japanese notion of Mono No Aware, roughly translated
as “the bittersweet transience of things.” My approach to the film
was rooted in this sentiment.
Filmography: Summer Son (2006 AIFF)
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