{"id":159,"date":"2017-03-01T14:08:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T14:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2022-01-18T18:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T18:16:25","slug":"2013-tri-co-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.haverford.edu\/tricofilmfest\/2013-tri-co-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Tri-Co Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2nd Annual Tri-Co Film Festival was held on May 1, 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juror:<\/strong> <\/strong>Shari Frilot \u2022 Curated by:<\/strong> Students of “Curating Film” taught by Roya Rastegar<\/p>\n

Award for Documentary Writing<\/strong>
\nTriptyc<\/em> by Hilary Brashear<\/p>\n

Award for Animated Essay<\/strong>
\nThe World Would Have Shrunk to a Point<\/em> by Zein Nakhoda<\/p>\n

Audience Award<\/strong>
\nDessenterrando Muertos <\/em>by Alexandra Colon-Amil<\/p>\n

Award for Anthropological Documentary Filmmaking<\/strong>
\nWeightlifting: A Swarthmore Subculture <\/em>by Julie Warech<\/p>\n

Award for Animation Storytelling<\/strong>
\nFuck You, Chuck Jady<\/em> by Fernando Maldonado<\/p>\n

Award for Autobiographical Documentary<\/strong>
\nDessenterrando Muertos <\/em>by Alexandra Colon-Amil<\/p>\n

Award for Experimental Animation<\/strong>
\nThis is About My Dad<\/em> by Edward Gracia<\/p>\n

Award for Verite Documentary<\/strong>
\n69th \u2192 Norristown<\/em> by Carl Sigmond<\/p>\n

Award for Writing and Performance in Narrative Filmmaking<\/strong>
\nTelefon <\/em>by Monika Zaleska<\/p>\n

Press Release<\/h2>\n

The 2<\/strong>nd <\/strong>Annual Tri-Co Film Festival <\/strong>went off with a bang Wednesday night, May 1. Swarms of paparazzi descended to catch a glimpse of the hottest emerging filmmakers from Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore<\/strong>. More than 250 people attended the festival and the awards ceremony. President of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute<\/strong>, Juliet Goodfriend<\/strong>, warmly welcomed the Tri-Co community. Of the 60 short films submitted, 23 were selected and curated into 6 short sections. The awards and a full line-up of the program, with filmmakers and film descriptions, are listed below.<\/p>\n

The festival was founded last year by Professor Erica Cho <\/strong>as a platform to showcase the exceptionally high quality of short experimental, documentary, narrative, animation, and found footage films produced across the tri-college community.<\/p>\n

The Awards Ceremony was held at Goodhart Hall at Bryn Mawr College<\/strong>. Each film offered distinct \u201cpoints of light\u201d that were honored with a \u201cPalme d\u2019 Tri-Co<\/strong>\u201d certificate. In addition, eight prizes were awarded by juror Shari Frilot<\/strong>, a Senior Programmer at the Sundance Film Festival<\/strong>, Chief Curator of New Frontier at Sundance, and currently a Tri-College Mellon Artist-in-Residence. Frilot presented the following awards:<\/p>\n

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  • “For a fresh, inside take on the subject of polyamory, and for it\u2019s beautiful, artful conceptualization, an award for documentary writing goes to Hilary Brashear for TRIPTYC<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “For an ode to the culture of pumping iron that is intimately revealing and beautifully observed, a prize for anthropological documentary filmmaking goes to Julie Warech for WEIGHTLIFTING: A SWARTHMORE SUBCULTURE<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “For it\u2019s penetrating sense of poetry and vulnerability, a prize for autobiographical documentary goes to Alexandra Colon-Amil and the team for DESSENTERRANDO MUERTOS (Unearthing Silence).<\/strong>\u201d<\/li>\n
  • “For its observant sense of atmosphere and strong sense of visual storytelling, a prize for verite documentary filmmaking goes Carl Sigmond and the team for 69<\/strong>th <\/strong>=> NORRISTOWN<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “For it\u2019s precise and insightful conceptualization, and its powerful contextualization of futurism and communications technology, a prize for animated essay filmmaking goes to Zein Nakhoda for THE WORLD WOULD HAVE SHRUNK TO A POINT<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “For its humorous, well-observed writing, and its realness in the portrayal of flawed human character, not to mention, for making something entirely inaccessible into something desirable, a prize for animation storytelling goes to Fernando Maldonado for FUCK YOU, CHUCK JADY<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n
  • “For its lyrical composition, sense of poetry, and delightful aesthetic, an award for experimental animation goes to Edward Gracia for THIS IS ABOUT MY DAD<\/strong>.<\/strong>“<\/li>\n
  • “For remarkable accomplishment in working with non-actors to tell an illuminating story of the human condition, a prize for writing and performance in narrative filmmaking goes to Monika Zaleska for TELEFON<\/strong>.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Audience Award. <\/strong>Alexandra Colon and collaborators Waleed Shahid and Mary Clare O\u2019Donnell (Haverford College) received the coveted Audience Award for Dessenterrando Muertos (Unearthing Silence). <\/em><\/p>\n

    The curatorial process developed over the course of the semester and through collaborative efforts from students across the tri-colleges: Amanda Fernandez, Brian Huser, Devanshi Vaid, Delia Hernandez, Egina Manachova, Farhat Rahman, Karen Han, Kate Elliot, Maddy Court, Mirella Deocadiz, Meghna Singh, Rachel Kobasa, <\/strong>and Sitara Chowfla<\/strong>. Students were enrolled in the upper-level course \u201cCurating Film,\u201d taught by Roya Rastegar <\/strong>and cross-listed between the History of Art Department, English Department, Gender & Sexualities Program, and Film Studies Program at Bryn Mawr College.<\/p>\n

    Festival Program<\/h3>\n

    COLLECTIONS FROM THE PAST<\/h4>\n

    \u201cThings\u201d<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Rhianna Shaheen \/ 2:06 min)
    \nAn experimental animation that explores the love and pain of parent\/ child relationships through a phone conversation with my mother.<\/p>\n

    Desenterrando Muertos (Unearthing Silence)<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Alexandra Colon, cinemat., eds. Waleed Shahid, Mary Clare O\u2019Donnell \/ 11:21 min)
    \nA filmmaker\u2019s journey through a lagoon of diffuse memories to uncover the truth beyond the mythology of her missing grandfather.<\/p>\n

    Things Lost: An Exquisite Corpse<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Fernando Maldonado, Ted Johnson, Zein Nakhoda, Sarah Kim \/ 1:14 min)<\/p>\n

    Fuck You, Chuck Jady<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Fernando Maldonado \/ 1:57min)<\/p>\n

    REFLECTIONS
    \n<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    You, You, You, You<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Sarah Kim \/ 1:01 min)
    \nA Quasi rotoscoped look at selfhood and its articulation through portraiture.<\/p>\n

    Triptych<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Hilary Brashear, cinemat. Hilary Brashear, Waleed Shahid \/ 9:58 min)
    \nA documentary collage of three unique identities coming together to redefine love in a polyamorous relationship.<\/p>\n

    Weightlifting: A Swarthmore Subculture<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Julie Warech \/ 9:41 min)
    \nPut stereotypes aside: Weightlifting is more than meets the eye.<\/p>\n

    DISTANCES<\/h4>\n

    The Road Ahead aka (This Is About My Dad)<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Edward Gracia \/ 2:30 min)
    \nA film about disjointed memories that pay tribute to my father’s athleticism.<\/p>\n

    Telefon<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Monika Zaleska, cinemat. Monika Zaleska and Cristina Matamoros \/ 6:10 min)
    \nMargaret receives a disturbing phone call from her friend in Poland and she and her husband Jan debate how to handle the news.<\/p>\n

    69th -> Norristown<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Carl Sigmond, cinemat. Maria Etienne, ed. Gebby Keny \/ 3:47 min)
    \nLose yourself in the journey of an other, and then find yourself in his reflection.<\/p>\n

    The Oceanic Self<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Danielle Ford \/ 1:26 min)
    \nAn animated poem about being a contained, separate self while also an indistinguishable part of something larger.<\/p>\n

    GUTTED<\/h4>\n

    Goodbye, Panoramaisolationopticon<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Ben Ellentuck, cinemat. Philip Harris \/ 5:06 min)
    \nPrison isn’t what it used to be.<\/p>\n

    It-from-Bit<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Charles Espinosa, Mathew English \/ 1:56 min)
    \nFound footage and sound explore how we conceptualize and visualize the physical body.<\/p>\n

    Cut Piece Revisited<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Christine Dickerson, Meghna Singh \/ 2:40 min)
    \nReimagines a female response to cinematic objectification through the use of found footage and editing techniques.<\/p>\n

    DISTURBANCES
    \n<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    The Last Temptations of Bishop Berkeley, Part One <\/em><\/strong>(dir. Ben Ellentuck \/ 5:08 min)
    \nEsse est percipi (to be is to be perceived).<\/p>\n

    Eve’s Shame<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Farhat Rahman \/ 4:57 min)
    \nA found footage video showcasing the repercussions of the eve teasing epidemic in South Asia and how Bollywood film imagery propagates these modes of assault.<\/p>\n

    Step<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Caileigh Feldman, April Lin \/ 2:07 min)
    \nInspired by Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.<\/p>\n

    FUTURES<\/h4>\n

    Boy Meets Light<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Jasmin Palmer \/ 4:28 min)
    \nOne man battles through his closeted apprehensions and misgivings, learning self-acceptance and self-expression in the process.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWhat are you thinking, when I ask you about the future?\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Shayna Schwartz \/ 2:44 min)
    \nDynamic animation depicting the thoughts and feelings of three women from different backgrounds and ages concerning the future.<\/p>\n

    The World Would Have Shrunk to a Point<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Zein Nakhoda \/ 3:15 min)
    \nMeditation on lost utopian futures – animated using salvaged 1960’s Popular Science magazine illustrations – commentary by Arthur C. Clarke.<\/p>\n

    RE-IMAGINED TITLES SEQUENCES<\/h4>\n

    \u201cThe Four of Us Are Dying\u201d: The Twilight Zone<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Janessa H.M. Esquivel)<\/p>\n

    Twin Peaks + Saul Bass<\/strong><\/em> (dir. Rhianna Shaheen)<\/p>\n

    Saul Bass + Flying Lotus + 2001: A Space Odyssey<\/strong> <\/em>(dir. Zein Nakhoda)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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