DECEMBER
4, 2005 --
LPR,
November 29, attended the first evening of this two-evening
short film festival, presented by Greg Segal.
The festival began with a screening of the winner of the last festival -- "The
Reader" directed by Duncan Rogers, shown here with the award he received.
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Duncan
Rogers showen here with his award.
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Screenings
were at Coda, the festival's first evening and included "Why
Shakespeare?" -- a documentary on the
relevance of the bard, directed by Lawrence Bridges, including the well-known
(Tom Hanks, Marftin Sheen,
William Shatner, for example) as well as ordinary folk.
The other films at the Coda screening were "Depression," directed
by Louis Lapat, "Single Bed," directed by George Kouvaras, "Dirty
Mary," written by -- and featuring -- Daniele Ferraro, "Firefighter,"
based on the life of Kenneth Ruane, who went to jail in 1971 for refusing to
enter the military and, as firefighter, faced the 9- 11 aftermath.
Also screened the festival's first evening were Cristina Cingone's "Jacques," in
black and white, with English subtitles, about a Frenchman in the U.S., his
girlfriends, and the girl he loves, and Zombie Hunter, fully described
by the title.
The evening concluded with another Duncan Rogers film, "Bust," which
is as gritty as his "The Reader" is sensitive. The cast includes
Dan Lauria, whose face, if not name, was familiar to this tv viewer.
For more information on the Home Film Festival, please click the LPR link to
the festival on the right.
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