Films Showing at 2005 Stanford Student Film Festival
Friday, May 20th 2005
A MONSTROUS AFFAIR
Mark Lieber
A clueless husband comes home to find another man's underwear on
his bedroom floor. When his wife starts making excuses, his rage quickly
grows to monstrous proportions. Special thanks to Charlie Miller for his
impeccable female screaming.
IGNITE INNOVATIONS: BRIGHT LIGHT FOR RURAL INDIA
Scott Cannon and Ginger Turner
This film chronicles the adventures of four Stanford students working to bring light to the developing world by turning their high-tech start-up dream into a real socially-minded business operation in rural India.
CANE McGRIFFIN
Chuck Armstrong
Cane McGriffin chronicles the 1940's foremost dog detective on one of his most intriguing yet brief cases. Spoofing both 40's style film noir and the lives of dogs, Cane McGriffin is fake film-noir dog private detective movie comedy at its finest.
A GIRL AND A GUN
Anthony Ha and Chris Lee
A girl, a gun, two guys, another girl, and a leisurely chase through the streets of San Francisco. It's "Band of Outsiders" meets that movie your dad shot in the backyard last summer. No, the other one.
MOTEL OFFICE
Matt Dyer
A father takes his son to Stanford to begin the boy's freshman year. While staying in a local motel the night before orientation, the father finally confronts his son about a long unspoken issue.
INTERMISSION
RESLESS CAROUSE
Andrew Keaveney
A young man goes out walking, unable to study. He walks by a big home,
eats a big snack, attempts to climb a tree, waits for the train, wanders
aimlessly, and eventually takes in the scenery with the assistance of a
gold-haired old woman.
SUNNY DAY
Emmett Hopkins
On an otherwise ordinary day, a chance encounter brings together an innocent reptile-- oblivious to his own visceral appetite-- and a naive yet stout-hearted critter of the woods. The embittered struggle that ensues brings the two protagonists to realize their own powerlessness in the face of an inevitable and insurmountable force.
BETTER OFF UNDEAD: A ZOMBIE MUSICAL
Mike Endler
Zach is so afraid of change that a break up with his girlfriend Vanessa literally kills him. But since he can't bring himself to move on, even into the afterlife, he rises from the grave as a zombie, summoning Death.