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Dayton St. Madison, WI 608-257-6000 800-356-8293 [email protected] www.concoursehotel.com 1-888-Get-Charter 2 WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL ★ MADISON ★ APRIL 1-4, 2004 ★ WWW.WIFILMFEST.ORG ★ 877.963.FILM CONTACT PROGRAMMERS Wisconsin Film Festival Mary Carbine Festival Express follows the Grateful Dead, UW-Madison Arts Institute Janis Joplin, The Band and Buddy Guy Joe Beres as they tour across Canada 821 University Avenue Walker Art Center Madison, WI 53706 (Thu, Apr 1, 7pm). (877) 963-FILM James Kreul [email protected] Communication Arts Department www.wifilmfest.org Eija Niskanen Communication Arts Department During the Festival: See the website or call Katherine Spring (877) 963-FILM for updates. UW Cinematheque Tony Cippolle, For additional questions or WUD Film Committee Festival Intern emergencies, call the Box Office / Will Call at (608) 265 -2933. Travis Gerdes, WUD Film Committee Festival Intern ABOUT US Founded in 1999, the Wisconsin JURORS Film Festival is Wisconsin’s premier Wisconsin’s Own Competition: independent film event. Ericka Frederick This four-day annual festival takes Ruth Leitman place each spring in campus and Keith Phipps downtown Madison venues. Wisconsin Student Competition: MARKETING CAMPAIGN The Festival presents the best Joey Garfield Planet Propaganda: Festival identity, new independent film (feature, Holly Kaster website, advertising, posters, in- documentary, experimental), Matt Solomon theater trailers and other materials. world cinema and new media; cultivates discovery through talks, FESTIVAL ADVISORY BOARD Creative Director: Dana Lytle Active Media Director: Ben Hirby panels, performances, and David Bordwell, Professor, Active Media Developers: David coffeehouse discussions with Communication Arts, UW-Madison filmmakers; and showcases the Huyck, Brian Wilson, Marcus Trapp Ben Brewster, Assistant Director, work of Wisconsin filmmakers Active Media Project Manager: Wisconsin Center for Film and through juried competitions. David Dickinson Theater Research Active Media Intern: Scott Starr The Festival is committed to CONTENTS Lisa Heller, Vice President Designer: David I. Taylor independent film culture, quality of Original Programming, HBO Copywriter: James Breen Schedule Chart . .18-19 programming, community TV Director: Nate Theis involvement, and a filmmaker- Sarah Klavas, Director, Bureau Film List . .4-21 Production Director: Ann Sweeney friendly environment. of Marketing Services, Wisconsin Production Designer: Angie Department of Tourism Talks . .22-23 Medenwaldt PEOPLE Jeffrey Kurz, Producer / Consultant, Estimator/Buyer: Julie Kimmell Film Series Belle City Pictures Mary Carbine, Director, Account Manager: Travis Ott Asian American Cinema . .24 Jennifer Montgomery, Filmmaker, Wisconsin Film Festival Additional design: Kelly Wiedholz Assistant Professor - Film/Video, Films from the New Europe . .25 Tino Balio, Executive Director, University of Illinois at Chicago Isthmus Film Guide and Program: UW-Madison Arts Institute Global Lens . .26 J.J. Murphy, Filmmaker, Professor, Creative Director: Ellen J Meany Meg Hamel (volunteer), Communication Arts, UW-Madison Production Design Artists: James Benning . .27 Venue and Logistics Management Eric Rank, Todd Hubler, James Schamus Danish Cinema Beyond Dogme . .28 Alissa Broderdorf, Festival Assistant David Michael Miller Co-President, Focus Features Advertising Sales: Troy Gile, Vanessa Shipley (volunteer), Other Series Lists . .29-30 Laurie Scheer Chad Hopper, Melissa Badini, Filmmaker and Guest Liaison Writer / Producer / Professor Colin Murray, Lisa Kersten, Festival Parties . .19 Tony Cippolle, WUD Film Committee Susan Schmitz Luke Piper, Michelle Pestlin Venues, Parking & Lodging . .3 1 Festival Intern President, Downtown Madison Inc. Travis Gerdes, WUD Film Committee Matt Solomon, Writer / Producer, FESTIVAL MEDIA RELATIONS Sponsors & Partners . .34 Festival Intern John Roach Projects Funnel Incorporated, Lori Wilson, Ticket Order Form . .33 Erik Gunneson, Faculty Associate, Mike Verveer, Alderperson, Marketing Communications Director Communication Arts City of Madison Becca Ekern, Marketing This festival guide was produced, printed and distributed with Catherine Reiland, World Cinema Communications Manager Isthmus, Madison’s Weekly Newspaper, Vol. 29, No. 10, March 5, 2004 Day Coordinator Jess Miller, Intern ©2004 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Arts Institute Leadership Staff: Tino Balio, Executive Director; Mary Carbine, Director, Wisconsin Film Festival; Arts Residency Coordinator; Ken Chraca, Administrator; Sarah Schaffer, Coordinator, School of Music Recordings Project The Wisconsin Film Festival is a public program of the UW-Madison Arts Institute. Arts Institute Executive Committee (2003-04): Sonya Clark, Associate Professor, Environment, Textiles and Design; Jim Escalante, Chair, The Arts Institute works to make the arts more visible and effective at UW- Department of Art; Linda Essig, Chair, Department of Theatre & Drama; Vance Kepley, Chair, Department of Communication Arts; Madison. Governed by arts faculty and staff, we represent the collective voice Russell Panczenko, Director, Elvehjem Museum of Art; Norma Saldivar, Director, University Theatre; Majid Sarmadi, Chair, Environment, and strength of the arts at the University. The Arts Institute funds and supports Textiles and Design; John Schaffer, Director, School of Music; Andrew Taylor, Director, Bolz Center for Arts Administration; Jin-Wen projects with university- and community-wide impact, including artists residencies, Yu, Chair, Dance Program The Arts on Campus website awards and fellowships, public programs, and arts marketing and outreach. is a collaborative project sponsored by the Deans’ Council: Phillip R. Certain, Dean, College of Letters & Science; Robin Douthitt, Dean, School of Human Ecology; Charles Read Arts Institute and University Communica- Created in 1998, the Arts Institute grew out of a university Arts Consortium and (Chair), Dean, School of Education tions in cooperation with campus arts units other collaborative efforts. An “intercollege unit,” the Arts Institute is sponsored and organizations, and with the support of by the College of Letters & Science, the School of Education, and the School of UW-Madison Arts Institute, 5542 Humanities Building, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706 the Evjue Foundation. Human Ecology. (608) 263-4086 • [email protected] • www.arts.wisc.edu WISCONSIN FILM FESTIVAL ★ MADISON ★ APRIL 1-4, 2004 ★ WWW.WIFILMFEST.ORG ★ 877.963.FILM 3 FILMS & FILM PROGRAMS 5 for 1: Episodes 1 & 2 See Young Visions and Voices. The Adventures of Mad Matt See Wisconsin’s Own Shorts III: Documentary. Afro-Punk: The “Rock ‘n Roll Nigger” Experience Fri, Apr 2, 9:15pm, 1h30, Play Circle ORDER CODE: AP1 Sun, Apr 4, 7:30pm, 1h30, Play Circle ORDER CODE: AP2 (WISCONSIN PREMIERE) Kicking off with a direct rebuke to the Patti Smith song, Afro-Punk takes an in-depth look at racial identity in the punk scene. It follows the lives of four people Alma is a story of family dysfunction. of color who have chosen a punk-rock lifestyle and examines their experiences in a mostly white scene. Isolation, interracial dating, and Alma black power are a few of the tough issues this Sat, Apr 3, 5pm, 1h45, Bartell Theatre documentary tackles. Afro-Punk features per- ORDER CODE: ALM formances by the Bad Brains, Tamar-Kali, With filmmaker Ruth Leitman in person. Cipher, and Ten Grand, and interviews with (MADISON PREMIERE) By any standard, Alma is a members of Fishbone, 247-spyz, D.H. Peligro of nightmare of a mother.A narcissist who expe- Dead Kennedys, Carley of Candiria, and Cha- riences frequent psychotic episodes, Alma ka Malik of Orange 9mm. hears voices in the ceiling, leaves ranting mes- — JOE BERES sages on the answering machine, and refers to Documentary Feature, USA, 2003, 66 min, Color, Beta SP; Director: James Spooner; Producer: James the uncle who raped her at age seven as her Spooner; Screenplay By: James Spooner; Cast: “first boyfriend.” She has abused her daughter Tamar-Kali, Matt Davis, Moe Mitchell, Mariko Jones; Margie, an Atlanta bartender and country Production Co: highyellow productions; Series: singer, since infancy.After leaving home, Documentary, Musically Inclined Margie tries unsuccessfully to distance herself from Alma and from her passive-aggressive alcoholic father.This conflicted relationship is ‘Afro-Punk: The “Rock ‘n Roll the subject of this compassionate documen- tary by “Wisconsin’s Own” Competition juror Nigger” Experience’ Ruth Leitman. At Margie’s invitation, Leit- man filmed the family over three years. View- takes an in-depth look er discretion advised. UW-Madison alumnus — MARY CARBINE Richard Schickel has created at racial identity