DEKATUR CLUB FILM FESTIVAL!

Name: DEKATUR CLUB FILM FESTIVAL! — DEKATUR CLUB
Start: 2018-04-21T19:00:00-0400
End: 2018-04-21T23:59:00-0400

Saturday, April 21, 2018
7:00 PM 11:59 PM 19:00 23:59

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You are invited to “ Dekatur Club Short Film Festival ” Saturday April 21, 7pm ($5 Donation).

DEKATUR CLUB

FILM FESTIVAL!

List of Short Films and documentaries (under 8 minutes):

-"Between Something and Nothing” by Cor.Ece Smith.

- "Her morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie.

- "Dressed” by Sydney O’Haire.

- "A Subtlety,or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” by Kara Walker.

- "Ghost Bikes” by Ethan Brooks.

- "Who is your Daddy” by NewYorker.

- Trailer "Brooklyn Farmer” by Michael Tyburski.

- "Refuge of hope” by Yasmin Mistry.

-"BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING" is s a visual tug-of-war on intimacy versus solitude, brotherhood versus romance, joy versus contentment, and something versus nothing. What is the something? What is the nothing? I’d like the audience to respond to those questions more than anything else. Consider the invisible trauma held for being black and queer. We’re told that it’s impossible to love each other and ourselves if we deviate from the status quo of the hegemonic guise of masculinity. Yet and still we do it anyway because it’s just not true. It also pays homage to our blackness then and now. Its shot in black and white images to wash away everything other than the focal points.”BETWEEN SOMETHING AND NOTHING (BSAN), is a short visual art piece that features the cinematic direction and music by artist, and hopeful-electro-soul singer COR.ECE. It is a story consisting of 2 parts: “Console My Soul (Part 1)” and “Down on My Luck (Part 2),” boldly using a unique filmic language and soundscapes to tell a story that takes viewers on a journey that travels through grief, love, intimacy, security and vulnerability.Cor.Ece is a multi-media artist and singer-songwriter who blurs the lines of how performance art and modern soul music are conceptualized. Hailing from St. Louis and now based in Brooklyn, Cor.Ece's musical sound is a blend of wide-eyed hope and wistful contemplations of time.The characters, played by Cuban artist Carlos Martiel, Jarrett Key, Codify Art, and COR.ECE, use the spaces they occupy to stand firmly in the nuances of race and sexual identity. The conflict lies within the personal journey of trying to unearth the beauty of safety and conflict, beginnings and endings when societal messages say otherwise.

- "Her morning Elegance”, by Oren Lavie is an Israeli songwriter, author, theatre and video director. His music video for "Her Morning Elegance" earned a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Short Form Music Video" and has become a YouTube hit with over 32 million views to date.

- “Dressed” by Sydney O’Haire.

Born and raised in Vero Beach, Florida, Sydney O’Haire is a third year MFA Directing candidate at the School of Cinematic Arts at DePaul University. Originally wanting to become a lawyer or politician, Sydney decided to cast that world aside, pursue a career in cinema, and never look back. When she isn't directing or producing, Sydney crews as a script supervisor, camera operator, documentary cinematographer, or camera assistant. Last summer, she spent a week in Nigeria filming a short documentary, Robo Queens, about the Women's National Soccer League and empowering young women through soccer and education. Currently she is in post-production for a short film she wrote and directed, Pointe Work, and is in pre-production for her next short film, Being Here, which she hopes will one day become a feature-length film. She ultimately wants to pursue a career in directing and screenwriting, while still making time to explore the outdoors.

- “A Subtlety,or the Marvelous Sugar Baby” by Kara Walker

Sugar Factory in Brooklyn, NY. Seated in her Manhattan studio, Walker explains how the molasses-covered space, along with her extensive research into the history of sugar, inspired her to create a colossal sugar-coated sphinx, as well as a series of life-sized, sugar and resin boy figurines. A team of artists and fabricators are shown constructing and coating the sphinx, which, as Walker says, gains its power by "upsetting expectations, one after the other." Commissioned by Creative Time, "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" is the first large-scale public project by Walker who is best known for her cut paper silhouette installations, drawings, and watercolors. "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" was on view until July 6, 2014. Thereafter, the factory is scheduled to be demolished to make way for condominiums.

Kara Walker explores the raw intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in her work, crafting vivid psychological narratives from a contemporary perspective on historical conditions. Over the past two decades, Walker has unleashed the traditionally Victorian medium of the silhouette onto the walls of the gallery, creating immersive installations that envelop the viewer. Walker's multi-media work—which includes drawing, watercolor, video, and sculpture—often reconsider grotesque caricatures, probing their persistence in popular culture and reclaiming their subjugating power to alternative ends.

CREDITS: Producer: Ian Forster. Consulting Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interviewer: Ian Forster. Camera: Ian Forster, Rafael Salazar & Ava Wiland. Sound: Nicole J. Caruth, Wesley Miller & Ava Wiland. Editor: Morgan Riles. Music: Pinch Music. Artwork Courtesy: Kara Walker & Creative Time. Special Thanks: Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Theme Music: Peter Foley.

- “Ghost Bikes” by Ethan Brooks. There are over 150 white-painted bicycles chained up throughout New York City. Each bike represents a cyclist killed in traffic - each is placed at the scene of the crash.

Mirza puts up the bikes. He remembers these fallen cyclists when everyone else seems to have forgotten them.

- "Who is your Daddy” by NewYorker. Meet the proud father of the Times Square fixture the naked Cowboy.

- Trailer "Brooklyn Farmer”. Explores the unique challenges facing Brooklyn Grange, a group of urban farmers who endeavor to run a commercially viable farm across the rooftops of NewYork City.As their growing operation expands to a second roof, the teamconfronts the realities inherent in operating the world’s largest rooftop farm in one of the world’s biggest cities.

- ”Refuge of hope” by Yasmin Mistry

Yasmin Mistry is an Emmy-nominated animator and filmmaker. Her work has been displayed worldwide including recent showings at the White House and United Nations as well as at film festivals such as Cannes, SXSW, Tribeca and Clermont-Ferrand. She is the recipient of the Puffin Foundation’s 2013 film grant, the Brooklyn Arts Council’s 2014 – 2017 film grants, and the winner of the Jessie Streich-Kest Memorial Grant.Yasmin is also the founder of the Foster Care Film & Community Engagement Project, which uses film and animation to give youth in foster care a platform through which to be heard. Her first two documentary short films in the series, “Feeling Wanted” and “My Identity” played at over 30 film festivals each. The films have received over 20 awards and recognitions combined, including a nomination for best short film of 2015 by Adoption at The Movies.In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election a few filmmakers got together to create a series called America Heard. This series was founded by filmmakers who wanted a platform where many diverse stories of Americans across the country, and abroad, could be shared. In particular, they wanted to inspire conversations surrounding topics that are not being told or are not fairly covered by skewed media outlets.Upon learning of this project, and their need for local filmmakers from all 435 congressional districts across America, I decided I wanted to share a story from my hometown of Syracuse, NY. Knowing that Syracuse is home to over 10,000 former refugees, and that their perspective often gets misconstrued or lost, I felt that this was an ideal platform through which I could give members of this community a voice.

-DEKATUR CLUB ’s Dress Code:

Dress Fabulous!

No Casual ,Be Bold!