Dam Short Film Festival

This weekend starts the 4th annual Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City. This festival celebrates filmmakers of short films. There were over 350 entries submitted and 125 were picked for showing. The short films range from animation to documentary, comedy to drama and last anywhere from 5 minutes to 17 minutes long. They are grouped into sections.After viewing the short films you leave the theater where you are given a chip and then instructed to place it in the bucket of the film that you thought was the best. There are 8 sections of films and the winner of each section receives a special award. Here are the movies that we will be seeing today.

Twists and Turns

Treasure of Riverside Park"
5 minutes, 2007, Student
Directed by JSOK
Contact: jsok (at) jsokfilms (dot) com
A man weighs a wedding ring against a detective's envelope.

"Stone"
13 minutes, 2007, United Kingdom
Directed by John Comerford
Contact: info (at) labelleallee (dot) com
Three generations of men try to understand each other as they build a stone bench.

"Joe's Room"
5 minutes, 2007, Canada
Directed by Finn Fisher
Contact: jennifergrant555 (at) hotmail (dot) com
A woman tries to hide her lover from her visiting mother.

"Tool"
8 minutes, 2006, Subtitled, South Korea
Directed by Yong A. Yoon
Contact: yongyoon717 (at) yahoo (dot) com
The positive and negative impact of a simple tool in the lives of three people.

"Locked Out"
15 minutes, 2007, Canada
Directed by Tovah Paglaro
Contact: tovahp (at) mac (dot) com
A woman locks herself out of her flat on a very important day.

"Deacon's Mondays"
19 minutes, 2007, Student
Directed by Lowell Frank
Contact: www (dot) flagpop (dot) com
An eccentric landscaper begins an unusual friendship. Student Academy Award finalist.



Tough Choices:

The Box"
7 minutes, 2007, Student
Directed by Eddi Uehara
Contact: www (dot) eddieuehara (dot) com
A mysterious box is delivered. A woman must decide what to do when it acts oddly.

"Spare Change"
4 minutes, 2007
Directed by Nicola Collins
A elderly man has a strange conversation with a woman on a park bench.

"Hardest Fight"
9 minutes, 2005
Directed by Jamison Derfler
Contact: jpderfler (at) yahoo (dot) com
A boxer must decide between his career and the woman he loves.

"The Art of Movement"
11 minutes, 2007
Directed by Jeremy Helal
Contact: jeremyhelal (at) yahoo (dot) com
A martial arts expert, on the run from a dark past, seeks out his master.

"Wedding Day"
23 minutes, 2007
Directed by David Schmoeller
Contact: schmoeller (at) cox (dot) net
A parable about three woman and their struggle with love and marriage.