1998 New York Underground Film Festival
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These are the films shown at the 5th New York Underground Film Festival
, held from March 18–22, 1998.
New York Underground Film Festival
Founded in 1994 by filmmakers Todd Phillips and Andrew Gurland, the New York Underground Film Festival was an annual event that occurred each March at Anthology Film Archives in New York City from 1994 through 2008...
, held from March 18–22, 1998.
| Film Name | Director | Type | Length (mins) |
|---|---|---|---|
| !Aardvark! | Ken Hegan | Short Video | 47 |
| 10 Seconds | Christophe Joly | Short 16mm | 10 |
| A Lick of Tasterish | Dmitry Gelfand | Experimental 16mm | 10 |
| A Portrait of the Lady | Jeremy Taylor | Documentary Video | 12 |
| A Waiter Tomorrow | Mike Kang | Short 16mm | 10 |
| Abusive Parental Guidance Suggested | Matt Kovalakides | Short 16mm | 3 |
| Acrobats and Sword-Swallowers | Michele Mahoney | Short 16mm | 13 |
| American Chain Gang | Xachery Irving | Documentary 16mm | 10 |
| Bad Girls Go to Hell | Doris Wishman Doris Wishman Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer.... |
Feature 35mm | 80 |
| Battle Sounds | John Carluccio John Carluccio John Carluccio is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker whose work documents under-recognized pockets of urban society. His unique subjects range from art culture Price of Getting up, Ellis G, Artificial Afrika, Noguchi, music scenes Antibalas, Wax Poetics, Dubstep, Battle Sounds, cheap eats Punjabi, Redhook... |
Documentary Video | 60 |
| Black Oolong | David Grotell | Short Video | 10 |
| Blue Diary | Jenni Olson Jenni Olson Jenni Olson was born and raised in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Olson is a film exhibition curator, director, award winning documentary filmmaker, and author. Olson co-founded and still writes for PlanetOut.com, and campaigned to have a barrier erected on the Golden Gate Bridge.-Biography:Olson was... |
Experimental 16mm | 6 |
| Blue Is Beautiful | James Schneider | Documentary 16mm | 30 |
| Business Lunch | Rick Trembles | Animation 16mm | 4 |
| Bystander from Hell | Matthew Harrison Matthew Harrison Matthew Harrison is an American television and film director, producer and writer. He first came to prominence when his feature film Rhythm Thief was awarded Special Jury Recognition for Directing at the Sundance Film Festival. His first studio feature Kicked in the Head was Executive Produced by... |
Short 35mm | 3 |
| Cannibal! The Musical Cannibal! The Musical Cannibal! The Musical is a 1993 independent film directed by co-creator of South Park, Trey Parker, while studying at the University of Colorado at Boulder... |
Trey Parker Trey Parker Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short... |
Feature 35mm | 90 |
| Cheesecake | Huck Botko | Documentary Video | 7 |
| Circus Redickuless Circus Redickuless A traveling circus created by punk-rock impresario Chicken John Rinaldi in 1995 in association with Michael Gump.-History:Formed largely with members of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Cacophony Society, the circus was formed on the premise of being completely without talent. No actual performers... |
Phillip Glau | Documentary 16mm | 88 |
| City of Sleep | Jon Filthé | Short 16mm | 20 |
| Cotton Candy | Roshell Bissett Roshell Bissett Roshell Bissett is a Canadian independent filmmaker who wrote and directed several short films including the award winning "Cotton Candy" and one feature length film entitled "Winter Lily"- Biography :... |
Short 16mm | 46 |
| Cup-O-Abominations | Bill Hillman | Animation 35mm | 5 |
| Deformer | Mike Mills Mike Mills (director) Michael C. "Mike" Mills is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners.-Early life:... |
Documentary 16mm | 17 |
| Dirty Baby Does Fire Island | Todd Downing | Animation 16mm | 9 |
| Double Agent 73 | Doris Wishman Doris Wishman Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer.... |
Feature 35mm | 72 |
| Driver 23 | Rolf Belgum | Documentary Video | 76 |
| Dyke Rat | Tony Nittoli | Short 16mm | 4 |
| Electric Flesh (Re-Mix) | Eric Brummer | Animation Super 8 | 10 |
| Empire of Ache | Lisa Hammer Lisa Hammer Lisa Hammer is a filmmaker, actress, composer and singer and is the sister of director James Merendino... |
Short Super 8 | 9 |
| Everybody Loves Nothing (Empathetic Exercises) | Steve Reinke | Experimental Video | 11 |
| Eye to Eye | Angela Christlieb & John Mhiripiri | Experimental Super 8/16mm | 4 |
| Fish Bait | Anthony Seck | Short 16mm | 3 |
| Flight | Sim Sadler | Short 35mm | 12 |
| Franky Goes to Hollywood | Brendan Kelly | Documentary Video | 12 |
| Free Ride | David Murphy | Documentary 16mm | 35 |
| Gas Huffin' Bad Girls! | Harry McCoy | Short 16mm | 25 |
| Glamour Puss: How To Keep Your Man Happy | Mr. Means | Short Super 8 | 9 |
| God's Cocksuckers | Rick Trembles | Animation 16mm | 4 |
| Hand on the Pump | Brian Ash Brian Ash Brian Ash is an American producer and screenwriter.Brian Ash is a writer and co-executive producer of Black Dynamite: The Animated Series, a writer and producer of the third season of Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks and a writer and creative consultant and on Freaknik: The Musical on Adult Swim... |
Short 16mm | 24 |
| Have You Seen Patsy Wayne? | Todd Korgan | Short 16mm | 7 |
| Heavy Black Smoke Stack | Jimmy Mazzullo | Short 16mm | 57 |
| Hellzapoppin | Gray Miller | Short 16mm | 30 |
| Hollywood Salome | Erick Ifergan | Feature 35mm | 80 |
| Home | Douglas Buck Douglas Buck Douglas Buck is an American film director.Buck grew up in Long Island, later moving to New York City, where he began making films while working as an airport electrical engineer. Buck started by making short films, including Cutting Moments , Home , and Prologue , all three of which were collected... |
Short 16mm | 25 |
| Hub Cap | Super 8 Stanley | Experimental Super 8 | 6 |
| I Married a Strange Person | Bill Plympton Bill Plympton William "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in... |
Animation 35mm | 75 |
| Jaded | Robert Banks Robert Banks (filmmaker) -Biography:Banks attended the Cleveland School of the Arts, and has taught film at Cuyahoga Community College, the Cleveland Institute of Art, and Cleveland State University.... |
Experimental 35mm | 3 |
| Jefftowne Jefftowne jefftowne is a 1998 documentary shot and directed by Daniel Kraus and distributed by Troma Entertainment. It chronicles the life of Jeff Towne, a 40 year old Iowa City resident who suffers from Downs Syndrome, obesity, alcoholism, and circulation problems... |
Daniel Kraus Daniel Kraus Daniel Kraus is a former German footballer and current Head and Goalkeeper coach of FF USV Jena.-Coaching career:Kraus hold the coaching licence C and began as Goalkeeper coach for FF USV Jena in July 2010.-References:... |
Documentary 16mm | 59 |
| Juicy Danger Meets Burning Man | David Vaisbord | Documentary 16mm | 54 |
| Just Desserts | Eric Jewell | Short Super 8 | 14 |
| Just For You Girls | M. M. Serra | Short 16mm | 2 |
| Kitty Punch | Andrew Schlussel | Short 16mm | 8 |
| Let Me Die A Woman Let Me Die a Woman Let Me Die a Woman is a semi-documentary film by exploitation film director Doris Wishman, who started production in 1972.-Plot:The film features interviews with sex reassignment surgeon Dr... |
Doris Wishman Doris Wishman Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer.... |
Feature 35mm | 80 |
| My Pretty Little Girlfriend | Rolf Belgum | Documentary Video | 76 |
| New Testament | Philip Pelletier | Short 16mm | 6 |
| Nude on the Moon Nude on the Moon Nude on the Moon is a 1961 sexploitation film co-written and co-directed by Doris Wishman and Raymond Phelan under the shared pseudonyms "O. O. Miller" and "Anthony Brooks". The film was produced in 1960 but was not released theatrically until 1961. Doris Wishman went on to become a significant ... |
Doris Wishman Doris Wishman Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer.... |
Feature 35mm | 71 |
| Number One Fan | Amy Talkington | Short 16mm | 18 |
| Oasis | James Schneider | Documentary 16mm | 10 |
| Out To Lunch | Daniel Martinico | Short 16mm | 20 |
| Planet Jersey | Steve Wilson | Short 16mm | 17 |
| Pleasure/Hurting | John Burridge | Experimental Video | 1 |
| Porn Star 2000: Les Adventures del Devilboy | Michael Maloney Michael Maloney Michael Maloney is an English actor.Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series, Telford's Change.... |
Animation Video | 2 |
| Premenstrual Spotting | Machiko Saito | Experimental Video | 12 |
| Pump with a Chump | Modi Modi Modi can refer to:* Monochorionic-Diamniotic, a type of twin* Modi , a surname used in India* Móði, one of Thor's sons* Modi Rosenfeld, stand up comedian* Modi script, a historical script used in the Maratha empire... |
Experimental Video | 3 |
| Purgatory County | George Ratliff | Feature 35mm | 92 |
| Rapture | Gord Wilding | Short 16mm | 8 |
| Screen Tests | Nick Zedd Nick Zedd Nick Zedd is an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work... |
Experimental 16mm | 15 |
| Seaschell Beach | Holly Angel Hardman | Short 16mm | 27 |
| Seven Days Til Sunday | Reynold Reynolds | Experimental Super 8 | 10 |
| Shucking the Curve | Todd Verow Todd Verow Todd Verow is an American film director who now resides in New York City, New York. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the AFI Conservatory. Together with his creative partner, James Derek Dwyer, he formed Bangor Films in 1995. He was also the cinematographer for Jon Moritsugu's... |
Feature Video | 90 |
| Snake Feed | Debra Granik Debra Granik Debra Granik is an American independent film director. She has won a series of awards at the Sundance Film Festival, including Best Short in 1998 for Snake Feed , the Dramatic Directing Award in 2004 for her first feature-length film, Down to the Bone Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an... |
Short 16mm | 23 |
| Soft Like Me | Jeffrey Erbach | Short 16mm | 27 |
| Somebody Goofed! | Rodney Asher & Syd Garon | Animation Video | 8 |
| Space War | Christy Karacas | Animation 16mm | 3 |
| Subconscious Cruelty (trailer) | Karim Hussain Karim Hussain Karim Hussain is a Canadian screenwriter, director and cinematographer. He is best known for his 2000 film Subconscious Cruelty, and as co-writer of Nacho Cerda's The Abandoned.... |
Short 16mm | 3 |
| Surrender Dorothy | Kevin Di Novis | Feature 16mm | 90 |
| T.A.G. - The AIDS Game | Danny Roth | Short 16mm | 17 |
| Tack | Kate McCabe | Experimental 16mm | 6 |
| The Bride of Frank | Steve Ballot | Feature Video | 90 |
| The Cock Fight | Lisa DiLillo | Experimental Video | 3 |
| The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase | Joshua Oppenheimer Joshua Oppenheimer Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer is an American film director based in London, UK.Oppenheimer's films push the boundaries of fiction and documentary... |
Short 16mm | 50 |
| The Erotic Adventures of Alex the Clown | Keith Schofield Keith Schofield Keith Schofield is an American director of music video and television commercials based in Los Angeles, California.Schofield received the "Best Rock Video" award at the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, for his direction of Supergrass's "Bad Blood" video... |
Animation Video | 4 |
| The Fetishist | Jim Trainor | Animation 16mm | 38 |
| The Honey Pot | Todd Lincoln | Short Super 8 | 7 |
| The Misadventures of Spittle & Fudd | Tennessee Reid Norton | Animation 35mm | 3 |
| The Sore Losers | John Michael McCarthy | Feature 35mm | 89 |
| The Spirit of Christmas | Trey Parker Trey Parker Trey Parker is an American animator, screenwriter, director, producer, voice artist, musician and actor, best known for being the co-creator of the television series South Park along with his creative partner and best friend Matt Stone.Parker started his film career in 1992, making a holiday short... |
Animation 35mm | 3 |
| The Ultraworld | Francois Miron François Miron François Miron is a French-Canadian experimental filmmaker.Miron was born in Montreal in 1962. He obtained a BFA from Concordia University in 1987 and an MFA from The School of The Art Institute Of Chicago in 1990.... |
Experimental 16mm | 15 |
| Urbana Experimental | Brien Burroughs | Experimental 16mm | 7 |
| Visitor | Franco Antico | Experimental 16mm | 12 |
| Wasted | Ian Kerkhof | Feature 16mm | 100 |
| We Hate You Little Boy | Janene Higgins Janene Higgins Janene Higgins is a graphic designer and video artist based in New York City. Her work spans several genres, from video performance in the experimental music scene to videos for Saks Fifth Avenue, and the design of several hundred CD packages for such record labels as Sony, BMG, PolyGram, and a... |
Experimental Video | 3 |
| Wig Rodeo | Marcel DeJure | Experimental Super 8 | 18 |
| Wonder Woman: Battle with the Basher | Brian Winkowski & Cary Curran | Short Video/Super 8 | 7 |
| Wood Technology in the Design of Structures | Eric Henry | Animation Video | 9 |
| Writer's Block | Eric Héroux | Animation 16mm | 2 |
| Year of the Pig | Greg McKean & Dan Sykes | Documentary 16mm | 80 |
| You're a Bad Boy | Dana Kristal | Short 16mm | 12 |
| Yours | Jeff Scher Jeff Scher Jeff Scher is a New York-based filmmaker, animator and painter. He was born Jeffery Noyes Scher, on December 24, 1954. Scher graduated from Bard College in 1976. He is married to Bonnie Siegler and they currently live in Brooklyn with their two children... |
Experimental 16mm | 6 |