Documentary Short Films

Now in its 6th year, the Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival has established itself as one of the premier festivals in New England dedicated to giving life to independent cinema, music and art.  Join us for 6 days of independent films, live music, art exhibits and lively parties. Meet filmmakers from all over the world, local artists and musicians all in one dynamic festival.

Tuesday, April 22nd Schedule:

Location: Warwick Museum of Art
Price: $5 donation to WMOA (includes free ticket to any film screening at the Columbus Theatre on Friday or Saturday)

Films:

Soldier in Art: Arthur Szyk(US, 2013, 10 mins)
Director: James Ruxin
A wordless, musical tribute to the main themes in the life and work of Polish-Jewish artist and political cartoonist, Arthur Szyk (1894-1951): the ideals of American democracy. the horrors of Nazism, the tragedy of the Holocaust and the rebirth of the Jewish people in Israel.  Szyk was a leading visual voice against the Axis powers in New York during WWII.

Late Shift (Germany, 2013, 20 mins)
Director: Sigrun Matthiesen
Before becoming a famous writer, Nobel-Prize winner and controversial public figure Gunter Grass has been a visual artist and a craftsman. This early passion for the concrete and physical is a vital source of his creativity until today. At the age of 83, he produces etchings to illustrate ‘Dog Years’, a novel he wrote half a century ago. Working in close collaboration with the fine-arts printer Fritz Margull, their conversations convey their love for the craft, their expertise, and the mutual understanding of a longstanding companionship. The images they create have accompanied and haunted Grass all his life – telling what words can’t describe.

Lyon Housemuseum (Australia, 2012, 9 mins)
Director: Kerry Gardner
Leading Australian architect and contemporary art collector, along with his teenage family designed and built a cutting edge home to house their stunning art, sculpture and video art collection, which they have now opened to the general public. What challenges are presented with having strangers view your bedrooms as well as your art collection, and are visitors voyeurs or interested art lovers?

Who Did It? The Clue VCR Game (US, 2013, 38 mins)
Directors: Frank Durant, Tim Labonte

The first game of a new technology quickly forgotten, it lives on over 30 years after its release.

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