Film Categories: Childhood

  • U

    Facts on farts. An intimate introduction to the fine art of the fart. Starts and departs with a fart, with great music from rears to ears.

  • Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass

    “Are you there? A girl who is attracted to both boys and girls?” “Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass” is an unencumbered look at three girls who responded to this ad in an internet chat room. This was the same classified ad the filmmaker, Cecilia Neant-Falk, had placed in a magazine some 15 years earlier when she too was a lonely and confused teenager. Using the internet this time, she begins her exploration of the coming out experience for a new generation of queer girls. From the overwhelming response to her ad, she found three young women, My, Natalie…

  • Children’s Voice, The

    “The Children’s Voice” is an hour-long documentary about an innovative children’s theatre that celebrates the heroic efforts of abused children and child witnesses of wife assault, to break the cycle of violence in their young lives. The courageous troupe of children, aged 9-12, banded together to collectively write and perform a play “TELL IT-Speak Your Peace on Violence,” based on their life stories and concerns. The film captures the children’s process of growth and empowerment that culminates with excerpts from their triumphant live performance for school groups and the general public. A 30-minute version is also available.

  • Las Amigas Bonitas

    A girl escapes from her own private hell to the grocery store. Selected screenings & awards: Bettye Nowlin Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, Cinematexas International Film Festival, 2002; Mix Festival NYC; Frameline; San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Outfest; Slamdance; Berlin Lesbian Film Festival; London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Children’s Voice, The (short version)

    “The Children’s Voice” is 30-minute documentary about an innovative children’s theatre that celebrates the heroic efforts of abused children and child witnesses of wife assault, to break the cycle of violence in their young lives. The courageous troupe of children, aged 9-12, banded together to collectively write and perform a play “TELL IT-Speak Your Peace on Violence,” based on their life stories and concerns. The film captures the children’s process of growth and empowerment that culminates with excerpts from their triumphant live performance for school groups and the general public. A 60-minute version also available.

  • Sea Horses and Flying Fish

    A one-minute animation treat that celebrates the art of sound poetry as Christian Bök recites words from Hugo Ball, one of the leading pioneers of phonetic poetry.

  • Brand New Triathlon, The

    Busy. Got to keep busy. Busy is good, not busy is bad. So we play at a new triathlon: bowling, cricket and tai chi – a veritable ironman or woman’s dream.

  • Geometry of Beware

    One-minute of found footage of Mutt and Jeff from 1926 is literally reconstructed via paper prints from photocopies and pen and ink drawings. “Crazy, nifty, funky, fun…” – Michael Hope, Programmer, Cinecenta

  • Selections

    Sam, a young black man, is trapped inside a wooden cube, and is faced with the challenge of finding a way out. He reflects upon two projected memories from his past, and explores a mysterious bar code that appears on the cube wall. He finds himself struggling against a system of machines whose only goal is to manufacture racial profiles.

  • Critical Mass

    Shot on Super 8 and blown-up to 16mm for a dreamlike effect, “Critical Mass” is a strange, poetic vision of childhood. From its first vision sequence to its consequential conclusion, the film follows one boy’s wanderings, both internal and external, as he tries to make sense of his world. Life, death, time and place become interchangeable when he happens upon a dead crow, a barren hilltop, and a small boy who serves as a catalyst for his actions. “A low key tale of guttersnipe mysticism… ‘Critical Mass’ is heavy on mood and symbolism, with Cannizzaro drawing some beautiful compositions. What’s…