Hooray for Mister Touchdown
by Rod Bingaman, State College, PA

Narrative, 80 minutes

A fast-paced, screwball comedy set in 1932 and filled with wisecracking reporters, gun-toting mobsters, a physics-worshipping football star, his lovelorn girlfriend and a singing priest. Hooray for Mister Touchdown is the snappy-patter-strewn tale of Deke Chambers, star fullback for City College’s Fighting Woodchucks, who, with Professor Strumpf, invents an electrolyte solution that causes Deke to de-materialize whenever he becomes aroused. When the gangsters, who are out to fix the big game, realize that Deke can disappear, they kidnap him. It’s up to Deke’s girlfriend, Betty Williams, Professor Strumpf and Father Barnigan, the dulcet-toned clergyman, to rescue him. And like any 1930’s film, there’s no profanity, sex or violence — it’s all implied.

An Exercise in Communication
by Tara Autovino, Long Island City, NY

Narrative, 4 minutes

Girls gets bored. Girl goes for a walk. Girl comes home. A humorous look at parents, children, and television.

I Ran With A Gray Ghost
by Levi Abrino, Brooklyn, NY

Narrative, 5 minutes

A quirky, lonely 10-year old “superhero” runs with a stolen dog. An offbeat dynamic duo.

No Gray Twilight
by Richard Bucher and Katherine Bucher, Encino, CA

Documentary, 9 minutes

Observe several young cowboys as they prepare for their rough stock events at an American rodeo. Shot in a unique black and white style with visuals that add to the tension of man vs. beast. Inspired by the City Symphony films of the early 20th century, the backstage paintings of Degas, and the Americana portrait photography of Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus.

Post Industrial Symphony
by Jason Middleton, Durham, NC

Experimental, 17 minutes

A visual essay contrasting an old industrial downtown wasteland with modern suburban complexes. Stirring visuals and sounds show the desolation of both urban and suburban environments. This film also brings to mind the style of the City Symphony films of the 1920's, known for celebrating life of the modern industrial city.

You Are Not From Here
by Diane Bonder, Brooklyn, NY

Experimental, 10 minutes

A record of our rapidly disappearing vernacular landscape. A look into places that time forgot and places that will soon no longer exist. Bonder’s work has been screened at the Whitney Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Anthology Film Archives, San Francisco Cinematheque, and at festivals internationally.

OÏO
by Simon Goulet, Montreal, Canada

Experimental, 10 minutes

140 gallons of paint, 56 colors, 23,000 feet of film, 33,000 digitized images, 360 frames per second, a catapult, lots of friends, passion and patience equals…nine minutes a dazzling and wholly unique visual spectacle. Simon Goulet evokes the magic of color and movement by combining painting and the cinema to create a dazzling and wholly unique visual spectacle.

Eleven Years of Colours: Creating OÏO
by Eric Tessier, Montreal, Canada

Documentary, 44 minutes

This documentary chronologically traces the artistic, technical and financial processes of Simon Goulet as he creates OÏO, from original idea to the music of René Dupéré, not to mention the particularly complex filming and editing required.

Once Upon a Time There was a King
by Massimiliano Mauceri, Florence, Italy

Narrative, 10 minutes

The tumultuous relationship of a stylish Italian couple. If you’re right, you’re wrong, and if you’re wrong, you’re right. Sometimes you just can’t win.

Resident of Earth
by Paul Tarrago, London, England

Experimental Narrative, 15 minutes

About the lure of living with less gravity. It’s about weight ­ and waiting ­ and south London and stasis, and the ongoing colonization of the moon. Experimental, yet definitely heartfelt.

The Insect Collector
by Eli Schwanz and Matthew Kiskis, Toronto, Canada

Narrative, 19 minutes

A man's attempt to kill his wife goes horribly awry. The film deals with a modern insular family and their attempts to maintain their fractured lifestyle.

Joe Kid on a Sting-Ray: The History of BMX
by Mark Eaton and John Swarr, Philadelphia, PA

Documentary, 90 minutes

This film documents the evolution of a sport created by kids who in the 1970’s began modifying their Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycles to look like motorcycles. This documentary is the first film to take a serious look at the history and evolution of BMX bicycle riding, from the streets of 1960s suburban neighborhoods to today's stadium-packed televised Dirt, Street & Halfpipe insanity.

Nominated for Best Picture, 2005 X-Dance Film Festival.

All are welcome to join the festivities as we award the judges picks for the favorite films of the festival. Awards will be given for Best Animation, Best Documentary, Best Experimental, Best Narrative, and Best of Festival. An Audience Award will be given at the completion of the festival, based on audience votes online.

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
by Michael Schultz, 113 minutes, 1978

Select Medical IMAX Theater, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

Don’t miss this hilarious romp, with amazing music by the Beatles and an eclectic cast featuring Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees, Aerosmith, Steve Martin, Alice Cooper, and more!

A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their hometown. Built around the music of the Beatles, this musical brings big name performers like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith to the big screen.

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Big Screen Version
by Aaron Valdez, Iowa City, IA

Experimental, 3 minutes

Split-screen talking heads and flying graphics collide in a musical homage to the self-righteous rhetoric of Fox News.