50 Feet That Shook the World
This stop-motion homage to the silent, Russian classics takes a twisted look at the ongoing war between film and video. (Imagine Jan Svankmajer remaking Potemkin!) This film was made for LA Flicker’s “Attack of the 50 foot Reels” (1 roll of Super 8 film, edited in camera, sound created without seeing footage!)
Festivals and Awards
42nd Ann Arbor Film Festival - “Best Animation”
Nashville Film Festival
Renegade Film Festival (CA) - “Grand Prize Finalist”
Athens International Film & Video Festival - “Second Place – Animation”
37th Humboldt International Short Film Festival (CA) - “Honorable Mention”
20th International Short Film Festival – Hamburg
28th Open Air Festival – Weiterstadt Germany
1 Reel Film Festival – Bumbershoot Arts – Seattle, WA
Bearded Child Film Festival – MN
21st Kassel Documentary & Video Festival – Germany
Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video – B.C. Canada
Paris/Berlin International Meetings 2004
Berkeley Video & Film Festival – CA - “Grand Festival Award – Animation”
SNOB Film Festival – NH
21st Olympia Film Festival – WA
11th Cucalorus Film Festival – NC
Center for Art Tapes – Halifax, Nova Scotia – April 2005
Hamilton Ontario Arts Fest – August 2005
7th Short Shorts Film Fest – Tokyo 2005
Global Super 8 Day – Amsterdam – May 2005
International Festival of Cinema & Technology – NYC – July 2005
CESTA Fest – Czech Republic – September 2005
The Bearded Child Film Fest – MN
“Best of” DVD Nashville Film Festival – 2004
ASIANA International Short Film Fest - Korea
Technical Info
Year of production: 2003
Original production format: Super 8mm
Finished (screening format: Beta SP, mini DV, NTSC-VHS
Black + White
Sound (mono)
2.5 minutes