Schedule

The 9th annual Red Wasp Film Festival will be Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22, 2011, at Stage Center Theater (201-B W. 26th St.) in downtown Bryan, TX. Doors open at 7 pm both evenings, and the show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are available at the door: $25/both nights, $15/one night; with student ID, $15/both nights, $10/one night.

Film descriptions to be posted soon, so check back here for more details!

Friday, October 21, 2011

  1. The Fox in the Snow (10:00) by Richard Paro: In this short romantic comedy, a women’s bible study meeting takes an unexpected turn when the members’ true motives are revealed.
  2. Kent Juliff’s An Experiment in Solitude (4:32) by Kent Juliff: A short science-fiction video about knowledge, mankind’s progress, and the fate of humanity.
  3. Tirages en serie (13:00) by Kevin Haefelin: Cornelia’s dream is a happy Polaroid picture: that of her late parents, which she’s bent on recreating with her shrink. What does it matter if he married her and had her put away? She just wants to take a picture. Here. Right now.
  4. Haiti’s Other Epidemic: Violence Against Women & Girls (40:00) by Dan Alder: This independent documentary follows the efforts of a human rights attorney from California to aid women and girls who suffered in Hait’s camps following the 2010 following the 2010 earthquake.
  5. Venti Cappuccino (6:19) by Joshua Frink and Daniel Magallanes: A love story focusing ona barista and a new coffee shop patron.
  6. CaTatonia (6:04) by Jolene Schafer: This stop motion film is a realization of a cartoon drawn in 1996 at St. Mary’s College of Maryland when the filmmaker was trying to become a biology major. Catatonic Cat sprung forth from that suffering. It is the journey of a cat trying to find his way in a world where he is alone and confused.
  7. Look at Me Again (104:00) by James Christopher, Twitchy Dolphin Flix: Three sisters struggle to keep their relationships alive as one mistake threatens to tear them apart.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

  1. An Evening Abroad (6:37) by Kent Juliff: Short video exploring ideas of loneliness, growth, and fantasy shot against our own downtown Bryan backdrop.
  2. Frankenstein of the Americas (6:20) by Clyde James Aragon: Hell hath no fury like a mad scientist scorned! After being laughed at for his research on human cell revival during a scientific convention, an angry scientist seeks revenge by creating a living man from the bodies of the dead.
  3. Morning in the Cafe (4:00) by Richard Paro: Music video for the band Coldreavers.
  4. Dog-Eared (15:00) by Joshua Tate: After a chance encounter with an old colleague, John must face his past in order to discover that the most important moments in our lives are the ones we’re making now. This film was produced in partial completion of the Film & Television MFA degree at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.
  5. Enchiridion trailer (3:00) by Mark Beal: Set in 1966, Enchiridion is the quirky tale of a young priest who is enlisted by federal marshals to aid them in dealing with a vampire they have apprehended. The title refers to a manuscript, written in Latin, that the vampire was working on when he was apprehended and is an important element in the development of the story. Starting out a s a straightforward supernatural thriller, it becomes increasingly surreal as the story progresses. Embrace the weird.
  6. Giraffe Legend (3:00) by Joshua Tate: At Kamp Kilimanjaro, drawing safari animals is serious business, especially when it comes to giraffes. When Katie is accused by her camp counselor of cheating off of a classmate’s giraffe drawing, they both come to find that Katie’s own work is picture perfect–all by itself.
  7. Open Your Eyes (12:30) by Adolfo R. Mora: What is being normal? This question resonates in Ponchin–an eleven-year old who tries to answer it while playing with his friends. Through his self-reflective journey, the complex yet personal answer lies closer to home than he can imagine.
  8. Heart Breaks Open (81:00) by Billie Rain: Model queer activist and poet Jesus prides himself in his work with the Seattle LGBT community. At the same time, Jesus is having unprotected sex and cheating on Johnny, his long-time partner. Jesus’s world implodes when he discovers that he is HIV positive, forcing him to confront his innermost fears, his relationship with his ex-boyfriend, and a future living with HIV. Faced with the unknown, Jesus is pulled from the brink of self-destruction by Sister Alysa Trailer, a [drag] nun who leads him down a path of self-discovery.