The Tourist Maria Venuto, Flushing, NY 28 min. This film examines issues of emotional isolation and cultural displacement as experienced by a German woman who arrives at Kennedy International Airport. The narrative is based on the true story of a young German traveler whose body was found under a footbridge at the airport. The project was inspired by a few brief newspaper reports, and combines fragments of factual information with imagined scenarios. Art of the Vampire Walter Von Egidy, New Milford, CT 50 min.
Artists are vital.
They keep in operation the precious playground of all humanity. Within them is what Anton Vardakuhla seeks. He is a different breed of vampire who's out for more than just blood. Traveling through time, Anton finds the perfect hunting ground in a band of freaky artists who specialize in quirky psychedelia. Here he meets Tinka, the embodiment of expressionistic color, and together they proceed to drain the group of its vital essence.