CUFF 2013: Program F
Columbia University Film Festival 2013
May 3 - 9, 2013
A program comprising seven short films: Marvelous Fishman (Nisan Dag, 11m); Anchor (Eliya Reis, 17m); Red Car (Steven Wilsey, 19m); La Vie en Gris (Stephanie Sellars, 10m); Nuclear Family (Bongkeun Kwon, 16m); First Prize (Kevin McMullin, 10m); Knighthood (Pei-Ju Hsieh, 10m).
Marvelous Fishman
Nisan Dag | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 11m
A fish-headed man escapes the freak show where he was trapped his entire life, and he embarks on a journey with an unlikely friend in search of his home.
Anchor
Eliya Reis | USA/Israel | Hebrew with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 17m
Katherine wants to go to her parents in Europe to clear her mind. Ariel, her Israeli husband won't let her take their baby with her, so she won't go.
Red Car
Steven Wilsey | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 19m
A hard-working woman tries to make a better life for herself with the purchase of a used red car.
La Vie en Gris/Life Through Gray-Colored Glasses
Stephanie Sellars | France | French with English subtitles | 2012 | HDCAM | 10m
A struggling American actress becomes entangled with her old French director in a seductive game of cultural confrontations.
Nuclear Family
Bongkeun Kwon | South Korea | Korean and English with English subtitles | 2013 | HDCAM | 16m
A 12-year-old Korean girl resists her mom, who plans to throw her an American birthday party.
First Prize
Kevin McMullin | USA | 2013 | HDCAM | 10m
A boy finds a dinosaur in the woods, but no one believes him.
Knighthood
Pei-Ju Hsieh | Taiwan | 2013 | HDCAM | 10m
A young knight must face her WORST nightmare—her first training bra.
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