Whats the Lineup for Lost Film Fest? (Please Read)
The Lost Film Fest is not like every (ANY?) other film fest. “What’s playing this year?” isn’t exactly the right question.
What makes LFF unique is that it’s an interactive experience incorporating storytelling with short films. I set up a laptop and video projector in the center of the room, and show movies. The event feels much like a DJ spinning records. Instead of music, there’s narration, comedy, and video clips. I add new stuff and subtract old stuff all the time to keep the program fresh. THE ANSWER TO “what’s playing?” is almost impossible to predict. The idea is that you’ll see a curated set of short clips that have a certain feel depending on the mood of the audience and what’s happening in the news.
Imagine Mystery Science Theater 3000 mixed with a heavy helping of Noam Chomsky and Pee Wee Herman.
Below are some films that have been programmed in the past, so you may possibly see some of these films, however I have an average of 800 clips at any time on my harddrive, which I choose from.
I usually don’t create setlists in advance unless there’s a specific theme we’re going for. The spontaneity of chance is what makes Lost Film Fest unique and fun. you may not know what you’re going to see, but for sure it won’t suck.
Your humble narrator-curator-troublemaker,
Scott Beibin
To Submit films, please shoot me an email: scottb [at] lostfilmfest.org
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The Horribly Stupid Stunt Which Has Resulted In His Untimely Death
dir. The Yes Men
16 min
www.theyesmen.org
The full story of when an international law conference writes to Gatt.org inviting WTO Director-General Michael Moore to present at their forum in Austria. Big mistake: It turns out the cyber-squatted site is run by the Yes Men, a loose-knit group of anti-capitalist culture jammers who regularly orchestrate pranks against economic and government institutions. (Available on Lost Film Fest DVD volume 2)
ALSO: Check out the feature film THE YES MEN (dir. Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith) and THE YES MEN book on disinfo. The Yes Men are currently working on a new feature film scheduled to hit festivals in 2008. If you’d like to book them in your city, go to www.eviltwinbooking.org
Piefight ‘69
Sam Green/ Christian Bruno
8 min
From the director of Academy Award Nominated, THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND unearthed footage lost since 1969 of the notorious ‘pie-fight’ incident at the San Francisco Film Festival. Two dozen costumed radicals descend on the fancy black tie & red carpet festival with one fully laden pie truck and six cameras in order to wreak havoc. (Available on Lost Film Fest DVD volume 2)
World of Evil
TV Sheriff + Coldcut
7 min
www.tvsheriff.com
An amazing fast moving musical montage of images lampooning both the Bush and Kerry campaigns during the 2004 U.S. Presidential elections. Watch in amazement as Bush attempts to construct a sentence in the English language. ( musical accompaniment by Coldcut.
Looksee here!
Mandate?
Glassbead Collective + DC Indymedia
20 min
dc.indymedia.org
Hot protest footage from the streets of Washington somehow excluded from “liberal media” coverage of the 2005 inauguration of george w. bush. Pepper spray, teargas, and police brutality are interspersed between footage from the systematic destruction and massacre of civilians in Falluja by the U.S. Marines.
looksee at the MANDATE? trailer
NAFTA Dance
Evolution Control Committee
3 min
www.evolution-control.com
Evolution Control Committee created this amazing karaoke re-mix piece for Version Fest in Chicago. Featuring the music of Men Without Hats, the lyrics are hijacked in order to educate folks about the North American Free Trade Agreement. Usually this selection is accompanied by group participation.
looksee here
Fellowship of the Ring of Free Trade
St0len Collective
6 min
Now, for the first time ever, the hidden prophecies of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic epic, The Lord of the Rings, are decoded in this accurate re-edit of Peter Jackson’s blockbuster motion picture. Unbeknownst to many readers, The Lord of the Rings - once thought to be merely a story of archetypal struggle between good and evil - has been found to contain astute prophetic messages about the impending crisis of capitalist modernity. Hado i philinn! “Mordor is in our midst.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Twin Towers
St0len Collective
15 min
The long awaited sequel to the Fellowship Of The Ring Of Free Trade.
Cocktail Specials
Gray Filistine
7 min
A street theatre action in a Seattle yuppie neighborhood turns hot when the Infernal Noise Brigade and ¡TchKunG! arrange a special cocktail party.
Don’t Call Me Crazy on the Fourth of July
Rich Pell
20 min
www.appliedautonomy.org
Activist Robert Lansberry was a man who worked hard to publicize his beliefs that the government was stealing his mail. He also believed that radio signals were being beamed into his head. Through actual documentation of Stanley Milgrams mind control experiments, and CIA testing of LSD on American citizens during the cold war as well as other evidence, Pell manages to put the question out as to whether Lansberry was really crazy, or was something a bit more sinister lurking in the wings.
Lords of the Chain Ring
Adam Katzman/Zach Lihatch
7 min
Bikepunk warriors put on their jockstraps, stuff their underwear, and ride their tall bikes to avenge an attack on a fellow biker by a four-wheeled gas guzzling beast. Epic metal makes the soundtrack to this battle between two wheels and four wheels.
Terror, Iraq, Weapons
Mike Nourse
3 min
In the most hilarious way, Mike Nourse deconstructs a broadcast speech by George W. Bush illustrating how simple word repetition is used as propaganda. Watch as the American President alerts the world to the threat of Islam’s “Nuclear Holy Warriors” and uses the word “Iraq” as 3 parts of speech in the same sentence. Think Jimmy Stewart meets Josef Goebbels.
many more films are added to the lineup to keep it fresh. if you have something you’d like to submit, email scottb [at] lostfilmfest.org
The full lineup for Lost Film Fest 9.0 (which happened July 18-24, 2004) at the Rotunda can be found at [www.lostfilmfest.com/LFF8]
The full lineup for Lost Film Fest 8.0 (which happened April 10-13, 2003) at the Rotunda can be found at [www.lostfilmfest.com/LFF8]
OLD LOST FILM FEST CLASSICS: 2003/2005 (find em on youtube if you can)
Anarchy Carpet | (Siketrike)
A carpet roams the streets of Baltimore convincing the kids that a life of egalitarian cooperation would be more fun than living under consumer capitalism.
Anarchy in LA | (Jino Choi)
A primer on the most misunderstood philosophy of modern history, this piece dispels the common myths and misconceptions about anarchism while pointing out its’ relevance and influence in the current protest movement. Cameo appearance by the infamous Spock Bloc.
Crowd Bites Wolf | (Guerrillavision) 20 min
Featuring protest footage censored by the mainstream press. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund met in Prague during late September 2000. The bureaucrats were greeted by a color-coded insurrectionist army, massed to monkeywrench the meeting using a variety of direct action tactics. Despite an unprecedented police mobilization, a united resistance on the streets prevailed.
Eye of the Storm | (Raphael Lyon)
A powerful roughcut of the in-progress documentary. The film covers the rise of argentina.indymedia.org as the popular source of news in that country.
“GET ON THE SIDEWALK!… and if you don’t like it, move to Iraq.” | (nyc.indymedia.org) 7 min
On February 15, 2003 an estimated 500,000 people took to the streets of New York to protest George W. Bush’s war against Iraq. Regardless of the fact that New York City was touched directly by the tragedy of September 11, officials would not issue a permit for a march. The day of the rally, the city gave into pressure from demonstration organizers, and reluctantly allowed people to rally up the street from the United Nations HQ. As thousands of people, young and old braved the bitter cold, police assaulted the peaceful crowds, blocked streets and walkways thus preventing them from joining the rally. A carnival of democratic and artistic expression was greeted by the heavy-handed tactics of law enforcement. Police used pepper spray and mace, trampled individuals with horses, and clubbed people in the head. Protestors were subject to mass arrests though not read their rights. Access to medicine or bathroom facilities were denied as people sat in plastic handcuffs on police buses until the next day. Thousands of people with video cameras documented the abuses. The evening news falsely reported that the day had passed without incident, but the powers that be were in for a wake up call. Working overtime at the New York City Independent Media Center, amateur journalists compiled hours of video footage shot on the streets of police violence. A couple of days later a surprise press conference was held in order to expose to the world what had happened that day. On the web the video was made available and spread virally. This is the actual shocking footage of extreme police brutality on a day when people attempted to march for peace.
Gigi from 9 to 5 | (Joanne Nucho) 8 min
A Post Modern & Situationist inspired musical, “Gigi (from 9 to 5)” is a story about the perils of the endless cycle of work and consumption. Gigi sings and dances her way through her day, trying to keep up with the show. Features Gina Young and members of Black Dice.
GNN [ S-11 (Channel) Surfing the Apocalypse ] | (Guerrilla News Network) 12 min
Culled from over 20 hours of television footage recorded over a one month period and across 13 networks, S-11 Redux is a sound-bite blitzkrieg that challenges the messages we have been fed from our mainstream media and the government it serves. Be warned - this video moves quickly and will require at least two viewings to digest its full impact. You may never be able to look at the coverage of S-11 and its post-impact coverage the same way, ever again. www.gnn.tv
G-Sprout | (Mirha-Soleil Ross and Mark Karbusicky) 12 min
A cyberspace encounter turns into a trans-polysexual-vegan-docu-porno featuring urban veggie lovers speaking out on dating, intimacy, and sex in a meat-centred culture. G-Sprout neatly rolls the themes of sex and death into one. Directors Mirha-Soleil Ross and Mark Karbusicky explore the topic of vegans and vegetarians who only date their own kind. The first five minutes of the doc seem like an elaborate joke, as two online vegans with the handles Tofutits and Soyboy meet in a chat room. Over graphic footage of them having sex, the directors superimpose interviews with vegans and vegetarians explaining their preferences. What the veggies have to say fulfills the stereotype of vegans as crunchy, militant types who waffle on about “sensing and feeling desire without words” and “creating a type of magic” with a non-meat-eating partner. (Meat-eaters in the audience may squirm to learn that they apparently have six pounds of dead animal festering in their gut.) However, the tone shifts midway through the film, as the background images change from oral sex to scenes from slaughterhouses. These kinds of images aren’t new, but the directors manage to invest them with fresh significance. G-SPrOuT’s jokey tone gives way to a meaningful discourse of the level of commitment — both political and personal it takes to be an animal rights activist.
