April 7-11 2010Ybor Festival of the Moving Image
Hillsborough Community College-Ybor City Campus presents the Eighth Annual Ybor Festival of the Moving Image, Wednesday, April 7, through Sunday, April 11, 2010.
This eclectic film festival explores the cinematic world of independent artists and filmmakers, offering a spectrum of features, documentaries and personal films, plus live performances, workshops and lectures.
The 2010 festival will continue to examine the social, political and philosophical implications and effects of art on the history of film, and the effects of these films on American culture.
Another theme, Global Snapshots, presents innovative films exploring the culturally diverse realms of our lives while challenging pre-existing notions of our world. The feature documentaries selected will illuminate contemporary political and cultural issues affecting and influencing our daily life.
Screenings will be held at Hillsborough Community College-Ybor, in the HCC Performing Arts Building at the corner of Palm Ave and 14th Street, Tampa, Florida, USA.
All screenings are $7.00 unless a special event. Tickets are available at the box office located in the Performing Arts Building. All festival events are free to the HCC community.
With These Hands
In 2007, after 83 years in operation, the Hooker Furniture Company in Martinsville, Virginia, succumbed to offshore competition and closed its doors.
"With These Hands" follows the last load of kiln-dried wood down the assembly line as it is cut, honed, and assembled into fine furniture.
Ichthyopolis
"Ichthyopolis", is a short, psychedelic technomation, occupying a realm where "high-camp, the absurd and the esoteric intersect".
Wild Caught
Sneads Ferry, a tight-knit, traditional fishing town on the North Carolina coast, changed suddenly in 2003 when fishermen could not compete with imported, farm-raised shrimp, their main catch. Around the same time, the picturesque village was "discovered" by real estate developers, raising the cost of land and taxes sky high.
"Wild Caught" documents the story of these fishermen.
Crackie
"Crackie" is a small masterpiece of Canadian realism, set in a bleak Newfoundland that might as well be Siberia, so remote is it from polite, middle-class Canada. A teen girl, abandoned by her drifting, drunken mother comes to live with her grandmother. She needs a home, hearth and love, the same needs as the dog, Sparky, which she adopts.
Carnival Train
From the big wheel to the midway, the house of mirrors to the dime toss, every ride on the James E. Strates Show carnival travels from town to town by train, from Florida to upstate New York.
"Carnival Train" looks at the carnies who assemble and run the rides, and who are often looked down upon by the "civilians" in the towns the show visits.
My Dog Tulip
"My Dog Tulip" is an animated film based on the celebrated novel by J.R Ackerley recounting the fourteen-year relationship between Ackerley and his adopted dog, Tulip. Much to Ackerley's surprise, Tulip turned out to be the love of his life, the ideal companion he had been searching for in vain for years.
Festival HighlightsDreamers and Troublemakers
When: April 5-15, 2010
Where: HCC-Ybor Gallery)
Who: Charlotte Lee, Christopher W. Weeks
Tickets: Free
As a complement to the 2010 Fesitval of the Moving Image, the HCC-Ybor Art Gallery will present works by two Tampa-area artists: a multi-media installation by Charlotte Lee and digital images by Christoper Weeks.
The public is invited to an opening reception 6-9pm Thursday, April 8, 2010, at the gallery, which is in the
HCC-Ybor Performing Arts Building, 2204 N. 15th Street Tampa, FL 33605.
Regular gallery hours are 10am to 4pm Monday through Friday..
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