Eastern Oregon Film Festival

Hopefully you were at EOFF 2010... If not, here's what you missed:

OPENING NIGHT BLOCK
10/21 - 7:00 p.m.


Exit Through the Gift Shop

Director: Josh Lowman
Running Time: 10 min

We Are Croissan'wich

A short film about advertising, friendship and breast pumps.

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Director: Banksy
Running Time: 89 min
Intended for a mature audience

Exit Through the Gift Shop

The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results.

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Hillfolk Noir

Opening Night After-party

Music by Hillfolk Noir at a houseparty-style after-hours social event at White House Coffee.

Discuss the films, drink coffee or wine (or both), eat some pie. Event kicks off at 9:00 p.m. $5.00 cover charge for non Festival Pass holders, so click here to get your All-Access Festival Pass. All ages are welcome.

FRIDAY BLOCK 1
10/22 - 12:50 p.m.

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Friday 12:50 pm
Director: Ray Nomoto Robison
Running Time: 25 min

The Bag

A simple yet disturbing story of an elderly woman who has grown tired of living.

Open Five

Director: Kentucker Audley
Running Time: 72 min

Open Five

The story of Jake, a struggling musician and his sidekick, Kentucker, a maker of "poor" films and what happens when two girls (Lucy and Rose) venture down to Memphis for a long weekend.

FRIDAY BLOCK 2
10/22 - 3:20 p.m.

Nature Man - Episode 2

Director: Michael Surber
Running Time: 4 min

Nature Man: Episode Two

Join Gregory Fairweather for another adventure in education, hallucination, and the outdoors.

Billy Was a Deaf Kid

Director: Burke & Rhett Lewis
Running Time: 89 min

Billy Was a Deaf Kid

The classic "I hate your guts, no wait, I like you, my brother is deaf, let's ride a couch down the street" love story.

FRIDAY BLOCK 3
10/22 - 5:45 p.m.

A Day's Work

Director: A Day's Work
Running Time: 15 min

A Day's Work

On the outskirts of Prague, Anna shows up for a dubbing session of an American film. What follows is something unforeseen, and gives us a unique glimpse into the depths of Anna's inner world.

Daddy Longlegs

Director: Ben & Joshua Safdie
Running Time: 98 min
Intended for Mature Audiences

Daddy Longlegs

Every year, Lenny gets to spend two weeks with his two young sons. He faces the choice of being their father or their friend, with the hope that these two short weeks will feel like six months.

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FRIDAY BLOCK 4
10/22 - 8:30 p.m.

Sapsucker

Director: Christopher Holmes
Running Time: 10 min

Sapsucker

One man's determination to track down a rare woodpecker wreaking havoc on his house puts him on the warpath.

Putty Hill

Director: Matt Porterfield
Running Time: 85 min
Parental Discretion is Advised

Putty Hill

A young man dies of a heroin overdose in an abandoned house in Baltimore. On the eve of his funeral, family and friends gather to commemorate his life.

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Friday Night After-party

By this time you'll have done quite a bit of sitting. You deserve a late-night, loud, sweaty, intoxicated after-party.

The bash will kick off around 10:30 p.m. at Benchwarmers Pub & Grill in downtown La Grande, Oregon. Special perks for those who show their Festival Pass.

Music by Portland band Yeah Great Fine and regional favorite Finn Riggins will begin at 11:00 p.m.

SATURDAY LOCAL SHOWCASE
10/23 - 11:00 a.m.

Small Town Heroes

Director: Chuck Peters
Running Time: 10 min

Small Town Heroes

A small town Mockumentary film crew head into the small college town of La Grande Oregon to uncover the truth behind super hero sightings in the area but what they find...will change their view of shopping...forever.

One Monster Down

Director: Luke Zwanziger
Running Time: 9 min

One Monster Down

A classic tale of vengeance and justice. Shot and edited in 48 hours for the La Grande Summer Film Project.

Once a Loser

Director: Jared Richard
Running Time: 10 min

Once a Loser

A universal comedy that begs to answer the age old question, can a tiger truly change their stripes?

Pool Room

Director: Ian Clark
Running Time: 57 min
Intended for Mature Audiences

Pool Room

A reclusive young man lives out his days exploring the surrounding landscape and collecting discarded treasures, spending most of his time in isolation until he meets Bonnie.

SATURDAY BLOCK 2
10/23 - 3:50 p.m

Pants

Director: Luke Zwanziger
Running Time: 5 min

Pants

A story about a guy chasing his pants in the desert - sometimes the pants chase him too.


The Age of Stupid

Director: Fanny Armstrong
Running Time: 98 min

The Age of Stupid

The Age of Stupid stars Pete Postlethwaite as a man living in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage and asking: why didn't we stop climate change when we had the chance?

SATURDAY BLOCK 3
10/23 - 6:30 p.m

Lost Turtle

Director: Dustin Guy Defa
Running Time: 10 min

Lost Turtle

A short film about heartache.

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Director: Jessica Oreck
Running Time: 90 min

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo

Working backwards through history, this film explores the mystery of the development of Japan's love affair with bugs.

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CLOSING NIGHT BLOCK
10/23 8:45 p.m

Pianos by AGF


Running Time: 3 min

Pianos by AGF

A computer animated, audio visual abstraction. Produced by designers at the Academy of Art University, San Francisco, with the blessing of Berlin artist AGF.

The Taqwacores

Director: Eyad Zahra
Running Time: 83 min
Intended for Mature Audiences

The Taqwacores

Yusef, a first-generation Pakistani engineering student, moves off-campus with a group of Muslim punks in Buffalo, New York. His new "unorthodox" housemates soon introduce him to Taqwacore - a hardcore, Muslim punk rock scene that only exists on the West Coast.

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

The Decompression Party

Music by Sons of Guns as we all reel in the radness of what we've just seen. Location TBA.

 

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