Film Competition
The festival Film Competition is a juried exhibition open to students, amateurs and professionals alike. Films and videos in the categories of animation, music, documentary, narrative, comedy and experimental will be shown throughout festival weekend at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. Please support your local filmmakers by attending the showings of these original and entertaining films.
| Time | Length | Title | Description | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 2:19pm | 2min | A Self Portrait | An experimental animation created while rummaging through my apartment and my head. | Kathryn Postema |
Friday 8:25pm Saturday 4:25pm Sunday 4:25pm |
26min | Already Happened | What would you do if you found a time machine? It’s not really about time travel. I mean, it Already Happened. Award Mature Content |
Devin Cameron |
| Saturday 2:15pm | 4min | Ancient Woodland | Porcupine Mountains State Park, an old growth forest in Northern Michigan. | Deanna Morse |
| Sunday 12:35pm | 15min | Blackout | Abby awakes the morning after a party to find out that she got into a fist fight with her best friend. Mature Content |
Ashley Bunge |
| Saturday 1:43pm | 2min | Breakfast Champion | A classic tale of adventure…with cereal. | Kathryn Postema Evan Rattenbury Leah Vukovich |
| Sunday 3:05pm | 4min | Breathing Room | Examining nature through the lens of time. | Deanna Morse |
| Sunday 12:00pm | 31min | Deception | When the Prime Minister of Great Britain gets captured, 3 FBI agents are getermined to get him back. | David Regan |
| Saturday 3:05pm | 10min | Duck and Cover | A historical government propaganda film. | |
| Sunday 2:45pm | 18min | Existence Imposing on Life | Experimental film that explores existential thought through an abstract aesthetic. | Brandon Belote |
| Sunday 1:55pm | 5min | Framed | A man discovers that he’s been framed for the murder of a cop Mature Content |
Matthew Douglas Grzeszak |
| Saturday 12:00pm | 30min | Grand Homes of Heritage Hill – The Connors House | A documentary and tour of the restoration and preparation of a Heritage Hill home. | Thomas Hegewald |
| Friday 6:30pm | 15min | Hopeless Romantic | A romantic comedy about a delusional hipster that discovers real life is not like Hollywood cinema. Mature Content |
Alex Holowicki |
| Saturday 2:00pm | 11min | How Motion Pictures Move and Talk | A historic documentary about how movies are made. | Bell & Howell |
| Sunday 2:30pm | 11min | Ice Water | 3 friends discuss the importance of dreams in waking life. | Charles T. Kovalik |
Friday 7:25pm Saturday 3:25pm Sunday 3:25pm |
2min | Imagining Olympics 2008 | Stop motion paper cut out animation depictingimaginary events and hopes for world peace. Award |
Gretchen Vinnedge Deanna Morse Andrew Schremser Matthew Schremser Riley Wilson Mitchel Prahl |
| Saturday 1:00pm | 28min | Lufutuko | A documentary that presents a glimpse into the Tongo tribe in Zambia. | Josh Harney |
| Saturday 1:45pm | 9min | Mauthausen | 3 non-Jewish men struggle to find strength while imprisoned at Mauthausen concentration camp. | John Coin |
Friday 7:35pm Saturday 3:35pm Sunday 3:35pm |
55min | More Than 100 Miles | A documentary that follows cyclists from West Michigan as they train for and participate in century rides in Asheville, NC and Death Valley, CA. Award |
Thomas Scheidel |
| Saturday 1:35pm | 1:07 | No More Sidelines | A non-profit organization in West Michigan gets disabled children together to play sports and make friends. Award |
Evan Witkowski |
| Saturday 12:35pm | 23min | Perceptions of Pixels: Through the Eyes of Violence | A documentary addressing the issue of violent video games. Award |
Michael Elzinga |
Friday 7:28pm Saturday 3:28pm Sunday 3:28pm |
6min | Seasons | A man loses his wife and must cope with the loss. | Philip Carrel www.seasons.philipcarrel.com |
| Friday 6:55pm | 16min | Static | A young man attempts to contact ghosts after thedeath of his sister. Mature Content |
Ben Strack |
| Sunday 3:10pm | 16min | Students Celebrate the Chinese New Year | First-Thirds grade students from GRPS North ParkMontessori celebrate the Chinese New Year. | Suzanne Zack |
| Sunday 1:35pm | 23min | Testing the Undertow | Experimental film. | Jennifer Proctor |
| Friday 6:50pm | 4min | That’s Him | Experimental memoirs of my college career. Mature Content |
Sean Stearns |
| Friday 5:00pm | 1:16 | The Lare Williams & New Direction | A personal look inside the life of Lare Williams and New Direction Bluegrass Band. | Patty Williams |
| Sunday 1:00pm | 25min | The Yesterdog Documentary | A documentary uncovering the mysteries of Yesterdog. | Aaron Carriere/Creo Productions |
| Sunday 1:30pm | 4min | Thumbelina | Animation based on a the fairy tale story, Thumbelina. | Natsuki Kato |
| Sunday 2:05pm | 17min | Times Before Snow | On his 81st birthday, Howard struggles with his son’s impending death from terminal cancer. Mature Content |
Maxwell Rutecki |
| Sunday 12:55pm | 8min | To Sit in the Sun | A man with an illness is buried alive by his mindless sisters and villagers. | Raheeq Alzaidan |
| Saturday 2:25pm | 36min | Vito Power | An action-comedy in the spirit of an 80’s or 90’s summer blockbuster. Mature Content |
Ryan Thompson |
