6pm STRATEGIC OFFENSE
Co-sponsored by Pink Bloque & Queer to the Left
Strategic Cyber Defense
Dara Greenwald Chicago miniDV 4'
The Kuraquis are coming and the US Defense Department wants us all to know how to react per this instructional video.

The Invisible Hand
Lori Hiris 16mm on beta 12'
Hiris utilizes innovative sound and chalk pictures to relate the outrageous excesses, shifty relationships and sorry excuses abundant in the upper echelons of corporate America.

A Room With a View of the Financial District
Carola Dertnig Austria beta 5'
An Austrian artist reflects on her experience as a recipient of a studio on the 91st floor of the World Trade Center in 2001 in this sparse and contemplative video.

Out of Fear
Bettina Frankham Australia beta 21'
In a situation that strikingly parallels the situation of many folks from the Middle East in the US, this experimental documentary examines the personal experiences of five people who traveled to Australia seeking asylum.

The Thief of Baghdad
Diane Nerwen miniDV 4'
A shape re-examination of the Hollywood classic. This piece re-defines the original Arabian Fantasy in a world where Charlton Heston and George Bush bear remarkable resemblances...

Let My Country Awake
Janet Fuchs & Deb Huston DVCAM 50'
Last year during the WIDC festival, thousands of Chicagoans were in the streets protesting the war on Iraq. Documenting such protests in San Francisco, Washington DC and around the country in March of 2003, Fuchs and Huston have recorded here the widespread opposition to that war. Featuring prominent members of Congress, political activists, celebrities and concerned citizens, Let My Country Awake reveals dramatic predictions of consequences now being felt as a result of the Bush Administration's rush to war. The film gives a face to the millions of concerned citizens whose voices were drowned out by network news coverage of military strategies and fear-based propaganda.

8pm IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE EYE
Co-sponsored by Video Mundi

Transformation
Rachel Weiss Chicago beta 4'
The maker's creation slowly overcomes her in a quirky animated act.

Side Show Salvation
Kara Hearn miniDV 11'
What does fifty cents buy? Small pleasures and the quotidian peace of daily life in rural America, which is rapidly being lost.

I Wish, On TV
Yoon Jung Lee US/Korea 16mm 3'
A dark fantasy that one's own violent thoughts could be as bloodless, simple and devoid of consequence as they seem on TV.

Draft 9
Dani Leventhal Chicago beta 28'
A beautiful, powerful and difficult meditation on human ties to animals, nature and death in autobiographical clips that meld together to create this demanding and riveting story.

Beat Box Philly
Liz Goldberg & Warren Bass 16mm on dvd 5'
The city of Philadelphia comes to life through the sounds of local beat-boxer Warren Bass and animated expansions on reality.

In the Beginning Was the Eye
Bady Minck Austria 35mm on beta 45'
A visually dense experiment from Austria, which examines profane images through the animation of thousands of postcards.

10pm WATCHING OURSELVES WATCHING

The Little Electric Torch of the Usherette
Ok Hyun Ahn Korea/US miniDV 20'
Soundtrack and video clips play over the faces of movie watchers as this gut gripping film records their thoughts in subtitles.

A Hollywood Story
Marlene Madison Canada beta 15'
A woman repeatedly prepares her audition monologue on fame and beauty in Hollywood, revealing all that the edifice attempts to obscure.

White Palace
Jen Fisher Canada beta 4'
A "gaffer with good girl drag" thinks back over her involvement with film productions and wonders why she has so accepted willingly the role of the victim.

Dinner
Chanatip Kunasayeamporn Thailand miniDV 14'
A mouthwatering collage of meals tempt the viewer in this colorful experimental documentary about the joy of cooking, eating, intimacy and sharing meals.

Whose Dream, Which Cut?
Masami Kawai & Molly Hein beta 28'
What does it mean to be political? A Japanese-American college student questions her parents about labor rights and considers her own role as the beneficiary of their sacrifices.