OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival
Each night of the OSTN-Internet2 Film Festival focused on different areas of the OSTN Channel’s programming: short films, documentaries and student television shows. The screenings spotlighted select student work from institutions such as USC, Brown University, Duke University, the Asian Young Filmmakers Forum and the International Film School of Paris as well as work from Cleveland-area schools such as Oberlin College, John Carroll University and the University of Akron. The documentary screening also featured portions of OSTN’s first ever public service initiative, HBO’s “Addiction.”
Showcase Details
OSTN Short Film Showcase – Thursday, July 19 7-9PM EDT
This showcase featured two hours worth of the year’s best short films from around the world, including two premiers from the 2007 Ivy Film Festival, The Guided Storm from Jeonbuk Independent Film Association and Cataracts by Nina Sarnelle from Oberlin College. Other Ivy Film Festival competitors featured were Attack of the Cephalopods by Eric Bramley and Dave Logan from Duke University and Crispy Bacon by Olivier Farmachi from the International Film School of Paris.
OSTN Documentary Film Showcase – Friday, July 20 7-9PM EDT
Friday’s showcase presented two hours of the OSTN Channel’s best documentaries. Works included Trauma by Robert Duns from John Carroll University, Voices of the Past, Faces of the Present by Genna Duberstein from Ohio State University, and a show from OSTN’s first ever public service initiative, HBO’s Addiction.
OSTN Student Television Showcase – Saturday July 21 7-9PM EDT
On Saturday evening, OSTN featured the very best of its student television programming and aired favorite episodes of Brown University’s Elected, USC’s Birnkrant 616, Ball State University’s Something Else TV (SETV), and the University of Akron’s Akron After Hours.
Program Guide
Short Film Showcase: Thursday, July 19 7-9PM
This showcase featured 2 hours worth of the year’s best short films from around the world.
Guided Storm (trt 14:30) Directed by Tascha Eipe. Swinging between the present and memories of the past, this film looks at the boundaries of what one can and cannot have in the pursuit of love and relationships. Tipe made the film while participating in the Asian Young Filmmakers Forum 2006, a one-year film residency program at the Jeonbuk Independent Film Association in South Korea.
Cataracts (trt 5:00) Directed by Nina Sarnelle. This experimental film explores the physical and psychological experience of losing one’s sight to cataracts. Sarnelle produced Cataracts while studying in the Cinema Studies program at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
Attack of the Cephalopods (trt 22:08) Directed by Eric Bramley and Dave Logan. Two young cephalopods battle the evil squid in this cartoon comedic piece. Bramley and Logan studied at the Film, Video and Digital program from Duke University.
Crispy Bacon (6:00) Directed by Olivier Farmachi. Merging black and white photography, digital video, and an unrelenting beat, Crispy Bacon explores human conditioning in a surreal world. Farmachi created this piece while attending the International Film School of Paris (EICAR.)
Roskosmos (18:00) Directed by Rom Alejandro. On a secret mission in the late sixties two Cosmonauts suffer massive failure upon reentry to Earth and must deal with the fact that they will never return home. Alejandro currently attends the University of Virginia.
Remaining films TBD.
Documentary Film Showcase: Friday, July 20 7-9PM
This showcase featured 2 hours worth of the OSTN Channel’s best documentaries.
Trauma (30:00) Directed by Robert Duns from John Carroll University. This piece was shot at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland, Ohio, and exemplifies in graphic detail what kids go through as a result of gang and street violence, every day of the year. This piece is shown to youths in the Huron Hospital Youth Diversion Program.
Voices of the Past, Faces of the Present (57:41) Directed by Genna Duberstein. This documentary features interviews from survivors of Japanese internment camps from World War II living in Ohio today. Duberstein, an art and Spanish major from the Ohio State University, taught herself to shoot and edit during production, as well as research through online archives and record voiceovers to finish the piece.
Addiction “Understanding Relapse” (20:00) Directed by Susan Fromke. What leads to relapse? Why is drug addiction a chronic, relapsing disease? Experts explain that relapse is not the failure of treatment but part of the disorder. Addiction is featured on the OSTN Channel as part of OSTN’s first ever public service initiative.
Student Television Showcase: Saturday July 21 7-9PM
OSTN showcased the very best of their student television shows.
Elected (30:00) Executive Producers Matt Vascellaro and Kent Haines. How does a school full of leaders choose its leaders? This comedy tries to answer that question and more in this mockery of student government. Vascellero and Haines produced this series independently while attending Brown University.
Birnkrant 616 (30:00) Executive Producers Logan Burdick and Jonathan Levine. Birnkrant is “a show about life, love, and world domination.” There are two main groups of characters on the show: the “kids,” regular college-aged students trying to make it in this crazy world, and the “Nazis,” seemingly transplanted World War II Nazis that live next door in Birnkrant Residential Hall. Produced by Trojan Vision at USC.
Something Else TV (SETV) (30:00) Executive Producer Luke Johnston. SETV is a student run sketch comedy TV show loosely based on shows like Saturday Night Live, Mad TV, and The Chappelle Show. Produced by Cardinal Vision 57 at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Akron After Hours (15:00) Executive Producer Phil Hoffman. Late night show wrapped in a college burrito with Monty Python sauce. Add a parcel of SNL and a dash of Chappelle. Serve with Kids in the Hall and you’ll have yourself a recipe for laughter. Produced by ZTV at the University of Akron.
