2nd Annual Brooklyn Underground Film Festival

Line-Up of Films, Music and Art

The 2nd annual Brooklyn Underground Film Festival (BUFF) will showcase 97
films from 12 countries between October 8-14 in their DUMBO screening room
and mainspace. BUFF 2003 includes 32 world premiers and 75 New York premiers
of underground films from around the globe. The fest is presented in a
lounge and club atmosphere with nightly music events and daily Happy Hours.Over 20 local artists will be presenting video
installations, painting, sculpture, and interactive multi-media art. Full
schedule at: Schedule

Films and participants of note include:

PUBLIC DISCOURSE (world premier film
on Brooklyn street-art);
SUCH IS MY KARMA (US premier doc on polish
street-kids);
NOT TOO MUCH REMEMBER (brilliant found footage montage by Tony
Gault - East Coast Premier),
BATAILLE (abstract experimental based on
Rashomon by Nicolas Provost) --The Stepfather and the Suitor (US premier,
Joe Gibbons);
3D TRICK PONY (IN 3D!!) and TRICK OR TREAT PONY (both live
performance/ video with Ben Coonley, Brooklyn artist);
THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN MINE AND JIMMY CAROL'S GAME (basketball and america from backyard
hoop, World Premier, by Seth Toedter).
IN THE FRAME (World premier, Andrew
Unger)
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE (US Premier, The Netherlands, Ada Weijer);
Also,
GUERILLA NEWS NETWORK (remixing mass media into alternative news);

RE-CODE panel (how to use video and the web to subvert Walmart)

Bands of note include MOONRAKER (just named best band in boston) and THE
AMBER SMITH. Collaborators include SCRATCH ACADEMY (presenting DJ battle Oct
10), SOUTHPAW, and KCDC SKATESHOP.

Artists of note include THE SMILE PROJECT (roaming
emotive robots by Jason Van Anden);

BUSH BOOTH by Jeff Greenspan and Will Becton

CONSUME MY GOODS (delectable pussy cookies from Nicole
Dupree);
street art from Matt Hollister,
installation from Leslie Stem,

video by Rachel Owens.