The Fifth Annual Big Water Film Festival
November 9th, 10th, 11th of 2012
To be held at Stagenorth in Washburn, WI
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Films
Feature
J.J. Kelley, Josh Thomas, Ben Gottfried
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 7:00pm
Before there was "Paddle to Seattle" J.J. and Josh found adventure on their "Pedal to the Midnight Sun." The duo embarks on a 1,300-mile wilderness bike journey across America's last frontier. Kelley and Thomas play the roll of newcomer explorers making mistakes and falling down hard. They address the hardships of moving through a wild land without the luxuries of a roof over their heads and all the pleasantries that come with it. However, the friends are inspired and their light humor tells the world they will never admit defeat.
Tommy Haines
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 9:00pm
Snow country's most enduring sport, as nature intended it to be played, with the fanatics that have kept it alive and thriving. Wayne Gretsky and others share their thoughts about the sport. A "Best of Fest" winner at the Minneapolis International Film Festival.
Documentary
Ian Cheney
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 4:00pm
2011 BWFF Audience Favorite Award. Garden space is in short supply in New York City — a problem overcome by growing produce in the bed of an aging gray Dodge Ram pickup. A whimsical, and sometimes musical look at an urban farmers market on wheels. Director Ian Cheney's previous work includes King Corn.
Tamas Wormser
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 4:00pm
A stunning, visually rich film that highlights the sacred nature of water and bathing rituals throughout the world. Originally from Budapest, Tamas Wormser moved to Canada in 1986, where he now lives in Montreal.
Mike Scholtz, Michael Pickering
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
A documentary look (in three acts) at the 2011 Capitol protests in the wake of Gov. Walker's "budget repair" bill proposal.
Aleshia Mueller
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
A compelling tale of social change and personal growth in the 1960's. A young man leaves his Minnesota home for Kenya as a conservative and returns to a turbulent United States with a new perspective.
Beth M. Anderson
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
A team of University of Minnesota engineering students travel to Uganda to help solve a critical drinking water shortage in a rural village.
Angela Andrist
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
A grassroots fight to save a Twin Cities landmark: the historic Victoria Theater in downtown St. Paul, Mionnesota
Steve Date
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
Gorgeous costumes and talented performers shine in this uplifting documentary that takes us backstage of Susana DeLeon's Learning Community, a group devoted to the preservation and passing on of traditional native Mexican dance.
Richard Cornell
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 11:00am
Richard Cornell paints a loving portrait of the small town at the headwaters of the Chippewa River in Ashland County, Wisconsin.
David Doering
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 4:00pm
A documentary look at the Washburn, Wisconsin protest during a visit by Gov. Scott Walker during the debate over his "budget repair" bill.
Charles Johannsen
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 11:00am
Charles Johannsen brings 40 years of filmmaking and a love of plants originally nourished in his family's greenhouse business to this story of the beginings of prairie preservation and the first piece of virgin prairie preserved as public land. The film features interviews with Aldo Leopold's children and some of his graduate students.
Short
Canyon Lalama
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
Unrequited love meets a sinister, magical accordion that can make inanimate objects dance in this humorous short.
Tony Gault
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
An artist finds his niche painting images of human skeletons. This film received an Honorable Mention at the 2011 U.S. Super 8 Film Festival at Rutgers University. Tony Gault has shared his work with the BWFF in the past and teaches film studies and media production at the University of Denver.
Sean Voysey Olson, Daniella Voysey Olson
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
A touching look at how a little boy stays connected with his soldier father by their ritual of making pancakes together.
Roberto Aznar
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
Roberto Aznar sends us his beautifully shot film from Zaragoza, Spain. A woman faces down her fears to save her son. English subtitles. Completed in 2010, Son of the Sea has won awards at film festivals in Zaragoza and Asturias (Spain), Pasto (Columbia), Vesak (Sri Lanka), Houston, North Carolina, and Indie Fest (California), and was an official selection at the New York Short Film Festival.
Jason Shahinfar
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
Two friends with a unique approach to the winter sport. Shot on location in South Dakota.
Jamie Ischer, Amanda Becker (cinematography)
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
A string of kolache dough leads to a connection with the baker's family.
Tom Radovich
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 4:00pm
2011 BWFF Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award. What are the dreams of bulletin board fliers posted on a dormitory wall? This inventive short tells the tale of one such flier who dreams of the sea. The BWFF is scheduled to be Inkjet's theatrical premier.
Doug White
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
2011 BWFF Best Short-Short Film. Looking for love in all the wrong places can be hazardous to one's health. The BWFF will be the theatrical premier of Girl of My Dreams.
John Akre
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
Okay, so November in Wisconsin may not be the best time to show a film that takes an iconoclastic view of the state's pre-Thanksgiving, blaze-orange draped Holy Week. But we think even those audience members who are already out scouting their deer stands will be able to appreciate the delightful animation and soundtrack of this film. Who knew deer hummed so melodically? Deer Diary will make its theatrical premier at BWFF.
Tom Schroeder
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 4:00pm
2011 BWFF Best Short Film. The simple and elegant line drawings of this animated film belie the complex emotions that arise when a third person becomes involved in a bicycle race staged between two friends to determine the greatest cyclist of all time. A sure hand and a light touch make this a film you'll remember.
David Doering
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
David Doering stays in the saddle to show us how real cowboys ski down Mt. Ashwabay. Dave is a rock-star public school teacher, whose tech ed students at Bayfield High routinely beat the pants off the competition at state-wide electric car trials and other events.
David Doering
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 4:00pm
This short is a dramatic promo for an all-human-size-puppet production of Animal Farm staged earlier this year at StageNorth. Dave's cinematography captures well the fear on which the barnyard's power structure relies.
Steve Date
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 11:00am
2011 BWFF Honorable Mention. A true, and truly touching story, turning on the link between a summer in Coalwood, West Virginia, and a life-changing re-appearance 40 years later.
John Gigrich
Show Time:
November 5, 2011 - 2:00pm
The conventions of the slasher movie are treated with tongue-in-cheek fun in this short.
Tony Woiak
Show Time:
November 4, 2011 - 9:00pm
Last year's winner in BWFF's short-short category, this film illustrates the perils of line-drying clothes in mid-winter, as observed by a Welsh corgi. This special screening is a tribute to our friend and Washburn filmmaker Tony Woiak, who recently passed away.
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