Rosebud Film & Video Festival - 1998 Nominees & Winners

1998 Best of Show

Entrepose
18 Mins.
Jason Hubert, Matt Pittroff, Jeff Schmale, Baltimore, MD

There will be no brightly lit tunnels or sweet distant voices for Alex Foley. Life is strange, why should death be any different?

1998 Rosebud Winners

Gifts From My Father
18 Mins.
Kim McNabb, Arlington, VA

The story of a father-daughter relationship explored through basketball, alcoholism and sexuality.

A Cultural Object: The Tampon
13 Mins.
Kirsten D'Andrea, Mt. Airy, MD

A 29-year-old woman revisits her first menstruation experiences, which brought her shame at the age of 10. Awarded Best Editor by the Washington Film and Video Council (1997) and a 1998 Individual Artist Award from Maryland State Arts Council.

Weti's Poem
5 Mins.
Lucy Gebre-Egziabher, Arlington, VA

Cinematic poetry based on Sadness , a poem written by Weti Enkie Solomon - a 12 year old girl. The work was shot with a 2-person crew. Lucy is from Ethiopia and is in the MFA Film program at Howard University.

Abusive Parental Guidance Suggested
3 Mins.
Matt Kovalakides, Hyattsville, MD

This shock-mock public service announcement is a dark comedy which describes what can happen when abusive parents cross the line.

Honorable Mentions

Detention
83 Mins.
Darryl LeMont Wharton, Baltimore, MD

The story of a high school teacher who brings together five students on a Friday afternoon to help them realize their potential.

Nappy
28 Mins.
Lydia Ann Douglas, Takoma Park, MD

The story of fourteen Black women and girls who decided to stop straightening their hair and go natural.

Visible Traces
6 Mins.
Serena Lin, Arlington, VA

A tenuous relationship between two unseen people unfolds in an imaginary electronic landscape. The animation explores virtual environments as a touchstone for emotional communication.

Albuquerque Sunset
7 Mins.
Edward Bishop, Pericles Lewnes, Severna Park, MD

As a boy, Joshua Mobley used to listen with rapt attention to his grandfather's stories of World War II. In the early 90s, Josh had the foresight to record some of the stories on tape.

Zealots From Hell
45 Mins.
Sean Harris, Eddie Becker, Debra Rowe, Washington, DC

When serious journalism collides with the underground, there's no telling what might happen next. But anything goes on this wild, surreal docu-whacky impression of the massive Washington Promise Keepers Rally.

1998 Rosebud Nominees

Gifts From My Father
18 Mins.
Kim McNabb, Arlington, VA

Basketball, alcoholism and sexual identity are themes in this exploration of a father and a daughter.

A Cultural Object: The Tampon
13 Mins.
Kirsten D'Andrea

A 29-year-old woman revisits her first menstruation experiences, which brought her shame at the age of 10. Awarded Best Editor by the Washington Film and Video Council (1997) and a 1998 Individual Artist Award from Maryland State Arts Council.

Weti's Poem
Lucy Gebre-Egziabher, Arlington, VA
Synopsis: Cinematic poetry based on Sadness , a poem written by Weti Enkie Solomon - a 12 year old girl. The work was shot with a 2-person crew. Lucy is from Ethiopia and is in the MFA Film program at Howard University.

Detention
83 Mins.
Darryl LeMont Wharton, Baltimore, MD

The story of a high school teacher who brings together five students on a Friday afternoon to help them realize their potential.

Nappy
28 Mins.
Lydia Ann Douglas, Takoma Park, MD

Black women talk. Why did they decide to stop straightening their hair and go natural?

Albuquerque Sunset
7 Mins.
Ed Bishop and Pericles Lewnes, Severna Park, MD

As a boy, Joshua Mobley used to listen with rapt attention to his grandfather's stories of World War II. In the early 90s, Josh had the foresight to record some of the stories on tape.

Zealots From Hell
45 Mins.
Sean Harris, Eddie Becker, Deborah Rowe, Washington, DC

When serious journalism collides with the underground, there's no telling what might happen next. But anything goes on this wild, surreal docu-whacky impression of the massive Washington Promise Keepers Rally.

Photosenitive
16mm Film
Gail Karp, Arlington, VA

A doctor tries to help her patient overcome irrational fears - or are they?

Louisville
16mm Film
Joy Lusco and Scott Kecken, Baltimore, MD

Estranged for years, a father and son begin to deal with resentment and anger.

The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase
Joshua Oppenheimer, Chevy Chase, MD

A haunting exploration of the demons in our national psyche. Believing that her new-born Messiah has been replaced by the Antichrist, Mary Anne acts to hasten the end of the world.

Sabrina
Video
Marc Dyson, Brentwood, MD

A woman's fantasies. Marriage, children and death.

May's Stone
Video
Joanna Champagne, Bethesda, MD

Love and filmmaking are explored using e.e. cumming's poem Maggy, Milly, Molly and May.

Hail Skins
Video
Alvaro Calabia, Silver Spring, MD

Immigrants from eight different countries recite a collective poem about Washington, DC - the new home they are learning to accept.

I Believe I Can Fish!
Video
Ruth Schwartz, Washington, DC

Believe in yourself - there are many ways to succeed! The stop-motion animators are 9th and 10th graders at the Lab School of Washington.

The Audacity of Moon Advertising
Video
Maria Kyriacou and Scott Stillwagon, Alexandria, VA

Oh Oh Inkorporated has secured exclusive rights to advertising on a neighboring moon of the planet Garzosid.

Refuge
16mm Film
Jessica H. Woodworth, Afton, VA

Having fled the genocide in Cambodia, a woman makes a new life in San Francisco.

Speck
Video
David Coyne, Chevy Chase, MD

Surprising comic adventures of a simple man in search of cat food..