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Arivaca Independent Filmmakers Exhibition
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Friday March 3rd 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Welcome Back Fans of the
Arivaca Film Exhibition!
This year in part featuring the films of
Josh Kasselman (Phoenix) and Adam Ray (Tucson)
FOOTNOTE a Promotional Teaser for
Adam Ray’s Pirate Tale Book ‘The Worthy’
Adam Ray is a independent filmmaker and
photographer from Tucson. Recent short
films included: Coyote, Bored, Matchbox and
The Dome which won Best of Arizona at the
2017 Arizona International Film Festival
“A Flower’s Life”a poetic film by Adam Ray
This film was the creative product from a collaborative artist’s retreat held in Arivaca
in the fall of 2021. Inspired by a Super 8 movie film camera, this film’s objective was
to bring back the nostalgic spirit of 1970’s experimental black-and-white cinema.
Featuring Regina Aroneo’s and poem ‘A Flower’s Life’ narrated by Amy Crater.
NETHER
LAND
An experimental project by Bart
Santello filmed during the COVID-
19 lock-downs and inspired by
imaging technology of the Pentax
K-S1 digital camera. The project's
goal was to photograph images of
an urban landscape in transition
from a post-industrial era into an
unknown future. Filmed in bold
monochrome with psycho-active
sound design, Nether Land
provides the viewer the
filmmakers perception of a
dystopian urban environment.
Bart Santello is a self-
motivated independent
digital filmmakers who
works with imagery and
sound captured from all
media formats using
both digital and
analogue equipment to
create unique and
original films. Each film
is an artistic work that
reflects the filmmaker’s perception of reality
and presents the film in a manner similar to a
dream-like state.
STEPHANIE LUCAS earned her BA in English Literature from
University of Arizona before going on to receive her
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from New York
University in Documentary Film, Art, and Social
Change. In addition to narrative shorts, she has
created numerous experimental shorts, as well as
producing documentary shorts for the Gates
Foundation, Amnesty International, and Witness, a
New York-based human rights organization founded
by Peter Gabriel.
JOSH KASSELMAN alternates between narrative,
documentary and commercial work, directing, and
shooting multiple narrative projects in development.
In addition to his work with Limitrophe, Josh is a
Gold ADDY Award-winning commercial director at
Randy Murray Productions and Narwhal Stories.
LIMITROPHE FILM, dased in Phoenix, is the brainchild of NYU-grad filmmakers Josh Kasselman and Stephanie Lucas,
along with motion-graphics specialist Dennis Valk. In addition to its award-winning narrative and documentary films,
Limitrophe brings vision and authenticity to select commercial content.
a Short film by Adam Ray
The Rabid Skunk of Arivaca
Adam Ray is a independent filmmaker and
photographer from Tucson. Recent short
films included: Coyote, Bored, Matchbox and
The Dome which won Best of Arizona at the
2017 Arizona International Film Festival
When Megan receives a surprise social invitation from a
higher-up at her company, she's worried her nerves —
and her apathetic husband — will sink her.
SCHWEREHOSEN
It’s just a game
a comedy short by
Josh Kasselman &
Stephanie Lucas
In the heyday of the silent era of film, Metro Pictures Corporation came to Arivaca,
Arizona and made a feature-length movie. It was released in May of 1918, then
disappeared. One hundred years later, the last surviving degrading nitrate copy was
discovered in a film archive in Amsterdam.
To be shown here at the Arivaca Film Exhibition, will be a 9-minute scene digitally
restored from the original Nitrate film, to exhibit a ‘work-in-progress’ of what will
eventually be a complete feature-length studio film from that era.
RESTORED 9-MIN SCENE FROM
“THE TRAIL TO YESTERDAY”
Blog for the restoration: http://trailtoyesterday.blogspot.com
While editing atomic footage for the Civil Defense, G-man Jakob Werner
discovers a strange anomaly. Realizing his career- and potentially his
sanity- is on the line, he heads back to the testing site. Once there, he
makes a shocking discovery. Someone... or something... has been born in
the mushroom cloud of atomic bombs
60: 226-252
An experimental mini-documentary filmed on
the U.S. 60, from mile markers 226-252
(Superior to Globe, Arizona).
Director/DP: Josh Kasselman
Score: Seth Kasselman
