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The Mystery of the Missing Matron

Producer: 
Nico Elia
Director of Photography: 
Chelsea Spear
Writer: 
Chelsea Spear (after Carolyn Keene)
Director: 
Chelsea Spear
Cast: 
Antonia Pugliese, Jeff Landale, Donna Baden, Emily Casey, Kyra Cochrane, Catherine Dixon, Donna Gilberto, Cat Grimm, Skye Murie, Holly Payne-Strange, Ginny Tonkin
Year of Release: 
2009
Plot/Description: 
Wendy Strong has exhausted all the leads relating to the disappearance of local arts patroness Mrs. Augustine. Can a gift from her boyfriend lead to a break in the case?
Filming Locations: 
Elizabeth Peabody House, Somerville Ma; Miss Spear's apartment, Medford, Ma.; Gloucester, Ma. (exteriors)
Contact Person: 
Chelsea Spear
Posted Email: 
ogygia.ave@gmail.com
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The Elm Street Book Club

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Producer: 
Kris Hackel
Production Company: 
JSW Films
Writer: 
Josh Woolf
Director: 
Josh Woolf
Cast: 
Lee Citron, Matt Hedges, Molly Schnelle
Year of Release: 
2003
Plot/Description: 
Three members of a quiet neighborhood book club read and exchange books in an eerily utopian manner, until one member decides to break the rules.
Filming Locations: 
Universal Studios Hollywood
Posted Email: 
josh@jswfilms.com
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Embracing Uncertainty

By Andrea Maxwell

David Baeumler talks about being unpredictable and the making of his films Safety and I Cannot Understand You, which will screen as part of the Balagan Experimental Film & Video series on May 1.

Dave Baeumler has been making films since 1992 which, according to the website for his production company Sometimes on Sundays, make you think, make you feel, and make you unsure. His latest film Kuboå was recently given a screening at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. Closer to home, two of his films, Safety and I Cannot Understand You, played at the New England Film and Video Festival last October. And this May, Baeumler’s work will be part of Boston’s Balagan Experimental Film and Video Series. Baeumler read more...

Perception

Producer: 
Aaron Tsang
Production Company: 
Mute Eleven Productions/Adonis Pictures
Writer: 
Michael Donis and Aaron Tsang
Director: 
Michael Donis
Cast: 
Alyse Dell, Ryan Collins, Daniela Gonzalez, Jeff Churchill, John Kraft
Year of Release: 
2003
Plot/Description: 
The film explores perceptual differences and their relationship with clinical schizophrenia.
Filming Locations: 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Alphabet

Producer: 
Chelsea Spear and Kat Thomas
Production Company: 
pixievision productions
Writer: 
Chelsea Spear
Director: 
Chelsea Spear
Cast: 
Catherine Pano
Year of Release: 
2002
Plot/Description: 
Told from the perspective of Emily, a twelve-year-old math genius and french horn player, Alphabet looks at the correlation between music and math and how both are used to communicate.
Filming Locations: 
Medford High School, Medford, MA; Suffolk University, Boston MA
Contact Phone: 
617-775-1118
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Healthy Men

Producer: 
Maire Elliott/Justin McIntosh
Production Company: 
Healthy Productions
Writer: 
Ben Spiegelman
Director: 
Ben Spiegelman
Cast: 
Het Haudenwurst
Year of Release: 
2000
Plot/Description: 
This is a story of a young woman (Prudence) living at the turn of the century, who is diagnosed with schizophrenia and committed to a new mental hospital. Prudence feels that she has been wrongfully committed and must prove her sanity. Over the course of the film, it becomes cleear that both her family as well as the doctors at the mental institution have "issues" of their own. Prudence finds redemption among a traveling circus, where differences are accepted and celebrated.
Contact Phone: 
(877) 569-8466
Posted Email: 
healthymen@ureach.com
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The Sum of Her Parts

By Stephen Brophy
Still from "Sum Total"

Sonali, the filmmaker of "Sum Parts" talks about her goals and beginnings, both as filmmaker and activist.

Wth multiplexes and wide release, filmmakers more and more frequently are removed from their own films. Film festivals, however, provide that rare opportunity for filmmakers to once again be recognized as part of the equation. Kathleen Mullen, the Film Program Coordinator for the Museum of Fine Arts Film Program in Boston and curator of this year's Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival, strived to bring the filmmaker and his or her work together again, and Mullen's inclusion of short read more...

On the Edge: The 2nd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival

By Dave Avdoian
"Little Shots of Happiness" was part of last year's Boston Underground Film Festival.

David Kleiler creates a celebration of films running counter to the mainstream at this month's 2nd Boston Underground Film Festival.


We're discussing underground films. I'm not sure what the term means. David Kleiler, organizer of Boston's Underground Film Festival, is helping me out: "Anything labeled underground has to be in part subversive, in part potentially offensive." These are films that stretch the boundaries and push buttons, sometimes tastefully, sometimes not. They test audiences.
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