Event

Lunchfilm (shorts)

JAMES FOTOPOULOS, KEVIN JEROME EVERSON, JEM COHEN, BEN COONLEY, MIKE PLANTE, CAM ARCHER, ROGER BEEBE, JAMES BENNING, JAMES CLAUER, BILL DANIEL, SHARON LOCKHART, EILEEN MAXSON, CARSON MELL, NINA MENKES, CHRIS PETERS, ELIZABETH SKADDEN, SEBASTIAN WOLF, ZELLNER BROTHERS
SHORT VIDEO MIN NEW YORK PREMIERE
Curated by Mike Plante

By accident, I started a series of lunch shorts. Me and James Fotopoulos were eating lunch two years ago - appropriately at NYUFF 'ÂÂ05. Homecoming!

The place only took cash. Fotopoulos didn't have any, he's a filmmaker. So I made him a deal: I'll buy the lunch and he trade me a short film for the same cost. We made up rules on a napkin, as a challenge and referring to subjects we talked about over lunch. Since then 25 lunch shorts have been commissioned- here are the ones finished. Only one copy of each film exists.

While each film has its own rules and ideas, the overall metaphor is a basic one: it is very easy to help a filmmaker. Be a part of your community. Buy one lunch today. - Mike Plante

Filmmakers include:
Cam Archer, Roger Beebe, James Benning, James Clauer, Jem Cohen, Ben Coonley, Bill Daniel, Kevin Everson, James Fotopoulos, Sharon Lockhart, Eileen Maxson, Carson Mell, Nina Menkes, Chris Peters, Elizabeth Skadden, Sebastian Wolf and the Zellner Brothers.