Short Film by Heiko Kalmbach, USA / Germany, 2000, 16mm, © spoonfilm 2000
Prize for Most Original Short Film at New York LES Film Festival
“I dreamed New York wasn’t here. - I mean, it wasn’t in America. - I dreamed New York was in Paris. It was wonderful.”
featuring, developed with and dialogues by Penny Arcade and Edgar Oliver
cinematography by Claudia Marcel and Mario Pegoraro / location sound by Evald Ridore, Déva Palmier, Antonia Baehr / assistant director: Angela Christlieb, production managers: Giulia Marletta, Rachael Maxwell, camera assistant: Isabell Spengler, gaffer: Dietmar Post, paintings by Helen Oliver Adelson, music by Frank S. Blumm, sound design by Matthew Polis, titles by Coralie Anna Bausch, negative cutter: Noelle Penraat, lab: Du Art NY
“A pair of eccentric slackers, once exotic flowers of the early 1980’s East Village scene, find themselves beached against their will on an island of apathy and idle dreams, agoraphobic and marooned amongst the ever-encroaching restaurateurs of Avenue B. A poetic lament starring Penny Arcade.” Pandaemonium 2001, London
"One among the Inside Out programming members' not-to-be missed flicks. It is beautifully shot and challenges how we define queer film." XTRA Toronto
"Among the more notable short works screened in competition at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2000." (Filmmaker Magazine)
Screenings:
Lower East Side History Month @ Theatre 80 St. Marks, NYC, May 12, 2014, leshistorymonth.org/
Lower East Side Biography, NYC, May 29, 2013, mnn.org
Vienna International Short Film Festival, May 2010, viennashorts.com
Howl Festival New York City, USA, August 2003
New Hampshire College, USA, February 2003
Goethe Institute New York, USA, October 8, 2002
Superlounge @ GAle GAtes et al., Dumbo, New York, USA, April 19, 2002
Independent Exposure Houston, Texas, USA, March 29, 2002
The Blinding Light!, Vancouver, Canada, September 21, 2001, blindinglight.com
Independent Exposure McMurdoc Station, Antarctica, September 5, 2001
Flicker, Knitting Factory, New York, USA, August 6, 2001, knittingfactory.com
OutFest Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 16, 2001, outfest.org
Millennium Film Workshop New York, USA, June 16, 2001, millenniumfilm.org
Toronto Society of Architects, Canada, May 14, 2001
Independent Exposure Seattle, WA, USA, March 22, 2001; blackchair.com
Pandaemonium, Biennal of Moving Images London, England, March 2-9, 2001
Kino 46 Bremen, Germany, February 24, 2001
Moxie! Awards, Santa Monica International Film Festival, CA, USA, February 14-19, 2001
Art In General, NY, USA, January 13, 2001; artingeneral.org
Goethe Institute Paris, France, January 12, 2001
San Francisco IndieFest, CA, USA, January 11-18, 2001; sfindie.com
SBS Australia’s EAT CARPET, Spring 2001
MIX Festival New York City, NY, USA, November 15-19, 2000; mixnyc.org
Louisville Film & Video Festival, KY, USA, November 8-12, 2000; LouisvilleFilmFest.com
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, WA, USA, October 20-26, 2000
Next Frame Philadelphia, PA, USA, October 6-11, 2000 & international tour; nextframe.org
NewFilmMakers, New York, NY, USA, September 27, 2000; newfilmmakers.com
Young Collection, Bremen, Germany, September 20, 2000
Brooklyn Babylon Cinema, Brooklyn, NY, September 15, 2000
One Reel Film Festival Seattle, WA, USA, September 1-4, 2000; bumbershoot.org
International Short Film Festival São Paulo, Brazil, August 17-26, 2000; kinoforum.org
The New Festival, New York, NY, USA, June 1-11, 2000; newfestival.org
Inside Out Festival, Toronto, Canada, May 18-28, 2000; insideout.ca
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, May 4-9, 2000; kurzfilmtage.de
New York Lower East Side Film Festival, NY, USA, April 19-23, 2000
South By Southwest Film Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, March 10-18, 2000; sxsw.com
Distribution: The Film-Makers' Cooperative NY / Short Film Exchange Oberhausen / Micro Cinema
