More work from writer/director Christopher Holmes

SAPSUCKER

miniDV/16:9/12 min.
Phillip Ward as Emitt
Nik Hunnicutt as Walkie Talkie Voice

One man’s determination to track down a rare woodpecker wreaking havoc on his house puts him on the warpath. What he discovers in his pursuit is an ecology of sight and sound that defies every natural property he’s ever trusted in–and an environment far more surreal than he’d bargained for. Sapsucker interweaves bird footage from Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology with live action to forge a delirious vision of ultimate justice, raising questions of the fundamental faith we place in our corporeal senses and the ephemeral laws of nature and property possession we cultivate to make them real.

Selected screenings:

Slamdance Film Festival (World Premiere - 2009), Cinequest Film Festival, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Virginia Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Indie Memphis Film Festival, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, RiverRun International Film Festival

All screenings:

DC Independent Film Festival – Washington, DC – March 12, 2011
Taos Shortz Film Festival – Taos, NM, March 6, 2011
Three Rivers Film Festival – Pittsburgh, PA – November 19, 2010
Acadiana Film Festival – Lafayette, LA – November 12, 2010
Virginia Film Festival – Charlottesville, VA – November 6, 2010
Illinois International Film Festival – Chicago, IL – November 5, 2010
Eastern Oregon Film Festival – La Grande, OR – October 22, 2010
Salem Film Festival – Salem, OR – October 16, 2010
Tacoma Film Festival – Tacoma, WA – October 9, 2010
Nashua International Film Festival – Nashua, NH – October 2, 2010
South Dakota Film Festival – Aberdeen, SD – September 10, 2010
Central Florida Film Festival – Orlando, FL – September 3, 2010
Landlocked Film Festival – Iowa City, IA – August 27, 2010
San Antonio Film Festival – San Antonio, TX – June 26, 2010
Detroit Windsor International Film Festival – Detroit, MI – June 25, 2010
Little Rock Film Festival – Little Rock, AR – June 3, 2010
Maryland Film Festival – Baltimore, MD – May 7, 2010
Athens International Film + Video Festival – Athens, OH – April 28, 2010
Boston Underground Film Festival – Boston, MA – March 28, 2010
Cinequest Film Festival – San Jose, CA – March 4, 2010
NewFilmmakers Film Series – New York, NY – February 24, 2010
San Francisco Independent Film Fest – San Francisco, CA – February 6, 2010
Anchorage International Film Festival – Anchorage, AK – December 11, 2009
Denver Underground Film Festival – Denver, CO – December 4, 2009
*winner – Best Narrative Short
Asheville Film Festival – Asheville, NC – November 14, 2009
Cucalorus Film Festival – Wilmington, NC – November 14, 2009
River’s Edge International Film Festival – Paducah, KY – November 6, 2009
Indie Memphis Film Festival – Memphis, TN – October 11, 2009
Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival – Birmingham, AL – September 26, 2009
Idaho International Film Festival – Boise, ID – September 25, 2009
Atlanta Underground Film Festival – Atlanta, GA – August 29, 2009
Nickel Film Festival – St. John’s, Canada – June 25, 2009
Int’l Short Film Festival Detmold – Detmold, Germany – June 6, 2009
RiverRun International Film Festival – Winston-Salem, NC – April 25, 2009
Hinterland Film Festival – Northampton, MA – April 24, 2009
Calgary Underground Film Festival – Calgary, Canada – April 18, 2009
IndieGrits Film Festival – Columbia, SC – April 17, 2009
Wisconsin Film Festival – Madison, WI – April 5, 2009
Akron Independent Film Festival – Akron, OH – April 4, 2009
Slamdance Film Festival – Park City, UT – January 17, 2009

ARROWHEAD

16mm/16:9/24 min.
Phillip Ward as Emitt
Greg Ray as Lyle

Two rural eccentrics jostle for ownership of a coveted arrowhead, forcing the issue to the frontier of better logic. The result is an allegorical crash course in manifest destiny and American imperialism. In Arrowhead, history is a warm shovel. Keep digging.

Screenings:

Little Rock Film Festival – Little Rock, AR – May 19, 2007
North Carolina Visions (North Carolina PBS) – May 5, 2007
Hudson Valley Film + Video Festival – Poughkeepsie, NY – October 15, 2006
Milano Film Festival – Milan, Italy – September 21, 2006
Twin Cities Underground Film Festival – St. Paul, MN – September 2, 2006
Southside Film Festival – Bethlehem, PA – June 17, 2006
Carolinas Filmmakers Showcase – Charlotte, NC – June 1, 2006
Twin Rivers Media Festival – Asheville, NC – May, 2006
*Honorable Mention
Athens International Film + Video Festival – Athens, OH – April 29, 2006
James River Film Festival – Richmond, VA – March 24, 2006
*Awards Finalist
Carolina Film and Video Festival – Greensboro, NC – February 24, 2006
Atlanta Underground Film Festival – Atlanta, GA – August 24, 2005

FENCE DOGS

16mm/35mm stills/DV/4:3/10 min.
Narrated by Frank Levering

A man’s quest to find a lost dog exposes the squalid state of a Southern town in the wake of a decimating fire. In attempting to salvage the last remaining link to a deceased brother, our protagonist discovers that he has lost more than he ever imagined. Oreo was a good dog, but even he could sense the fences.

Screenings:

Indie Memphis Film Festival – Memphis, TN – October 15, 2006
Denver Underground Film Festival – Denver, CO – August 20, 2006
Astoria Moving Picture Festival – Astoria, NY – June 25, 2006
Southern Lens, SCE-TV (South Carolina PBS) – November 10, 2005
Tulsa Overground International Film Festival – Tulsa, OK – August 19, 2005
Southside Film Festival – Bethlehem, PA – June 16, 2005
James River Film Festival – Richmond, VA – April 10, 2005
*First Prize Winner
Cucalorus Film Festival – Wilmington, NC – April 2, 2005
Anchorage International Film Festival – Anchorage, AK – December 8, 2004
Ohio Independent Film Festival – Cleveland, OH – November 10, 2004
North Carolina Visions, UNC-TV (North Carolina PBS) – October 16, 2004
Carolina Film and Video Festival – Greensboro, NC – February 18, 2004

SOLID STATE

miniDV/4:3/7 min.

Solid State is an experimental portrait of a North Carolina ice storm and its relation to residence, perception, and transitive properties in the natural world. The land is not yours and the sky is falling for you, as it always has, but only because it has to.

Screenings:

Southside Film Festival – Bethlehem, PA – June 21, 2007
Heaven Gallery Winter Installation – Chicago, IL – February 17, 2007
Carolinas Filmmakers Showcase – Charlotte, NC – May 17, 2007
North Carolina Visions, UNC-TV (North Carolina PBS) – October 15, 2005