Newport Beach Film Festival 2008

Handmade Puppet DreamsFeaturing "Faust" and "Too Loud A Solitude"In addition join us for a special live presentation with StevenRitz-Barr, Puppet and Filmmaker of "Faust". Puppets and sets will beon display!Handmade Puppet Dreams is a selection of puppet film shorts byindependent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically forthe camera. Showcasing a new generation of puppeteers embracing filmas their medium for their individual expressions, this collectionfeatures films that focus primarily on real-time performed puppetry.Stylistically, the films run the gamut from marionettes to fingerpuppets to paper cutouts; each artist articulating their own uniqueapproach to animation and film. Handmade Puppet Dreams is acompilation of contemporary artisans who carefully weave their craftof film-making and puppetry into their work, building their visions,and breathing life into their dreams.

WWW.HANDMADEPUPPETDREAMS.COMWWW.MYSPACE.COM/HANDMADEPUPPETDREAMScurated by heather hensonan IBEX productionbrought to you byheather henson&michelle renee bousquetALONG WITH LIVE PRESENTATION TO FOLLOW OF:FAUST a film by StevenRitz-Barr and Hoku Uchiyama.Dr. Johannes Faust faces a dilemma when his bargain with Mephistosours. All Faust wanted was more power, more glory, and more appeal tolure a young Gretchen. But in the end, in the face of his failure tolove, he transcends his worldly desires to achieve immorality.This film is a visual interpretation of Goethe's Faust part one, andfirst in the Classics in Miniature series. Our ambition, with Classicsin Miniature, is to use the ancient medium of Puppetry to tell classicstories for a modern audience.WWW.LAPUPPET.COM