CREDITS:
Director and photography: Ellen Ugelstad
Co-Director: Alfonso Alvarez
Sound and Editing: Ellen Ugelstad
Produced by: Alfonso Alvarez / ALVA FILMS
in collaboration with TWENTYONE PICTURES
CREDITS:
Director and photography: Ellen Ugelstad
Co-Director: Alfonso Alvarez
Sound and Editing: Ellen Ugelstad
Produced by: Alfonso Alvarez / ALVA FILMS
in collaboration with TWENTYONE PICTURES
DISTRIBUTION:
Norwegian Film Institute
Journal of Short Film - Volume 8 (JSF)
Micro Cinema, Seattle
FUNDED BY THE INDEPENDENT VISION GRANT
COLLECTIONS:
Exploratorium - Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception, San Francisco
MicroCinema International Collection, Seattle
ARTIST BIOS:
Ellen Ugelstad is a photographer and a filmmaker, born in Norway in 1973. She studied Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Oslo before she travelled to California where she lived for seven years. She received a BFA in photography and film from Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Besides exhibitions in San Francisco and Norway she is currently releasing her documentary film INDIAN SUMMER (70min).
California born filmmaker, Alfonso Alvarez, has worked with many of the local Experimental filmmakers in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly 20 years. Several of his films are recognized as part of the body of work by contemporary Bay Area experimental filmmakers. His films draw the viewer's attention by his outstanding use of colour and highly charged sound tracks. He has collaborated with a number of musicians and filmmakers to create multi-projector shows with live musical accompaniment. His work has screened in bars, gallerys and backyard bar-b-q’s the world over. Screenings abroad include, shows in The New York, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Austin and Denver Film Festivals. Internationally, he has screened in Mexico City, Tokyo, Singapore, Edinburgh and Paris.