Big Teeth
Sixty Second
Film Festival
FEATURING 1-MINUTE FILMS INSPIRED BY A FAMOUS WORK OF ART CHOSEN AT RANDOM BY EACH DIRECTOR.
Thanks to all who attended the 2024 Show (9/14-15.)
Stay tuned to this space for the winners. If you want to be notified when we announce, or see when we post the show to this site, join our festival specific mailing list.
You should also check out Big Teeth Small Shorts.
Big Teeth
Sixty Second
Film Festival
FEATURING 1-MINUTE FILMS INSPIRED BY A FAMOUS WORK OF ART CHOSEN AT RANDOM BY EACH DIRECTOR.
Thanks to all who came to the 2024 show.
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If you attended this year's fest, let us know what you thought.
Big Teeth
Sixty Second
Film Festival
FEATURING 1-MINUTE FILMS INSPIRED BY A FAMOUS WORK OF ART CHOSEN AT RANDOM BY EACH DIRECTOR.
Saturday Sep 14 - Sunday, Sep 15, 2024
Screenings are every 20 minutes from 11A-6P each day.
On the :00, :20 and :40 of every hour
View the Ravenswood Art Walk Listing for more information
About the fest...
We are lucky to often work with people who recognize the power of telling a fully fleshed out story in just a minute, but ultimately the work we do is to sell a product or educate on a topic. The Big Teeth Sixty-Second Film Fest became a way to take the skills we use on a daily basis and use them for the sake of art and entertainment. This annual event ends up being a great way for us to engage our local community while also recharging our creative batteries with new ideas and methods of filmmaking.
To see some of the films, awards and other info from past seasons' keep scrolling. If you love short shorts, check out our other fest too.
Congratulations to all of the filmmakers, actors, and crew on an excellent 2024 Show.
Watch the awards ceremony here...
and scroll down to see this year's crop of awesome 1-minute films here.
2024
Run of Show
2024 Films & Filmmakers
(in order of appearance)
1
What's The Worst That Could Happen
Julie Schultz-Wallace
The Ambassadors
Inspired by:
Hans Holbein the Younger
Best Artistic Interpretation
3
Tiny Things
Katrina Zimmerman
Black Iris
Inspired by:
Georgia O'Keffe
5
The Threadbare
Joshua Tammaro
Maman (Sculpture)
Inspired by:
Joshua Tammaro
7
Merge
Danny McCarthy
Spain
Inspired by:
Julian Schnabel
9
You Say Goodbye, I say "Cheese"
Carmen Jaffe
John Lennon; Yoko Ono (Photo)
Inspired by:
Annie Leibovitz
Best Performance: Anthony Corrado
11
The P.I.
Elise Jaffe
In the Loge
Inspired by:
Mary Cassatt
2
Define Abstraction
Mishu Hilmy
Western Dream
Inspired by:
Helen Frankenthaler
4
The Four Graces
Gregg Jaffe
Primavera
Inspired by:
Sandro Botticelli
6
The Pleasures of Childhood
Scott Smith
Snap the Whip
Inspired by:
Winslow Homer
8
Blind Faith
Jordan Mullins
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Inspired by:
Emanuel Leutze
10
Spark
Isaac White
Composition VII
Inspired by:
Wassily Kandinsky
Technical Achievement Award
12
Grassroots
Jackie Frole
Joy of Life
Inspired by:
Matisse
Best Film
2023
Run of Show
2023 Filmmakers & Films
(In order of appearance)
1
Becka Riccio
Ô ma douce souffrance (Oh my sweet suffering)
Inspired by:
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Moulin Rouge: La Goulue
Winner: Best Artistic Interpretation
3
Isaac White
Madame X
Inspired by:
John Singer Sergant
Madame X
5
Jackie Avellar
So, Same Time Next Year
Inspired by:
Salvador Dalí
The Persistence of Memory
7
Julie Schultz-Wallace
Travelers Among Grief
Inspired by:
Fan Kuan
Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
9
Carlos Douglas Jr
Kinds of Blue
Inspired by:
Marc Chagall
America Windows
11
Brian Davis
Parallel
Inspired by:
Joan Mitchell
City Landscape
Winner: Best Film & Technical Achievement
2
Mishu Hilmy
The Client
Inspired by:
Diego Velázquez
Las Meninas
4
Carmen Jaffe
The Canine
Inspired by:
Joan Miró
The farm
6
Danny McCarthy
Tongue Twister Theater
Inspired by:
Arthur Sasse
Einstein sticking his tongue out, 1951
8
Elise Jaffe
Habitat
Inspired by:
Auguste Rodin
The Thinker
10
Gregg Jaffe
Creature of the Night
Inspired by:
Edward Hopper
Nighthawks
Winner: Best Performance by Joe Dempsey
2022
Run of Show
2022 Filmmakers & Films
Elise Jaffe - "Selfie with Ring Light" Inspired by Rembrandt van Rijn's Self-Portrait with Two Circles
Julie Schultz - "Dog Days" Inspired by Edgar Degas' In a Cafe/Le Absinthe
Brian Davis - "Knock'Em Clock'Em" Inspired by Nandalal Bose's Bapuji
Bryan Ward - "NecroTerror" Inspired by Paul Cezanne's The Large Bathers
Rachel Bast - "Carry On" Inspired by Marc Chagall's I and the Village
Gregg Jaffe - "The Second Helping" Inspired by Claude Monet's Houses of Parliament (Series)
Mishu Hilmy - "Two" Inspired by Frida Kahlo's The Two Fridas
Winner: Best Performance - Tori Delaney
Keriann Kwalik - "Pearl Dreams" Inspired by Jan Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring
Winner: Best Artistic Interpretation
Winner: Technical Achievement Award
Carmen Jaffe - "The Lego Party" Inspired by Pierre-Auguste Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party
Winner: Best Film
2019
Run of Show
2019 Filmmakers & Films
Alva Egan -“A Child’s Mind” Inspired by Renoir's Le Moulin de la Galette
Patrick Lewtschanyn - “Pneuma” Inspired by Alexandros of Antioch's Venus de Milo
Winner: Best Cinematography
Winner: Best Female Lead - Karina Devine
Elise Jaffe - “Late Night Meeting” Inspired by Da Vinci's The Last Supper
Bryan Ward - “Man Hit By Wave” Inspired by Hokusai's The Great Wave
Julie Schultz - “Playful Determination” Inspired by Hebru Brantley's Flyboy Mural
Keriann Kwalik - “Second Thoughts on the Second Floor” Inspired by Raphael's School of Athens
Erin Zhang - “Daphne” Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights
Becka Riccio - “Music to My Eyes” Inspired by George Braque's Violin and Palette
Gregg Jaffe - “Adam’s Hands” Inspired by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam
Winner: Best Film
Winner: Best Male Lead - Mike Schminke
Mike Trivisonno - “Dispersion” Inspired by Julie Mehretu's Dispersion
Winner: Best Artistic Interpretation
Danny McCarthy - “To Roar For” Inspired by Henri Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy
Carmen Jaffe - “Lost & Found” Inspired by Jeff Koon's Balloon Dog
2018
Run of Show
2018 Filmmakers & Films
Gregg Jaffe - “Rage” Inspired by Banksy's Rage, Flower Thrower
Danny McCarthy - “Nightly Grooves” Inspired by Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie
Winner: Best Lead Actor - Danny McCarthy
Mike Trivisonno - “Neon Heat” Inspired by Gauguin's Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
Winner: Best Lead Actress - Caitlin Aase
Carmen Jaffe - “Venus” Inspired by Botticelli's The Birth of Venus
Alva Egan - “Mirrors” Inspired by Van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait
Rocco Cataldo - “#RESIST” Inspired by Picasso's Guernica
Elise Jaffe - “Apartment 2E” Inspired by Van Gogh's The Bedroom
Winner: Best Artistic Interpretation
Patrick Lewtschannyn -“Penelope” Inspired by Coolidge's Dogs Playing Poker
Winner: Best Film
Winner: Best Cinematography
Bryan Ward - “When That Rainbow Comes” Inspired by Basquiat's Hollywood Africans
Becka Riccio - "Unsub #3” Inspired by Frankenthaler's Mountains and Sea
Jackie Avellar - “Astronaut ” Inspired by Whistler's Whistler's Mother
Julie Schultz - “The Red One” Inspired by Klee's Red Balloon
2017 Filmmakers & Films
Gregg Jaffe - “iDad” Inspired by Rene Margitte's The Son of Man
Danny McCarthy - “Forked Hearts” Inspired by Grant Wood's American Gothic
Mike Trivisonno - “The Tinkerer” Inspired by Van Gough's Starry Night
Amber Greeson - “Icarus” Inspired by Edvard Munch's The Scream
Jackie Avellar, Julie Schultz & Don Markus: - “U-Turn” Inspired by Picasso's Les Demoiselles D'Avignon
Alva Egan: - “Cultural Composition” Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's "Composition 8",
Elise Jaffe - “Woman at the Crossroads” Inspired by Rivera's Man at the Crossroads
Patrick Lewtschanyn - “Stars of Sodium” Inspired by Klimt's The Kiss
Bryan Ward - “Titanic Part II” Inspired by Goya's Third of May, 1808
Becka Riccio - “Set in Stone” Inspired by Courbet's The Stone Breakers
Rocco Cataldo- “Basket of Apples” Inspired by Cezanne's Basket of Apples
2016 Filmmakers & Films
Patrick Lewtschanyn - “A Diary of Fear - Chapter One” Inspired by Warhol's Campbell’s Soup Cans
Elise Jaffe - "The Davids Of Dating" Inspired by Michelangelo's David
Mike Trivisonno - "Revolution Go" by Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People
Gregg Jaffe - "If It Ain’t Baroque" Inspired by Rembrandt's The Night Watch
Julie Schultz & Jackie Avellar - “The Girl Without The Pearl Earring” Inspired by Vermeer's Girl With the Pearl Earring
Danny McCarthy - “Can’t Look Away” Inspired by Pollock's Number 5, 1948
Amber Greeson - "Lilies" Inspired by Monet's Water Lilies
2015 Filmmakers & Films
Elise Jaffe - "6 Corners" Inspired by Caillebotte's Paris Street; Rainy Day
Mike Trivisonno - "Sunday Afternoon" Inspired by Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Julie Schultz - "Sports Imitating Art" Inspired by Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Amber Greeson - "Nightcat" Inspired by Hopper's Nighthawks
Meg Grunewald - “On Wednesdays We Wear Pink” Inspired by Degas' Dancers in Pink
Danny McCarthy - “Shifted” Inspired by Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
Gregg Jaffe - "Blue Period" Inspired by Picasso's The Old Guitarist