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Canadian students excel in filmmaking at Aspiration Fest Student filrnmakers from across Canada showcased their work this past weekend at the Princess Cinema during the inaugural Aspirations Film Festival. With previous slum-$5635 in the world of student filmmK ing boasting such films as The Blair Witch Project, many of these young entrepreneurs will he the main-stream in movie culture of tomorrow Organizers and fundraisers David Henderson tfestival director) and Eli Craig (general manager! said the festival is unique in Canada and is at the forefront of the genre. "Basically we want to bridge the gap from student filmmaker lo independent tilmmakec" said Eli ( Imig. lhe muues covered a broad range of topics and “we displayed at a mini l hmrs' ceremony, of sorts Second Hand looked a wurld in which everybody has a fascination with playing the tuba. murh to (hr narrators discomfort. In the workplace or at home, people are con skunk playing the thing like a craaxl drug addiction. Scarecrow wat, " stab at a horror mane A father and son are getting a Scarecrow ready for the growing of their crop. The father tells the myth passed down from generation to generation that. “If it falls off the stick, it begins to live and it strangers all members of the family with the cord used to hold him in place." The story is somewhat predictable from then on. e Dirt was an excellent chase movie. No cars, but By Cums 01].“le hor lhr( [rm/m le din bikes were used. A surrealistic movie was A Series of Dreams. portraying vivid sound throughout, and embarking upon an experi- mental storyline. Santa Baby was an animar ed short film which starts off showing a young girl's Christ- mas bounty for the previous three years __ three lumps of coal. It then procetxis showing the young girl marking off Dec. 25 this year on her calerr dar. A noise from down stairs is heard and the common catch-Santa ploy is taken to new extremes We see jolly old Saint Nick hanging by his foot from the ceiling because of a nude but effective booby trap left for him. 'lhe little girl's face turns as evil as esil itself. Very funny. Apt. 310 was a scary pre- munitinn of a person's own death, which is the twist in the plot. The main character awakens after a nightmare. which included him stalking a suspicious character up to a room where he witnesses the last brutal act of a horrific murder. Upon seeing the vic- tim (the audience doesn'l) he wakes, The story continues to reveal a love affair between him and a married woman. She leaves in haste and a 'deja vu' sets in. He observes little similarities to his nightmare scattered around the room. The door handle then begins to turn and the Mn ends. A tersific piece of work Conflict was a more seri- ous tme-life piece. Recognized for its editing quality, it was a documentary on the ongoing troubles in Palestine. It shed new light on the issues that people there have m endure in everyday life - patriotism. oppression and the eye-for eye policy which all terrorists stand by. Children as young as IO, from both sides of the con- flirt. display more hate and aggression toward each other than someone of adult age in our society could fathom. In conclusion. the namtor states that "l travelled back to the land of my fathers to try and find out why it was ___ the way it was, I left more confused than when I first set out." The Dim Reaper was clear- ly the best iilm ol the ceremo- ny. It won awards for Best (hmedjc Film, Best Ensemble Cast and Best Film. It was downright hilarious - the story of a budding Grim Reaper getting ready to take over his father's mantle. But, of course, he wants to do things differently from his dear old Dad. He decides to be nice to his victims. Ihe father of a human family is the victim and we get to know the family a little before the action starts. The teenage girl of the household. who is rather obsessed with the whole Gothic/occult thing is praying to her god (the reaper) in her bedroom. Her mother calls her down for din- net. The mother's cooking leaves a lot to be desired and a few witty remarks are splen- didly executed, The young Grim Reaper is getting ready for his first call of duty. The door bell rings. The father of the family answers the door. The reaper pleasantly tries to introduce himself, but he is cut short when the father casually says, "My daughter is not coming out" and then slams the door in his face. The audience loved it. With out a doubt this was the Ttest of the