Billville
BILLVILLE Directed By: Jena Serbu with Jon Hafer Wadsworth Magnetics, the leader in ultimate modern incarceration technologies, invites you to take a look at their latest product. Humane Electromagnetic Lockdown . Welcome to Billville. Enjoy your stay. Winner : Philadelphia CityPaper's Best Experimental Short Film Award- The Philadelphia International Film Festival Winner : Directors Choice Award- The Cape May Film Festival Premiere / Cape May Film Festival: November 20th, 2004 Official Selection: The Philadelphia International Film Festival - Festival of Independents" Philadelphia, PA ; April 9th, 2005 Official Selection: The Algonquin Film Festival The New Jersey State Film Festival Saturday June 4th THANK you: Glassboro Film Society & Rowan University's Cinema Workshop for your support The Cape May Film Festival Called Billville: "A surreal and Felliniesque vision of a future time when prisoners for capital crimes are incarcerated not by concrete walls but by those invisible boundaries created in their minds by a sci-fi inspired penal system. The visuals of this film are remarkable as is the editing of these images in layers upon one another to weave a story of a terrible crime by a man for whom the audience develops a surprising compassion." The Philadelphia Film Festival called Billville: "A wonderfully well- crafted and effective post-modernist science fiction short". uncutproductions.org
- Runtime
- 6m
- Released
- 2004
Details
Release year: 2004
Storyline
BILLVILLE Directed By: Jena Serbu with Jon Hafer Wadsworth Magnetics, the leader in ultimate modern incarceration technologies, invites you to take a look at their latest product. Humane Electromagnetic Lockdown . Welcome to Billville. Enjoy your stay. Winner : Philadelphia CityPaper's Best Experimental Short Film Award- The Philadelphia International Film Festival Winner : Directors Choice Award- The Cape May Film Festival Premiere / Cape May Film Festival: November 20th, 2004 Official Selection: The Philadelphia International Film Festival - Festival of Independents" Philadelphia, PA ; April 9th, 2005 Official Selection: The Algonquin Film Festival The New Jersey State Film Festival Saturday June 4th THANK you: Glassboro Film Society & Rowan University's Cinema Workshop for your support The Cape May Film Festival Called Billville: "A surreal and Felliniesque vision of a future time when prisoners for capital crimes are incarcerated not by concrete walls but by those invisible boundaries created in their minds by a sci-fi inspired penal system. The visuals of this film are remarkable as is the editing of these images in layers upon one another to weave a story of a terrible crime by a man for whom the audience develops a surprising compassion." The Philadelphia Film Festival called Billville: "A wonderfully well- crafted and effective post-modernist science fiction short". uncutproductions.org
Top credits
- Mark Dahl — Bill
- Brea Bee — Bill's wife
- David Bender — Narrator