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Po Mo Knock Knock

A short film written by David Ball and directed by Greg Pak

1998, 3 minutes, B&W. A pair of tortured artistes confront the impossibility of communication by telling post-modern knock-knock jokes.

The film was produced by the Pollyannas, a New York based improvisational comedy group, and completed with a grant from the Experimental Television Center, Ltd.

Knock Knock: David Ball
Who's There: Bill Stiles
Vin Knight: Vin Knight
French Voice: Frances Barney

Director, Producer, D.P., Editor: Greg Pak
Screenplay: David Ball
Music: Rick Knutsen
Assistant Director: Jennifer Whitfield
Assistant Camera: Trip Kirkpatrick
Gaffer: Lukas Ettlin
Grip: Vlasi Parlapanides
Sound Mixer: Tosh Yamaguchi
Boom: Caroline Cucchiara
Art Direction: Trip Kirkpatrick & Jennifer Whitfield
P.A.: Pam Goldman

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Film Threat on "Po Mo Knock Knock"

"A hilarious parody of art-wank experimental film"
-- Film Threat Weekly

Distinctions

Awards & Nominations

1999 First Place Experimental Film
Rhode Island International Film Festival

1999 Best Experimental Film
Marin County National Festival of Short Films

1999 Experimental Film Award
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH

1999 Certificate of Merit
San Francisco International Film Festival

1998 Finishing Funds Award
Experimental Television Center

1998 Jury Award Winner
New York Expo

1998 Finalist
Austin Heart of Film Festival

Television Screenings

1999 "video i" shorts anthology program, KTEH San Jose public television

Festivals and Screenings

2001 San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival
2001 East Bay Gay Asian Film Fest, Berkeley, CA
2000 Cricket Moon Cinema, Zeitgeist Bar, San Francisco
2000 Firewater Films Screening Series, NYC
2000 Arizona International Film Festival, Tucson
2000 Turin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
2000 American Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan
2000 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
1999 AmerAsia Int'l Film & Video Festival, Montreal, Quebec
1999 Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival
1999 Hi/Lo Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
1999 Ohio Independent Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
1999 Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival
1999 Freaky Film Festival, Urbana, IL
1999 Mix NYC Film Festival
1999 Cinema Lounge, IFP West, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Rhode Island International Film Festival
1999 Cape May Film Festival
1999 Marin County National Festival of Short Films
1999 San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
1999 Florida Film Festival
1999 San Francisco International Film Festival
1999 Athens International Film Festival, Athens, OH
1999 Atlanta Film and Video Festival
1999 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film & Video Festival
1999 New Filmmakers screening series at the Anthology Film Archives, NYC
1999 PS 99 Film Festival, NYC
1999 Video Lounge at the Knitting Factory, New York, NY
1999 Film Fest New Haven, New Haven, CT
1999 Carolina Film & Video Festival, Greensboro, NC
1999 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival, San Jose, CA
1999 Ocularis Screening Series, Brooklyn, NY
1998 New York Expo, NYC
1998 New York Expo Screenings at the North Carolina School for the Arts
1998 Austin Heart of Film Festival
1998 Louisville Film & Video Festival, KY
1998 Carolines Funny Shorts Film Festival, New York, NY
1998 CinemaTexas Film Festival, Austin, TX

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