Ballston Spa Film Festival 2009

The story of one man rebuilding his life in New Orleans post Katrina with the help of volunteers from upstate NY is told by sixteen-year-old director Renee Madden.

Justin McShane gives us a boy who takes things too literally. So when he's told he needs some friends he orders some allies. This clever short combines musical comedy with a sci-fi twist.

Schenectady's own Frank Ciatto has made films in London, Chile, and Argentina. This one based on a J.D. Sallinger short story, he set in India. A soldier seeks relief from post-traumatic stress in the peace of his honeymoon by the sea.

Chris Brunner offers a look at a 99 year old woman's passion for quilting. Sadly Betty Smith died last month. She did have a chance to view this film and was excited to know it would be in the festival.

This risque send up of Boy Band-mania features Ray Liotta, Henry Rollins and a few other recognizable icons of Hollywood, in a story of pop idolatry gone too far.

What happens when dozens of local families try to cross a river in a cardboard box? Director Kent Wian shows us.

Local filmmaker Michael Whelan follows Carl Rossner from Nazi Germany to Schenectady and on to his pioneering work in superconductives and the invention of MRI technology.

Maybe you stole a test in college, but you probably didn't go to these lengths to avoid getting caught. Skidmore student (and Skidmore Film Festival director) Aaron Davis combines live action and animation to great effect.