Lake Michigan Monster
89 MIN
Filmmakers scheduled to attend
Director: Lilly Warren
Screenwriter: Lilly Warren
Producer: Nova Czarnecki, Lilly Warren
Cast: David Pulliam, Ashley Coffey, Vic Czarnecki
Belly of the Beast
narrative • • 2018 • Digital • USA • 11 MIN
What if you could swallow fun and enjoy it without getting off the couch? An inventor creates a pill that does just that in this silent but quirky short that explores the value of experience. (TI)
section: Wisconsin's Own
Director: Ryland Tews
Screenwriter: Ryland Tews, Mike Cheslik
Editor:Mike Cheslik
Cast: Ryland Tews, Erick West, Beulah Peters, Daniel Long, Wayne Tews
Lake Michigan Monster
narrative, experimental • English • 2018 • Digital • USA • 78 MIN
Guy Maddin meets Guys on Ice in this relentlessly gonzo creature feature spawned from the depths of writer/director/star Ryland Tews’ feverish, weird-bearded brain. As this black and white objet d’art opens, young Captain Seafield (Tews) has assembled a crew of specialists to help him in his quest to avenge the death of his seafaring father at the hands of the titular sea monster. As the jokes, visual effects, and elaborate editing techniques pileup, nothing is quite what it seems. A labor of handcrafted, demented, and thoroughly Wisconsin-esque love, Lake Michigan Monster is what things might have looked like if George Méliès had directed Cabin Boy. (BR)
section: Wisconsin's Own