NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER AT MIDDAY UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 1

Country USA R/Time 96 mins Format 35mm Dir Azazel Jacobs Prods Tricia Vessey, Peggy Weix, Ras Babo Adam Sherman, Alice Dodd, S'play Curtis Winter, Azazel Jacobs DoP Daniel Andrade Cast Alvin Seme, Norman Reedus, Tricia Vessey, Matt Boren, Liz Stauber P/S Kick It Over Productions E azazelj@aol.com

Vessey plays Iris, an actress who comes to the realisation that she is not willing to die for fame. At that same moment, Lamont (Seme), stumbles into a void between city surveillance cameras, giving him an angle on every corner of the city in which he can watch, chat over and step in if he chooses to. The constant surveillance of New York City streets has observed him so much doing everyday chores, from childhood onto adulthood, that the frame lines from each camera have become instinctual to him. Once Lamont steps out of the camera's eyes he slips into the audience seat along with the film's viewers and narrates as we watch Iris and friends. Liz Stauber is Mira, Iris' roommate and an actress on constant hold. Kurt (Reedus) is a star who is ready to leave it all behind if only the public would notice his absence. Everyone has a story to tell. All too soon however there are so many narrators telling their story that there is no place for Lamont and he is shoved from corner to corner, back into view, until the camera battery dies out. This is a story about transitions without any transition shots. It gets to the point without telling you what to think. NJS

Director Azazel Jacobs was born and raised in downtown Manhattan. He began his study at the SUNY Purchase film department. His thesis film, Kirk and Kerry, won him the Best Short Film Award at the 1997 Slamdance festival. In 2001, he earned a masters degree in directing from the AFI.