Filmmakers Speak Out In Ptown (AUDIO)

This week I talked to filmmakers at the 28th Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) in the first installment of this 2-part series. First I talked with visual conceptual artist Jay Critchley who created the PIFF trailer this year with production by Arvid Tomayko. Jay’s performance work & environmental activism have traversed the globe performing in Argentina, Japan, England, Holland, Germany, Colombia & the United States. Jay’s social art practice also includes running the Provincetown Community Compact which works with artists & sponsors the annual Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla that’s celebrating its 39th year on September 12th. Then we chatted with director Sam McConnell & Brock Yurich about their feature film “Test” that won the PIFF Audience Award Best Narrative Feature & was written by Yurich who also stars as Eddie. The film is about a small-town Ohio bodybuilder (Brock Yurich) who clashes with his devout mother as he pursues his dreams under a renowned coach. Next I talked with director Fredgy Noël about her short film “Hail Maya” about a faithful Catholic undergraduate on her last night in the dorms trades salvation for sin by diving headfirst into a tangle of lust, love & betrayal that confession can’t absolve. Currently she is working on her first feature film. Then I concluded this segement with director Fergus Campbell & producer Lola Lafia whose feature film “Sparks” was honored with a PIFF John Schlesinger Narrative Special Mention. “Sparks” is a beautifully strange & unexpectedly tender film about identity, friendship & the need to escape as a group of teenagers in Sparks, Nevada attempt time travel exploring an urban legend that a Nevada reservoir is a time portal.

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