Past Featuresd Films

Hot Dog Man: A Case Study
(EXPERIMENTAL, 5 minutes, 41 seconds)

One day, a statue of a giant hot dog with arms and legs appeared. Now all people want to do is talk about it.

Filmmaker Profiles: Joyce Ventimiglia & Jim Haverkamp

Joyce Ventimiglia is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has shown at numerous national and international film festivals. She has taught video production at Raleigh Community Access TV, currently works as a producer/director of educational videos for the North Carolina School of Science & Math, and plays guitar in the Durham rock band, the Holy Roman Empire.

Jim Haverkamp is an award-winning filmmaker and editor who lives in Durham, North Carolina. He is co-producer and co-editor of the film Monster Road, a feature length documentary that has won numerous awards, including Best Documentary at the Slamdance Film festival. His short films have shown in festivals across the country, and he was awarded a Filmmaking Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council in 2000. He is a former organizer of the Flicker Film Festival in Chapel Hill, and also plays harmonium and guitar in the Durham band the Holy Roman Empire.

Local Angles

• Filmmakers Joyce Ventimiglia & Jim Haverkamp hail from Durham, NC.
• The “Hot Dog Man” is from California but now resides on 9^th Street in Durham.