Tonight's program features new experimental work produced by UC Berkeley undergraduate students participating in a fall 1997 course on avant-garde film. One of the requirements for the course was to produce a work (film, video, multimedia) which did not exceed five minutes. This time limit is an arbitrary one, though one that is closer to the demands of experimental work than is the "feature length" film. The limit can be seen as the threshold through which each of the artists has arrived at a decision or set of decisions, and further, at creative audio-visual strategies. If the works attest to their own rigor it is no wonder that they have forced their way out of the classroom and into the public screening room of the PFA.-Luis A. RecoderAvant-Garde Film is a course offered in the Film Program at UCB and was taught by Kathy Geritz, fall 1997. Luis A. Recoder is a Berkeley-based experimental filmmaker and was the Reader for this course. Special thanks to Josh Stein for his kind assistance in technical instruction and, above all, accuracy in film projection.Dream, Maya dream by Maura Romero (1997, 5 mins, Color, Video). Hitchhiker by Jason Leong (1997, 5 mins, Color, Silent, Video). Virgen de la Soledad by Daniel Carrera (1997, 5 mins, B&W, Super-8mm). Xacto 14 by Douglas Spurling (1997, 1 min, B&W, Silent, 16mm). beat by Sarah Bush (1997, 4:50 mins, Color, Video). Untitled by Juan Arellano (1997, 3 mins, B&W, 35mm Transparencies). Moving Day for the Soul by Taro Goto (1997, 4:50 mins, Color/B&W, 16mm). a sleepless beauty by Laurie Hong (1997, 5 mins, Color, Video). the fairy tale by Eric Lin (1997, 5 mins, Color/B&W, 35mm Transparencies/8mm/16mm). Portraits of a City by Nawn Chu (1997, 4:50 mins, Color, Silent, Video). Slow Dancing by James Rickman (1997, 3 mins, Color, Filmstrip). Tinky the Everyday Hero by Jessica Vargas (1997, 2 mins, Color, 8mm/16mm). A Film by Kento Sugiura by Kento Sugiura (1997, 5 mins, Color, Super-8mm). Tech No by Matthew Ides (1997, 3 mins, Color/B&W, Video). All This for Conan by Tatum Bartoli (1997, 5 mins, Color, Video). Bittersweet Symphony by Akil Hooper, Meredith Cecil (1997, 5 mins, Color, Video). Consumer Culture 1997: Fifty-Two Television Commercials by Brian Yen-Shan Wang (1997, 4:15 mins, Color, Video).