Best Of HypeFest 2003: Spiderweb / Love Chains / Family In Mind / Ritchie's Itch / Blood Hunt / eRATicate / ...

Drama, intrigue, comedy, cocktails. All this and more can be found in the HypeFest Best of 2003 DVD. Spiderweb dir. Sei Nakashima Webster, a youthful spider, explores new frontiers by playfully pushing the limits of his tangled world. Love Chains dir. Gabriel Bossio A simple story of love, the road and piercings. DJ Spettro "Family in Mind" dir. Seaton Lin, Kenneth Mok Countless days and nights on an alcohol binge. Ritchie's Itch dir. Michael Shea Why can't Ritchie sleep? What keeps waking him up? Does he tell his wife? Or his best friend? Or does he just scratch his itch? Ubi Jeans "Blood Hunt" dir. Caskey Ebeling This spot hints that for each scar added to your jeans, the brand Ubi becomes you. eRATicate dir. Ross Williams Once upon a time there was a lonely girl whose only friends were her pet rats. One day she met a boy, who stole away her attention. The rats demanded revenge! White Bitch Down* dir. Jon Hill Four small time thugs must solve big time problems as an unscheduled incident triggers an unstoppable chain of events. CalTrans "Don't Trash California" dir. Doug Werby Two trash investigators manage to drive home their point about littering. 7-Eleven "Hitman" dir. Bo Platt A lesson in the dangers of driving a deserted road late at night. Identity Theft dir. Rick Rios The lengths to which a guy will go to prove a point. Suspension dir. Jon Nowak Two individuals, with two different points of view on final rituals, meet in the moments just before death. Une Histoire d'Amour dir.Peter Craig An elderly woman speculates on the private life of a mysterious man she observes over her morning coffee. Val Emmich "Shock" dir. Matthew Schuman Obsessed with the question of his girlfriend's fidelity, Val tricks her into a polygraph exam. Velvet & Rat Skins dir. Evan James A dark, futuristic Victorian fairytale about two children from very different worlds. Blind Carbon Copy dir. Trevor Smith A mysterious power outage creates an awkward situation where previously anonymous co-workers are forced to communicate directly with one another. Transit* dir. Rebecca Faerstein A disconnected NYC subway token booth clerk escapes his reality by fantasizing about his customers and facing off in a psychological battle with a campaign poster. "Sean Connery" E-Bay* dir. Chandler Kauffman A mocumentary style profile of one family's obsession with the original James Bond. BoyzUp "Pump"* dir. Max Kucar Join Boyz Up on their musical voyage, culminating in a controversial sexual twist. Microsoft Windays Expedition* dir. A. Petkovic, K. Matouina, R. Grgic A stunning visual journey through the Microsoft Windows platform. Cursi "From 2 to 70" dir. Gabriel Bossio Hit the town and boogie on down in this '70s-style music video. *HypeFest 2003 Award Winner