Natasha Maidoff, Filmmaker

The Stone Thieves takes place in Tuscany, Italy and is about a man who resents the American expatriates living on his mountain. He enlists the help of donkeys, a huge toad and wild boar to take back the land, stone by stone. Shot on MiniDV. RT: 18:30.

Excerpted from a promotional film for SACI, Studio Arts Centers International, Florence, Italy, "A School with a View." Shot on Super 8. Directed, shot and edited by Natasha Maidoff and Jilann Spitzmiller. Animation by Natasha Maidoff and SACI students. RT: 2:11.

Maidoff's first short film shot on Super 8 while at Oberlin College, starring Lexi Mitchell. When she is alone, a young woman plays duck, duck, goose. RT: 5:47.