RTF First-Year MFA Student Film, Dir. Berndt Mader, 2005

Synopsis:
Armed with a local legend, a backhoe, and a sophisticated gold detecting device; rancher/businessman George Broady and National Sniper Champion Todd Hodnett set out to find lost Spanish gold at the bottom of a dried-up Texas lake. TRT = 18 min.

Screenings:
10 Under 10 Festival
Southern Fried Flicks Festival
Screen Door Film Festival
The Graduate Project

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Director bio:
Berndt Mader is a recent graduate from the MFA film production program at the University of Texas at Austin. His short films include “Pay Dirt,” and “A Neutral Density” (Best Screenplay, Cinematexas 2005), about the effects of modern life and man’s desire to return to nature. More recently, Berndt completed the verité narrative “The Printer,” a story of a print shop worker who injures himself on the job in order to preserve his health benefits for his mentally ill wife. Additionally, he has completed his MFA thesis film entitled “Road to Tlacotepec.” This film is a personal documentary about Berndt driving through Mexico and Belize in order to finish his father’s (a photographer) last roll of film. Berndt currently lives in Austin, Texas and is a partner in the production company The Bear.

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