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THEY ARE KILLING US,,, film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival (interview)
THEY ARE KILLING US..., 5min., Canada
Directed by Maurice Cormier
From A Nightmare Of A Possible Not Too Distant Future....
https://www.instagram.com/maurice_cormier92Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
The idea started to come through during the first two y...
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BALL LIGHTNING film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival (interview)
BALL LIGHTNIING, 12min., USA
Directed by Catriona Trina Baker
Ball Lightning is the true story of a refugee who fled the personal and social effects of Soviet run East Germany after the end of WWII and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the surroga... -
LILITH film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL Festival
LILITH, 22min., Mexico
Directed by Camila Barragán, Patricio Méndez
A silent presence leads a group of women to a cathartic experience in which they merge in a collective entity, embodying the cyclical and synchronic stages of the feminine being.
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THE SANGUINE film, reactions HORROR Festival
THE SANGUINE, 25min. USA
Directed by Patrick McNerney, Daniel Jones
A crestfallen master and outcast servant rob the grave of a long dead warlord to find he’s returned to defend it.
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HAUNT RESTORER film, reactions HORROR Festival
HAUNT RESTORER, 19min., Canada
Directed by Wil Andrews
Darla and Eddie are transient siblings who make their living performing supernatural for-hire jobs, with Eddie using his rare gift to communicate with ghosts and restore their connection to the living world. As they travel from town to town, ... -
GLISTENING BENEVOLENCE film, reactions HORROR Festival
GLISTENING BENEVOLENCE, 6min., UK
Directed by Matt Cargill
Neo-jazz wrecking-crew Sly & The Family Drone summon forth a new vision of terror and transcendence with the video premiere of ‘Glistening Benevolence’. Filmed at an undisclosed, shadowy music festival in the heart of Hampshire, the visua... -
JULIAN film, reactions HORROR Festival
JULIAN, 18min., India
Directed by Rithul Vepramkandi
Julian” is a psychological horror set in Berlin, where a group of film students gather for an ordinary house party that spirals into chaos when one of them becomes possessed by a mysterious presence. As reality blurs and paranoia spreads, the f... -
HUNGER film, reactions HORROR Festival
HUNGER, 19min., USA
Directed by Ken Carlson
A group of trappers lost in the wilderness of the 1830s Pacific Northwest must face more than hunger after
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KAREN'S RETURN film, reactions HORROR Festival
KAREN'S RETURN, 11min., Canada
Directed by Quinn Stewart, Labbrienna Michelin, Heidi Atter
Two years ago to the day, Karen's friends decide to try to reach her in the afterlife. Instead, some may join her.
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STAGEFRIGHT film, reactions HORROR Festival
STAGEFRIGHT, 14min., Canada
Directed by Adam Hill
After the cast list is posted, all hell breaks loose. This short created by a Nunatsiavut Inuk youth, filmed through a one-week summer camp with the Labrador Indie Film Troupe will make you question the lengths people go to be in the spotlight.
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THE HARPIES film, reactions HORROR Festival
THE HARPIES, 4min., Canada
Directed by Rogan Lovse
Aura is on the run from her ex-boyfriend. She is accompanied by her friend, Matt. Matt has always had an uncomfortable crush on Aura. The pair find themselves seeking shelter in an abandoned lumber mill. Unbeknownst to them; a dangerous harpy cal... -
EGGSECUTION film, reactions HORROR Festival
EGGSECUTION, 3min., USA
Directed by Japhet Velazquez
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LULLABY film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival
LULLABY, 4min. Ukraine
Directed by Oleksandr Shvets
Through the child’s simple questions — about fear, hunger, life, and a father at the front — the fragile world of a family is revealed, held together by love, hope, and the promise of dawn. This is a story about childhood that war could not take... -
YOU ARE SPECIAL film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival
YOU ARE SPECIAL (Music video), 4min., Ukraine
Directed by Ilia Noyabrov
A little boy, fascinated by the legend that the white keys on the old Steinway piano, which "lives" in his parents' house, are made of elephant tusks, dreams every night of meeting the gray giants one day and never being sepa... -
THE YARD film, reactions ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS Festival
THE YARD, 9min., UK
Directed by Cameron Moon
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SHE WAS film, reactions WILDsound Festival
SHE WAS, 20min., Germany
Directed by Abril Andrea Arnauda Appel
When a migrant songwriter dies of an apparent suicide, her voice echoes the truth.
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KALISA MERAY AAGAY (A Church Ahead of Me) film, reactions WILDsound Festival
Kalisa Meray Aagay (A Church Ahead of Me), 61min., Canada
Directed by Rubina Faisal
A gripping cross-cultural drama that delves into the moral conflicts and familial tensions within the South Asian diaspora. Through interwoven stories, Kalisa Meray Aagay explores themes of faith, guilt, and redem... -
SLOWLY film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival
SLOWLY, 2min., South Korea
Directed by Seohyeon Kim
Set in the desolate expanse of a mudflat in the year 2125, this monodrama follows a solitary figure wandering through the remnants of a world long abandoned by humanity. In the silence left by human absence, nature has reclaimed its voice. Stone... -
THE VEGAN POULTRY FARMER film, reactions ENVIRONMENTAL Festival
THE VEGAN POULTRY FARMER, 50min., Netherlands
Directed by Kadir Van Lohuizen
In the documentary The Vegan Poultry Farmer, renowned photographer and filmmaker Kadir van Lohuizen follows Ruud Zanders, a poultry farmer from the Dutch province of Limburg. After the bankruptcy of his large-scale poult... -
INDIAS CIRCULARITY– Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins (interview)
India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins, 70min., India
Directed by Purva Tavri
Across India’s overlooked margins, India’s Circularity – Not a Trend, But a Tradition from the Margins reveals how reuse, repair, and regeneration are not innovations—but inherited ways of l... -
THE ENIGMATIC CREW film, reactions LA Feedback Festival
The Enigmatic Crew, 40min., USA
Directed by Mark Buerck
Five best friends: Tony, Leo, Jimmy, Jason, and Kevin reunite during spring break of March 2024 after being drifted apart due to their commitments of their College Education. They all spend the whole day together, hanging out, catching up on... -
WANDERFAUST film, reactions LA Feedback Festival
WANDERFAUST, 2min., USA
Directed by Meg Miller
An old war machine treads through a snowy wasteland. But it isn't alone...
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VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE film, reactions LA Festival
VALÈNCIA'S THE CITY THAT FUELS SUSTAINABLE CHANGE, 11min. Spain
Directed by Pascual Ibanez, Cristian Font
València is promoting a project to reduce food surplus in the meetings tourism sector, transforming events into more sustainable spaces.
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PIECES OF ME film, reactions LA Feedback Festival
PIECES OF ME, 1min., USA
Directed by Tzuyu Tung
My project, "Pieces of Me", is a self-reflection of my emotional journey from self-doubt to self-acceptance. There are always moments in life where we feel confident we can complete something, but then encounter an obstacle and feel self-doubt. Even...