FESTIVAL AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEOS
Film festival audience feedback videos.
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I COME HOME TO MYSELF short film Student Festival review
I COME HOME TO MYSELF, 45min., USA,
Directed by Kidist Adamu
I Come Home to Myself is a documentary film following Marglucy and Faduma, presenting a portrait of their individual relationships to beauty and beauty work. The documentary contrasts the varied experiences that have shaped their beaut... -
MELODIA short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review (interview)
Melodia: a short film in rondo form, 9min., Taiwan
Directed by A T Beaune
A rendezvous in Taiwan’s capital city. A musician gives voice to the day as contrasting lives intersect.
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QUAKENBRUCK short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
QUAKENBRUCK, 11min., USA
Directed by Laura Harrison, Lilli Carre
Quakenbruck is a collaboration conceived by Laura Harrison and Lilli Carre. The Frankenstein of their efforts is a sci fi liberation. A woman enters an MRI. Her doctor tells her what to expect, but neither can anticipate how the m... -
GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival (interview)
GUARDIANS OF THE FLAME, 70min., USA
Directed by Daniel Wolff
Undeterred by decades of prejudice, post-Katrina neglect, and ongoing appropriation of their traditions, three generations of the extraordinary, multi-talented Harrison family guard their legacy and define what Black masking culture mea... -
DANCING MAN short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review (interview)
DANCING MAN, 23min., USA
Directed by Robert Steven Mack, Clarisse Gamblin
David, a young and quixotic dancer, is confronted with the decision of whether to stay at a Midwestern ballet company with his new love interest Gabrielle or follow a promising choreographer to New York to chase his pipe dr... -
SPINNING HUG short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
SPINNING HUG, 3min., Spain
Directed by Omar Perez Rosales
A dance film that has as it's premise to explore the
poetic and romantic union of two objects, such as the
spinning top and the rope and how do they give each
other heat, warmness and safety by intertwine
themselfs in to a hug, which will ... -
MY HEART IS A PURPLE FLOWER short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
MY HEART IS A PURPLE FLOWER, 9min., USA
Directed by Taso Papadakis
Celebrated dancers Jennifer Hong (of Chinese decent, Los Angeles based) and Mariia Bakalo (Ukraine) move spontaneously in a contact improvisation, ritualistic dance poem for the camera of Taso Papadakis. The melodic soundtrack is ... -
DEVOURING STONES UP CLOSE short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
DEVOURING STONES UP CLOSE, 9min., USA
Directed by Zap McConnell, Cat Rider
A non-linear dance film that serves as a visually poetic abstract expression of personal and shared rage, artistic harvesting, and channeling the spirit of those whose land we walk, create and dance on. -
ST.RANGER short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
ST.RANGER, 6min., South Korea
Directed by Hyukjin Jeon
Moving subjects are rough, rebellious.
It's unnatural, it's unrealistic.
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CLEPSYDRA short film, Experimental/Dance/Music Festival review
CLEPSYDRA, 21min., Norway
Directed by Victoria Beate Wælgaard
Clepsydra is a dance film and an investigation into repetitive patterns and movements in our daily habits and routines, as well as the relational conditions in interaction with other people. Using tableaus, Victoria Wælgaard has invest... -
CENSURE short film, audience feedback Oct. 2023 BLACK & WHITE Fest (interview)
CENSURE - 39min, UK
Directed by Richard BazleyWhen introvert, Aaron, finds himself struggling under the weight of a revelation, he dreams of escaping to the only place he can breathe. But escape has a cost, and he must ask himself if it is a price he is willing to pay.
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THE BEE short film review Environmental Festival review
THE BEE, 7min., USA
Directed by Kim Lowe
'The Bee' is the first short film in the series ‘In Their Nature’ and it highlights Bill Perkins, a beekeeper in Boston who shares his knowledge and love of bees with his community, much like a bee spreading pollen. He is vital to the health and well-being... -
SAGARMATHA NEXT short film review Environmental Festival review
SAGARMATHA NEXT, 12min., Sweden
Directed by Martin Ivar Edström
A small organization of local Sherpa set out to solve the problem of waste management around Mt. Everest. Facing an explosive expansion of tourism in the last few decades, they work to turn the tide of trash and plastic from the moun... -
KARIBU NYUMBANI short film review Environmental Festival review (interview)
KARIBU NYUMBANI, 12min,. UK
Directed by Matthew Williams-Ellis
“Karibu Nyumbani” translates as “Welcome to my Home” in Swahili. Guides in the Maasai Mara have a deep-rooted pride, knowledge, and love for wildlife. This film encapsulates that passion from the perspective of George Osono, a guide i... -
CLEAR DAY THUNDER: RESCUING THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT feature film review
CLEAR DAY THUNDER: RESCUING THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT, 51min., USA
Directed by Rod P Murphy, Adams J Wood
This is the story of a tree. A mighty wonder that graced the forests of Appalachia and sustained all forms of life. Embraced us, from cradle to grave. At the turn of the 20th century, a deadly bl... -
GALACTIC GREED short film Animation Festival review
GALACTIC GREED, 3min., USA
Directed Hokin Chan
An alien travels to Earth only find out he cannot afford gas here. Using only coin he has to play the slot machine, he hits the jackpot but gets greedy.
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THE LOST NIGHT short film Animation Festival review (interview)
THE LOST NIGHT, 6min., Japan
Directed by YUXUAN ZHANG
One night, at a crowded street, a woman meet these illusions. Everyone passed, but only she couldn't. This is a dream made with light and shadow. But is it just a ephemeral dream?
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WHAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW short film Animation Festival review
WHAT SHE DIDN'T KNOW, 3min., USA
Directed by Zoe Zheng
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VARIANCE PROPAGATION short film Animation Festival review (interview)
VARIANCE PROPAGATION, 4min., USA
Directed by Brian Alexander
“Variance Propagation” is an ongoing exploration in observation, meditation, and artistic research. Why do we stare and slowly decompress at the sight of light on water, a distant flock of birds or an empty bag hovering in an alley ? Th... -
WHO LOST A DREAM? short film Animation Festival review
WHO LOST A DREAM?, 17min,. Canada
Directed by Asaf Rahamim
This film revolves around a brave dream that embarked on a journey to find its dreamer – a child. However, things get a bit dicey when school teachers find themselves grappling with an unexpected scenario: a dream roaming the school's hal... -
SPIRIT DIVE short film Animation Festival review (interview)
SPIRIT DIVE, 5min., USA
Directed by Hugo Wu
Spirit Dive depicts an artist's exploration of self-identity and recollection of childhood's wildness and imagination through fragments of dreams. It captures the elusive nature of the artist's experiences, blurring the boundaries between the past and p... -
SUPERMAN short film Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)
SUPERMAN, 4min., Canada
Directed by Andre St-Amour
Lois Lane is captured by two dangerous gangsters! Superman flies to her rescue, but is challenged by Metallo and then things only get worse! PART ONE of short animated Superman FAN FILM SERIAL!
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THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM short film Fan Fiction Fest (interview)
THE BLOOD CRYSTAL: A STAR WARS FAN FILM, 32min., USA
Directed by Dark Hoffman
Two young JEDI, Daptain Drovat and his Padawan, were secrectly sent by the Rebellion to find the Blood Crystal, rumored to have infinite powers. A young Sith races to an abandoned Imperial Kyber mining base on the moons... -
THE TALES OF BOBA FETT short film Fan Fiction Festival review (interview)
THE TALES OF BOBA FETT, 4min., USA
Directed by Benson Mckay
After a group of smugglers acquire a valuable asset, they soon realize they're not alone. Without warning, they are being hunted by one of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy.
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