FESTIVAL AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEOS
Film festival audience feedback videos.
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ROADSIDE TALE short film review
KATIE - ROADSIDE TALE, 14min., USA
Directerd by Rosy Isela DeHoyos
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SINS OF THE FATHER short film review
SINS OF THE FATHER, 15min., USA
Directd by Clayton Luce
A mafia short film about a dying relationship between father and son, and the sacrifices that must sometimes be made for family.
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INDIVIDUAL short film review
INDIVIDUAL, 3min., Brazil
Directed by Hugo da Costa Sentinelli
The music video 'Individual' is an unusual, hypnotic, and immersive visual experience. With an innovative visual approach, it transforms the artist's face into a true projection screen, creating intriguing patterns with light and shad... -
ICONS short film review
ICONS, 16min., UK
Directed by Sophia Amato, Gary Carr
Inspired by the iconic skyline of New York City, "ICONS" is a 16-minute music-film created to accompany the triumphant single release of Sophia Amato. Shot on 16mm, the film offers a raw glimpse into the diverse communities of ballroom, sports... -
Luteofulvous Ebullition: The Qualities of Water short film review
Luteofulvous Ebullition: The Qualities of Water, 10min., Ireland
Directed by Jonathan C. Creasy
Leopold Bloom returns home and puts a kettle on the range, thinking - as it comes to a boil - of all the Qualities of Water. Produced in Dublin to mark the centenary of the publication of James Joyce's... -
UPSIDE short film review
UPSIDE, 3min., USA
Directed by Sean Cartwright
Upside is a modern fairytale that showcases a dystopian world ruled by women who hunt men for pleasure and force them to fight & perform against each other for their survival. The film is a commentary on consumerism, ownership, and lusting after one’... -
SO MISUNDERSTOOD short film review
SO MISUNDERSTOOD, 12min., USA
Directed by Seretse Njemanze, Jehnovah Carlisle
As the only woman and Black employee in her small San Francisco, California tech startup office, Alice Scott feels the constant pressure to hold it all together in front of her coworkers. But her life is transformed wit... -
WINTRY MIX short film review (interview)
WINTRY MIX, 7min., USA
Directed by Christine Veras
https://labs.utdallas.edu/experimental/wintry-mix/Get to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film? I run an experimental animation lab at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). At an event, I connected with the jazz mus...
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THE ROSE short film review (interview)
THE ROSE, 4min., UK, Animation/Music Video
Directed by Hilary Campilan
Baroque-pop, cinematic folk tale about lost childhood, with ethereal vocals, weeping cello & distorted bass. Starring dancer / choreographer Chrissy Brooke, Directed by Hilary Campilan.
http://www.michaelabetts.co.uk/
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BREATHE THE LIGHT short film review (interview)
BREATHE THE LIGHT, 6min., USA
Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
Experimental and Psychedelic music video from the mind of Steven Clarkson. Blends Eastern and Western mysticism.Get to know the filmmaker:
What motivated you to make this film?
Music to me is a reaction to the things seen and no... -
HELI - Who Saw The Funk Die on the Street? short film review
HELI - Who Saw The Funk Die On The Street?, 6min., Estonia
Directed by HELI
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MEIR LEVINE - WHEREVER I RUN short film review
MEIR LEVINE - WHEREVER I RUN, 4min., USA
Directed by Esther Shpigelman
Set in the year 1961, in a small town diner in the middle of nowhere, breakout NYC artist Meir Levine, stars as a fictional version of himself, haunted by a past love, in this music video for his new song "Wherever I Run".
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TRANSMUTE short film review
TRANSMUTE, 15min., USA
Directed by Steve Dabal, Johan Anderson, Charles A.M.
Pairing the vision of three individual filmmakers with the compositions of Chinese-American musician and performance artist Angelica Olstad, the triptych film Transmute reflects on the uncertainty and precariousness of m... -
THE FIVE STAGES short film review (interview)
THE FIVE STAGES, 12min., USA
Directed by Jessica Orcsik
Eva Allen is a recently single, devastated young woman. She enters a black box theatre being filled with well-dressed and put together people, laughing and drinking. A variety act performance is about to begin.
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TOUCHING THE UNGRIEVED GRIEF short film review
TOUCHING THE UNGRIEVED GRIEF, 8min., USA
Directed by Sah D' Simone
"Touching the Ungrieved Grief" embraces and celebrates the unique perspective of Sah D'Simone, a queer person of color who both stars in and created the film.
http://sahdsimone.com/
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MAN MADE short film review
MAN MADE, 5min., Singapore
Directed by Jaron Boey, Ryan Foong
Love can be nurturing. But it can also be destructive. When love is built on convenience and exploitation, we find ourselves being crippled by our self-serving habits. In this stalemate between our obsession with plastics and our love ... -
LAKE OF DREAMS short film review
LAKE OF DREAMS, 4min,. Germany
Directed by Axel Werner
„Like water, desire always finds its way“
A young man suffers from the fixed idea of his dream woman. He tears himself away from his demons and heads towards his vision with the boundless power of desire.
https://lake-of-dreams.art/
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amalgaMOTION short film review
amalgaMOTION, 5min., Canada
Directed by Adam Daniel Mezei, Crystal Finn-Dunn
A visually stunning celebration of diverse dance styles fusing into harmony. Captivating choreography, mesmerizing synergy. Prepare for a spectacular journey where cultures unite through dance.
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NESIA short film review (interview)
Nesia, 15min., Canada
Directed by Mikel Guillen
An avant-garde film about trauma and how a little girl connects through dance with her surviving Hungarian grandmother who was a Auschwitz survivor.http://mikelguillen.com/
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A PLACE FOR US short film review (interview)
A PLACE FOR US, 6min,. USA
Directed by Leigh-Ann Esty, Ellie Gravitte
6 female cast members from Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story" play with a gender flip of the iconic prologue.
https://www.instagram.com/leighestyGet to know the filmmaker:
1. What motivated you to make this film?
The mo...
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AN AWAKENING short film review
AN AWAKENING, 5min., USA
Directed by Charles A M.
“An Awakening” engages a full spectrum of senses to explore how generational trauma manifests itself in the body, on an effective level deeper than dialogue could ever express.Get to know writer/artist Angelica Olstad:
1. What motivated you to...
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IN HER NAME feature film review
IN HER NAME, 102min., USA, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Sarah Carter
In Her Name is a dramedy about estranged sisters forced to confront their differences while dealing with family bankruptcy and their formerly-important-artist father’s terminal illness. Immersed in the absurdity of the Los Angeles a... -
FOXES short film review (interview)
FOXES, 19min., USA, Drama/Thriller
Directed by Greg Poppa
Guided by the cries of an unseen fox, prehistoric Man and Woman struggle to survive the harshness of their environment, sickness, birth, and death.
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A GLACIAL TREASUREHUNT short film review
A GLACIAL TREASUREHUNT, 15min., USA, DOC
Directed by Kala Hunter
The glacial geologists want to better understand the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), an ice age that abruptly ended sometime between 18,000 and 20,000 years ago to gain insight into how fast Earth’s climate is changing today. For twenty...