Inspired by the Great Fire of Chicago 1871 following the investigation of Mrs O'Leary, a woman the newspapers blamed for starting the fire that spread all the way to Lincoln Park.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Sean Ballantyne
Patrick O'Leary: Shawn Devlin
Mrs. O'Leary: Val Cole

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Muito Amor - Jews and Judaism in Amazonia, 61min., Israel
Directed by Malka Shabtay
An Israeli Anthropologist traveling throughout Amazonia to meet the descendants of the Moroccan Jews who immigrated to this region since 1810. Together they are sharing their unique story of resilience and persist...

2 can play (Ava Della Pietra - official music video), 2min., USA
Directed by Azzie Scott

https://www.instagram.com/avadellapietra/

HEAVENS APART, 15min., Canada
Directed by Steven Kumala
After serving time in prison for a crime that shattered her family, a mother returns to reconnect with her estranged daughter for the first time in fifteen years, only to realize that her daughter is on the verge of moving overseas to start ...

I dedicated my video to the camera and the body. I tried to tell my own story about a body trapped in chaos, silence, pain and helplessness. And about a camera that helped me free my body and find my authentic language.

https://instagram.com/andrejkaart/

Directed by Andrejka Skračić

Cast: Vana...

ALONG THE THREAD OF THE OTHER, 80min., France
Directed by Herve Marcotte
After my first long documentary, “Encounter with remarkable souls”, with focus on the meaning of life, I am exploring the concept of self-realization with two 25 years old young adults. The film is a quest for an unknown tre...

ALASKA RESCUE STORY, 40min,. USA
Directed by Mark D. Rose
This Alaska Bush Pilot makes an all out effort to save the last Caribou in Alaska, but nearly pays the ultimate price in the process.

ROTTEN APPLE, 81min., USA
Directed by Justin Hunt
A truly groundbreaking docu-drama, 'Rotten Apple' is an alarming exposé on the dark epidemic of grooming and sexual assault in public schools and the eminent ripple effect.

https://instagram.com/whitewhalepictures

CARDBOARD, 23min., USA
Directed by Diana Densmore
A neglected young girl builds a cardboard time machine and runs away to the future only to find her adult self in the throes of depression, as the two connect they remind each other of the joy of loving oneself.

https://www.instagram.com/flussha...

Lana Tong: A tailor made tour, 10min., Hong Kong
Directed by Sing Jantzen Tse
Lana Tong, a tour guide who migrated to Hong Kong less than a decade ago, guides audiences through a post-pandemic Hong Kong undergoing rapid shifts in its political and socio-cultural landscape. Her journey is disrupte...

It is about AREZOU(Rural girls with disabilities) and her family.....

Directed by Amirali Mirderikvand

Performed by Val Cole

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Get to know the writer:

1. What is your short story about?

I like to have the reader tell me what it's about when they read or hear a piece of my writing as I think we all have different things we take away
from writing.

For me, I'm interested in the moments when ...

Performed by Val Cole

https://youtu.be/tSoM7sbowEM

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Story Pitches site today: https://storypitches.com/

Peformed by Val Cole

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the brushfire

if all the injuries were just words of smoke,
dawn could falter but still would come before
you’d have the timber from the fallen oak.

the sputter of the mourning land and folk
who cry and burn, lament and then deplore,
if all the injuries were just w...

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Experimental/Dance/Music Festival today: https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Fantasy/Sci-Fi Festival today: https://fantasyscififestival.com/

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Get to know the poet:

1. What is the theme of your poem?

The exploration of power residing in a worthy person with a worthy purpose in an era where humanity is able to value such things...

Performed by Val Cole

Submit to the Experimental/Dance/Music Festival: https://filmfreeway.com/dashboard

Performed by Val Cole

Poetry reading performed by Val Cole

POEM:

Standing at the back of the cafe
With proud beard and
warm smile
The Gentleman finds me.

Striding over and
offering a hand
he is present and sturdy
with an openness to careful possibilities.

Interest worn with flair
like the dashing scarf
carefully draped around
his shoulders.

Eyes lik...