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Mini- Short
Garment Love (Andrea Holton)
Ascension (Anaïs Honvault Zborowski & Bob Fokoua)
Minister calls for tender for future strategic government investment. He meets two businessmen. They will do everything to obtain the government contract. An unforeseen event will however change the situation...
The Interpreter (Martin Barandalla)
Saioa and her mother Ana Mari go to pray to the Virgin. Saioa is only an interpreter between her mother and the Virgin but, with a little pressure, Saioa is also ready to ask for something else.
The Attic (Linda Goetz & Chris Mehl)
What exactly is in the attic? Do you really know?
IMPURATUS (Michael Yurinko)
With an ice storm on his heels, Detective Clayton Douglas of the Allentown Police Dept. travels across the snow-covered road to what seems like the middle of nowhere. Out in this vast emptiness sits the massive state hospital. A modern marvel of its day. Clayton directs his car towards it. Inside, the hospital continues to impress. Clayton meets the receptionist and explains he was on a call with Dr. Heysinger when the line went dead. Being the inquisitive detective that he is, Clayton stops by to check things out. He's quickly met by Dr. Heysinger, who begins to tell him of the mysterious man in the basement who oddly enough asked for the detective by name. Daniel Glassman, a Civil War Vet not only asked for Clayton by name, he also wants to confess to something horrible. This situation is just too strange for Clayton to turn away and agrees to meet Daniel. In the basement, locked in a room is Daniel - a bloated, half-dead old man covered in scars. Eyes sunk but piercing. Already in the room is Sister Rose, who seems to be entranced by the sheer sight of Daniel, is present for medical aid and spiritual guidance. Daniel has a difficult time speaking so he wrote his confession down. As Dr. Heysinger reads the confession, we are transported back to 1863 and we see first hand what unbelievable events took place. Not only will it shock everyone involved but it will have them questioning their very fabric of faith and fighting for their lives.
Muse (C. Blake Evernden)
A meditation on the sometimes destructive and violent nature of creativity.
A DREAM OF SHIPS (Diana Taylor)
A poem which explores the theme of a dream which is triggered by the lapping of waves o nthe sea shore.
ALONE (Stephen McKinnon)
In the not too distant future, a man finds solace in his hallucinations.
The Hafiz Project - "Stop Being So Religious" (Eric Mann)
This series of shorts visualizes the words of the Sufi Master Hafiz. In this, our protagonist looks at what it means to find true happiness.
Striving - Part IV: Connection (Gina Duci & Eric Mann)
STRIVING is the semi-autobiographical story of New York City artists, following their journey as they find themselves. "Connection" is the fourth part of an eight part film series that is one aspect of the collective whole of the striving artist.
"Connection" asks - who holds us in our most vulnerable moments? What connects us to ourselves, our art, our passions?
Life or Death (Ashley Landrieu)
A group of friends feel the pressure as they prepare for an epic adventure that could be the matter of life or death
Dani (Daniel Sheahan)
Jason, a single older man, experiences a horrific accident, then tries to come to terms with his conscience.
Afternoon Tea (Hubert Bąk)
Short love story.
Digital Memories (Hubert Bąk)
The alien from space arrives on our planet. But ... is he here for the first time?
Amaia (Arma Benoit)
Amaia is a poet. Would you see that if she were walking past you? Can we see whole people?
The game just got real (Bellopropello)
dogs and humans want to play. or not?
After The Reign: Confusion (Jennifer Scully-Thurston)
"Café crème avant d'entrer" (Marco Cucurnia)
The thought of a woman, a mother ...
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The Doll (Narelle Nash)
A little girl's encounter with a stranger changes the legacy of a family for generations. Inspired by events from the life of early 20th century writer Franz Kafka.
* the participation of all minors in this film have written consent from their guardians
QUARANTINE (I keep you company) (Massimiliano Nocco)
A man alone at home finds a way to have some company but unfortunately the dependence on social networks and smartphones makes the attempt in vain.
Overdue (Andrew Ball-Shaw)
A mysterious fella begins showing up, here, there, and everywhere. But what does he want, and why is he so persistent.
Keep Busy (Mitja Legat)
During the recent pandemic we were instructed to stay in quarantine and limit our social contacts, which left many people on their own.
Yet there is a big difference between being ALONE and being LONELY.
In a way, this strange times offered an opportunity to rediscover ourselves and do the things we usually do not have time for.
Keeping busy and being out in the nature always calms our inner fears and opens up different, more positive channels in our brains.
So keep pushing, keep dreaming, keep creating, keep smiling and most importantly, KEEP BUSY!
Family Salad (Adélaïde Nicvert)
It's often difficult to tell people you care about, that you loved them. But today, Max has decided and this time he will succeed.
Today is gonna be the day where he finally gonna told them.
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The Package (Livio Bondi)
A man’s life is at stake as he drives from obstacle to obstacle to bring back home a very important package.
121 days (Livio Bondi)
Four months into lockdown, the mind starts moving faster than the body
Nude Landscapes (Luís Damas)
Pictures of living landscapes
where the Flame burns
in the veins
of Dream made flesh.
ABSENCE (Diego Funes)
In Absence, mind and body are in conflict. A character contemplates the absence of a loved one in analytical detachment, while the body yearns for the physical sensation of being touched, held, cherished. We figure out who we are and how view ourselves based on how we interact with other people.
Absence asks who we are when everyday interaction is removed. Created in New York City in response to social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Absence finds its central figure working to offset a present reality where nothing changes until finally being able to hit reset. But even then, can we actually restart, or do we merely adapt to a new reality? And is a new beginning what we really need?
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Beyond the red lines (Valeria Barbas)
Logline
Beyond the red lines explores what is outside, beyond the borders, geographical and
physical, intimate and public space, interior and exterior.
SYNOPSIS
Sometimes there is a thin line, a red-white line that is making delimitations, seclude and divide. The symbol of borders is referring not only to geographical borders, but also to a physical, mental, perceptional, approaching the isolation from the green world, from nature, forests, humans.
In new post/pandemic conditions - situation of disconnection and un/presence in-between people, as well as with nature become critical nowadays. How much are we prepared to isolation and how to maintain the connection or to reconnect with the world, and not to lose ourselves. Technical insertion itself underline that despite of impossibility of going out, we still can build our ways to go outside, to go beyond the lines, further.
Short-- Fiction Film
The Stranger (Marc Allen)
A young girl befriends a homeless man who is in search of the family he lost years ago. Krista sees the good in everybody and has the heart big enough to share the love of God with everyone she meets. Her new friend, a homeless man, seems to have something to share with Krista but doesn’t know how to face the truth. Charity, Krista’s older sister, doesn’t trust this man. Through the love of God, the act of kindness, and faith in forgiveness The Stranger finds what he has been searching for.
Anagnorisis (Arturo Dueñas Herrero)
A new doctor has just arrived at a nursing home, where he meets a patient tormented by a past which he cannot remember. This doctor will help him do it, without anticipating the consequences.
A Guy Walks Into a Bar (Fenton Lawless)
A guy attempts to make amends for his derelict past.
Paying Up (Dustin Mills)
A desperate heroin addict owes money to his violent dealer and decides to sell his very manhood to a cult to get the money. Horror is not always being chased by monsters , but sometimes the decision we make ourselves
Bathtub Chronicles (Rebecca Ruhm)
Arriving home from the mental hospital, still broken from being raped by an ex, Robby begins a wild healing journey with her therapist to reconnect with herself, her parents and current boyfriend.
Chocolate Monsters (Nicky Naudé)
A couple living near a forest, discovers one morning that their kitchen has been visited and completely devastated. Then, they start looking for the culprit ...
Wake me up when we’re by the sea (LUCA CUOMO)
In a post-apocalyptic world, ravaged by global warming, a father and a daughter face their journey to the south. After the Apocalypse, the world in which they try to survive is dominated by heat and drought: water is now scarce, it hasn't rained for a decade, and cities are half-destroyed due to high temperatures and excessive humidity. The few people left on the planet, on their ruthless hunt for survival, are northbound in search of a more favourable climate. Luigi is a father who does not give up and takes the opposite direction to fulfil Sofia's dream: seeing the sea for the first time. Relying on his own strength and with the little food he has left, he is determined to make his daughter's wish come true. Sofia is a sweet, devoted little girl and she's never seen the sea, nor the rain, nor school nor the whole world that existed before the Apocalypse. A red shell around her neck, a sort of lucky charm, accompanies her on her journey. After running out of supplies, Luigi and Sofia arrive in an abandoned city full of rubble and debris. While searching for food, they find some jellies, created in the recent past to survive the lack of food. In that same village, however, some looters rob them and leave them with nothing. In a world now in ruins, survival seems more and more difficult. At dusk, without any food, they stop to rest in an abandoned building. Before falling sound asleep, Sofia, exhausted, plays with her father for the last time. In the morning, Luigi, with his daughters close behind, comes out of the building, sensing the closeness of the sea. The journey is now coming to an end. Behind a headland, there it is, finally, the sea. Luigi arrives at the water's edge, followed by his daughter. But it’s all just an illusion. He is alone, he is not holding Sofia's hand, only her red shell.
Seuls Ensemble (Alone Together) (Jennifer Scully-Thurston)
A girl meets boy story. We sit with two strangers in extreme circumstances and follow them through the emotional journey of getting to know each other professionally falling in LIKE then in LOVE. We leave the audience to pontificate about the great unknown adventure ahead.
No Games No Fowl (Short) (Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully)
Dance for film project about the unexpected twists in life and the transformations that ensue as we follow the journey of a couple of little winged creatures through some strange earthly scenarios.
Wallpapers (Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully & Jeff Roll)
A movement and film exploration of unconscious dysfunctional behaviors. Things we due under extreme duress when others make us feel like we are no more important than the wallpaper.
Do Not Watch This Film (Quinn Pohl)
Lina's routine life is disturbed one evening when an unusual package is delivered through her front door; inquisitive as to its contents, what she finds inside is perhaps the last thing she might have imagined.
Do Not Watch This Film is a cryptic look at the struggles we can face with ourselves and making the choice to confront our inner voices, whether they are well meaning or not.
Haiku (Matthew Quaid)
Years of inseparable moments are ended after a sudden twist of fate. Isaac and Natalie meet one last time to say goodbye.
The Curse of the Undead (Victoria Rotlisberger)
A short film created as part of a fundraising competition for the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center. Each participant was given a chapter from Bram Stoker's Dracula. "The Curse of the Undead" is is a unique reinterpretation of Chapter 20.
The Mirror Tree (Andrew Pengilley)
An introverted boy is given a magic leaf from 'The Mirror Tree' that transports him to another world.
It's Like You Know Me (Eben Skilleter)
A young woman receives a mysterious phone call from her future self, and is told she's about to make a very big mistake...
"Breadcrumbs" (Lilia Le Dieu & Konstantin Pivovar)
C., a needy man, knocks on the doors of a next door building and asks its residents for some bread for his starving children.
P. opens the door and they engage in a long conversation about selfishness and good deeds. C. tries to explain his point that people help others to feel good about themselves, not necessarily because of pure altruistic motives. P. gives C. all of his bread to prove he’s a good person, and C. leaves.
The next day when he enters the elevator with the neighbor L. he sees this note:
“Dear residents, recently I came to your building, because my family was starving. I went through every floor, knocking on every door. And none of you, not even one soul in this building gave me anything. I wanted to let you know”.
Feeling betrayed and embarrassed of what the neighbors will think of him, P. tears off the note and pays a visit to C. After a heated conversation, C. starts typing more notes. He explains that it doesn't matter if anyone knows about the act of kindness as long as it was really done. His goal was to "save P. from his ego". Shocked and furious, P. smashes a typewriter on C’s head in front of his little children, leaving him breathless on the floor.
He returns to his building and plans to knock on every door to let everyone know that he has actually shared bread with C.
Short - Documentary
MOVING FORWARD (Montana Rock)
A documentary that follows a non profit organization whose mission is to erase the stigma of suicide and and raise awareness for mental illness.
DOWN RIVER (FLYNN DONOVAN)
My films always touch on the working man. In this particular instance I chose a fishing crew in the Peruvian Amazon.What unfolds is a richly textured human drama.
Black Snow (Stephen Linstead)
On December 12, 1866, 361 men and boys were killed in an explosion at the Oaks Colliery in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. Despite being the world's worst industrial loss of life in the 19th century, it remained relatively unremembered until 2015, when a group of ex-miners, trade unionists, and local historians attempted to raise money to erect a memorial for its 150th anniversary. But first, they had to find out what happened, and to whom, and whether anybody cared. The film tells three interlocking stories: the story of a historical community devastated by the disaster, struggling to survive; the story of a contemporary community, decimated by the loss of industry, rediscovering itself in the struggle to remember; and the story of a sculptor, struggling to make one last masterpiece.
Poro Forever (Gary Winstead)
Gary Winstead and his wife, Jerasol, undertake to donate a small library to her hometown of Poro in the Camotes Islands of the Philippines; and film its opening. Fully 150 languages are spoken locally, including the town's own language of Porohanon which is quickly dying out due to the influence of Tagalog and English.
Intending only to video the story of the library's founding, they discover the people of Poro to be so delightful and self-sustaining, that Gary and his crew end up chronicling the life of the town in full!
The people of isolated Poro create their own society - from running local marathons, to beauty contests! Their transportation system is unique, functional, and fun, being based on a flood of motor scooters, (upon which whole families ride), and it includes the unique “Jeepney;” a local little bus you can hop aboard anywhere, if you can run fast enough to catch up with it!
As our cameraman, Gary, announces early in the picture, right into the on-board camera microphone, “As you said, Larry, if it's there, shoot it!”
And so they do, capturing the thrilled kids in their new library, a young girl's birthday party, a funeral, a wedding, a teeming market, (famous throughout the Islands), outrigger canoes, a candlelight procession involving the entire town, a fun-run marathon, and a fiesta where even the district teachers perform as a very lively dance troop!
Their deeply Roman Catholic life is so culturally alive, even with two grade-eleven kids performing a stunning ballet pas de deux, it led the editor of the movie to comment "These people are their own upper class!"
Fate, Family and the Floundering of a Friendship (Gonca Sonmez-Poole)
The century old Turkish-Armenian conflict is encapsulated through the personal story of Apo Torosyan, a multi-ethnic artist from Massachusetts. The life and death experiences of his ancestors have left an undeniable imprint in Torosyan's conscience, forever embedded in his art. This documentary short is part of a larger video project titled "Neighbors in Memory, An entangled legacy in profiles."
Just Another Day In Paradise (Gerry Manus)
Amish Documentary
Shangdrok (Jared Yeh)
Tibetan people not only live in Tibet but spread out all over the vast Tibetan plateau in western China. Shangdrok means northern nomads in Tibetan language. Yaks and sheep accompany Tibetan nomads for thousand years, offering not only companionship but providing the materials needed for survival in every aspect of life. However, even on this remote high-altitude plateau, life today becomes increasingly complicated. The green fields of the nomads are gradually disintegrating, and the nomadic lifestyle is fading. There is a small workshop set up in an inconspicuous village on Tibetan plateau that tries to work with the nomads. As a social enterprise, to regain their traditions of yak wool textile craftsmanship, to help the villagers who used to be nomads before lost all their yaks can earn their livings, and make them proud of themselves again. Through this film, we could stand closely by the side and capture the moments objectively. How Tibetan people cherish their traditions and nomadic lifestyle, however losing them gradually at the same time, while facing and embracing rapid modernization.
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White Angels of Camargue - Europe’s Last Cowboys (Dennis Schmelz)
If you’ve ever wanted to visit the Wild West you can find it in France, although it should better be called the Wild South. Cowboys, wild white horses and pink flamingos. Hard to imagine any place on earth where you'll find all of them together but the vast Camargue delta in the South of France is home to all of these colorful creatures.
Since the 1500’s the Cowboys of the Provence, Les Gardians de Camargue – how they call themselves, have been tending to herds of horses in the unfenced coastal region of the Camargue.
It takes a very rustic horse to survive in this territory. The Camargue horse, also known as the "horse of the sea", is very harsh and one of the oldest horse breeds in the world. For more than 500 years the Guardians have been caring for them. They have gained a deep, old knowledge about these wonderful beings who look more like the mounts of fairies, than just animals. They share a language with the horses, a language full of gestures. It’s a communication based upon respect. Philippe, one of the Guardians told me: "You could argue that humans are more intelligent but humans lie to each other. You can not lie to a horse, they are too sensitive for that."
The Guardians have been playing a vital role in Camargue culture for generations but their way of life is becoming harder and harder to sustain. There are just a few professional Guardians left. It’s a very tough profession. It’s hard work and physical. Seven days a week, every day of the year. I hope that the tradition will continue, it’s a job for those who truly love it.
I hope you like my latest work, I'm very curious to hear your feedback - let me know your thoughts in the comments. Producing this video was a long dream of mine and I'm super happy to finally share it with you. Thanks to everybody who helped me on this amazing project.
Filmed at the end of June / beginning of July 2019 (the hottest week in France since weather record with up to 45 degrees Celsius).
Short - Animation
Sense Nonsense (Artham Anartham) (Harish Iyer)
Kicha is an atheist and is affiliated to the Communist Party in Kerala. He lives with his extremely devout grandmother. Under a single roof, these opposing ideologies are always at loggerheads. Unfortunately for Kicha, all hell breaks loose on an important day when he refuses to pay heed to his grandmother's warnings of ill omens. Does Kicha manage to overcome his misfortune!
Artham Anartham is ideally an impartial look into two diametrically opposite beliefs. It is upto viewer to decide what makes sense and what is nonsense.
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Land of the Little People (Animation) (Guy Quigley)
Sandy Piggot, a ten-year-old American girl, leaves her New York home for a family vacation in Ireland. Being chased by what her Irish cousin Kevin calls a witch and the threat of a convict on the loose they run for their lives. By some supernatural and magical circumstances they find themselves in the Land of the Little People, a Kingdom that is under siege from ferocious attacking rats. Despite the attempts of the Leprechauns to defend themselves, they are overwhelmed by the danger. The comical King Shamus of The Ring of Kerry has a disastrous situation in his village kingdom having lost the spell for controlling the size of the rodents..
The children embark on a strange and exciting adventure into the world they have never seen before. King Shamus is able to make time stand still and shrink the children to fit into his world of the Little People. This is much to the delight of the frightened Sean Flynn, who acts as the King’s footstool and general lackey.
Sandy, with the help of Dermot O’ Neill, the King’s right hand man is introduced to the mythical being, the Banshee who agrees to help them. The Banshee offers them the use of “Star of the Night” a magical flying horse and they set out into the real world to bring help from Kevin’s bedroom in the form of children’s battery operated toys. It is a perilous journey back into their world as they have to contend with everything from adults to dogs and frogs. Their Grandfather, the only household believer and a teller of Leprechaun stories, is brought into the picture to help execute their plan. Utilizing the toys – two Harrier jets, a truck, two tanks, soldiers, two nurses, a Jeep and a Police car – they wage war on the rats to win the battle. Along the way they face several challenges, and with the help of King Shamus and his men they solve the riddle of the so-called witch and also get the credit for the capture of the escaped convict. In the final scene, the viewer will decide between reality, folklore and dreams as the truth of their adventure finally draws to a conclusion.
The Seven Deadly Sins (CARMEN PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ)
It is a work of Bosco represented in motion
The Ballad of Lucky Dave (Courtney Pratt)
In the Wild West, renowned bounty hunter Lucky Dave risks his street cat cred for the girl he loves but her dark secret may just tear them apart.
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Out with the Old (George Summers)
A wooden doll is left behind when a family moves house and treks through the world to get back to his dollhouse - but trails a clingy stuffed elephant.
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By Rocket to Oblivion (Matt Bissett-Johnson)
A brave spaceman goes on a journey.
NAJA - Animation short film by Marc Fussing Rosbach (Marc Fussing Rosbach)
Naja (Little sister) is a fantasy short film that tells a young girls death and her journey through shock and grief.
After an traumatic experience Naja ran away from home as she runs away from the reality that she couldn’t accept. As she ran her ancestors follow her, through the northern lights.
She meets two small spirits that wanted to help her move on to the other world (silap aappaa). She couldn’t move on until she accepts her death.
The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things (CARMEN PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ)
It is a work of Bosco represented in motion. It is intended to investigate the sins represented and the facts performed before and after.The scenarios and perspective of Bosco are respected. The background is one more actor. Sin has been staged through the animation technique. The pace is slow, premeditated.
Super Science Friends - Episode 1 "The Phantom Premise" (Brett Jubinville)
Super Science Friends was created by Brett Jubinville, animated by a lot of talented people at Tinman Creative Studios, and was successfully kickstarted November 2014. It features a team of time-travelling super scientists led by Winston Churchill who travel through time fighting nazis, zombies and all manner of sciency villains!
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616 (00:15:00) (Hiram g rodriguez)
a boy has a zomby in the basement, and he feeds the thing...for some reason!
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Web Series
Trillo & Suede (Jonathan Geffner)
A film noir parody web series, set in Brooklyn, NY. Written, created, executive produced and starring ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner. Trillo & Suede are a ventriloquist/dummy detective duo.
Winner of Top Award in 21 international film festivals.
Season 1 consists of 10 episodes, released in early 2020.
Season 2 began on Nov. 1, 2020, with the release of the first of 10 weekly episodes.
Season 2 Episode 9: Fiona Fatale is back. Her pianist has gone missing and she suspects foul play. Will detectives Trillo & Suede be able to track down the culprit before someone else is murdered during Opera Night at The Last Exit Nightclub?
RT of this episode: 8:08
You can watch all the episodes here: youtube.com/c/TrilloSuede
Brazzy Jazzy (Steve Becker)
When a Brazilian Girl takes on the NYC fashion world, the her adventures are sometimes sexy, often funny, but always Caffeinated! It's Jane the Virgin meets Girls, only an outsider immigrant version - more like Girls of the 3rd World.
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The Snake Pit - Episode 1: "Tesla's AC Induction Motor" (Brett Jubinville)
Nikola Tesla's latest invention is put to the test as it goes before a panel of judges. Learn about the induction motor as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan and George Westinghouse debate its value and decide if they're going to fund it on ... the Snake Pit!
Gaybors (Trent Walker)
Gaybors follows the life of a loving couple, Samuel and Peter, who become obsessed with a new neighbor, Emma. Emma becomes interested in them when they show up on her doorstep with a very special gift.
"Facetime With The Rickenbakker Family" (Thomas Connelly)
A Mother is determined to rally her dysfunctional family into having their own comic reality tv show!
CANCELLED (Luke Eve)
It’s not every day a global pandemic hits forcing you to cancel your wedding and head into immediate lockdown with your fiancé … and his mum.
The Single Man (Gabrielle Adkins)
Ten eligible ladies. One lucky single man. One Zoom link. Endless drama, laughs, heartbreaks, and breakthroughs. Totally unscripted and improvised.
The Single Man is an episodic web-series in the time of COVID; a spoof of modern dating shows in which a group of women compete in challenges from the questionable comfort of their homes/quarantine locales. Challenge-winners may gain immunity, more time with the Single Man, and other concrete advantages. The ultimate prize, however, is the invitation to rejoin the Zoom link at the end of every episode. Each episode, one woman will…continue to stay at home, but no longer be welcome in the virtual meeting room. Even COVID-19 cannot stop love.
Hosted by the sphinx-like Portia Maybee, who needs no introduction (and prefers not to give one either), and featuring the handsome and eligible Shane Labeau as the titular character. Make no mistake though, the ladies are certainly the stars. Especially if they get their way.
Music Video
Food To Ate (Randy J. Huling)
This is a video for the song "Food To Ate"
off the upcoming album release "The Broke Leg EP."
The EP and the video were made while recovering from
a broken leg.
This track is old school nursery rhymes with a little modern twist.
feat. Michael "Baba" Raudenbush
Video, Illustration, Song, and Animation
by Randy J. Huling
www.randomran.com
randomran.bandcamp.com
Johnny And The Devil (Matty Jorissen)
Ready to hit the road and become a free soul again, Johnny has a tempting encounter with the Devil.
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Nice Shoes (Jonathan Lawrence)
A sci-fi extravaganza that is as pointless as the lyrics. Over 40 classic movie references are featured in this epic music video.
Thanks Anyway (Music Video) (Tom Babbitt & Francine Zaslow)
Visual interpretation of Tom Babbitt original song, “Thanks Anyway” about the suppression of trauma and memory. Made while under quarantine at Francine's home in Brookline, MA.
Blackberries (Nate Ziller)
A music video about what it's like to be called white when you are black in the USA.
Monska - C. R. Robin (Isabella Andronos)
MONSKA explores themes of strength and power in young girls. The work is fundamentally about the performativity of gender roles; presenting the girls in a stereotypical way and then breaking down these preconceived notions. Instead of a traditional dance routine, the girls perform a shadow boxing routine. Punches, hooks, jabs and kicks are featured. The six young girls fearlessly perform in front of the judges, moving unison.
On the MONSKA film shoot 81% of our film crew identified as female or non-binary.
Hymn To The Soul Serpent (Hymn To Nehebukau) (Setken Of Melbourne)
Nehebukau is a lesser known Egyptian god but a powerful deity nonetheless; this song is a prayer and a magick that evokes the deity Himself and the 9 aspects of the soul that the Egyptians articulated.
Industrial ambient techno composed by GB Marian forms the luscious backbone of this track, whilst the video features lyricist and director Setken indulging his fascination with Athletic Model Guild (AMG) style films and Kemetic iconography as 10 paintings of his featuring Nehebukau are shown throughout.
Location scenery featured in this film clip includes a heritage listed Masonic Hall in Sandringham, Melbourne, and the picturesque Sorrento Back Beach on the Victorian Coast.
Red Room (Sheilava)
Inspired by David Lynch and the TV series Twin Peaks.
Break The Chains (Kim Palzes)
This is a music video about civil rights and social injustice.
Come On Home (Kim Palzes)
A music video about hope, friendship and perseverance In trying times.
Short- LGBTQ Film
Prom Date (James Buck)
As Ruth ges ready for her school prom it becomes clear that she is harvesting a secret from her mother.
Breakup in 9 Scenes (Leil Zahra Mortada)
This is our documentary, it is about you and me. One day after you disappeared, after you sent that break-up message, I made you this video letter. A day after the military took power. In a matter of a day, you and I lost us, and we all lost a revolution. I am not angry, I am disappointed. But how does one live disappointment? What is the physical action associated with disappointment? Anger is much easier. Sadness is much easier. Hatred is the easiest. But I don't hate you. You are too innocent to hate. We were too innocent to win. It is life.
Virginia, Forever (Daria Rountree)
A woman mourns the mysterious disappearance of her wife.
Short - Experiment
Money is as innocent as the gun (Chris Colling)
following the spoken word in action
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Spider (C. Blake Evernden)
Jennifer Lear spends her days and nights escaping from her family farm and far out into the wilds. She sees beauty in entropy and even romance in the sometimes vicious methods of nature.
Come Back Wayne (Henry Graham Murray)
A CEO attempts to convince his partner not to resign to become a cowboy.
Polaroid YES (Benjamin Pascoe)
Polaroid + Art = YES. Public art is captured in photographs with a 1963 Polaroid Land Camera. The emulsions from the photos make their way on to a three-dimensional bust and the lost art of the Polaroid takes a new form. It's fast and groovy.
Tanti amori a Roma (Many loves in Rome) (Marco Cucurnia)
This artwork of mine is my homage to Dino Risi's masterpiece: Un amore a Roma.
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A M I R C A L (Marco Cucurnia)
From any situation you can make your own film.
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Auricular Confession (Martin Del Carpio)
By Christian Cordon
Isolation and vulnerability shaken through haunting montages; overlaying shots implicating the duality of a man, a music conductor, a dancer, and a Plague Doctor. Experimental director Martin Del Carpio explores the aforementioned scenes and soaks them with religious imagery in his newest short film.
Auricular Confession is essentially a one person show and actor, Esteban Licht, is the perfect solo performer. He effortlessly transitions between the eerie shots of him as the Plague Doctor to him in a contemporary dance piece. This is complemented by Del Carpio’s adept directorial hand and musical talents. The music and sound design is spine-tingling and create an ambiance that deepens the sense of uneasiness and dread, similar to a horror film. Although the film takes place entirely in one or two rooms, the way Del Carpio distorts, darkens and uses sound design is purposeful, complementing the fantastic central performance.
The central theme here is religion and spirituality... with a hint of Middle Age history. Licht dons a Plague Doctor mask for a good portion of the film and while the symbolism around the mask is typically centered around death in the Black Plague, it is contrasted with strong Christian imagery. This correlates with several visually stunning overlaying, double exposure shots of Licht which can be interpreted as the duality between death and life (through Jesus) given this context.
Auricular Confession engages its audience by allowing us some insight into the vulnerable mind of Del Carpio. Off the bat you can tell that this is a personal project for him as the film opens with a dedication to his father. It’s uncertain whether or not we are seeing a snapshot of a personal confession from Del Carpio but what is certain is that whatever inspired this project left us with a work of art that demands multiple watches.
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