Festival Friday Round Up! August 17th
Every Friday Matthew and Kierston get together and talk about plthe festival they did the Thursday Before. Come hear about the awesome shows and the awesome audience at the August 16th Experimental Film Festival!
Here is the list of films that played at the festival:
GLENDALE, 6min, USA, Dance
Directed by Sean Wehrli
A portrait of Detroit and the passion its people share. The same passion fueled by love and joy can be flipped to motivate crime and destruction.
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FOR REST, 16min., Japan, Experimental
Directed by Shinya Isobe
A feast is laid out on a table nestled among the roots of a tree in a forest. In a 16mm time-lapse the food gradually rots. Watching this time pass, our imagination conjures images of various things, including death, and spins its own tales until eventually, as the table becomes a mound of grass and new shoots begin to grow, while being struck and shaken by the mystical nature of time we come to embrace the rebirth of hope.
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SARAVA, 3min., Brazil, Music Video
Directed by Luma Oquendo & Mauricio Pisani
A music video for music SARAVA from Funk Buia & Arcanjo Ras feat. Paula Pretta. Produced by Pitcho Z’Africa Brazil.
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SEPARATE SENTENCES, 15min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Amie Dowling and Austin Forbord
Incarceration is not a single or discrete event, but a dynamic process that unfolds over time and affects families for generations. Separate Sentence (2016) is a 15-minute dance/theater film that draws upon individual experiences and physical memories of a cast comprised of Bay Area artists – some of whom are fathers or sons who have experienced incarceration. The film was shot throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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DUEL CITIZEN, 9min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Marcel Giwargis
An Iranian immigrant confronts his American self.
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SILHOUETTE OF A STORM – BENT TREET, USA, 4min., Dance
Directed by Nick Zoulek
In Silhouette of a Storm-Bent Tree, saxophonist and multimedia artist Nick Zoulek fuses all of his creative endeavors, serving as performer (bass saxophone), composer, producer, director, cine- matographer, and engineer, in order to fulfill his artistic vision.
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THE POET, 6min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Adam Cushman
After the Second World War, an inspired poet takes the stage.
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WAITING, 5min., Canada, Experimental/Comedy
Directed by Hans Grossmann
Waiting for the inevitable is all that’s left for many of the folks at this retirement home, but one of these feisty grandmas has found her passion in the weekly Bingo game! Never winning has become a frustrating problem though, especially with the popular grandma always taking home the winnings! But enough is enough! When the taunting boils over, this little old lady has had more than enough, and decides to throw the first punch – or pie, rather!
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SOLARIS, 5min., Australia, Music Videov
Directed by Stephanie Peters
The clips journey into the twisted and depraved mind of a psychopath is inspired by none other than the Crawford Family murders whose deaths rocked Australia’s Great Ocean Road community in the 1970’s and to date whose killer has never been found.
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FUERZA, 4min., Australia, Dance
Directed by Grace Moore
Dancer Cameron McCormack takes us on a journey of strength and space in this short ballet film.
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AUGENBLICKE – A BLINK OF AN EYE, 4min., Animation/Drama
Directed by Kiana Naghshineh
Three perceptions of only one truth – hers, his and ours.
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