Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: AND THE COMMUNITY WILL RISE
Best Short Form Short Film: CULTIVATE
Best Long Form Short Film: ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN – 111
Best Dance: RECONSTRUCTION
Best Story: MAJROUH (WOUNDED)
Best Performances: NIGHT FALLS
Best Cinematography: I DREAM MY DREAM
Best Music Video: SAMSARA
Best Animation: ANIMA #2
Best Experimental Film: UPROOTED
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
AND THE COMMUNITY WILL RISE, 63min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Lenora Lee
http://www.lenoraleedance.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/LenoraLeeDance
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
RECONSTRUCTION, 17min., Finland, Experimental
Directed by Pia Andell
A short dance film reconstructs a night in the 80’s when Pia, the protagonist, was 17 and the rules of the world were somewhat different.
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CULTIVATE, 5min., UK, Dance
Directed by Sima Gonsai
Two dancers ground themselves in soil and ritual as they dance a duet with the earth. Drawing on the success of the 2021 dance film ‘And Breathe’ inspired by the newly introduced Clean Air Zone in Birmingham, ‘Cultivate’ responds to localised climate research about soil health focusing on soil toxic inheritance, farming practices and soil preservation. Told through combining South Asian dance and film, ‘Cultivate’ highlights the human interconnectivity of soil and celebrates soil ecosystems.
http://www.simagonsaifilms.com/
https://facebook.com/simagonsaifilms
https://www.twitter.com/sima_gonsai
https://instagram.com/simagonsaifilms
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN – 111, 21min., UK, Dance
Directed by George Bushaway
111 is a powerful duet between two exceptional dancers – Joel Brown (Candoco Dance Company) and Eve Mutso (former Principal Dancer of Scottish Ballet) as they explore their different strengths and vulnerabilities.
https://www.ripplearts.co.uk/111.html
https://www.instagram.com/onehundredandeleven111
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SAMSARA, 6min., Canada, Music
Directed by M K N R
from artist M K N R that goes beyond the confines of pop music and introduces a bold orientally-infused orchestral song. The lamenting Duduk and striking strings captivate as he tells a story through this music video, shot as a short-film, filled with symbolism and subliminal meanings where he pleads for enlightenment before facing his deepest fear…before time is up.
https://facebook.com/mknr.music
https://instagram.com/michaelknr
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MAJROUH (WOUNDED), 4min., Armenia, Music
Directed by Aren Bayadyan
This is story of Last Supper of Jesus
This is not a bread this is your body broke for us and this is not a wine it was your blood shade for us.
https://instagram.com/nikoonava/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
NIGHT FALLS, 19min., Belgium, Music
Directed by Stéphane Orlando
Veronika Harcsa is accompanied by the Cave Cantores to embody the inner struggle of a singer living between two worlds, the classical of her illustrious cellist father and the jazz where she sees a possible key to more artistic freedom. Four lines from William Blake’s poem « Night » guide the narrative through different pieces of a puzzle of real and invented memories. This jumble of past, present and future crystallises into a powerful musical bad trip with catastrophic consequences.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ANIMA #2, 2min., Portugal, Animation/Experimental
Directed by Vasco Diogo
Anima # 2 is an experimental animation that shows 6 hand drawn human like figures in a constant row. Their movement, similar to a video dance, is created by the nature of the drawing, both by form and color. The apparent stillness of the figures confronts the viewer, as if the latter is being watched and questioned about its physical condition as an observer.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
UPROOTED, 4min., Canada, Experimental
Directed by Zane
In 1959, Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted for the rape and murder of his classmate Lynne Harper and was sentenced to be hanged. This is a poem about that event.
https://www.photosbyzane.com/
https://www.instagram.com/photosbyzane/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
I DREAM MY DREAM, 4min., Netherlands, Music
Directed by Monique van Kerkhof, Bo Oudendijk
I dream My dream
Exploring and dreaming
Unearthing freedoms, instinctively
with consciousness and unconsciousness intertwined
Circles define as if nothing be something
Some moves for true nearness, I give ground
but my dream after the real you, is real.
http://mmondesign.com/
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https://twitter.com/oudendijkbo
https://www.instagram.com/mmondesign
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
Experimental Film & Music Video Festival 