Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: UBER
Best Performances: THE BALLOON THAT CAN FLY
Best Experimental Film: SHAMANIC JOURNEY
Best Style Film: YOU ARE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Best Fashion Film: JOI
Best Direction: BOLD
Best Student Film: DREAMER
Best Fantasy Film: FASHION MONSTER
SHAMANIC JOURNEY, 4min., UK
Directed by Julian Konczak
Shamanic Journey is a collaboration between filmmaker Julian Konczak and choreographer Sapphire Sumpter. The film incorporates ancient sites and the wildness of the West Penwith landscape with a choreographed dance sequence unfolding across underground caves and wide-open heaths. The camera remains static, allowing the performance to portray transitions into the archetypal spaces of shamanic journeying – the upper world and lower worlds of compassionate spirits that reveal elements of the soul to the self. The film draws on a distinct visual style that evokes the existence of the soul within multiple worlds and the magical properties of the elements.
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JOI, 3min., USA
Directed by Caleb Viti, Alan Yammin
JOI is a showcase of unique collections portrayed by three diverse fashion designers. It combines film and fashion industry together and reveals artistic expressions of each designer. Emphasizing various mediums such as politics, escape from reality and animal extinction. It is organized around musical composition, visual and editorial storytelling, setting the pace and atmosphere of each collection. It is a fashion film that reminds us of the importance of awareness in today’s world.
https://instagram.com/calebcorleone/
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THE BALLOON THAT CAN FLY, 1min., USA
Directed by Kimisa H.
For her BFA graduate collection, designer Yuki Xu created unique three-dimensional textiles that boldly pushes the envelope of conventional knitwear. To create these knits, Xu combined shiny, recycled plastic fibers and two-plied contrasting Mouliné with Elastomeric yarns; the synthetic fabrics gives nods to the domestic knitting machine’s automated jacquard punch card mechanism, a foremother to early prototypical computing hardware. Collaborating with director Kimisa H. for this short film, Xu orchestrates a series of playful movements: a visual cacophony of bulbous forms and geometric shapes.
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UBER, 4min., USA
Directed by Emmett William Whitaker
An Uber driver gets lost in the industrial haze of his job, where he picks people up, drops people off, and does it all over again…like a machine.
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YOU ARE AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM, 8min., Qatar
Directed by Dimitri Yuri
Anne, an international photographer, is on a work assignment to capture the essence of visiting the National Museum of Qatar for a prestigious online media platform. Feeling overwhelmed by the pressures of work, yet intrigued by the opportunity to document the museum’s treasures, Anne begins to immerse herself in the galleries. But little does she know that her encounter with the museum’s space will captivate her senses and transport her beyond the realm of reality, ultimately transforming her heart and mind.
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DREAMER, 10min,. USA
Directed by Balca Elif Sagmanli
In an effort to fall asleep, a young woman, Audrey, struggles through the entrapment of a dream-like state where she encounters the various challenges of time past, time present, and time future.
https://instagram.com/dreamer2023shortfilm
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BOLD, 3min., USA
Directed by Alla Kovgan, Miko Malkhasyan
A surreal night shift of a female prison guard turns into a juggling fiesta, celebrating diversity and solidarity of women.
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FASHION MONSTER, 2min., China
Directed by Zihui Wei
The girl is initially a perfect e-pet who enjoys attention and appreciation, but is not overly dependent. Its main psychological activities include a desire for recognition and praise from others, as well as pride and confidence in its appearance and image. These reward mechanisms of likes, favorites, and comments begin to gradually guide the protagonist’s emotions and behavior, making it more dependent on them for satisfaction. As the protagonist becomes more and more addicted to material desires, it begins to become more and more dependent on the comments of others for fulfillment. Its pursuit of material things becomes more intense, and it begins to do whatever it takes to obtain more material wealth and luxuries, ultimately being consumed by the darkness step by step until it disappears…
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Experimental Film & Music Video Festival 