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A showcase of the best dance films from around the world today. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:Best Performances: AscentBest Dance Film: DaffodilsBest Visual Design: Dream’s DescentBest Direction: Traces of NowhereBest Story: TelegraphBest Choreography: Cailleach Ascent, 2min., Netherlands Directed by Robert Prein A disillusioned man steps into an elevator, lost in life and ridden of any passion and purpose.… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: November 2025 DANCE Festival

A showcase of the best experimental films from around the world today. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:Best Micro-Short: Dead Umbrella BostonellaBest Direction: Come Home NowBest Story: Turmoil – Chapter OneBest Visual Design: 7eventh 7irkleBest Experimental Film: 12th HouseBest Poetry Film: The Way Back Home Dead Umbrella Bostonella, 1min., USA Directed by Anya Belkina Experimental animated music video about… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: November 2025 EXPERIMENTAL Festival

A showcase of the best music films from around the world today. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:Best Feature Film: JULIET & THE KINGBest Performances: Jeff Hilliard – Love MyselfBest Story: Change – KramonBest Visual Design: Pie in the SkyBest Music Video: What’s Locked Behind That Door?Best Musical: Michele Fraternali – Devil’s Cry JULIET & THE KING, 92min., Iran… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: November 2025 MUSIC Festival

Poetry Reading by Val Cole —– Let us sing, Muse, not of your treacled, honeyed lips, from which the murmurously buzzing poet drinks, launching a host strong some dozen-dozen ships only to cry ‘Calypso!’ at the last and in her deep eyes sink; nor of your distant sister, the pale Lady Memory, who dwells in… Continue reading POETRY Reading: Ode to Melody, by Isaiah Freeman

A showcase of the best from the STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION festival. AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Micro-Short: PUSH THROUGHBest Short Film: ALEPH PUSH THROUGH, 4min., USADirected by Aki AitosA woman stuck in the monotony of daily life finds herself regaining her passion for music in a special place. From darkness to light, a visitor from above inspires her… Continue reading WINNERS: October 2025 Style & Fashion Festival

Interview with Filmmaker Ryn Deyo (THE MOMENT I SAID IT)https://festivalreviews.org/2025/10/14/interview-with-filmmaker-ryn-deyo-the-moment-i-said-it/ The Moment I Said It, 3min., USADirected Ryn DeyoThis piece reflects the moment of introspective learning — where the quiet, unseen transformation that occurs when healing begins is explored. We don’t return to what was, but learn to live with what is. Interview with Filmmaker Brandon… Continue reading Filmmaker Interviews from the Experimental/Dance/Music Film Festival

A showcase of the best Dance & Experimental Films in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Experimental Film: Café Kuba: Who Dared to Awaken the Dead MemoryBest Dance Film: Split FocusBest Music Video: Acid Alone In The WoodsBest Choreography: The Moment I Said ItBest Performances: HallwaysBest Cinematography: MatterBest Art Film: Resonance in the CastleBest Visual Design:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: September 2025 DANCE & EXPERIMENTAL Festival

A showcase of the best music & poetry films from around the world today. AUDIENCE FEEDBACK:Best Short Film: Cosmic Rhapsody : A Symphony for our PlanetBest Music Video: Ed Roman “I Found God” (illustrated)Best Story: JP Cenzo – What You Want (It’s Not Me)Best Visual Design: VICTORIA – We don’t get along (Crumbs of a… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: September 2025 Music & Poetry Festival

A showcase of the best from the STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION festival. AUDIENCE AWARDS:Best Short Film: FOR THE LOVE OF DOGSBest Direction: ALEPH FOR THE LOVE OF DOGS, 27min. IndiaDirected by Mohanjeet Baldev Singh KalsiIn the biting cold of North India’s winters, thousands of stray dogs struggle to survive, unseen and unheard. But in the bustling… Continue reading WINNERS: August 2025 STYLE, EXPERIMENTAL, FASHION Festival

A Story of the Voice I Tried to Kill Performed by Val Cole