Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Showcase of the best DANCE SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: TANG’O Best Dance Film: INK Best Performances: MELANCHOLY MAN Best Direction: ARINA Best Cinematography: SCAPELANDS Best Sound & Music: OUVERTURE Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: August 2021 DANCE Festival

On an ordinary day in Union Square Park, Jordan, a soundcloud rapper, struggles to get pedestrians to listen to his music. Meanwhile, Brianna, a cypher rapper battles other freestylers for respect and Lorenzo, a 12 year old kid finds difficulty in learning how to bucket drum. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hit.the.bucket.film/

Kyriaki Gkoudina is an international (Greece) Doctorate student in Composition, at Michigan State University. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Film Studies in Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki (2014) with specialization in Film Music, while studying Harmony (3 years) and Counterpoint of the 16th Century and Baroque (2 years). She earned a fellowship to attend Michigan… Continue reading Director Biography – Kakia Gkoudina (ALL FOR A HELEN)

“For a Helen” is a multimedia work for film, sound and electronics. It is a multimedia composition; the music and visuals were composed at the same time. It is the outcome of an ongoing research in the narrative abilities of the aforementioned media when used in tandem.The syntax of the work is characterized by parataxis… Continue reading Short Film: ALL FOR A HELEN, 15min., Greece, Experimental

Experimental (no dialogue) short: “A young grieving mother taking revenge in the only way she knows how – through art.”

As composer and taegŭm (Korean flute) soloist, Dr Hyelim Kim has been performing professionally since 2000 specialising in traditional repertoire and various cross-over genres. Kim has produced five solo recordings and performed numerous recitals around the world. Based on her belief that Korean heritage can act as an artistic inspiration for the contemporary and cosmopolitan… Continue reading Director Biography – Hyelim Kim, Maria Koripas, Suki Mok (DANSANG – THE CITY)

‘DanSang – the city’ is an exploration of new ways for music and movement to interact with surrounding spaces. Using the Korean bamboo flute taegŭm, native South Korean musician Hyelim Kim interacts with the landscape and soundscapes of urban London. The city becomes a multifaceted stage (‘dansang’ in Korean), which in turn transforms simultaneously into… Continue reading Short Film: DANSANG – THE CITY, 10min., UK, Experimental

Michele Giangrande, artist, writer and designer was born in Bari in 1979. He has been a Decoration teacher at the School of Fine Arts of Catanzaro and a Painting Techniques teacher at the School of Fine Arts of Lecce. Currently he is a Decoration teacher at the School of Fine Arts of Bari.A very versatile… Continue reading Director Biography – Michele Giangrande (THE HYPERZOO)

Short film produced during the MACRO ASILO’s Atelier in which Michele Giangrande participated from July 30 to August 4, 2019. In this occasion the artist created a metamorphic, experiential and performative installation that involved the entire museum audience.Human zoos, also called ethnological exhibitions, were public displayings of human beings during the 19th and 20th centuries… Continue reading Short Film: THE HYPERZOO, 14min., Italy, Experimental