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Showcase of the best SCI-FI/FANTASY SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: ALL FOR A HELEN Best Cinematography: COMPOSITION Best Performances: MINCED Best Direction: THE HYPERZOO Best Sound & Music: DANSANG – THE CITY Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: August 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Festival

SHOWDOWN, 4min., USA, Animation Directed by Holly Schroeder A solitary UFO lands in a ghost town but tension mounts when a more sinister character arrives on the horizon.

http://www.rethinkdance.com/ Wake is an artistic story-telling dance film designed to educate and bring awareness to underlying issues that have become normal in our society. Wake captures an extension of the subconscious using movement and nature as the fundamental elements to ignite and lead initiatives to create positive changes in our world.

Showcase of the best DANCE SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: WE WILL KALEID – REVOKE Best Music Video: SUSHI Best Cinematography: FAUTEUIL LIT Best Direction: CORETTA Best Sound & Music: BALLESTRA 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 MUSIC Festival

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.”