Author: experimentalfilmfestival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: SALZMANN Best Performances: WEIGHT OF THE MOON Best Cinematography: FOX KEEPER Best Direction: MOTEL Best Production Design: IMPETO Best Sound & Music: SODO EXPRESS Theme of night: Space NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: July 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: CODESWITCH Best Dance Film: EXODUS Best Performances: BEAUTY LIVES IN ME Best Cinematography: IDILA Best Direction: ERR Best Music: WAKE Best Sound Design: DANCE: THE ANVIL Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: July 2021 DANCE Festival

Global nightlife phenomenon Glitterbox makes its first foray into documentary filmmaking, with a feature-length film Where Love Lives due for premiere via YouTube on Thursday 18th March 2021. The film is a story of music’s enduring power to manifest diverse and inclusive community, and the power of that community to accept and embrace, to liberate,… Continue reading Feature Film: WHERE LOVE LIVES, 54min., USA, LGBT Music

Kim Saarinen (b. 1986) has worked as a director, cinematographer and editor in several Finnish and international short films and commercial projects since 2015. In the year 2013 he graduated from the University of Lapland with a M.A. in audiovisual media culture. He has also made video arts to Finnish dance theatres and video installations… Continue reading Director Biography – Kim Saarinen (VILDA – Utsjoki disco)

Somewhere deep in Lapland wilderness there’s a mystical Shamanabanana, who starts the biggest and strangest disco party ever. Project Links  Website  Facebook News & Reviews “These are the 2021 winners of the Music Moves Europe Talent Awards”European Comission: Creative Europehttps://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/content/these-are-2021-winners-music-moves-europe-talent-awards_en “Vildá Wins Music Moves Europe Talent Award 2021″World Music Centralhttps://worldmusiccentral.org/2021/01/16/vilda-wins-music-moves-europe-talent-award-2021/ “Suomalainen Vildá palkittiin Euroopan Unionin… Continue reading Short Film: VILDÁ – Utsjoki disco, 6min, Finland, Music Video

Suridh ‘Shaz’ Hassan worked his way up from the bottom rungs of the UK media industry via national broadcasters ITV and BBC, and onto film sets before becoming a video paparazzo (which didn’t go well…) then a documentary filmmaker and author (which went much better!). As a creator, he has been deeply influenced by his… Continue reading Director Biography – Suridh Hassan (SODO EXPRESS)

Ezra is a street artist who feels time is running out to succeed in the art world. With an unhealthy obsession with social media he is followed online and encouraged to go around town, take pictures and repost work in exchange for likes. Ezra starts to do what this online personality wants pushing him into… Continue reading Short Film: SODO EXPRESS, 23min., USA, Experimental/Black & White

“Impeto” is a short experimental film that combines dance, music and architecture to create a singular vision of the human body in space. On “Impeto” dancers are determined by their surroundings, interpreting structural lines with their bodies, but as the music and architecture progresses they will break free from structure into pure movement and human… Continue reading Short Film: IMPETO, 5min., Colombia, Experimental Dance

Stephanie Crousillat is a New York City based photographer specializing in dance and portraiture photography. She received her BFA in Photography from Montclair State University in 2011. Besides her training in fine art and commercial photography, dance is another profession she has pursued, ranging from company based to commercial work. Currently working with 35mm film,… Continue reading Director Biography – Stephanie Crousillat (SALZMANN)

SALZMANN focuses on journey, boundlessness, reconnecting, and is also inspired by Plato’s Symposium, one of the most compelling philosophical examinations of love. In which, it is revealed that humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them… Continue reading Short Film: SALZMANN, 11min., Germany, Experimental Dance