Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Lindsay Gilmour is a performer, choreographer, improviser, and educator. She has toured nationally and internationally with Yin Mei Dance (2006-2010) and with Pearson/Widrig Dance Theater (PWDT) (2001-present). She is the recipient of a Nehru Fulbright Award (2018) and a Hellman Fellowship (2020-2021) in support of her research exploring the preservation, adaptation, and innovation of Tibetan… Continue reading Director Biography – Lindsay Gilmour (WEIGHT OF THE MOON)

10 minute dance film exploring the interconnected and reciprocal relationship between body and ocean; a conversation where we experience ourselves not as the center, but as a thread in a larger fabric of being.

Dancer, choreographer, teacher. He took his first dance steps in ballroom dancing. Together with the Latin American dance group Takt, Zomar Chełm won the Polish Championship twice. Also in this category he was 4th at the World and European Championships. For over a dozen years he danced in the Chełm Land Song and Dance Ensemble.… Continue reading Director Biography – Jacek Wazelin (MOTEL)

MOTEL is a short movie about 4 people living in a one place. It’s a film in three acts. Based on music of new polish vocalist and song writer – Sabina Karwala. This place is a palace in Bronice near to Nałęczów. 4 people in a pandemic time are trying to keep relations which is… Continue reading Short Film: MOTEL, 11min., Poland, Experimental

Joseph Franciosa has been a freelance dance photographer – videographer for over 10 years, living in Heidelberg since 2019 and has worked with the Heidelberger Sinfoniker, Nostos Tanztheater, Eintanzhaus Mannheim and Heiliggeistkirche. Previously, he lived in New York and worked with renowned dance companies: Batsheva, Martha Graham, Gallim, Ashley Bouder Project, YinYue Dance, Complexions Contemporary… Continue reading Director Biography – Joseph Franciosa (FOX KEEPER)

Based on the poem by Margaret Wesseling. The Poem is about a boy who finds a wild animal and keeps it as a pet. This video dance is a allegory about the immigrants who face peril while trying to find a better life in a new country. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram Project Type:Music Video… Continue reading Short Film: FOX KEEPER, 6min., Germany, Experimental Dance

Performed by Ava Whipple and Emma Bowie Director and DP – Ryan TimmsAsst Director and Main Camera – Will StroudGrip and Lighting – Pattrick DunnaganPA – Cameron NemethEditor – Ryan TimmsColorist – Pattrick DunnaganBTS – Brandon Andersen and Kevin Seiffert “In 2019 my team filmed a short documentary featuring Kim and A Chance to Dance.… Continue reading Short Film: BEAUTY LIVES IN ME, 3min., USA, Dance

Tara Pixley is a Los Angeles-based visual journalist and filmmaker whose work focuses on re-imagining visual representations of race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, and other marginalized identities. As a queer, mixed-race, Jamaican-American raised in the Southeast and now living in Southern California, she’s very interested in the intersections of cultures and the ways we imagine place. Tara specializes… Continue reading Director Biography – Tara Pixley (CODESWITCH)

This piece reflects a day in the life of a black woman as she moves through Los Angeles environments from home, school, work and nightlife, codeswitching to fit in while she maintains her interior self (represented through dance) Project Links  Website

The Coronavirus is affecting all of us.The entire world trembles. The planet is abundant with beauty.It permeates every square inch and area of livingpresence on this planet.But it is always balancing on a knifes edge.Nowhere is the beauty of life more visible, moredistinct and more evident than in the strugglebetween it and death, or between… Continue reading Short Film: DANCE: THE ANVIL, 7min.., Sweden, Dance