Author: experimentalfilmfestival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: THE MIDNIGHT TRIP Best Animation: SHOWDOWN Best Experimental: CROWD Best Performances: COLLECTIVE STASIS Best Cinematography: WHERE WE GREW OLD Best Direction: THE SECRET WALLS Best Sound & Music: THE SAND BOX Theme of night: Connecting in a unique way NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2021 EXPERIMENTAL Festival

CHAMELEON, 7min,. France, Dance Directed by Janell Burgess , Shawn Vitale “Chameleon” is a transformative blend of two spirits becoming one. Representing the continuous re-inventing of relationship, it evokes and awakens both feelings of submissiveness & sensuality. Originally created as an ensemble dance for stage work, today, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Jazz Spectrum Dance… Continue reading SHORT FILM TRAILER: CHAMELEON, 7min,. France, Dance

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: EDGING NORMAL Best Dance Film: TEETER Best Direction: LIGHT OF DAWN Best Performances: FINDING US /// AGAIN Best Cinematography: экзальтация / exaltation Best Sound & Music: BEAUTY IN DECAY Theme of night: Connecting in a unique way NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2021 DANCE Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Short Film: HIT THE BUCKET Best Music Video: ARM IN A SLING BY EXTRATERRESTRIALS Best Direction: SHOJON – THEOREM Best Performances: WHEN SHE RISES Best Cinematography: THE STORM Best Sound & Music: THE SKYS – COMMUNICATION Theme of night: Exposing unfairness. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: June 2021 MUSIC Festival

ean-Marie Gatin, implementerAnne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, artistic directors Jean-Marie Gatin, implementer After studying cinema at the University of Paris 8, Jean-Marie Gatin began directing in 2009 with the creation of short humorous formats, the filming of Parisian concerts and the production of television reports. In 2010, he began working on film sets as… Continue reading Director Biography – Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin (THE SECRET WALLS)

(freely inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy) A theatre in the rain, people outside crowding to get in. A tired man comes through the stage door where a child -the master of the place- has been waiting for him. Engulfed in that theatrical machinery and caught up in the beguiling cogs of time, guided by some… Continue reading Short Film: THE SECRET WALLS, 14min,. France, Experimental

Jamiel is a Dancer, Choreographer and Mobile Filmmaker based in Glasgow Scotland. Jamiel was born in London, England and trained at The Arts Educational School Tring Park, as well as receiving two years of musical training in 2006-2007 at the Trinity College of Music in Greenwich. His classical training was received at Central School of… Continue reading Director Biography – Jamiel Laurence (COLLECTIVE STASIS)

A Dance Film that takes a perspective on Dance, Nature and the Architecture of Glasgow urban living during the 9th week of the Isolation Lockdown of 2020. The film is a meditation on the idea of looking at dance from the outside in, as dancers of Glasgow come to terms with their current state of… Continue reading Short Film: COLLECTIVE STASIS, 10min., UK, Experimental Dance

He was born in Istanbul in 1979. He graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Communications Department of Cinema-TV in 2001. Since 1998, he has produced short films, documentaries and videos, and these works have been presented in various festivals and exhibitions in over forty countries. As a form of artistic expression every type of moving… Continue reading Director Biography – Recep Akar (CROWD)

We construct our existence inside the void of space, surrounded by objects. Atoms, our bodies and the universe exist within this same construct. Both equally crowded and bare. “Crowd” is a single channel video that aims to perform the crowd with the void in the frame of this contrast.