Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Mistaya Hemingway is a freelance dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and urban thinker living in Montreal. She began her career in Europe with the Dutch National Ballet, followed by a brief stint at Alberta Ballet and then nine years with La La La Human Steps, performing in onstage and screen version of Amelia, Amjad and Les Boréades.… Continue reading Director Biography – Mistaya Hemingway, Alan Kohl (NAïADE)

Naïade is a reflection on the ways image and self-perception have changed in a post #MeToo era. What do we keep and what do we shed? Using the water as a feedback loop and the haunting music of Beatrice Deer and Jace Lasek, Naïade dives into the depths of consciousness.

This absurdist tongue-in-cheek musical comedy is about a sassy, single mom, suffragette, who must save her Colorado mining town from ruin by organizing the women and by joining forces with a colorblind, Victorian, chauvinistic doctor/inventor, who has unwittingly created a sex toy to cure female irritability. [The story is based on historical events in Colorado… Continue reading Experimental Festival 1st Scene Screenplay: Penelope’s War, by Nancy “Sunny” Ellis & Marc L. Ellis

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Long Form Short Film: THIS IS ME: LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES Best Short Film: AUDIBLE LOCKDOWN Best Experimental Film: SHIPWRECK Best Dance Film: MOVING PORTRAITS Best Music Video: WHY NY Best Animation Film: ALONE Best Performances: ANYONE Best Cinematography: SWOOSH Best Production Design: RIDDIM Best Sound & Music: OMEGA II… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: February 2021 Festival

Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Alicia Díaz is co-director of Agua Dulce Dance Theater with movement artist Matthew Thornton. As a Puerto Rican contemporary dance artist in the diaspora her choreographic work speaks to issues of migration, colonialism, and the legacy of slavery. Her artistic research is rooted in the premise that the body… Continue reading Director Biography – Alicia Diaz (Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved)

This dance film combines biography, poetry, and ritual with the energy of live performance to bridge stories of resistance and liberation between Puerto Rico and Richmond, VA, honoring Black women tobacco workers in Richmond and Puerto Rican tobacco factory readers and activists Dominga de La Cruz Becerril (1909-1981) and Luisa Capetillo (1879-1922). Project Links  Facebook… Continue reading Short Film: Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond: Women in Resistance Shall Not Be Moved. 17min., USA, Dance

A pioneer of Hallyu (한류), Korean Wave, Young Soon Kim, is an internationally acclaimed choreographer, whose work has been hailed as “exhilarating”, “visually stunning,” and “emotionally rich.” WHITE WAVE Dance’s goal is to inspire audiences of all cultures with the multi-dimensional aspects of complete dance staging and production, reflecting themes and challenges both modern and… Continue reading Director Biography – Young Soon Kim (iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two))

“iyouuswe II” (read I-You-Us-We-Two) is our multi-year collaboration by pioneering choreographer, Young Soon Kim, in collaboration with our performers, as we continue to explore the body’s 3 dimensions in space.Probing the weight of human emotions, “iyouuswe II,” a Dance Film, presents a vividly-colored vision where movement and mise-en-scène seamlessly meld.Especially during this critical time of… Continue reading Short Film: iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), 9min., USA, Dance

Disarmed explores the public’s belief about the relationship between the cops and the community in a “Cops vs Community Rap Battle,” a real-time convo-concert and video shoot featuring a KC based rapper and KCPD. One cop and one rapper will square off. The topic? Reconciliation. This film is a musical short that was filmed using… Continue reading Short Film: DISARMED, 8min,. USA, Music

Henry Wurtz is a Seattle based photographer and filmmaker specializing in dance and fine art productions.