Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Ania Reynolds and Carl Polke are composers and artists from Melbourne, Australia. Their work explores the relationship between sound and image, and seeks to uncover the extraordinary within the ordinary.

An audiovisual portrait of the city of Melbourne during the COVID lockdowns in 2020. All sounds have been created from field recordings made in the Melbourne CBD under lockdown, and all footage has similarly been gathered from the city. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram

Music video for BONZIE “An abyss opens under the syncopated guitar picking and demurely isolated vocals of Bonzie — Nina Ferraro — as she captures a quintessential quarantine mood.” Jon Pareles – The New York Times (named one of the Best Songs of 2020) Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram

Luigi Rizzo is a creative editor working in London. He started experimenting with the moving images creating video installation, while working in the independent music scene in Milan. After moving to London he has focussed his career as film editor and developing narrative driven personal projects. LUDWIK is a side music project brainchild of Luigi.… Continue reading Director Biography – Luigi Rizzo (THE INVISIBLE MIRROR)

At night while something has happened in a house of an old lady, a young girl dresses to go to a party. Through the dance and the music, suddenly youth and age merge together in an ephemeral and dynamic moment, ultimately connected. Project Links  Website  Instagram

Whitney Lockert is a musician, songwriter, and guitarist living in Los Angeles by way of New York and Sonoma, CA. Miranda Sherman is a creative producer living in Los Angeles by way of New York and Maine. Director Statement WHY NY is a song that was written by Whitney Lockert while living and working in… Continue reading Director Biography – Whitney Lockert, Miranda Sherman (WHY NY)

WHY NY is a music video that captures the absurd magic of New York City as shot on iPhones and composed of crowd-sourced footage. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram

The work shares a visually rich and kinetic allegory of individual clans in isolation who journey to discover their paths to a place of unity. Project Links  Website News & Reviews “Island Moving Company Makes First Film “Newport This Weekhttps://www.newportthisweek.com/articles/island-moving-co

Jacques Heim was born and raised in Paris, where his earliest artistic experience came from street performing. He attended Middlebury College (B.F.A. in Theater, Dance, and Film), the University of Surrey in England (Certificate for Analysis and Criticism of Dance), and the California Institute for the Arts (M.F.A. in Choreography). Not strictly a dancer or… Continue reading Director Biography – Jacques Heim (THIS IS ME: LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES)

THIS IS ME: Letters from the Front Lines captures the resilience, determination and hope of the human spirit, following the paths of military veterans and first responders as they share what it means to be true warriors on the front lines – and fight the invisible enemy that all humanity is currently battling. At a… Continue reading Short Film: THIS IS ME: LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES, 36min., USA, Dance