Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Brian Benson has been making ridiculous movies since he was 8 years old – only then he had youth as a defense. After studying film at UCLA and San Francisco State University, he directed several festival films and a few commercial videos including an ill-fated video about a loose-fitting condom. His alter ego, Cousin Wonderlette,… Continue reading Director Biography – Brian Benson (EAT THE RAINBOW)

EAT THE RAINBOW is a musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani… Continue reading Short Film: EAT THE RAINBOW, 20min,. USA, Musical

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best SHORT FILM: THE DYING LIGHT Best DANCE FILM: MY OWN WORST ENEMY Best MUSIC FILM: AUTONOME – MADA MADA Best EXPERIMENTAL FILM: TOMORROW THE BIRDS WILL SING Best SHORT DOC: ALIVE Best PRODUCTION DESIGN: IMPERIUM Best CINEMATOGRAPHY: RAILWAY MAP Best PERFORMANCES: THE MISUNDERSTANDING Theme of night: The last act reveal. NOTE:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: January 2021 Festival

Will Branner is a Film/Theatre Director based out of New York City. His most recent film SCHMIK screened at the Chinese Theatre as part of HOLLYSHORTS Festival in LA. Branner enjoys filmmaking in all genres and is currently working on a new comedy series called THE OLD GUARDS. As a former Broadway actor he enjoys… Continue reading Director Biography – Will Branner , Blake Zelesnikar (MOMENT’S SILENCE)

A dance film to “Moment’s Silence” by Hozier

Mr. Corazon is a solo artist and has been making his own self produced and directed music videos in Los Angeles. He shoots, edits, and acts in his own videos and creates all the content. What you see when you watch his videos is an untainted total vision of music and film on a shoestring… Continue reading Director Biography – Mr. Corazon (THE DYING LIGHT)

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Pip is an Australian filmmaker and photographer based in LA.

A powerful new short dance film, soundtracked by Gil Scott-Heron’s “Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams),” featuring Jo’Artis “Big Mijo” Ratti protesting via Krumping within feet of the LAPD at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. Says Big Mijo, one of the founders of the South Central-born Krumping movement and a professional dancer for +10… Continue reading Short Film: HOLD ON, 3min., USA, Dance

Growing up musically in the 1970s, Michael opened a recording studio in the 1980s where he produced other bands and worked on his own material, using extensively digital technology, samplers and synthesizers. In the early 90’s Michael founded a successful software company that kept him busy for almost 20 years. After leaving the software industry,… Continue reading Director Biography – Michael Moppert (IMPERIUM)