Author: experimentalfilmfestival

Festival occurs 3 times a month! Showcased the best of experimental short films and music videos from around the world.

Short Film: EMBRACE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, 3min., USA, Dance

For those who live alone during the pandemic, touch and embrace are, for now, absent. In light of this, we are exploring the concept of virtual embrace and its relationship with the physical. “Embracing”, moving, and merging with each other’s video images, we delve into the relationship of intimacy and distance while exploring the ephemeral,… Continue reading Short Film: EMBRACE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19, 3min., USA, Dance

Short Film: INVISIBLE THREADS Part 1, 4min., UK, Experimental

A new film from Director and Photographer Rick Guest and double BAFTA winning Designer and Creative Director Kate Dawkins, featuring former Studio Wayne McGregor dancer James Pett and the music of Mura Masa. Exploring the conflicting emotions of desire and fear, the subconscious need to be heard and the quest for self expression, this film… Continue reading Short Film: INVISIBLE THREADS Part 1, 4min., UK, Experimental

Director Biography – Anna Maues (SHADOW)

Anna Maués is a Brazilian director, screenwriter, and producer who graduated from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro majoring in Radio, Television, and Film in 2011.She is responsible for web series, short films, and music videos such as “The Ad Campaign”, “Insomnia”, “Sweet ends Bitter”, and the award-winning super short “Shadow”.She has also worked as… Continue reading Director Biography – Anna Maues (SHADOW)

Director Biography – Mack Neaton (SPARE ME)

An award-winning designer, illustrator and art director for creative production studio Flavor, she chose to make “Spare Me” as her first music video, uniting her deep love for live-action filmmaking, 3D and 2D animation and visual effects, as a director and storyteller. Director Statement “I began concepting around the ideas of surveillance and people who… Continue reading Director Biography – Mack Neaton (SPARE ME)

Short Film: SPARE ME, 4min., USA, Music Video

“Spare Me” is music video showcasing artist Carlile’s lush lyrical tribute to a troublesome ex-girlfriend who won’t stop interfering in a new relationship. In a colorful campy world, the artist unites with her man and his ex for a fantastical feast, where nothing is edible and surveillance is all around. Project Links  Website

Director Biography – Cass Mortimer Eipper (ID)

Cass Mortimer Eipper is an award-winning director/choreographer/dancer. Creating for both stageand film, he has presented work throughout Australia, Europe, Canada and the U.S.A.Awards include: Global Short Film Awards Cannes: Best Dance Film – for ‘Brute’; The HelpmannAward: Most Outstanding Male Dancer for his performance in William Forsythe’s ‘Quintett’; Rome International Choreography Competition: Most Outstanding Performance… Continue reading Director Biography – Cass Mortimer Eipper (ID)

Short Film: ID, 6min,. Australia, Dance

‘Id’ follows six dancers in communion, each driven by their own instinctive impulses which manifest fast and slow. Propelled like machines through dispositions and space, oscillations of awareness illuminate shared conflicts — within the self, the couple and the tribe. Project Links  Website

Director Biography – Kristyna Archer (MUSICAL CHAIRS: A BATTLE ROYALE)

Kristyna Archer is an award-winning director with a passion for creating thought-provoking and visually compelling work through a lens of stylized realism. She grew up near 8 mile road in Detroit, spent a decade in Chicago, and currently splits time between LA & NYC. Her work explores the surreal and the absurd, with a proclivity… Continue reading Director Biography – Kristyna Archer (MUSICAL CHAIRS: A BATTLE ROYALE)