Author: experimentalfilmfestival

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)

“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

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)

‘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

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)

A revealing battle royale of vices in a cutthroat match of musical chairs. Who will conquer all? Project Links  Website

Theatro Municipal de São Paulo is the biggest Opera House in Brazil and an important landmark of the city. With over 100 years old, it is a living patrimony that opens its doors to the city and its diverse public.The Opera House is a lavish building and has risen as an aspirational symbol for the… Continue reading Short Film: FEEL AT EASE (Sinta-se a Vontade), 7min., Brazil, Dance

Curtains open, interior director’s bio. I grew up during the golden age of cable television, and TV was the channel for my escape to find familiarity and comfort. I lost my dad to liver cirrhosis two days before my 14th birthday. I never really got to know him, he spent some years of my childhood… Continue reading Director Biography – Gi Gonzales (GOLD)

Experimental/Horror Five kids are approached by a stranger to play Russian Roulette with a twist.

BEEHIVE, 2min., Italy, Dance Directed by Luigi Coppola Beehive aims at focusing on the critical part bees plays in the biosphere as a deeply interconnected system. As pollinators, the bees make every sort of flowers and trees grow. Without them we are all lost. Read interview with the filmmaker: https://matthewtoffolo.com/2020/09/22/interview-with-filmmaker-luigi-coppola-beehive/