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Strut – 1980s Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

STRUT – 1980s, 5min., USA, Music Directed by Tim Cash Pierre’s prized pink flamingo has been brazenly pickpocketed! The shocking crime has led to a phone call to the FBI (Flamingo Bureau of Investigation) & the search is on. The situation grows so dire that the Pink Ninja is called to duty! ‘Strut – 1980s’,… Continue reading Strut – 1980s Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

American Quartet Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

AMERICAN QUARTET, 9min., USA, Music Directed by Jesca Prudencio In a 2030s small town bitterly divided over who belongs, a young Muslim-American woman puts herself at risk when she shares her private, digitized memories with strangers, challenging the status quo in the hope that empathy will triumph over hate.

Agoria – Call of the Wild Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

Agoria – Call of the Wild, 5min., France, Music Directed by Loïc Andrieu Throughout a cinematic video, director Loïc ANDRIEU introduces a new female hero high-concept. It features Jane, an enigmatic L.A.P.D officer, forced to face her Orphic power to dive into death.

Searching For Wonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

SEARCHING FOR WONDER, 6min., USA, Music Directed by Greg Osei Searching for Wonder was inspired by conversations with fellow artists who have diverse relationships to the African Diaspora. These discussions highlighted how we all feel lost in different ways, because history, slavery, colonialism & fear have left many of us feeling disconnected, searching for something… Continue reading Searching For Wonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

Under The Waterfall Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENER, 3min., France, Music Directed by Sebastion Caudron This video clip shows an explosive passion between two lovers, punctuated by an elegant and a contemporary choreography in the streets of Paris where buildings are changing into real waterfalls. It is an hymn to love that uses the metaphor of water… Continue reading Under The Waterfall Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: BLACK STAINS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SEARCHING FOR WONDER BEST DANCE FILM: UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENGER BEST MUSIC VIDEO: AGORIA – CALL OF THE WILD BEST SOUND & MUSIC: WHEN EARTH TOOK A BREATH Theme of night: Coming to terms. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020

Weekly Virtual Film Festival

via Weekly Virtual Film Festival WATCH Tonight: Tuesday July 7th. 8pm EST (5pm on the West Coast.). Virtual Film Festival, Sponsored by Yonge/Dundas Square. Featuring the BEST DRAMA & EXPERIMENTAL Shorts from around the world today: LINEUP OF FILMS: FIRST ACT PROGRAM PLAY, 13min., Poland, Drama Directed by Piotr Sulkowski A man consumed by… Continue reading Weekly Virtual Film Festival

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, directed by Daniel Haller) — Through the Shattered Lens

In the year 1987, NASA launches it’s final manned mission. Captain Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) is sent into space but, while he’s orbiting the Earth, he and his spacecraft fall victim to a strange space anomaly which leaves him in suspended animation. On Earth, Buck Rogers is believed to be lost. 500 years pass. Buck’s […]… Continue reading Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, directed by Daniel Haller) — Through the Shattered Lens

Some Kind of Hero (1982, directed by Michael Pressman) — Through the Shattered Lens

Eddie Keller (Richard Pryor) is a member of the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam when he gets captured by the VC and spends the next few years in a POW camp. During that time, he befriends another POW named Vinnie (Ray Sharkey). Though the quick-witted Eddie is often able to outsmart his captors and their […]… Continue reading Some Kind of Hero (1982, directed by Michael Pressman) — Through the Shattered Lens

Song of the Day: Deborah’s Theme by Ennio Morricone — Through the Shattered Lens

Today, I arrived home to the sad news that Ennio Morricone, the world’s greatest composer, had passed away at the age of 91. Morricone was responsible for so many classic film scores that it’s hard to know where to begin. I imagine I’ll be sharing a lot of his music over the next couple of […]… Continue reading Song of the Day: Deborah’s Theme by Ennio Morricone — Through the Shattered Lens