Author: experimentalfilmfestival

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

BREATHE Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the March 2018 Under 5min. Festival

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZp5jMaeT58 BREATHE, 4min., USA, Documentary Directed by Jonathan Remple Freediving tests the limits of human potential. For Rebecca Illing, this breathless “meditation with consequences” released her from addiction. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

HIGHLIGHTS – March 2018 Under 5 Minute Festival

Originally posted on Under 5 minute & Smartphone festival:
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: TO QUIET THE MIND BEST PERFORMANCES: CHINESE TAKEOUT FOR ONE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: BREATHE BEST MUSIC: I NEED YOU Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: CHINESE TAKEOUT FOR ONE, 3min., Drama/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK I NEED YOU, 5min., USA, Thriller/Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK ONE…

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental/Music Video Festival – April 16, 2018

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: ALL FALLS DOWN BEST PERFORMANCES: EPINEPHRINE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE NIGHT SKY BEST MUSIC: VOICES Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: JOY! BLUE MOON, 3min., USA, Animation/Music WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, 6min., USA, Experimental/Music Video NIGHT LIVE, 7min., China, Experimental/New Media VOICES, 6min., Italy, Experimental/Music Video THE NIGHT SKY, 3min., Sweden,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental/Music Video Festival – April 16, 2018

ALL FALLS DOWN Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

ALL FALLS DOWN, 6min., USA, Experimental/Documentary Directed by Oberon Strong ALL FALLS DOWN presents a digital hell-loop centering around the idea of the transgender antagonist coming to terms with the ideas of home, anxiety, intimacy, our inevitable death, longing, and the conversation between obsolete and current technologies. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics… Continue reading ALL FALLS DOWN Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

BLACK BIRD Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

BLACK BIRD, 4min., USA, Experimental/Fantasy  Directed by Haonan Wang The journey of a man escaping the concrete jungle of the modern city with help from spiritual black birds. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

CALO MESA – TECHNO HIPPIE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

CALO MESA – TECHNO HIPPIE, 3min., USA, Experimental/Music Video  Directed by Jon Meyer Music video using nothing but old school video feedback manipulation with two dancers. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

EPINEPHRINE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

EPINEPHRINE, 6min., USA, Experimental/Music Video Directed by Kat Scott A millennial girl influenced by internet age is absorbed in queer beauty, but experiences a visceral response to addiction. After crumbling, she is liberated by various social movements as a source of independence. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

NIGHT LIVE Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

NIGHT LIVE, 7min., China, Experimental/New Media  Directed by Dazhi Huang A young gay man starts an online livestream with someone he just met on the gay social app, and of course, it leads to unexpected consequences. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

SAINT ETIENNE: MAGPIE EYES Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival

SAINT ETIENNE – MAGPIE EYES, 3min., Music Video Directed by Tash Tung Magpie Eyes reimagines the 90s band as teenagers in the modern day and follows them around the sleepy market suburb of Stevenage, UK – the first of the government’s post-war Utopias. The film celebrates a distinct sense place and what it’s like to grow… Continue reading SAINT ETIENNE: MAGPIE EYES Short Film – Audience Feedback from April 2018 Experimental Festival