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

Director Bio: Liv Mari Mortensen

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival Director of the 65.5 short film. Director Biography Liv Mari Mortensen is a norwegian director and screenwriter, educated at Westerdals School of Arts, Communication and Technology and Alma Manusutbildning. Her short “65,5 women” won Best experimental short in Toronto Independent Film Festival in 2017. Her… Continue reading Director Bio: Liv Mari Mortensen

Get to know the short film: 65.5 WOMEN, 6min, Norway, Experimental

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival To understand a recent failure, a young man writes a statistic of all the women he ever slept with. As he tries to simplify all of his affairs into simple characteristics the memories start to take over, leaving him to face the only one he… Continue reading Get to know the short film: 65.5 WOMEN, 6min, Norway, Experimental

Director BIO: Carla Jay Shah Laroche

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival Director of the short film ICARO Director Biography Carla Shah is a director currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After graduating in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics in 2009, she began her career working on documentaries for NGO’s and independent film… Continue reading Director BIO: Carla Jay Shah Laroche

Get to know the short film: ICARO, 11min, Brazil, Experimental

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival Based on the Greek tragedy, Icaro is a Brazilian modern adaptation of the iconic struggle; a man who seeks liberation from an environment in which he feels caged and powerless. Where myths tell us that our fate is determined by a greater force than our… Continue reading Get to know the short film: ICARO, 11min, Brazil, Experimental

Get to know the short film: HOPE, 4min, Iceland, Experimental

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival The apocalypse is coming. A lonely and bitter nun seeks for help to let go of her past and finally be free. The lights go out. The lights are turned on. And suddenly there is a change. Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson Director Knútur Haukstein Ólafsson Writer… Continue reading Get to know the short film: HOPE, 4min, Iceland, Experimental

Director Bio: Camille Laloux

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival MUSIC Video Director of the NOVEMBER UNDER ASHES Director Biography I studied cinematography and video production in a 2 years professional school and at cinema university in Paris and became convinced that video expression and creation was my passion in all the way that it… Continue reading Director Bio: Camille Laloux

Get to know the short film: NOVEMBER UNDER ASHES, 3min, France, Music Video

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival November under ashes is a cri du coeur, a song, an hymn in which personal and national mournings are melted, a heartbeat of fear, of strength and an ode to life. Under the ashes of a dear person and of scores of innocent people killed… Continue reading Get to know the short film: NOVEMBER UNDER ASHES, 3min, France, Music Video

Director’s BIO: Mark Franz

Short Film Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival Director Biography Mark Franz is a designer, artist, and educator whose exhibitions and primary research projects involve the creation of interactive installations that reflect on issues of violence, dislocation, and other social constructions important in contemporary cultures. Recently this work has been exhibited as part… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Mark Franz

Get to know the short film: BODY WITHOUT ORGANS, 2min, USA, Experimental

Playing at the July 20th Experimental Film Festival Directed by Mark Franz “body without organs” is an experimental animation that explores the mystical singularity of the body in terms of its separate functioning parts. Philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari use this term to refer to the “cosmic egg” of life. Film Type: Animation, Experimental,… Continue reading Get to know the short film: BODY WITHOUT ORGANS, 2min, USA, Experimental