Director BIO: Xiang “Shawn” Cao (GOOD VIBES)

Shawn has been a photographer in the new media industry for five years. During college. Shawn owned his media studio. After graduation, he was admitted to the director photography department of film in New York Film Academic. He still working on his master’s degree.

Short Film: WANTED, 8min., USA, Music Video

A stranger enters a bleak town, carrying a curious case whose contents unlock something in the joyless inhabitants. What desires are they hiding and what will happen to those lost souls left in his wake? Directed by Samara Lerman (JourneyQuest, The Gamers: Hands of Fate, Strowlers)A Gone Wilder Production Featuring the song “Wanted” from Laughing… Continue reading Short Film: WANTED, 8min., USA, Music Video

Short Film: GHOST DANCE FOR AMERICA, 1890, 19min., USA, Experimental

Ghost Dance for America, 1890 is about the birth of America, the violent history of the 1800’s and how it presages today’s political climate in the United States. The Ghost Dance was a religious movement of the Native Americans in response to the U.S. government’s westward expansion and terrorism against them.The Ghost Dance died out… Continue reading Short Film: GHOST DANCE FOR AMERICA, 1890, 19min., USA, Experimental

Director BIO: Stefano Viali (KALEYDOSKOP)

Stefano Viali, made his debut in theater as a director and actor in 1982 with the show “Omaggio a Petrolini”. (Selected by critics among Italian novelties 81/82). He has studied with Paolo Panelli and has partecipated in several films and television productions, both in Italy and abroad. David di Donatello 2005 and Special Mention at… Continue reading Director BIO: Stefano Viali (KALEYDOSKOP)

Short Film: KALEYDOSKOP, 25min., Italy, Experimental

A subjective journey, made up of images, sounds and colors. A research on the creative process, on the possibility of creating a cinematographic, non-narrative story, starting from the works that a group of artists had previously created for an art installation. The camera explores, reacts, re-elaborates what it sees through the movements of the frames… Continue reading Short Film: KALEYDOSKOP, 25min., Italy, Experimental