Author: experimentalfilmfestival

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

Short Film: UNBROKEN, 2min., USA, Experimental

“Unbroken” is a poem written by Jean-Sebastien Surena and excerpted from his book, “Quarantined Thoughts.” The visual takes us through a sunny day in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY. People just living their lives. Try as you might, the white man cannot break us.

Director BIO: Dick Jordan (IMAGINE THIS: A STORY TOLD WITH SOUND EFFECTS)

Since 2013, producer and director, Dick Jordan, has produced many short films for public access television station, MarinTV, operated by the non-profit Community Media Center of Marin (cmcm.tv) in San Rafael, California. Several have been aired by other public access stations across the United States. His award-winning feature-length documentary film “Cuba, Libre?” has been an… Continue reading Director BIO: Dick Jordan (IMAGINE THIS: A STORY TOLD WITH SOUND EFFECTS)

Short Film: IMAGINE THIS: A STORY TOLD WITH SOUND EFFECTS, 4min., USA, Experimental

Sounds effects add a layer of complexity to movies. But could a motion picture be made solely with sound effects and nothing visual at all? Imagine the story that sounds effects are telling as you watch this film. It has been nominated in the “Best Sound” and “Best No Budget” categories at the 2018 Top… Continue reading Short Film: IMAGINE THIS: A STORY TOLD WITH SOUND EFFECTS, 4min., USA, Experimental

Director BIO: Grace Gibson (RIVER QUEEN: WINTER’S END)

Grace Gibson is a fourth generation musician/performer and now a second generation filmmaker. Helming from Louisiana & England, independent rock’n’roll artist and new filmmaker Grace Gibson blends her raw roots: A bluesy aesthetic inspired the black Deep South, her Berklee College of Music & Columbia University training, with high-powered energy of the “British Invasion” creating… Continue reading Director BIO: Grace Gibson (RIVER QUEEN: WINTER’S END)

Short Film: RIVER QUEEN: WINTER’S END, 17min., USA, Musical

RIVER QUEEN: Winter’s End is the first leg of a musical voyage through the waters of life. Gibson’s directorial and artistic debut, the beginning of her study and reintroduction of the modern rock-opera, where the pairing of libretto and symbolic imagery rule, and the omnipresent narrator (played by Gibson’s 90 year old grandmother) tells the… Continue reading Short Film: RIVER QUEEN: WINTER’S END, 17min., USA, Musical

Director BIO: Micheal Hidetoshi Mori (WHERE DO I GO?)

Michael Hidetoshi Mori is an award-winning stage director and the Artistic Director of Tapestry Opera in Toronto, Canada. In 2016, the CBC named Michael and Tapestry Opera as one of ten artists changing the artistic landscape of Canada. Recently, for the world premiere production of Rocking Horse Winner, Michael won the 2017 Dora Mavor Moore… Continue reading Director BIO: Micheal Hidetoshi Mori (WHERE DO I GO?)