AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: SUCKR FOR LOVE BEST DANCE FILM: BRUTE BEST PERFORMANCES: LEADING ME STRAIGHT performers BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ANIMAL BEST MUSIC: THE FIRE WITHIN Theme of night: Trapped and searching for something else. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: Eldur Á Himni – Fire in the Sky, 7min., Iceland, Experimental SUCKR FOR LOVE, 4min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental & Music & Dance Festival – October 24, 2019
Category: Dance Film
Kaddume Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
KADDUME, 3min., Columbia, Dance Directed by Álvaro José Peña, Sergio López Guevara, Rodrigo García, Roberto Ávila “Kaddume” is an expedition that recognizes San Basilio de Palenque’s past and future relationships. It’s a look to and from the body, the land they live in and the voice of their female ancestors. The same ones that opened new… Continue reading Kaddume Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
Inclinations Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
INCLINATIONS, 5min., Canada, Dance Directed by Danielle Peers Choreographed, directed and shot from disability perspectives, this dance-on-video short contrasts the playful connections when disability aesthetics, community and a ramp meet the institutional histories and discordant inclinations that can lurk just below the surface. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Brute Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
BRUTE, 4min., Australia, Dance Directed by Cass Mortimer Eipper ‘Brute’ is about duality – how we try to restrain the untameable beast within us, and how this in turn contorts and mystifies our consciousness. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!
Animal Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
ANIMAL, 7min., France, Dance Directed by Raphaël THIERS This short film is an adaption of the performance Animale (choreography by Lisie Philip, music by Laurent Tamagno). It was produced for an event in the MAMAC (the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice) called “la Nuit des Musées” in 2017. I perceived the show… Continue reading Animal Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Experimental/Music/Dance Festival Oct. 2019
Director Biography – Ryan K. McNeal (THE FIRE WITHIN)
Ryan K. McNeal is a director and colorist based in Los Angeles. He graduated Columbia College Chicago in 2012 with a BA in Film Directing. Most recently he works as a freelance colorist on music videos, commercials, and film. As a director, his passion lies in telling stories that explore pain and loss, but are… Continue reading Director Biography – Ryan K. McNeal (THE FIRE WITHIN)
Director Biography – Fiona Tinwei Lam (PLASTICPOEMS)
Fiona Tinwei Lam has authored two poetry books and the forthcoming Odes & Laments (Caitlin Press, 2019). A finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, she edited The Bright Well: Contemporary Canadian Poems on Facing Cancer and authored the illustrated children’s book about Alzheimer’s, The Rainbow Rocket. Her work appears in over thirty anthologies,… Continue reading Director Biography – Fiona Tinwei Lam (PLASTICPOEMS)
Director Biography – Hiroshi kizu (14)
https://www.pics.tokyo/people/hiroshi-kizu/ Majored in Visual Arts at the Kyoto College of Art. During his studies, he was deeply impressed by Takashi Ito’s experimental video, Kazuhiko Hasegawa’s “The Man Who Stole the Sun,” and Evangelion. Joined MTV Japan in 2001, and during the next 5 years he created many program openings, station-IDs, etc. Left MTV Japan in… Continue reading Director Biography – Hiroshi kizu (14)
Short Film: 14, 3min., Japan, Dance/Music
The fear of being hurt, being alone, The desire to be released from its shell expressed in emotional changes through dance. The action emphasized by editing it becomes a sound and forms a rhythm in the head of who sees this Experimental video where the image became a rhythm track. News & Reviews “Public Prize” CINEMATICA FESTIVAL… Continue reading Short Film: 14, 3min., Japan, Dance/Music
Short Film: THE SHE-WOLF, 10min., France, Dance
Marion mysteriously appears in a clearing populated by marauding wolves. Attracted by the melody of a cello, a strange dream brings her to the heart of a wonderful forest. But as she tries to get closer to the cello, their bodies gradually cover themselves with a strange bark-colored skin.
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