Category: Director Bio

SUPPLE HEARTS Short Film – Audience Feedback from the Experimental Festival 2018

SUNFLOWER SUTRA, 4min., Netherlands, Music Video Directed by Ayla Spaans The music video Sunflower Sutra is about finding your totem in the animal kingdom. The rooster, hare and pig; that stand for the constellations of My Baby’s band members, go through different phases where they discover their self during the totem ceremony. The video is divided… Continue reading SUPPLE HEARTS Short Film – Audience Feedback from the Experimental Festival 2018

RSVP Experimental Film Festival – Thursday August 16, 2018 – 7pm

The FEEDBACK Monthly Film Festival is back for 2018.. Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm. Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice… Continue reading RSVP Experimental Film Festival – Thursday August 16, 2018 – 7pm

Director BIO: Kiana Naghshineh (AUGENBLICKE – A BLINK OF AN EYE)

Director Biography – Kiana Naghshineh Kiana studied ANIMATION at the Filmakademie Baden – Württemberg. There, she realised some Award Winning Shortfilms. After 6 years of studying in Ludwigsburg, Germany, her parents still don’t know for sure what she’s doing for a living, but they are proud of her anyways. With AUGENBLICKE she graduated from the Filmakademie.

Director BIO: Sean Wehrli (GLENDALE)

Director Biography – Sean Wehrli Sean comes from a design/photo background. He directed/designed the stage graphics for Lil Wayne’s last tour and recently photographed an editorial for W Magazine of Suki Waterhouse. Director Statement   I knew I wanted to focus on our hometown of Detroit and I began to try and understand why Detroit has… Continue reading Director BIO: Sean Wehrli (GLENDALE)

Director BIO: Stephanie Peters (SOLARIS)

Director Biography – Stephanie Peters Stephanie Peters is a Video Artist, Digital Designer and Animator, and Film Maker. She graduated in 2010 from RMIT university with a BA of Fine Arts, majoring in Media Arts. She has continued to practice most notably as a video artist exhibiting interactive multi media works including Melbourne Festival, Gertrude Street… Continue reading Director BIO: Stephanie Peters (SOLARIS)

Director BIO: Adam Cushman (THE POET)

Director Biography – Adam Cushman Writer, director and producer Adam Cushman (Right, with Producer David J. Phillips on left) has directed three short films including the award-winning THE WHIPPING CLUB. His first feature film RESTRAINT stars Dana Ashbrook (Twin Peaks) and Caitlyn Folley (The FP). His second feature film THE MAESTRO stars Xander Berkeley, Jon Polito,… Continue reading Director BIO: Adam Cushman (THE POET)

Director BIO: Nick Zoulek (SILHOUETTE OF A STORM – BENT TREET)

Director Biography – Nick Zoulek Nick Zoulek’s (b. 1988) influence on the fields of modern music and avant-garde performance has added color, sound, energy, and light to the delightfully enigmatic world of contemporary  saxophone: The Wall Street Journal writes, “…Mr. Zoulek’s performance, on saxophones in every range, is stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre… None of that would matter… Continue reading Director BIO: Nick Zoulek (SILHOUETTE OF A STORM – BENT TREET)

Director BIOS: Amie Dowling and Austin Forbord (SEPARATE SENTENCES)

Director Biography – Amie Dowling, Austin Forbord Amie Dowling creates dance and theater for the stage, for film and in community settings. For the past 17 years, her work has considered the politics and representation of mass incarceration. Well Contested Sites, a collaboration Austin Forbord and Bay Area artists, some of who were previously incarcerated, won the… Continue reading Director BIOS: Amie Dowling and Austin Forbord (SEPARATE SENTENCES)