Category: Experimental Short Films

Short Film: TRISKELION, 13min., UK, Experimental/Thriller

‘Triskelion’ weaves a dark abstract exploration of the ‘Alice in Wonderland’ theme and mind control. Three realities spiral as a woman sacrifices everything attempting to escape the labyrinth, fighting to become the master of her consciousness. Project Links  Website

Director Biography – Chris Liddell (STAY IN YOUR POWER)

Chris has been developing his international career in Film, Sound and Creative Media production for over 25 years. As a young child, he began exploring visual arts through drawing, caricature and flip animation long before beginning his professional career in Audio Production 1991 with clients among the biggest names in the Australian Entertainment industry. The… Continue reading Director Biography – Chris Liddell (STAY IN YOUR POWER)

Short Film: STAY IN YOUR POWER, 5min., Australia, Musical

Conceived on International Women’s Day, Filmed on Mothers Day and Released on International Home Birth Day, this visionary music video by celebrated filmmaker CHRISTOPHER LIDDELL and Melbourne singer/songwriter CHARLOTTE ROBERTS takes you on a journey of one women’s maturation and empowerment, calling on events from Charlotte’s own life. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram

Short Film: A SYMPHONY OF SPARKS, 4min., Canada, Music

A Symphony of Sparks attempts to metaphorically reconcile two opposite worlds: classical music and working-class environments. Marrying Tchaikovsky’s music and industrial welding, the film takes a poetic look at conductorship, turning it into a symphony of sparks. Project Title (Original Language): Soudure symphonique Film Type: Experimental, Music Video, Short Runtime: 4 minutes 37 seconds Completion… Continue reading Short Film: A SYMPHONY OF SPARKS, 4min., Canada, Music

Short Film: PAIN(FUL) PERCEPTION, 4min., Canada, Music

This film grapples with perception as shaped by social fog and looks to hysteria as a site of affective protest and potentiality. Informed by the filmmakers lived experience as a non-binary person with chronic vulvar pain, viewers are urged to (re)imagine the possibilities for pain as a sensation and as a resource. Film Type: Documentary,… Continue reading Short Film: PAIN(FUL) PERCEPTION, 4min., Canada, Music

Director Biography – Colin Greenfield (IN MY ROOM)

Colin Greenfield is a critically acclaimed, internationally recognized, Toronto-based cinematographer, director and editor. He is also the co-founder of Merging Forest Films — a filmmaking collective specializing in music videos and short films. His work has been nominated at the 2017 Toronto Independent Music Awards, 2019 Kinsale Shark Awards for Best Cinematography and the 2019… Continue reading Director Biography – Colin Greenfield (IN MY ROOM)

Short Film: IN MY ROOM, 7min., Canada, Music

A lone construction surveyor navigates the mysterious basement of a soon-to-be demolished building. Burdened with the task of mapping the infrastructure’s network of ancient utility lines and deteriorating foundation, he descends deeper into paranoia as his measurements begin contradicting his findings. ‘In My Room’ is Discrete’s debut music video directed by emerging filmmaker, Colin Greenfield.… Continue reading Short Film: IN MY ROOM, 7min., Canada, Music

Director Biography – FLORA CHENG (SOLITARY)

Flora Cheng has been active throughout her life in composing and performing music. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree in Composition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has won numerous awards while she was in studies. Currently, Cheng is the Music Teachers Association of California Lakewood-Cerritos Branch President. Cheng recently completed a… Continue reading Director Biography – FLORA CHENG (SOLITARY)

Shor Film: SOLITARY, 3min., USA, Dance

Based on a Greek mythology, Icarus and his father, Daedalus, were imprisioned by King Minos. The only way to escape from the island was to fly. Daedalus began to gather feathers from birds and used wax to glue the feathers together which later became wings. “Solitary” represents Icarus’ state of mind when he was in… Continue reading Shor Film: SOLITARY, 3min., USA, Dance