Category: Experimental Short Films

Director BIO: Patricia Allison (GREY MATTER)

Director Biography – Patricia Allison Dora Award winning choreographer Patricia Allison is a Toronto based artist. She’s currently doing her MFA in Dance at York University.   Director Statement   This is a very personal work for me. After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis making art was one of the ways that I processed this big… Continue reading Director BIO: Patricia Allison (GREY MATTER)

Short Film: GREY MATTER, 3min., Canada, Dance

A film by choreographer Patricia Allison made shortly after being diagnosed with MS. Grey Matter is a short exploration into the struggles of self identity and a yearning for a more simple time. Project Links  Website Film Type: Experimental, Short, Student Genres: Dance- Film, Sci-Fi Runtime: 3 minutes 11 seconds Completion Date: November 26, 2017… Continue reading Short Film: GREY MATTER, 3min., Canada, Dance

Short Film: FORMS, 3min., South Africa, Dance

Three art forms: dance, music and film combined on a single canvas in an audiovisual explosion! A coming together of three creative forces, FORMS sees hip-hop artist Rouge, choreographer Rudi Smit and director Alex Fynn collaborate on a dance music video that highlights their respective talents and presents it in one neat package. Set in… Continue reading Short Film: FORMS, 3min., South Africa, Dance

Director BIO: Stephen Featherstone (STOPGAP IN STOP MOTION)

Director Biography – Stephen Featherstone Stephen Featherstone is a filmmaker and animator based in the UK. His practice merges his background in Fine Art and his experience in the animation industry to develop an approach to filmmaking that allows him to work independently, and to use moving image media as means of personal expression, while making… Continue reading Director BIO: Stephen Featherstone (STOPGAP IN STOP MOTION)

Short Film: STOPGAP IN STOP MOTION, 5min., UK, Dance

Photographs of performers in a disabled and non-disabled dance company come to life. The individual artists dance out of the photos and across table tops until the whole company meet and perform in unison. Completed in 2016, this is a promotional film for Stopgap Dance Company. Film Type: Animation, Short Runtime: 4 minutes 40 seconds… Continue reading Short Film: STOPGAP IN STOP MOTION, 5min., UK, Dance

Director BIO: Patrick Waldmann (FRICKE-TICKE)

Director Biography – Patrick Waldmann Patrick Waldmann is both DOP and Director as well in Documentary as in Feature Film. Working in long Feature Film with stunning directors as Esther Gronenborn and Christoph Schlingensief, he concentrates now on TV and Cinema Documentaries and comercials as a director and as DOP.   Director Statement   For as… Continue reading Director BIO: Patrick Waldmann (FRICKE-TICKE)

Short Film: FRICKE-TICKE, 7min., Germany, Dance

Half terriyfying, half amusing daydream of a young teacher at work. A class of 12 year old students start a revolt of dancing. Project Links  Website Film Type: Short Runtime: 7 minutes 14 seconds Completion Date: April 26, 2018 Production Budget: 6,000 EUR Country of Origin: Germany Country of Filming: Germany Shooting Format: Digital, 4K… Continue reading Short Film: FRICKE-TICKE, 7min., Germany, Dance

Short Film: BOOKANIMA: DANCE, 7min., South Korea, Dance

BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is Experimental Animation to give book new cinematic life. It aims ‘Watching Book’ in the third scope between Book and Cinema through Locomotion based on Chronophotography. It consists of 4 chapters: Martial Arts, Dance, Ball Games, Leports. <BOOKANIMA: Dance> is the second chapter to create Locomotion of… Continue reading Short Film: BOOKANIMA: DANCE, 7min., South Korea, Dance

Short Film: MAURA, 13min., Cuba, Dance

Dancer and choreographer Maura Morales fled from Cuba at the age of 17. In this short documentary / dance film, she explores her own history, the concept of home as well as the current socio-cultural situation in her former homeland.   Film Type: Documentary, Experimental, Music Video Runtime: 13 minutes 8 seconds Completion Date: February… Continue reading Short Film: MAURA, 13min., Cuba, Dance