Category: Experimental Short Films

Searching For Wonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

SEARCHING FOR WONDER, 6min., USA, Music Directed by Greg Osei Searching for Wonder was inspired by conversations with fellow artists who have diverse relationships to the African Diaspora. These discussions highlighted how we all feel lost in different ways, because history, slavery, colonialism & fear have left many of us feeling disconnected, searching for something… Continue reading Searching For Wonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

Under The Waterfall Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENER, 3min., France, Music Directed by Sebastion Caudron This video clip shows an explosive passion between two lovers, punctuated by an elegant and a contemporary choreography in the streets of Paris where buildings are changing into real waterfalls. It is an hymn to love that uses the metaphor of water… Continue reading Under The Waterfall Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from July 2020 Experimental Festival

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: BLACK STAINS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SEARCHING FOR WONDER BEST DANCE FILM: UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENGER BEST MUSIC VIDEO: AGORIA – CALL OF THE WILD BEST SOUND & MUSIC: WHEN EARTH TOOK A BREATH Theme of night: Coming to terms. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020

Short Film: GOLDEN, 8min., USA, Dance

  GOLDEN, a wordless dance film, uncovers the independence, intellectual curiosity, and sexual vibrancy hidden within the domestic life of a woman, as portrayed by a solo dancer. In dream-like sequences, she encounters the self she has been and the self that she can become. From her musings emerges a passionate self-declaration, elucidated by repeated… Continue reading Short Film: GOLDEN, 8min., USA, Dance

Short Film: BAD FEELING, 4min., French Polynesia, Dance

  A couple of young Polynesian dancers share a dance in Paris, maybe for the last time …   Project Type: Experimental, Music Video, Short Genres: Romance, Drama, Dance Runtime: 3 minutes 51 seconds Completion Date: May 13, 2019 Production Budget: 4,500 EUR Country of Origin: French Polynesia Country of Filming: French Polynesia Shooting Format:… Continue reading Short Film: BAD FEELING, 4min., French Polynesia, Dance

Director Biography – Sonja Wyss, Jorijn Vriesendorp (WHILE SHE WAITS)

Sonja Wyss is a long-established artist, who works and lives in Amsterdam. She was born (1967) in the Bahamas and studied Fine Arts in Switzerland, Amsterdam and in the United States of America before completing her studies at the Master of Film at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. Her video installations and experimental films… Continue reading Director Biography – Sonja Wyss, Jorijn Vriesendorp (WHILE SHE WAITS)

Short Film: WHILE SHE WAITS, 10min. Netherlands, Dance

In a subtle choreography a woman slowly disengages from a familiar and structured world, about to enter a world yet unknown to her. While She Waits shows the emotional transformation during the last months of her pregnancy in a poetic and melancholic way. What happens during the long waiting till the unknown reveals itself? And… Continue reading Short Film: WHILE SHE WAITS, 10min. Netherlands, Dance

Director Biography – Leonora Pitts (LIKE HOLY WINE)

Leonora Pitts is an actress, filmmaker, dancer, and community organizer, born and raised in Grand Forks, ND. She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she received her BFA in Acting, studying with the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. Upon her graduation, she received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Atlantic and NYU,… Continue reading Director Biography – Leonora Pitts (LIKE HOLY WINE)