Category: Short Films at Festival

Short Film: DIVIDED WE SCROLL, 5min., UK, Dance/Experimental

Technology is rewiring our brains and changing both our physical movements and inner thought processing. ‘Divided We Scroll’ is an experimental and eerie depiction of our intimate relationships with these technologies, which have become obsessive, compulsive and divisive. Through contemporary dance, we explore the chilling reality of a constantly connected world where data and software… Continue reading Short Film: DIVIDED WE SCROLL, 5min., UK, Dance/Experimental

Director Biography – Andreas John (FORGET ME NOT)

I am a contemplative artist, inviting the work in my hands to move through me. I co-create with landscape, environment, the elements, and all aspects of nature as a sculptor, photographer and film maker. Director Statement Forget Me Not was filmed solo, improvised, in one location over the course of 2 consecutive evenings. There was… Continue reading Director Biography – Andreas John (FORGET ME NOT)

Director Biography – Thibault Chollet (THE DREAM OF B. SOARES)

Born in 1987 in Dijon. He graduated a Master degree in Cinema in Lyon in 2011. He made his first animated short film during his studies. Since he works as assistant director on the animated tv series Stinky Dog. The dream of B. Soares is his third film and his second collaboration with GASP! FILMOGRAPHY… Continue reading Director Biography – Thibault Chollet (THE DREAM OF B. SOARES)

Short Film: AGON, 4min., Brazil, Dance

  A short dance film shot from distance during quarantine. Nothing here has been done for us. The human being lives an illusion of protagonism in relation to existence, a narcissistic process of thinking that everything is done for the human being. People are at home, struggling in a dispute for protagonism. Wanting to negotiate… Continue reading Short Film: AGON, 4min., Brazil, Dance

Director Biography – Jennifer Akalina Petuch, Annali Rose (LIMINALITY)

Jennifer A. Petuch is currently Adjunct Faculty and Staff at Florida State University’s School of Dance. Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, she trained for fourteen years at the Academy of Ballet Florida and performed in professional ballets with the Company of Ballet Florida in pieces such as Marie Hale’s “The Nutcracker”, “Romeo and Juliet”,… Continue reading Director Biography – Jennifer Akalina Petuch, Annali Rose (LIMINALITY)

Short Film: LIMINALITY, 8min,. USA, Dance

  Liminality is inspired by reimagining what Odette may have experienced upon plunging to her death in the lake from the classical ballet “Swan Lake”. It is a moment of suspended reality and a story of disenchantment, self-discovery and transformation. In our modern world we know that “happily ever after” is a journey and we… Continue reading Short Film: LIMINALITY, 8min,. USA, Dance

Director Biography – Michelle Brand (SYNCHRONICITY)

Michelle Brand is a London based German-English, Animator- Filmmaker and Sound Designer, who enjoys cross-combining all kinds of things and media. She studied animation at the University for Creative Arts in Farnham, UK, and completed her Animation MA at the Royal College of Arts in 2019. Throughout her work, she plays with many different visual… Continue reading Director Biography – Michelle Brand (SYNCHRONICITY)

Short Film: SYNCHRONICITY, 4min., UK, Animation

  People come, people go – Yet everyone is moving in the same direction. We all are sharing something that we are unaware of, creating one big picture we are unable to see. The film explores the idea of how everyone is connected in a way we may not realise. By sharing time, space and… Continue reading Short Film: SYNCHRONICITY, 4min., UK, Animation