Category: Short Films at Festival

Director Biography – Katie Sadler (BRETON AFTERNOON)

KATIE SADLER is a documentary, narrative, and short-form storyteller who graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. With a BFA in film & television production and a minor in dance, she practices multiple artistic disciplines and combines them in any way that she can. Sadler has worked with companies including NBC, BuzzFeed, 20th Century… Continue reading Director Biography – Katie Sadler (BRETON AFTERNOON)

Short Film: BRETON AFTERNOON, 7min., USA, Dance

An improvised dance performance based on a poem by Ernest Christopher Dowson. Performance by Tamisha Guy Directed by Katie Sadler Cinematography by Carissa Henderson Music by Andrew Cooke 1st Assistant Camera: Sara Laufer Gaffer: Darren Joe Key Grip: Ryen Tetzloff Production Assistant: Gracia Imboden Produced by Max Rothman, Du’Bois A’Keen and J.Y. Chun Film Type:… Continue reading Short Film: BRETON AFTERNOON, 7min., USA, Dance

Experimental/Dance/Music Festival Testimonial – April 7 2020

Kelly LaCombe I wasn’t able to attend the event and any feedback would be amazing. If you have an official to send me of anything I would love that. I’ve never been able to attend a single contest as the one nearest me was cancelled due to covid 19 and I’m sure that will continue…… Continue reading Experimental/Dance/Music Festival Testimonial – April 7 2020

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Music & Dance Festival – February 6, 2020

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: SHIFT BEST DANCE PERFORMERS: SONDER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: LOOK OUT BEST MUSIC: DUET NO. 4 Theme of night: Our True Instincts Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: THE WEB OPERA Episode 3, 13min., USA, Music Short LOOK OUT, 6min., USA, Experimental FREE FALL, 3min., USA, Music Short SOCIAL MEDIA BLUES, 4min., USA,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Music & Dance Festival – February 6, 2020

Sonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

SONDER, 9min., USA, Dance Directed by Various Sonder: n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other… Continue reading Sonder Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

Shift Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

SHIFT, 8min., USA, Dance Directed by Kasey Poracky A studious Boy finds himself bogged down by his uninspired and mundane chores and responsibilities. Suddenly, the beautiful Terpsichore appears and whisks him away to a dreamscape where she beckons him into a romantic pas de deux. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the… Continue reading Shift Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

Duet No. 4 Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

DUET NO. 4, 3min., USA, Dance Directed by Christopher Huth A dull afternoon escalates into a creative social media show down. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

Cohort 707 Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

COHORT 707, 6min., USA, Dance Directed by Lawrence Fung What does a society cling to when its structures exist only in remembrance of unity? Cohort 707 depicts women who face this question in the shelter of a fallen community. When dirt becomes home, the only things worth valuing are hunger and fear which keep these women… Continue reading Cohort 707 Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

His Party Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival

HIS PARTY, 4min., USA, Dance Directed by Brynn Bodair & Lauren Delisle This movement infused short film explored the trope of Romantic Paternalism, a past societal norm deeming women as fair, gentle creatures to be gently handled and cared for, through exploring the isolated roles of women in the 1950’s. CLICK HERE – and see full info… Continue reading His Party Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Feb. 2020 LA Dance & Music Festival