Category: Short Films at Festival

Short Film: LEADING ME STRAIGHT, 8min., USA, Music Video

In a dystopian and colorless universe nobody dreams, and nobody wins. Emotions are useless, as are abundant thoughts. A hive with marked paths to serve an unnamed queen. He saw her. He touched her. She was the only one to break him from years of mechanic and automatic routine, if only for a flash. Where… Continue reading Short Film: LEADING ME STRAIGHT, 8min., USA, Music Video

Short Film: INCLINATIONS, 5min., France, Dance

Choreographed, directed and shot from disability perspectives, this dance-on-video short contrasts the playful connections when disability aesthetics, community and a ramp meet the institutional histories and discordant inclinations that can lurk just below the surface. News & Reviews “I Dance Because I Can written by Alice Sheppard” The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/disabi

Short Film: KADDUME, 3min., Canada, Dance

“Kaddume” is an expedition that recognizes San Basilio de Palenque’s past and future relationships. It’s a look to and from the body, the land they live in and the voice of their female ancestors. The same ones that opened new paths in search of freedom. This dance is a new approach through rhythm and movement,… Continue reading Short Film: KADDUME, 3min., Canada, Dance

Short Film: ANIMAL, 7min., France, Dance

This short film is an adaption of the performance Animale (choreography by Lisie Philip, music by Laurent Tamagno). It was produced for an event in the MAMAC (the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Nice) called “la Nuit des Musées” in 2017. I perceived the show as a celebration of the vitality of the… Continue reading Short Film: ANIMAL, 7min., France, Dance

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental & Music & Dance Festival – September 5, 2019

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: BLACK LIVES MATTER BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: PASSAGE BEST PERFORMANCES: THANATOS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TOO MANY BODIES BEST MUSIC: EMERGENCE Them of night: “Transformation” Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: BLACK LIVES MATTER, 9min., USA, Experimental DANCE WITH DEATH, 6min., USA, Experimental EMERGENCE, 5min., USA, Dance FLORETS, 4min., USA, Music Video GEOMETRY, 2min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental & Music & Dance Festival – September 5, 2019

Absolution Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA

ABSOLUTION, 7min, USA, Dance Directed by Stirling Matheson & Sarah Farnsley The House of the Rising Sun is a place of transition in music and folklore. It’s a purgatory where travelers, vagabonds, and lost souls cross paths before continuing toward their life after. Absolution is a snapshot of that purgatory, that waiting room, where souls must… Continue reading Absolution Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA

Unremedied Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA

UNREMEDIED, 2min., USA, Dance Directed by Alayna Jennings Sexual harassment is an epidemic. I wrote this piece as a way to relieve the screams I felt suppressed in my own skin. I created this work for anyone who felt they were hiding in their bones too. We can not silence the monsters of our society by… Continue reading Unremedied Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA

Too Many Bodies Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA

TOO MANY BODIES, 6min., USA, Music Video Directed by Reena Dutt Too Many Bodies is a music video for Alex Mackey’s “Place Called Us”, addressing America’s need for gun reform through dance, music and passion, culminating in a website of resources for advocacy and survivor support. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of… Continue reading Too Many Bodies Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Sept. 2019 Experimental Festival in LA