Category: Short Films at Festival

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)

Short Film: KATIE GATELY: WALTZ, 5min., USA, Dance

Waltz is one part music video, and one part dance film, described as a “Neo-gothic mini film” by Fact Magazine, and a powerful portrait of composer, Katie Gately, also starring acclaimed dancer Bobbi Jene Smith, directed by Samantha Shay. ‘Waltz’ emerges off Gately’s forthcoming album Loom, in dedication to Katie’s mother who passed away from… Continue reading Short Film: KATIE GATELY: WALTZ, 5min., USA, Dance

Director Biography – Marta Renzi (IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME)

Marta Renzi has created more than 2 dozen short films which have been screened in more than 100 festivals both nationally and internationally, and is a seven-time recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.  As a choreographer, Renzi took every opportunity to present work with her Project Co. outdoors for free in… Continue reading Director Biography – Marta Renzi (IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME)

Short Film: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, 7min., USA, Dance

A man and a woman inhabit the same surreal location though not, apparently, at the same time. Marta Renzi directs this black-and-white meditation on memory and absence, joined by long-time collaborators Charles Caster-Dudzick (camera), as well as Aislinn MacMaster & David Thomson (performers). With a nod to the sound score for Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker and… Continue reading Short Film: IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME, 7min., USA, Dance

Short Film: THE NEXT STOP, 5min., UK, Dance

‘The Next Stop’ is the story of Rochelle Roy, AKA ‘Mo The Dancer’, and her journey through the male-dominated world of New York street dance. Growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Mo has always been surrounded by, and had a connection to dance. The Next Stop traces this passion to date and tells the tale of… Continue reading Short Film: THE NEXT STOP, 5min., UK, Dance

Director Biography – Jessie James (HALF A MAN)

Jessie James, originally from Utah USA, has worked across all genres of the creative industry. From the Stage to the Big Screen. ​ She is a choreographer and movement director self producing short films in dance, alongside her professional dance credits: The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy’s, High School Musical 3 Sr Year, The Donny &… Continue reading Director Biography – Jessie James (HALF A MAN)