AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best SHORT FILM: THE DYING LIGHT Best DANCE FILM: MY OWN WORST ENEMY Best MUSIC FILM: AUTONOME – MADA MADA Best EXPERIMENTAL FILM: TOMORROW THE BIRDS WILL SING Best SHORT DOC: ALIVE Best PRODUCTION DESIGN: IMPERIUM Best CINEMATOGRAPHY: RAILWAY MAP Best PERFORMANCES: THE MISUNDERSTANDING Theme of night: The last act reveal. NOTE:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: January 2021 Festival
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Director Biography – Will Branner , Blake Zelesnikar (MOMENT’S SILENCE)
Will Branner is a Film/Theatre Director based out of New York City. His most recent film SCHMIK screened at the Chinese Theatre as part of HOLLYSHORTS Festival in LA. Branner enjoys filmmaking in all genres and is currently working on a new comedy series called THE OLD GUARDS. As a former Broadway actor he enjoys… Continue reading Director Biography – Will Branner , Blake Zelesnikar (MOMENT’S SILENCE)
Short Film: MOMENT’S SILENCE, 4min., USA, Dance
A dance film to “Moment’s Silence” by Hozier
Director Biography – Mr. Corazon (THE DYING LIGHT)
Mr. Corazon is a solo artist and has been making his own self produced and directed music videos in Los Angeles. He shoots, edits, and acts in his own videos and creates all the content. What you see when you watch his videos is an untainted total vision of music and film on a shoestring… Continue reading Director Biography – Mr. Corazon (THE DYING LIGHT)
Short Film: THE DYING LIGHT, 7min., USA, Music
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Director Biography – Pip Cowley (HOLD ON)
Pip is an Australian filmmaker and photographer based in LA.
Short Film: HOLD ON, 3min., USA, Dance
A powerful new short dance film, soundtracked by Gil Scott-Heron’s “Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams),” featuring Jo’Artis “Big Mijo” Ratti protesting via Krumping within feet of the LAPD at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. Says Big Mijo, one of the founders of the South Central-born Krumping movement and a professional dancer for +10… Continue reading Short Film: HOLD ON, 3min., USA, Dance
Director Biography – Michael Moppert (IMPERIUM)
Growing up musically in the 1970s, Michael opened a recording studio in the 1980s where he produced other bands and worked on his own material, using extensively digital technology, samplers and synthesizers. In the early 90’s Michael founded a successful software company that kept him busy for almost 20 years. After leaving the software industry,… Continue reading Director Biography – Michael Moppert (IMPERIUM)
Short Film: IMPERIUM, 10min., Switzerland, Music
The Mirage Project is a series of six, fractal based music videos by Michael Moppert aka Sonarpilot, exploring a strange parallel universe of hypnotic beauty. ‘Imperium’ documents the journey of a quantum probe, starting at the macro-level in some futuristic, high tech urban sprawl. Then the vessel transmitting this video breaks through the surface into… Continue reading Short Film: IMPERIUM, 10min., Switzerland, Music
Short Film: MY OWN WORST ENEMY, 6min., Netherlands, Dance
On your way to reaching a goal you are often battling against yourself. You take various steps, but it is the most unpredictable move that defeats your own worst enemy. Project Links Website
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