Jenn Ravenna Tran is a queer Asian-American emerging film director and cinematographer based in Seattle, Washington. Her goal is to connect people to one another through shared emotional experiences by visual storytelling.
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Director Biography – POWEI SU (ANPU – ZOEA)
Awards 2018 20minmax 2018 [Art & Experimental Award ] YALDABOATH ”作牙” BISFF 2018 [Animation, Experimental] YALDABOATH ”作牙” 2017 Interfilm 2017 [Visions & Voyages – Trips & Animation] YALDABOATH ”作牙” TIAF 2017 [ International Competition] YALDABOATH ”作牙” 2016 Golden Melody Awards [The Best Music Video / Nominated] Eternal Summer Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in… Continue reading Director Biography – POWEI SU (ANPU – ZOEA)
Interview with Filmmaker Yijun Pan (RED THREAD) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
RED THREAD was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the February 2020 Chicago FEEDBACK Film Festival. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Yijun Pan: Red Thread of Fate is a belief in Asian culture that, according to the ancient myth, the god ties an invisible red cord around the finger of those […]… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Yijun Pan (RED THREAD) — Matthew Toffolo’s Summary
HARPOON [2019] — 500 CRAPPY WORDS A DAY!
Harpoon is director Rob Grant’s most conventional film of his decade-long career given his past experimental approach to film-making. Harpoon is hardly experimental and therefore much more accessible, though it retains the staunchly independent qualities that define his work. This latest effort possesses the barest of plots: the basic notion of survival when stranded […] via… Continue reading HARPOON [2019] — 500 CRAPPY WORDS A DAY!
The Experimental Journey — WORDKET
Life is an experimental journey undertaken involuntarily. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is the spirit that is experienced. That is why there exist contemplative souls who have lived more intensely, more widely, more tumultuously than others who have lived their […]… Continue reading The Experimental Journey — WORDKET
The Fiddle Player Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from Dance & Music Festival August 2020
THE FIDDLE PLAYER, 10min., USA, Music/Drama Directed by Jingnan Wang ‘The Fiddle Player’ is a story about an exceptional violinist who cannot find a job. When she is about to give up her dream she finds hope in an old high school friend, who turns the tables on their friendship and her career.
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – August 4, 2020
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: GO BANANAS BEST DANCE FILM: HALF A MAN BEST MUSIC FILM: IN THE SAME DIRECTION: JEFF PIFHER & SOCRATES’ TRIAL BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: WHILE SHE WAITS BEST PERFORMANCES: LIKE HOLY WINE BEST SOUND & MUSIC: SMOKE FOR THE CLOUDS Theme of night: Unique surroundings NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – August 4, 2020
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: BLACK STAINS BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SEARCHING FOR WONDER BEST DANCE FILM: UNDER THE WATERFALL – THE AVENGER BEST MUSIC VIDEO: AGORIA – CALL OF THE WILD BEST SOUND & MUSIC: WHEN EARTH TOOK A BREATH Theme of night: Coming to terms. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: Experimental, Music & Dance Festival – July 7, 2020
Weekly Virtual Film Festival
via Weekly Virtual Film Festival WATCH Tonight: Tuesday July 7th. 8pm EST (5pm on the West Coast.). Virtual Film Festival, Sponsored by Yonge/Dundas Square. Featuring the BEST DRAMA & EXPERIMENTAL Shorts from around the world today: LINEUP OF FILMS: FIRST ACT PROGRAM PLAY, 13min., Poland, Drama Directed by Piotr Sulkowski A man consumed by… Continue reading Weekly Virtual Film Festival
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, directed by Daniel Haller) — Through the Shattered Lens
In the year 1987, NASA launches it’s final manned mission. Captain Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) is sent into space but, while he’s orbiting the Earth, he and his spacecraft fall victim to a strange space anomaly which leaves him in suspended animation. On Earth, Buck Rogers is believed to be lost. 500 years pass. Buck’s […]… Continue reading Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, directed by Daniel Haller) — Through the Shattered Lens
Experimental Film & Music Video Festival 