FESTIVAL AUDIENCE FEEDBACK VIDEOS
Film festival audience feedback videos.
-
THE CAPTOR feature film, reactions ACTION/ADVENTURE Festival (interview)
THE CAPTOR, 64min., USA
Directed by Sean De La Nuez
An ex-soldier with PTSD decides to become the vigilante of his neighborhood, taking justice into his own hands against porch pirates.
https://www.facebook.com/alejandra.alanis.ortiz
https://www.instagram.com/alejandra.alanis.ortiz/Get to kno...
-
a film called black: King's Speech short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Fest
a film called black: King's Speech, 20min., USA
Directed by Cam Be
‘a film called black’ is an evolving film. Each screening presents different elements to an ongoing conversation. Blackness. ‘King’s Speech’ is a short film that resides within the entirety of ‘a film called black.’ ‘King’s Speech... -
THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL short film, reactions Festival (interview)
THE ARCHITECT OF THE LIMINAL, 3min., Canada
Directed by Deb Ethier
An artist struggles to find her way in this quirky and off-kilter micro short from Deb Ethier. Taking some inspiration from classic silent films, it combines super 8 footage with 2D/3D animation and motion graphics.
Music by Esthe... -
BREAKING OUT short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Festival (interview)
BREAKING OUT, 6min,. USA
Directed by David Glass
“Breaking Out” is centered around a tumultuous piano improvisation David Glass recorded several years ago. The short film is a psychological rollercoaster containing a variety of footage that express a wide range of intense emotions and strong forc... -
neurodiversity short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Festival
neurodiversity, 7min., South Korea
Directed by Seung il-Chon
The innovative development of artificial intelligence technology is creating a new intersection between reality and virtuality. Now, Internet platforms, artificial neural networks, data algorithms, and generative technologies are making... -
THE CLOTHESLINES short film, reactions EXPERIMENTAL/MUSIC Festival
THE CLOTHESLINES, 9min., USA
Directed by Yazan Al-Hajari
The Clotheslines" takes you through a journey of memory, loss, nostalgia, and human hope, reflecting the human struggle and suffering through the poignant symbol of deserted clotheslines. with a profound performance, and recorded by the exc... -
SO FAR AWAY short film, DANCE Festival review
SO FAR AWAY, 9min., USA
Directed by Lindsay Gilmour -
EMERGING short film, reactions DANCE Festival
EMERGING, 14min., USA
Directed by Jessie Nowak, Monica Parra Allen
Emerging narrates the tale of the Founders, dedicatedly constructing their civilization, and the Saurians, concealed within the woods. After years of isolation from one another, they are unexpectedly brought together. This encount... -
SEQUOIA SPIRITS short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)
SEQUOIA SPIRITS, 12min., USA
Directed by Cherie Carson, David Creech
“Sequoia Spirits” is a playful vertical dance film which peers deep into the heart and soul of a Redwood Grove. Under the great canopy of California's majestic coastal giants, we get a glimpse into the elements that bring life t... -
MIHI: At the center of our gaze short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)
MIHI: At the center of our gaze, 15min., France
Directed by Cyril Durand-Gasselin
Introspection is a mental activity which can be described metaphorically as the act of “looking inside” oneself, through a form of attention paid to one's own sensations, states or thoughts. In psychology, this is t... -
RED short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)
RED, 5min., Canada
Directed by Marlea van Grinsven
Red depicts the story of a romance gone wrong, where paint is used to show the side revenge and how it slowly passes through everyone until revenge has taken over. It follows our couple as they work through their budding romance slowly getting mo... -
KITE short film, reactions DANCE Festival (interview)
KITE, 6min,. Canada
Directed by Jerry Trieus
A short film about a dancer on a mission to experience flight. The journey is disappointing and filled with challenges. The result is a transformation as the dance artist finds strength through perseverance and ultimately freedom.Get to know writer/p...
-
I HOPE short film, reactions DANCE Festival
I HOPE, 4min,. Canada
Directed by Dylan Blake Murray
This contemporary dance short film depicts a group of friends who are individually dealing with varying misfortunes and hardships in their personal lives. On New Year’s Eve, they come together to reflect on their hopes for the future. They find... -
BLIND DREAMERS short film, reactions DANCE Festival
BLIND DREAMERS, 6min,. France
Directed by Sandra Geco
A visual fable with poetic notes that oscillate between reality and surrealism to reveals a universe mixing plastic, landscape and poetry. -
THIS IS THIS short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
THIS IS THIS, 12min., UK
Directed Keith Sargent
10 scenes from the micro-fiction world of the absurdist anti-soviet writer Daniil Kharms.
http://www.3x3x3.tv/
https://instagram.com/keithsargent3x3x3.tv -
THE BRIDES OF DRACULA short film, reactions WILDsound Festival (interview)
THE BRIDES OF DRACULA, 5min,. UK
Directed by Alexander Miguel
Introducing a new breed of vampires - More alternative, more sensual, more dangerous. Loosely based on the legends of Draculas wives, the good, bad and the evil bride inhabit an old misty graveyard set in the high mountains, waiting fo... -
NO WAR short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
NO WAR, 11min., USA
Directed by Steven Wright Clarkson
This video is a reaction to my original song "No War" off my "Speak the Truth" EP -- it is a post punk psychedelic track -- the video carefully uses AI animation -- there are many dozens of ai renderings edited together with additional effect... -
STAGE short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
STAGE, 5min,. USA
Directed by Angelika Poletaeva, Mark Limansky
"The Stage" - follows a young girl's visit to a theater, where she is enchanted by everything, from the grand entrance to the velvet seats. Her innocent perspective is challenged when she accidentally enters the performers' dressing ... -
SOBER the struggle no one else can see short film, reactions WILDsound Festival
SOBER the struggle no one else can see, 12min,.
Directed by Pauli Janhunen
A once-promising boxer is haunted by his past mistakes and battling with alcoholism. His daughter watches from the sidelines - and fears losing him to his demons once again.
-
SELF-CARE IN SECONDS short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)
SELF-CARE IN SECONDS, 15 seconds
Directed by Curtis Johnson
The film tells the story of a character's surprise visit from their future self, bringing a message of hope and redemption.
https://createsourcemedia.com/
https://www.instagram.com/createsourcemedia/Get to know the filmmaker:
What ...
-
LEARNING TO FLY short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
LEARNING TO FLY, 3min,. USA
Directed by Samuel Alexander Slowik
Learning to fly is a stop motion film by Sam Slowik featuring the adventure of Lego man and his rig friend, as they set out to learn how to fly.
https://www.youtube.com/@samalanderstudio -
BRAISING short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival (interview)
BRAISING, 19min., USA
Directed by Bryan Ribeiro
Conroy –a crestfallen, fast food cook who dreams of becoming a chef– finds community with a peculiar “charity” organization, all while he strives to deepen his connection with his widower father.
https://www.instagram.com/braisingfilmGet to know...
-
FINALE short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
FINALE, 10min,. USA
Directed by Ryan Park
"Finale" tells the story of Antonio, an aspiring actor from Mexico facing the immense challenges of breaking into the industry. On the day of a crucial audition, Antonio receives a devastating call from his sister in Mexico, informing him that their mothe... -
CHRISTMAS AT DOUG'S short film, reactions CHICAGO Festival
CHRISTMAS AT DOUG'S, 12min., Canada
Directed by Dean Harder
Doug hosts a Christmas party every year. These parties are usually lacklustre at best with regifting being the norm. Mike and Chelsea have reservations about attending again but follow their Holiday good deed to give Doug some Christmas ...