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SWOOSH, 2min., UK, Dance
Directed by Daniel Cawthorne
Contemporary Dance film shot on super 16mm and full frame digital combined with the ARRI Trinty, I wanted to make a short dance film combining these elements to create dream world, without special effects.
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RIDDIM, 3min., USA, Music
Directed by Shicong Zhu
Trapped in the colorfulness of the material world; fragile and timeless.
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SHIPWRECK, 6min., Canada, Dance
Directed by Simon Alteen
Set against the urban and natural landscapes of St. John’s, Newfoundland during the Covid-19 lockdown, Shipwreck uses contemporary dance to highlight the tension between isolation and connection, and between confinement and possibility.
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ANYONE, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by James Kinney
A young woman, searching.
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OMEGA II, 5min., France, Music
Directed by Blanchard Thomas
Omega II by Sébastien Guérive is a music from his upcoming album Omega Point. This one lasts 5 minutes and 13 seconds and we will interpret it in an experimental video clip. Several techniques will be mixed to highlight two strengths of the music. The continuous rhythmic cycles that evoke birth and perpetual movements as well as the sound textures of the music.
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MOVING PORTRAITS, 3min., USA, Dance
Directed by Himerria Wortham, Raquel Cabrera
Moving Portraits is a short dance film by the two dancers Himerria Wortham and Raquel Cabrera. Born out of a yearning for elevated images of women of color, Wortham and Cabrera borrowed from their respective Algerian and Mexican cultures to create this contemporary series of moving dance portraits representing dignity, poise, and the power of a supporting friendship.
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AUDIBLE LOCKDOWN, 15min., Australia, Music
Directed by Ania Reynolds & Carl Polke
An audiovisual portrait of the city of Melbourne during the COVID lockdowns in 2020. All sounds have been created from field recordings made in the Melbourne CBD under lockdown, and all footage has similarly been gathered from the city.
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ALONE, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by BONZIE
Music video for BONZIE
“An abyss opens under the syncopated guitar picking and demurely isolated vocals of Bonzie — Nina Ferraro — as she captures a quintessential quarantine mood.”
– Jon Pareles – The New York Times (named one of the Best Songs of 2020)
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THE INVISIBLE MIRROR, 5min., UK, Dance
Directed by Luigi Rizzo
At night while something has happened in a house of an old lady, a young girl dresses to go to a party. Through the dance and the music, suddenly youth and age merge together in an ephemeral and dynamic moment, ultimately connected.
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WHY NY, 4min., USA, Music
Directed by Whitney Lockert, Miranda Sherman
WHY NY is a music video that captures the absurd magic of New York City as shot on iPhones and composed of crowd-sourced footage.
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OUT OF RUIN, 15min., USA, Dance
Directed by Marta Renzi
The work shares a visually rich and kinetic allegory of individual clans in isolation who journey to discover their paths to a place of unity.
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THIS IS ME: LETTERS FROM THE FRONT LINES, 36min., USA, Dance
Directed by Jacques Heim
THIS IS ME: Letters from the Front Lines captures the resilience, determination and hope of the human spirit, following the paths of military veterans and first responders as they share what it means to be true warriors on the front lines – and fight the invisible enemy that all humanity is currently battling. At a time when most have been asked to halt and withdraw, others, like soldiers are charging forward.
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EAT THE RAINBOW, 20min,. USA, Musical
Directed by Brian Benson
EAT THE RAINBOW is a musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.
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