Experimental Film Category
Home movies and found films are never “lost” - oblique histories anchor to specifics of time, place, familiarity. We highlight the agency of women; dependence on horses; life outdoors, and the great consistency of love for children and home. This film is a collaboration with ghosts - spirits at once in the past and the present.
PEDRO is a homeless man. He wants to make a movie in order to understand cinema. AYA is a first-time filmmaker. She agrees to help him. But AYA is in the grip of doubt... What's behind PEDRO’s film project?
Wang Yuchuan has not uttered a word for one month. No one knows why until one day he sent a message to Yiyang with only one simple word "sea". As his friend, Yiyang accompanied Chuan to the beach, trying to figure out the reason by rounds communications and tests. Unfortunately, Chuan still remained silence. Furtherly, Yiyang decided to put Chuan out to sea. But with the boat moves in, Chuan suddenly jumped off the boat, and Yiyang followed him into the sea...
Cân Elenydd conjures a family mythology forged across three generations.. a handbag is found filled with first world war letters.. a sister Dilys Lewis writes to her brother Dai Lewis in the trenches.. a mystery Mr J.R.Owen replies.. a daughter Mary Lloyd Jones paints and connects to the Devils Bridge landscape.. brothers Dai and Ardwyn Lewis carry a harp on their backs playing and singing to local communities.. an artist Maria Hayes re-enacts a protective Swyn of love, joy and forgiveness rooted in the healing powers of a circle.. a granddaughter Sianed Jones weaves all the stories into song.
LOCKDOWN LOVE displays a rich socio-cultural diverseness by a geographically spread group of participants during the height of the pandemic in the Covid-19 global lockdown. Friends and family have joined filmmakers Paul London and Tracey Moberly to represent their LOCKDOWN LOVE viewed through the lenses of their smartphones. From rollerblading through the empty sanitized streets of Krasnoyarsk, in Eastern Siberia; the observation of boredom on a masseuse's face in Bali, Indonesia; nature vocalizing itself through a typical thunderstorm in Jinja, Uganda; empty trains, planes and automobiles ... to the love of parents, carers and children - old and young from across the globe. Red weaves a theme throughout the imagery as members from 40 countries depict their account of LOCKDOWN LOVE … guided by a faceless red-winged angel.
“I’m scared and feel wrapped in the dark. I’m vulnerable.”
Exploring the more narrative soul of fashion film while staying true to the genre’s strong focus on aesthetics, Alex tells us of a woman reliving and working through a trauma. Inspired by EMDR therapy, the film looks at abandonment during childhood as something that is likely to accompany us into adulthood. Through an experimental, movement-led approach, Alex takes us on a journey into the human psyche.
From the music composition and fashion design to the photography and choice of location, everything about Alex is thought up to recreate a dreamlike scenario. Shot in a historical villa in the Lombard region of Italy, the film employs dance as a release tool to work through one’s traumas. Lead character and dancer Silvia Bonavigo thus challenges her fears by interacting with the space around her through a series of choreographed movements. A collaboration with Italian label Kappe by Federica Bonifaci, the iconic capes of the mono product brand were selected to emphasise and complement the wearer’s gestures.
Breaking away from pre-established video genres, Alex finds itself at a crossroad between fashion film, short film and dance video. The film is a personal project and the director’s first narrative work. Alex has been selected by more than 25 international festivals, with 10 nominations and 5 wins including Best Actress at A Shaded View on Fashion Film, Best International Fashion Film at Buenos Aires Fashion Film Festival and Best Performance at Canadian Fashion Film Festival.
Ready - A Queer micro love story.
Sometimes life gets in the way and you miss each other: and yourself.
Sarah McCourt & Lois Norman star in this Arthouse micro love story about love and time. Ready allows a space for two queer women in their late 50s: their minds and bodies, not to be ashamed to dream again of love: are you ready?
This film was shot by the actors on IPhone and edited with the director via Zoom!
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