art & experimental
“NORMAL” by Pelayo Muñiz
Freaks are back in town. NORMAL is a dance film to celebrate life and the beauty beyond what people may think as "normal". Because we all are beauty as human beings.
“Awakening” by Aaron Kyle
Unlocking and untangling being released back into the world. A short dance film looking at how we process our frustrations and un-tangle our minds to try to work out who we are again. Nature draws us in, helping us regulate and grow.
“Listen” by Anderson Wright
As a tribute to his local community and favorite radio station, Director Anderson Wright went in search of the quintessential sounds of Los Angeles. In an auditory journey that peeks into experiences both universally shared and unique to Southern California, viewers are invited to lean in and Listen.
“Padre” by Juan Herrero & Arturo Herrero
Back then, dreaming through the rear seat window, a journey begins for the boy. After a life across the desolate landscapes of his soul, he stops the car on a solitary road and comes to terms with his origins and ultimately his father.
“MERIT FIELD” by Olesia Kulakova
The experiment in getting out of the systematic perception of information and discovering unity in inner divinity.
“WILL-O” by Cheryl Dunn
The piece represents the beauty and strength of female artists across mediums and the resilience it takes to bend but not break. Will-O, directed by New York based documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn features Alicia Graf Mack, Director of Julliard and former dancer of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Maria Kowroski, former principal dancer of New York City Ballet.
“CIRCLE” by Phillip Kaminiak
An analogy between the modern human being, living in mass cities, and the phenomenon of the circle of death - observed in nature with ants who are separated from the main foraging party and lose the pheromone track. They begin to follow one another, forming a continuously rotating circle, commonly known as a "death spiral" because the ants might eventually die of exhaustion. Shot in Mexico City, this vibrant and impressive city is a protagonist, symbolizing a life in endless high speed movement and the humans who are dedicating their lives to endless movement, self-exhaustion in a modern capitalistic based world.
“GOAL” by Bear Damen
Roused by ambition, two men face the price of their prize. They race side by side and yet are mentally miles away. The game is not over, it’s a tie…
“리세와 유진 (leese and yujin)” by Jisun Lee
A portrait of female dancers based in Seoul, South Korea. While they explore the contrast of genres of each other: popping and hip hop, they inspire each other through the movement representing women in power and their own style of freestyle dancing.
“Down Here” by Omer Ben Shachar
‘Down Here’, the visual piece from composer Claudio Olachea and director Omer Ben Shachar, depicts a nightmarish scenario where everyone wears identical masks to fit in. But when one young man’s mask begins to peel off, he questions if hiding his true identity is really worth it.
“Make You Mine” by Hayley Gray
A testament to love, lust and our desire to hold on when we need to let go. Make You Mine is a visual poem that speaks to the moment when two people break apart. When despite love, need and want there is no road back.
“Pattern” by Tom Wakeling
A dreamscape exploring what you can lose when lost in a pattern. We all get lost in patterns, for some of us they can be totally consuming.
“Cainné Angste – One Second Of Sehnsucht” by Moritz Uthe & Oscar Pecher
“One Second Of Sehnsucht“ deals with our creative protagonist’s future, that actually didn’t happen. Starting in the mid-nineties, Dian continuously dreamt about a life in New York City. But, all that wasn’t meant to be. To this day, he never lived or worked outside of Austria, and has never visited New York City … Surrounded by the confrontation with his younger self(s), the film visualizes Dian’s longing for long gone dreams and distant influences along the path of life. The voice recites his way of finding peace in acceptance of life as an ongoing process. Sometimes the things that never happen have just as big of an influence...
“Bongo” by Reece Daniels
A film about false connection in the modern age, Bongo is an abrasive dance film about a homeless bongo player and a mysterious man who appears to take an interest in his rhythm.
“In Limbo” by Harun Güler
In Limbo plays with subversion. In one scene a masculine group is gathered on the shore talking about hooking up with girls, before one person jumps in the water to reveal top surgery scars. In another, a belly dancer twists in the desert, kicking up dust and sand before lifting their veil to reveal a moustache.
“Heaven is on my side” by Marco Espirito Santo
A short film on gratitude and big-wave surfing featuring João “Massas” de Macedo, “Heaven is on my Side” is simultaneously a documentary and a meditation on environmental consciousness through Macedo's experience at the world’s biggest wave in Nazaré, Portugal.
“Crazy Hogar” by Mariel Sosa
A young woman navigates through different concepts of "home" as she revisits her roots, experiences first love/heartbreak, and finds herself on a journey that transforms her.
“Nothing Ends” by Daleya Marohn
Nothing Ends is a movement-based film that explores the tension between two opposing states of mind, caught between freedom and constraint within a desolate, urban landscape.
“unFocus” by Célestin Soum
UnFocus is an experimental fashion film, exploring, through sound associations and visual overlays, sensual combinations between the organic human body and inert matter’s bodies, floating, burning, dissolving into the picture.
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