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Filmmaker Marie Yi-Qing Bouvéron (WORK IT OUT)

WORK IT OUT, 9min., Hong KongDirected by Marie Yi-Qing BouvéronResilience through Imagination: An ode to Hong Kong. A journey in between a disheartened and a virtual world. Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film?It all started in 2020 when Clement Ferre approached me. He was releasing a new album… Continue reading Filmmaker Marie Yi-Qing Bouvéron (WORK IT OUT)

Filmmaker Paula Gil Higa (THE MIGRANT BODY)

THE MIGRANT BODY, 12min., USADirected by Paula Gil Higa, Cal HopwoodThis film examines human migration through the creative lens of PH Dance’s Artistic Director, Paula Higa. Deriving from her personal experience as a dual citizen of Brazil and the United States, Higa researched various motives for individual displacement. People migrate for many reasons, from new… Continue reading Filmmaker Paula Gil Higa (THE MIGRANT BODY)

Filmmaker Colin Harabedian (KEEP MOVING)

KEEP MOVING, 17min., USADirected by Colin Harabediana journey through grief https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU-VlgKN8Bh2UQbAPnpo6xw Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? I think there are quite a few different motivations for this film. In September of 2021, my aunt passed away very suddenly. It shocked our family and was a very strange… Continue reading Filmmaker Colin Harabedian (KEEP MOVING)

Filmmakers Matt Alfano, Chad McFadden (JUST SHORT OF REALITY)

JUST SHORT OF REALITY, 37min., CanadaDirected by Matt Alfano, Chad McFaddenJust Short of Reality is a series of shorts that are told through the genres of surrealism, silent film and dance. Co-existing in one neighbourhood, seven individuals are presented with adversity and choice in this allegorical tale. https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/AtHome Get to know the filmmakers: 1. What… Continue reading Filmmakers Matt Alfano, Chad McFadden (JUST SHORT OF REALITY)

Filmmaker Alana da Silva (GLOAMING)

GLOAMING, 10min., SwedenDirected by Alana da SilvaA winter dance duet between two souls moving in and out of each other’s worlds. Get to know director Alana da Silva & choreography Flockworks Dance 1. What motivated you to make this film? (Flock) We were in the midst of lockdown in 2020 and were really missing creating… Continue reading Filmmaker Alana da Silva (GLOAMING)

Filmmaker César Andres Chacana (TRUTH)

TRUTH, 5min., CanadaDirected by César Andres ChacanaTessie walks amidst desolate rocky mountains, leaving behind the memories and ghosts of the past that seek to hold her in the vast landscape of the subconscious mind. With wide sequence shots and the Andes as a backdrop, we follow Tessie in search of the light, as her voice… Continue reading Filmmaker César Andres Chacana (TRUTH)

Filmmaker Yogi Chavada (MY BROTHER CHARLIE)

MY BROTHER CHARLIE, 12min., USADirected by Yogi ChavadaLife is beautiful, but it is also unpredictable. We aren’t always able to live life on our own terms; it has the terms set for us. http://yogichavada.com/https://www.instagram.com/Chavada_films Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? After meeting a few people with developmental disabilities,… Continue reading Filmmaker Yogi Chavada (MY BROTHER CHARLIE)

Screenwriter Larry Downes (MONDAY’S HERO)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: In a college football-crazed town, after the big game, three of the players are accused of a hate crime of beating a gay man to death. The task of defending them falls to the school’s former All-American football star turned lawyer. CHRIS CAMPBELL, the lauded letterman now with a briefcase, is… Continue reading Screenwriter Larry Downes (MONDAY’S HERO)

Screenwriter Larry J. Martin (MR. PETTIGREW)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: Beau, having lost a leg in the Civil War, stumbles out of a cattle car at the little Nevada town of Nemesis. He’s taken under the wing of Mr. Pettigrew, partner in the Angel Saloon and given a job sitting shotgun. Pettigrew kills the son of a powerful mine owner and… Continue reading Screenwriter Larry J. Martin (MR. PETTIGREW)

Screenwriter Jen Butler (END OF SCENE)

Watch the Screenplay Reading: When a jaded housewife realizes that her house is keeping her and her husband stuck in a repeating scene from the 1950s, she fights to awaken her husband from a mysterious trance so they can outsmart the house and escape before they forget who they really are and get stuck in… Continue reading Screenwriter Jen Butler (END OF SCENE)