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emotion 93

Kentucker Audley May 8, 2018

*Online Premiere* In the early ‘90s, a 14-year-old girl and boy mysteriously switch bodies and spend the rest of their lives haunted by the event. “emotion 93,” directed by Oz Davidson, is a singular experimental film about identity, memory, and transience…

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films Tags emotion 93, Oz Davidson, 1990's, May, 2018, All, 10, 0109a

The Night Fish

Kentucker Audley May 1, 2018

*Online Premiere* When the night fish arrive, their job is to feed on your sanity. Presented in second-person point of view and comprised primarily of crudely animated fish floating across a cosmic starry black landscape, “The Night Fish” directed by Albert Birney is a poetic rumination about the fears that keep us up at night…

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In Films, Premieres, Short Films, Animation, Experimental Tags The Night Fish, Albert Birney, May, 2018, All, 1114

High Diver

Kentucker Audley April 30, 2018

Part documentary part music video, “High Diver” directed by DH Jacobs is an off-kilter ode to legendary high-diver Dana Kunze. He describes the experience diving from a tiny platform 130 feet in the air, “the most incredible sensation in the world. So close to flying”

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In Experimental, Films, Short Films, Documentary Tags High Diver, Dana Kunze, DH Jacobs, Tyler Keff Beasley, Bentley Cook, All

Christian's First Cigarette

Kentucker Audley April 25, 2018

*Online Premiere* A young man decides to take control of his life by turning to cigarettes. This experimental film shot in the San Fernando Valley using an old miniDV camera is an avant-garde curiosity directed by Justin Zuckerman…

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films Tags Christian's First Cigarette, Justin Zuckerman, April, 2018, All, 1025, 0107a

Two Parts Black

Kentucker Audley April 24, 2018

An exploration of blackness in America, this beautifully rendered visual poem by Cleon Arrey is a hypnotic collection of images and feelings. It’s presented in two parts: the first, “Blackness in Suspension” is largely filmed in abstract angles, bodies upside down, floating, or held back but in motion…

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In Experimental, Films, Short Films Tags Two Parts Black, Cleon Arrey, April, 2018, All, NoBudge Live 13, 26, 212a

Green Screen Gringo

Kentucker Audley April 23, 2018

The streets of Sao Paulo and a portable green screen are used to great effect in creating this expansive piece of experimental art. Filmed during a period of political unrest in Brazil, a film already about layers, takes on an extra one. Douwe Dijkstra is a filmmaker from the Netherlands and “Green Screen Gringo” is a brilliant piece of video art…

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In Experimental, Films, Short Films Tags Green Screen Gringo, Douwe Dijkastra, Netherlands, Brazil, April, 2018, All, 1017

Gottlieb

Kentucker Audley April 20, 2018

*Online Premiere* The story of a drug-fueled weekend in a Brooklyn apartment propelled by grief and loyalty. Lee, reeling from the death of his mother, visits the home of his old friend, Monty. Given his present state of mind (and body), it’s not a pleasant visit, at least from the perspective of Monty’s well put together wife, Virginia...

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In Drama, Experimental, Films, Premieres, Features Tags Gottlieb, Elliot Conrad, Georgia Warner, Lash Dooley, Shayne Kennon, April, 2018, All, 1107

Just getting by is okay

Kentucker Audley April 16, 2018

*Online Premiere* A silent experimental film about a space man’s first day in Brooklyn. Directed by Travis Wood and shot on Super 8mm black and white film, “Just getting by is okay” communicates with a gentle playfulness and warmth...

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films Tags Just Getting by is okay, Travis Wood, silent, black and white, super 8mm, All, 1119

UFO Days

Kentucker Audley April 12, 2018

*Online Premiere* A retired professor and investigator gives a talk about prominent UFO sightings while being monitored by a long-haired “visitor” carrying an ominous black triangle. This eerie doc/sci-fi hybrid by director Quinn Else captures an intriguing mix of small-town Americana and otherworldly phenomenon, offering a wholly original take on the paranormal...

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films Tags UFO Days, Quinn Else, Bill Johnson, Eric Rhiel, April, 2018, All, 10

Monday

Kentucker Audley April 9, 2018

*Online Premiere* Crushed by the tedium of her daily routine, a business woman takes a leap of faith. Directed by Candice Vallantin, this experimental dance film from Madrid, Spain is notable for its use of sound and rhythm to highlight the monotonous patterns of modern life...

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films Tags Monday, Candice Vallantin, Marino Santo, Israel Seoane, April, 2018, All, Female Filmmakers

Blue, Blue

Kentucker Audley March 21, 2018

*Online Premiere* A dance trip through anger starring Sunita Mani moving through an abandoned building dressed starkly in a white tank top and tights against industrial brick. Directed by Anu Valia, “Blue, Blue” is an experimental dance film with wonderfully expressive choreography and moments of sly humor...

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In Films, Premieres, Experimental, Short Films Tags Blue Blue, Sunita Mani, Anu Valia, Cocoon Central Dance Team, March, 2018, All, Female Filmmakers

Plywood

Kentucker Audley March 15, 2018

A young man attempts to get to the bottom of his childhood memories of plywood in this amusingly mundane documentary short by Christian Kozlowski...

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In Comedy, Documentaries, Experimental, Films, Short Films Tags plywood, Christian Kozlowski, March, 2018, All

Lance Lizardi

Kentucker Audley February 14, 2018

A young man takes his love for lizards to the extreme. He legally changes his last name to Lizardi and then, camcorder in tow, goes in search of any lizard he can find and zoom in on.

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In Experimental, Films, Short Films, Documentary Tags Lanci Lizardi, Borscht Corp, February, 2018, All, 21, 1119, 0122a

Headless

Kentucker Audley February 13, 2018

Built with style and flash, “Headless” is a candid profile of three performers living in New York City. Artists, performers, dancers in their early twenties, the goal here is self-definition and it’s carried off with a thumping pride...

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In Documentary, Films, Experimental, Short Films Tags Headless, Sebastian Sdaigui, Jean Carlos Pinae, Cesar Garcia, Infinit Coles, February, 2018, All, 26

Maternal

Kentucker Audley February 12, 2018

*Online Premiere* A young woman begins to have doubts while waiting to meet the adoptive parents of her unborn child. This expressive short directed by Anamari Mesa and Kevin Rios succeeds in creating an instant atmosphere and lingers on after the credits roll...

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In Experimental, Films, Premieres, Short Films, Drama Tags Maternal, Kevin Rios, Anamari Mesa, February, 2018, All, Female Filmmakers, 1113, MostViewed2018
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