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Director Statement Today, we’re consumed by technology more than ever, especially during a pandemic when boredom and isolation festers. GLITCH is a contemporary sci-fi on the danger of powerful technologies in the wrong hands – and how they can entirely consume us!
Directed by Sara Caldwell, Walter Gorey
Cast: Philicia Saunders, Jerreal Khari, Patricia Mizen, Ian McQuown
LIFE AFTER DEATH? – SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE, 50min., India Directed by Iqbal Chand Malhotra The most intriguing enigma of modern India is the disappearance of her most dynamic and daring freedom fighter, ‘Netaji’ Subhash Chandra Bose, in the middle of August, 1945. Though the goal of a free India was achieved in 1947, there was no trace of the man who had wanted this most passionately through armed struggle; inspired millions to contribute to his war effort and enthused thousands to join his Indian National Army, to fight alongside the Japanese against the British-Indian Forces in South and South-East Asia. Even 77 years later, the mystery stands unresolved with important documents in Russia, France, the UK, and even in India…
GOODBYE, SAM, 29mi., USA, Dark Comedy Directed by Michael Dufek After being caught up in an unexpected love triangle, Sam must find out who she is on her own.
From Michael Dufek:
I always wanted to make a film like this. I first loved the idea of an extremely flawed protagonist who just can’t seem to do the right thing. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this film? From writing the first scene to the finished edit, it took me a full year. I actually started writing the first scene on my down time when I was PA on a bunch of sets.
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It’s the Carsenio Hall show, with your host… Carsenio! Aired 05/18/91
Was it a coincidence that Johnny Carson stepped down as host of the Tonight Show after 29 years just three days after this segment aired on Saturday Night Live? Perhaps. Perhaps not. But this even making the airwaves on Carson’s own NBC network was a bit shocking. I was only 15 years old when this very funny SNL skit played and I even understood what it meant. Johnny Carson was going to be very pissed off by what he saw.
Carson had a lot of power back in the 70s and 80s. He was doing a nightly show that pulled in fantastic ratings, and it really didn’t cost all that much to produce each show. The guests were plugging a movie or something so they didn’t cost anything. The studio audience watched for free. And the studio was already…
This festival’s location is as mainstream and as Hollywood as it gets. It’s located in downtown Los Angeles, right beside the Staples Center, home of the LA Kings, Clippers, and Lakers (LeBron James). And also right beside the convention center which holds a nightly concert.
So…….let’s put on a film festival that showcases films & talent that no other festival does. Alternative films. Fashion films. Music Videos, Dance Pieces. Films without a plot. Films that let the visuals and sounds tell the emotions and let the audience interpret their own feelings.
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A showcase of the winning Feature Film for 2022 from the Political Festival.
Liar-In-Chief: A Chronicle of the Trump Presidency Through the Eyes of An Outraged Graphic Artist, 82min., USA, Documentary Directed by M Kaplan
A multi-award winning, often biting satirical documentary, using original still photo montages and short videos created by the director, chronicling the horrors of Trump’s presidency.
Audience Award Winners: Best Film: LILI Best Cinematography: THE SEQUENCE Best Sound & Music: THE IMAGINATION OF UNFULFILLED DREAMS Best Direction: A HAIRCUT Best Student: MONEY TALKS: THE LIMITS OF FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS
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THE SEQUENCE, 7min., UK, Drama/Thriller Directed by Daniel Mars A war refugee is intercepted by the MI-5 to testify against the very same Warlord he is hunting for the murder of his family
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MONEY TALKS: THE LIMITS OF FINANCIAL INFLUENCE IN POLITICS, 10min., USA, Documentary Directed by Thomas Chen Hui Gilchrist The history and importance of governmental regulation of money in United States politics.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LILI, 15min., Puerto Rico, Drama/Thriller Directed by Brian Rios A father and daughter must cross the border in order to find a better life, but the daughter cannot speak.
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A HAIRCUT, 15min,. China, Drama Directed by Anran Zhao High school student Xiao Ruan likes her long and black hair; after she learned that the new school has a rule that girls must keep short hair; she decided to use the wig to disguise herself. Jiang Yu, the monitor who has been protecting herself with a wig as well, could easily see Xiao Ruan’s secret and they became good friends, but when the two girls secretly rejoiced for their success, Jiang Yu was discovered by the head class teacher.
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THE IMAGINATION OF UNFULFILLED DREAMS, 3min., Costa Rica, Experimental Directed by Susana Sánchez-Carballo The series “Imagination of Unfulfilled Desires” revolves around the idea of the unwanted maternity. This audiovisual creation opens up the possibility to reflect on the fact that the desire of not having children or getting an abortion is a silent scream: Nobody acknowledges this communication.
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An undocumented migrant worker on the run from a pack of bloodthirsty vampires, moves to a small meat-packing town in Nebraska in hopes of giving her son a better life. But the increasingly volatile relationship between Mexican workers and white locals might prove a breaking point for them both.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Nilda: Kyana Teresa
Christopher: Steve Rizzo
A showcase of the winning feature film from the festival.
GLOBAL CITIES FREE OF SLAVERY, 52min., Brazil, Documentary Directed by Luiz Eduardo Lerina
Global Cities Free of Slavery is a 52-minute documentary on modern slavery and the exploitation of labor in three different cities, located in different continents. Nottingham in the UK, Maputo in Mozambique and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Regardless of the geographic location, it’s clear to realize that the issue of modern slavery occurs globally. The exploitation of work in the fashion industry and in the specific case of Brazil, where about 1 million seamstresses work in degrading conditions. On the other hand, the exploitation of work that occurs among millions of illegal immigrants in Europe, considering that UK is the second European country that receives the most immigrants today. And finally, child marriage that still occurs among hundreds of millions of children in the world, mainly in the low-income countries. And in the case of Mozambique, where it is still common for female children to be taken out of schools and forced into premature motherhood and condemned to live in conditions analogous to slavery.
Audience Award Winners: Best Short Film: SOLSTICE Best Documentary: TYRANNY
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SOLSTICE, 7min., USA, Animation
Directed by Justin Vu A young woman and her husky dog take the long journey home on foot through the Alaskan wilderness, with all its beauty and all its danger.
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Directed by David Adamko A dysfunctional society controlled by a toxic leader results in the reality of illiberalism and the sole autocratic EU member state is leading the way. Recently, an angular black hole appeared in the centre of this nation’s main square, which proved invisible to Hungarians. The analysis of this dark object offers a short glimpse at tyranny from the angle of anxiety.
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EVERYDAY, 7min., India, Animation
Directed by Smita Minda Everyday is a film about eco-anxiety, and how it keeps a girl named Judith from being able to have fun even at a birthday lunch with her friends. Having read too many articles full of bad news, and seen videos of the world coming to an end, she cannot help but see the darkness in everything around her.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ENTOMOS PHAGOS, 2min., France, Drama
Directed by Florian Le Tavernier ARM “Between his ecologist mother and his very careerist and non-chalaching father, Nathan does not hesitate to face their contradictions in a surprising way.”
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A CHALET AT THE FOOT OF THE FIZ, 36min., France, Documentary
Directed by Godefroy de Maupeou An elderly woman returns to her chalet at the foot of the Chaîne des Fiz and finds the draft of a letter she had written years earlier.
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MESSAGES FROM THE MARSH – PARTS 1-3, 3min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Amy Kaczur Messages from the Marsh, 2021 to current, is an immersive experience with multiple video projections, sound art, and mapping. The project focuses on marsh locations on the east coast, and the work is developed via site-specific research, video documentation, and in-person engagement. Videos depict marsh spaces inhabited, spaces transformed, and spaces potentially lost.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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