Beacon - Harm

Beacon - Harm

Directed by Dalena Tran Creature 3D Modeling and Animation by Kat Sung Produced by Beacon From the album "Along the Lethe," out now on Apparent Movement: https://ift.tt/aCW2nlk Read more about the work: https://ift.tt/0YDEwfQ Let it in The bite that breaks the skin I’m falling back in time Wondering if you were ever mine What half will I become? Three days since my last spell The force that slowly builds And breaks inside my blood If I do no harm If I do no harm If I let it in All that I know Is that I don’t know Start it again If I let it in All that I know Is that I don’t know Start it again If I let it in I’ll do no harm I’ll do no harm I’ll do no harm I’ll do no harm

The Event

The Event

Please watch full screen and in the dark! Thank you. ************* THE EVENT 2022/narrative/11min. It’s 2 AM, and Vince just wants to know why. Directed and edited by Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa Written by Hugo De Sousa Starring Hugo De Sousa, Frank Mosley, and Jennifer Kim Produced by Chelsea Bo and Sean Drummond Cinematography by Kenneth Wales SCREENINGS: -2022 Slamdance Film Festival (World Premiere) -2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival -2022 FilmFort Festival -2022 Oxford Film Festival -2022 Sun Valley Film Festival -2022 Ashland Independent Film Festival -2022 Florida Film Festival -2022 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival -2022 Rooftop Films, NYC -2022 Palm Springs ShortFest -2022 HollyShorts Film Festival -2022 Sidewalk Film Festival -2022 Skyline Indie Film Fest -2022 Fantastic Fest -2022 Eastern Oregon Film Festival -2022 Dallas International Film Festival PRESS: “With the filmmakers’ abilities to manipulate light, understand human emotion, and ultimately capture the essence of life itself, their short film should take the world by storm. The Event is a breathtakingly unique trip through the human psyche, and we can all learn a lesson or two from what the film has to say.” -Kyle Bain, Film Threat “Bound to take the festival world by storm... the film accompanies its laughs with sharp observations. “The Event” itself proves irresistible as the pair behind the camera, along with cinematographer Kenneth Wales, involve elegant chiaroscuro lighting for this most uncomfortable conversation, and the more ridiculous the situation gets, the more authentic it feels.” -Stephen Saito, The Moveable Fest “Are we afraid of telling our friends the absolute truth? The Event confronts those feelings in a refreshing, honest, and touching way that I did not expect. Frank Mosley and Hugo De Sousa are great together.”   -Joey Moser, Awards Daily *Listed Top 25 Shorts of 2022 HollyShorts Film Festival  “It’s a deceptively simple comedic premise, seemingly targeted at a narrow audience of frustrated indie filmmakers who feel Vince’s pain. Yet Vince and Jack’s ensuing argument also ends up probing universal themes of friendship that everyone can relate to.”   -Sean O’Neal, Texas Monthly *Listed Top Texan Performances at Fantastic Fest- Frank Mosley “De Sousa’s hilariously earnest performance and flawless sense of timing, turns every line of the clever dialogue into comedy gold. Mosley, as the exasperated friend, gets his biggest laughs from what he doesn’t say, making each defensive and befuddled facial expression speak volumes.” -Patrick Gibbs, SLUG Mag “The Event has a silly sweetness that stems largely from the real-life chemistry of de Sousa and Mosley. There’s a comfortable familiarity to their friendship on screen which makes the difficult conversations that fuel this short truly delightful. An additionally delightful performance by Jennifer Kim as Jack’s girlfriend Beatrice adds a feminine touch to the film – and a few really great laughs.” -Miranda Riddle, Horror Buzz

Enloquecer

Enloquecer

Short Comedy | USA/Spain | 2022 | 11 Min "Enloquecer" is a short film by Hector Prats, based on real events. After losing her lead actor at the last minute, a music video director goes to extreme measures to get her new talent to perform, pushing her team and the whole production to the brink of madness. Festivals: World Premiere at Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2022 Palm Springs Shortfest 2022 Tacoma Film Festival 2022 Crown Heights Film Festival 2022 Online Premiere at Short of The Week Credits: Written & Directed by HECTOR PRATS Starring STEPHANIE JEAN LANE BOB RUTAN KELLY MCCREADY MICHAEL THATCHER AIDAN NUNEZ MURDO BARKER-MILL Cinematography MICHAEL CONG Production Design MARISSA TODD Producer YOKO KOHMOTO Co-Producer KAELO IYIZOBA Assistant Director DERIN ÇELIK Sound CHARLIE THEOBALD CCO MARÍA CRISTINA MARRERO & HEATHER FRANCIS Edit HECTOR PRATS Assitant Editor BRIDGET MCGUIGAN Graphic Design LYDIA MONTERDE Color Correction MICHAEL CONG Sound Mix DAVID & MARTA GASCÓN Music by ETM Extras MARISSA TODD HEATHER FRANCIS YOKO KOHMOTO

Not Dark Yet

Not Dark Yet

Confined to his room in an aged care facility, an elderly man with a debilitating disease struggles with his sons abrupt departure Directed by Bonnie Moir Written by Bonnie Moir and Nicholas Denton Produced by Bonnie Moir, Nicholas Denton and Michael Jones Luke - Nicholas Denton Russell - Richard Moir Director of photography Max Walter Edited by Leila Gaabi Music by Warren Ellis Sound design and Mix Lachlan Harris 1st Assistant director Michael Jones 2nd assistant director Eve Gailey 1st Assistant camera Lucas Brown 2nd Assistant Camera Conor Jamieson & Annika Rigg Gaffer Tommi Hacker Best Boys Jauquin Vickery & Noah Snell Production Designer Imogen Walsh Art Department Assistant Shanahbelle Macdonald Sound recordists Thomas Day, Lloyed Prat and Hayley Bennett Runner Joseph Green Stills photographer Anna Denton Post producer Charlotte Grifiths Assistant Editor Shannon Michael Flame Artist Matt Edwards Titles Michael Zito Colourist Fergus Rotherham Post Facility The Editors Special Thanks to the following people and organisations for their unwavering support. Tom Campbell, Glendyn Ivin, Garth Davis, Shelly Lauman, Lucy Moir, Julie Nihill, Lucinda Reynolds, Lucy Aston, Sam Chiplin, Emily Cook, Adolpho Veloso, Liv Reddy, Exit Films, The Editors Waylan Chisholm, Vateresio Tuikaba, Elizabeth O'Callaghan, Peter Paltos, Anna Lise Phillips, Briony Dunn, Jackie Allen, Adrian Vanda, Heinrichs Pacers, Tim McCormack, James MacGregor, Ange Slater, Alice Curry, Mira Oosterweghel Tegan Crowley, Will Johnston, Charlie Wood and VitaDrop, Kate Whitbread, Jacintho Muinos, Marcus Molyneux, Eugenie Muggleton, Claudia Nankervis, Celeste Veldze, Bill Black, Gabrielle Grist, Burcin Eser, Anna Lise Phillips, Thomas Hayes, Liza Dennis, Tim Dakin, Guillaume Dillee, Roger Karge, Charlie Denton, Louis Denton, Gorman Family Siteworks, Brunswick, Mediterranean Wholesalers, Brunswick and Transdev, Melbourne

Daddy's Girl

Daddy's Girl

A young woman's charming but overbearing father helps her move out of her wealthy, older boyfriend's apartment. "Daddy's Girl" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Our new interactive player enables viewers to watch the film, play with Director's Commentary, and read a Q&A with director Lena Hudson. To return to the main menu, click "Menu" in the upper left hand corner of the screen at any time.

Drawing on Autism

Drawing on Autism

Director’s statement: Drawing on Autism is an investigation into the ethics of representation in animated documentaries. Although I am neurodivergent, I’m not autistic, so when working with my anonymous participant, an autistic friend, I needed to be mindful of well-rehearsed and problematic autism tropes. These tropes seem to say more about the desires and needs of neurotypical audiences or filmmakers than they do about the autistic subjects. Moreover, animation presents a distinct set of ethical dilemmas. Without the mechanical indifference of a camera, the act of observation is substituted for expressive or symbolic representation. A mode of representation where the artist is responsible for how the documentary participant looks, where they appear, and what they do. Through collaborative feedback I attempt to share these responsibilities with my participant, while making use of positional and textual reflexivity to equip my audiences with the information they need to scrutinise my documentary interventions. - Alex Widdowson Awards and Accolades: Winner - UK Research & Innovation: Research in Film Awards 2021 - Best Doctoral and Early Career Film Winner - Rising of Lucitania AnimaDoc Film Festival 2022 - Best AnimaDoc Blue Ribend Award (Student Jury) Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 - Norman McLaren Award for Best British Animation Nominated - UK Research & Innovation: Research in Film Awards 2021 - Best Animated Film Official Selection: Rhode Island International Film Festival 2021 (Premier) Raindance 2021 Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2021 New Orleans Film Festival 2021 Berlin Festival of Animation 2021 Spark Animation 2021 Factual Animation Film Festival 2021 Montreal International Animation Festival 2021 Big Cartoon Festival 2021 London Short Film Festival 2022 Fargo Film Festival 2022 Cinemagic ON THE PULSE Short Film Festival 2022 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2022 Credits: Directed, produced, and animated by Alex Widdowson Sound design and music by Vicky Freund Additional animation by Ciara Kerr Additional art direction by Dan Castro Made with support from Autism through Cinema, Queen Mary University of London, and the Wellcome Trust Alex Widdowson © 2021

THE UNINVITED 3

THE UNINVITED 3

An all-girls snowboard film presented by Jess Kimura and the final piece to the Uninvited trilogy. This labor of love became a movement by creating a platform to showcase underfunded yet talented up and comers, ultimately leading to industry awareness and a huge shift in perception. Featuring Darrah Reid, Henna Ikola, Nora Beck, Maggie Leon, Ylfa Runarsdottir, Naima Antolin, Kaleah Opal, Grace Warner, Alexis Roland, Miyon Yamaguchi, Taylor Elliott, Himari Takamori, Corrine Pasela, Tsukimi Sato, Yurika Takikawa and many more! Made possible by The North Face, Monster Energy, Ikon Pass, and Coal Headwear