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AUDIENCE AWARDS (from the FEEDBACK Festival Screening):
Best Feature FilM: CONFESSIONS OF A SWEDISH MAN
Best Short Film: WHY WE DANCE
Best Direction: RESONANCIA
Best Story: THE HERO OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT
CONFESSIONS OF A SWEDISH MAN, 94min., Sweden
Directed by Hampus Linder
In 2019, a Swedish single father and self-proclaimed feminist travels to an anti- feminist men’s retreat in Denmark. He asks himself why such gatherings are needed as he tries to understand the anger and discovers loneliness and longing. Being so close, with so many men, is unfamiliar to him and a simple question evolves into a personal crisis. He questions his identity, how to raise his son, and the relationship to his own father. A 6-year journey down the rabbit hole of the so-called “manosphere” has begun and it leads him to a fundamental reflection:
HOME
https://www.instagram.com/confessionsofaswedishman/
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-confessions-of-a-swedish
WHY WE DANCE, 16min., USA
Directed by Marc Ellison
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-why-we-dance
RESONANCIA, 38min., USA
Directed by Ted Nash, Cathy Barbash
In the heart of Havana, Grammy-winning composer Ted Nash invites young Cuban musicians to find inspiration in the colors and forms of a museum’s paintings. What begins as a search for melody becomes an awakening, as students uncover hidden voices within themselves—discovering passion, courage, and untapped creativity. Their week of exploration blooms into a radiant concert before more than a thousand people, where art and music merge into a testament of self-discovery and the boundless power of expression.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-resonancia
THE HERO OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT, 37min., Austria
Directed by Konrad Weixelbraun
Wolfgang Hollegha was one of the most famous abstract painters in Europe after the Second World War. When he was awarded the Guggenheim Prize 1958 and the Carnegie Prize 1961, he was celebrated as the new star in the art world in the USA, but Wolfgang Hollegha decided to follow his heart and he returned home to Austria after ten weeks in New York. It was too loud and too hectic for him and he missed nature that surrounded him since he was a child. He bought a three hundred year old house hidden in the Austrian mountains and built a unique studio in the woods. After twenty years outside the spotlight without any public appearance, Wolfgang Hollegha gave me the opportunity to talk about his life once again, he showed me his extraordinary collection of paintings and let me record his final interview before he died. It’s a portrait of a man who could have had it all, fame and fortune, but he has chosen to live a humble family life.
https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-hero-outside-the-spotlight
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