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Short Film: PERSON OF THE FOREST, 17min., Indonesia, Documentary

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans. There, photographer Tim Laman, researcher Cheryl Knott, and young explorer Robert Suro shed new light on the similarities between ourselves and our ancient ancestors, before it’s too late. Film Type: Documentary, Short Genres: Natural… Continue reading Short Film: PERSON OF THE FOREST, 17min., Indonesia, Documentary

Short Film: BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS, 13min., Mexico, Documentary

Build Ramps Not Walls (BRNW) documents a project that began with a tight knit Mexican and American skate community on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The two main characters, a young American-Mexican skater, Nat and an older Mexican skater, Emilio, are looking for a positive response to the negative rhetoric between Mexico and the United… Continue reading Short Film: BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS, 13min., Mexico, Documentary

Director Biography – Cynthia Hunt (ICE FLOW)

Cynthia Hunt, first came from the big city of Toronto to the quiet of the Yukon Territory in the northern part of Canada, in 1983. Countless adventures and an ever growing family later, this move proved to be a wonderful decision. She and her family live part of the year along a river in the… Continue reading Director Biography – Cynthia Hunt (ICE FLOW)

Short Film: ICE FLOW, 10min., Canada, Documentary

“Ice Flow,” is a beautiful, absorbing, short non-narrative documentary that depicts the natural world and indirectly raises quesions about human values. In “Ice Flow, the river is the “lead character.” The people in the film (the film-maker and her husband) along with other animals and birds are observed as equal participants sharing nature’s stage as… Continue reading Short Film: ICE FLOW, 10min., Canada, Documentary

Director Biography – Matthieu Vinel (NAMIBIA)

Matthieu Vinel grew up in Lorraine in the east of France, a region marked by the steel crisis. Early on he discovered a passion for the seventh art and devoured the film selection at his local library – Wilder, Clouzot, Murnau, Walsh, Renoir, Hitchcock, Füller, Kazan, Mann, Kurosawa, Clayton, Spielberg, Polanski…In parallel he cultivated his… Continue reading Director Biography – Matthieu Vinel (NAMIBIA)

Short Film: NAMIBIA, 8min., Namibia, Documentary

Two friends, a filmmaker and photographer, traverse the vast expanses of Namibia in their 4×4 Ford Ranger. Discover with them the wild animals of Etosha, the incredible richness of life in the Himba village or the volcanic mountains of Damaraland and meet the locals in Katutura, a poor district in the capital. This hypnotic road… Continue reading Short Film: NAMIBIA, 8min., Namibia, Documentary

Director Biography – Blaze Hunter (WAY OF LIFE)

Blaze Hunter is a director from Lisbon. Born in Portugal in 78, studied design, photography and cinematography. For the past 5 years has been working mostly in filmmaking for a Portuguese production studio, Lobomau. Besides filmmaking and photography, surf and travel is where he charges his criativity to put out on stories worth telling.

Short Film: WAY OF LIFE, 10min., Portugal, Documentary

What defines the greatness of Men? Is it just the results you get? Or the commitment to pursuit your dreams? Why some people are afraid of the ocean while others can’t live without dropping 40 feet waves? This short documentary follows the story of João de Macedo, an underdog big wave surfer who tries to… Continue reading Short Film: WAY OF LIFE, 10min., Portugal, Documentary

January 2019 Film Winners

Submit your film exclusively via Film Freeway: THE DOLLHOUSE, 7min., USA, Documentary A GREAT RIDE, 33min., USA, LGBT/Documentary **** Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Kyle Drier, John Johnson Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Hugh Fraser, Andy… Continue reading January 2019 Film Winners

DOCUMENTARY Festival Testimonial – January 23 2019

I’ve had my work shown in festivals before but I’ve never had the experience of being in a room with 100 people all engaging in a discussion about a film I made. The coolest part of it was seeing that people in audience who I didn’t think would enjoy the film giving positive feedback about… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY Festival Testimonial – January 23 2019