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“Welcome Home Ned and Wendy” is the real-life love story of two artists on opposite sides of the country who, through remote musical collaboration, radical vulnerability, and an unexpected fifteen months in quarantine, find their way home to one-another. But the love story doesn’t end with their declarations of shared feelings, nor does it end… Continue reading Short Film: WELCOME HOME NED AND WENDY, 11min, USA

A’Dora Phillips directs The Vision & Art Project, which focuses on documenting the lives and work of artists with vision loss due to macular degeneration. In recent years, she has begun making film profiles of artists in collaboration with Brian Schumacher and others. A writer and translator, she is currently pursuing a PhD in literature… Continue reading Director BIO:  A’Dora Phillips, Brian Schumacher (SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK)

In this short documentary film, the Russian emigre painter Serge Hollerbach, who is legally blind, creates two paintings, separated in time by a period of four years during which he has visibly aged and his vision has declined. While painting, he discusses art, his displacement during World War II, building a new life in New… Continue reading Short Film: SERGE HOLLERBACH: A RUSSIAN PAINTER IN NEW YORK, 25min., USA, Documentary

A story about a ceramic artist, Cathy Terepocki, and her journey to find purpose within her work. When most artists are seeking to further put themselves at the forefront of their work Cathy made a conscious decision to actually remove her personal touch. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram

Hi I’m Maxim Zhuiykov. Being born in the Ukraine and moving to Australia as a child, I was very fortunate traveling a lot from a young age where I developed a love of learning about the world and discussing different viewpoints with others.Growing up I found myself telling stories to friends about what I saw… Continue reading Director BIO: Maxim Zhuiykov (SANTRA – A TALE OF INDIA)

This film presents my impressions on how I felt while traveling through India featuring footage of people, places and landscapes.From the chaotic cities to natural spectacles; the film shows how people are ultimately interconnected within India’s diverse surroundings. Project Links  Website  Instagram

Clerc’s Inferno is a two-act play about Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet and their quest to take Sign Language education to America in the early 19th century. The short documentary below was shot during two R&D Workshops in London and explores the arduous-yet-rewarding process required to properly translate the English on the page into several… Continue reading Short Film: CLERC’S INFERNO: FROM PAGE TO SIGN, 14min., UK

Four theatermakers from Belgium travel to the melting glaciers on Greenland. Their goal: to play a new composed requiem and say goodbye to the world as we know it. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Instagram

It was initially believed that Covid-19 was “a respiratory virus,” that “lasts for 10-14 days.”   Long Haul is the untold story of hundreds of thousands of people still suffering from Covid’s devastating impact months and for many, more than a year after getting over their acute illness; as told by the only people who can truly… Continue reading Short Film: LONG HAUL: A PULMONARY WELLNEEE FOUNDATION FILM, 39min., USA, Documentary

Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: NEW STORY OF THE EARTH Best Documentary Short: WORLD OF VIRUSUS Best Direction: STILL RIVER, SILENT JUNGLE Best Cinematography: DARK GREEN Best Sound & Music: TIMELESS DRIFT Theme of night: Life Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: NEW STORY OF THE… Continue reading SCIENCE & NATURE DOC Shorts – November 2021 Event