Author: documentaryfestival

Director Chris Burket entered the film industry in 2008 and has been a commercial and music video director. He’s also served as a skydiving stunt coordinator and 2nd unit director on films such as The Jane Austen Book Club starring Emily Blunt and Management starring Jennifer Aniston. Director Statement As soon as I heard Nick… Continue reading Director Biography – Chris Burket (GET BUSY LIVING)

GET BUSY LIVING is an inspiring new documentary following one thrill-seeking couple’s unique love story. He survived a crippling skydiving accident. She supported him through a painful recovery. Together they aspired to jump out of a plane again. Project Links  Website

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: FEEDING LEWISHAM BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE PROVIDER BEST DOC SUBJECTS: HIGH FLYING JADE BEST SOUND & MUSIC: PLANTED IN 2020 Theme of night: Leaving your legacy NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: HIGH FLYING JADE, 21min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – JANUARY 2021 DOCUMENTARY Short & Feature Film Festival

Sihan Cui is a documentary photographer who lives and works in New York City. She was born in Taiyuan, an industrial city located in northern China, in 1996. She majored in photojournalism at university. She graduated from the MFA program in Photography, Video and Related Media department of the School of Visual Arts. Sihan Cui… Continue reading Director Biography – Sihan Cui (FLUSHING)

Flushing is a special place for me. This is the first stop for many Chinese immigrants to set foot in New York, and it is also a circle that many Chinese living in the United States cannot escape. Here, people can live freely on American soil without using English. The authentic Chinese-style restaurants and shops,… Continue reading Short Film: FLUSHING, 7min., USA, Documentary

Cara Bowen is a producer and director, known for Jo Brand’s Cats & Kittens (2017), Dom on the Spot (2016) and The Undateables (2012). Director Statement Cara Bowen, a freelance documentarian and television producer, oversaw the small project. She said: “I heard about the plan through Twitter and wanted to get involved. There were a… Continue reading Director Biography – Cara Bowen (FEEDING LEWISHAM)

This is a short film using film talent laid of during Covid, with no work I produced a short inspiring film to show and record how one community organised without state or Government support to help thousands get through the crisis and access food. Project Links  Website  Facebook  Twitter  Instagram News & Reviews https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2020/10/feeding-lewisha

Santiago Bessai is a Canadian filmmaker and documentarian. His films dwell on the affectation of people in the age of the Anthropocene. Growing up in Toronto and Montreal, he journeyed to the UK to study Ethnographic and Documentary film. His latest work returns to Canada, into the desolate sites of the logging industry, documenting the… Continue reading Director Biography – Santiago Bessai (PLANTED IN 2020)

Despite a workforce in quarantine, Canada planted almost 700 million trees in 2020 – the most ever. With future forests under threat, a young woman journeys into the Canadian bush to endure a grueling and unconventional season of tree planting. Project Links  Facebook News & Reviews “Planted in 2020: A Journey into the Environment”Toronto Film… Continue reading Short Film: PLANTED IN 2020, 18min., Canada, Documentary

Katherine is a director with an MFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California and an alum of the Emmys/Television Academy program. Sweetman is an artist and media technologist with work distributed in major film festivals; broadcast on major TV outlets including Cox, Brighthouse Networks and Time Warner; shown in galleries and museums… Continue reading Director Biography – Katherine Sweetman (HIGH FLYING JADE)