I thought it was VERY interesting to hear the varying interpretations…the theme of death came up a couple times…that was not where we were driving our story, but I like that there is that possibility! I like that one of the audience members commented that she found the film therapeutic. Our intention was for it… Continue reading DOCUMENTARY Festival Testimonial – March 4 2019
Category: documentary film festival
Director Biography – Dennis Zaidi (CONNECTION IN CRISIS)
Dennis Zaidi is an award winning short film maker who has a passion for films about animals and nature. This project is the culmination of over two years spent researching and filming different types of Animal Assisted Intervention techniques. Director Statement When I set out to make this project, I did not expect to be… Continue reading Director Biography – Dennis Zaidi (CONNECTION IN CRISIS)
Short Film: CONNECTION IN CRISIS, 24min., Canada, Documentary
Born in the aftermath of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, this remarkable team of psychological first aid trauma dogs, the K9 First Responsers, are called upon after America’s worst tragedies. Led by Brad Cole and his encaptivating 150 pound dog Spartacus, the story culminates in a journey to Las Vegas to help firefighters… Continue reading Short Film: CONNECTION IN CRISIS, 24min., Canada, Documentary
Director Biography – Noah Sheldon (TAOBAO)
Noah is a filmmaker, photographer and artist based in Shanghai and New York City. Noah started his career as a photographer and brings a strong eye for clean and compelling composition and natural story telling to his films. He favors an observational approach to capturing subjects; authenticity is a hallmark of his work. Noah’s work… Continue reading Director Biography – Noah Sheldon (TAOBAO)
Short Film: TAOBAO, 4min., China, Documentary
Pin’er is a model on China’s largest online shopping site, Taobao. With a never-ending pile of clothes to shoot, Pin’er has developed a unique way of getting through her workload. Film Type: Documentary, Short Genres: Biography Runtime: 4 minutes 14 seconds Completion Date: April 1, 2017 Production Budget: 1,000 USD Country of Origin: United States… Continue reading Short Film: TAOBAO, 4min., China, Documentary
Director Biography – Melissa Lesh, Tim Laman (PERSON OF THE FOREST)
Documentary filmmaker Melissa Lesh (Co-Director) founded Emerging Earth Films as a way to bridge the gap between the arts and sciences, focusing on natural history and conservation stories. Her first award-winning documentary, James River Sturgeon, was a collaboration with scientists to uncover the uncharted migration of the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon. Lesh is the Co-Director and… Continue reading Director Biography – Melissa Lesh, Tim Laman (PERSON OF THE FOREST)
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
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 