Nubar Alexanian is a highly acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker who, for the past 40 years, has worked for magazines in the U.S & Europe including Life Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Geo, Time & Newsweek, National Geographic and many others. He’s also produced & directed long and short form videos for organizations and… Continue reading Director Biography – Nubar Alexanian (RECIPE FOR DISASTER: GREEN CRABS IN THE GREAT MARSH)
Category: documentary film festival
Short Film: RECIPE FOR DISASTER: GREEN CRABS IN THE GREAT MARSH, 6min., USA, Documentary
Recipe For Disaster is the story of an ecological catastrophe in the making in four neighboring towns on the Massachusetts coast. As native scallops, mussels, clams, and protective eelgrass disappear under the explosive invasion of green crabs, scientists, local experts, and residents are scrambling to save the marsh from decimation. When faced with an invasive… Continue reading Short Film: RECIPE FOR DISASTER: GREEN CRABS IN THE GREAT MARSH, 6min., USA, Documentary
Short Film: PARK AVENUE, 3min., USA, Documentary
John Thompson served 37 years in prison after killing a man who broke into his home. He now works at The Center for Returning Citizens, a prison reentry center in Philadelphia and helps others who get out of prison, stay out of prison. Project Links Website
Short Film: #BUILDINGBRIDGES, 20min, Germany, Documentary
The Making of #buildingbridges is a documentary detailing the production of the film #buildingbridges from its conception in Germany to the final shoot in America. We follow members of the creative agency One Inch Dreams through the process of devising and filming the stunt featured in the narrative short: a slackline suspended between two hot… Continue reading Short Film: #BUILDINGBRIDGES, 20min, Germany, Documentary
Director Biography – Ryan Durant (FIRST IN MAN)
Ryan Durant is a multidisciplinary storyteller living in Portland, OR. With two decades of experience in creative direction, the 2019 film, “First in Man”, is his directorial debut. Ryan graduated from Northern Arizona University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Communication Studies. He is a co-founder at OVO, a creative consultancy. Ratings
Short Film: FIRST IN MAN, 12min., USA, Documentary
Bill Richardson is a pioneer. Following multiple surgeries for aggressive brain tumors and infections, he is a unique host for an increasingly familiar enemy. He’s not one to invite trouble. But after each tumor is cut away, another bares its deadly teeth. So what if the knives were put away? What if a radical new… Continue reading Short Film: FIRST IN MAN, 12min., USA, Documentary
Short Film: ASHES TO ASHES, 25min., USA, Documentary
Winfred Rembert, the only living survivor of a lynching, a Star Wars fanatic and leather artist, develops a friendship with Doctor Shirley Jackson Whitaker who is on a mission to memorialize the forgotten 4,000 African Americans lynched during the Jim Crow era. Together, their journeys of healing intertwine. Director – Taylor Rees, Renan Ozturk Project… Continue reading Short Film: ASHES TO ASHES, 25min., USA, Documentary
Director Biography – Mike Johnston (SYNNOPSIS)
Mike Johnston is an award-winning director and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He often chooses to make films based or inspired on true events with complex, character-driven perspectives. Mike’s most recent narrative film, Line of Fire (2018) was inspired by a true story and the swatting phenomenon that was sweeping the United… Continue reading Director Biography – Mike Johnston (SYNNOPSIS)
Short Film: SYNNOPSIS, 11min., Canada, Documentary
Aidan “Synn” Pringle is a second generation professional wrestler, who trained to be the best. But when he was sabotaged in his WWE tryout match, he quit the business. This isn’t a story of failure. This is the story of losing in the ring, but winning in life. Project Links Website
Short Film: IN SEARCH OF A BETTER WORLD, 7min., Canada, Documentary
The small city of Hi’an, China has embraced a radical new recycling solution that might just save the world. Project Type: Documentary, Student Genres: Documentary, Enviromental Runtime: 7 minutes 23 seconds Completion Date: December 29, 2018 Production Budget: 2,600 USD Country of Origin: Canada Country of Filming: China
Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto 