Category: feedback film festival

Director BIO: Bishal Dutta (UNDOCUMENTED)

Bishal Dutta is an award-winning Director. He has directed nineteen short films, which have been honored at more than a dozen film festivals around the world, including screenings in Italy, Canada and France. Bishal, himself, has received six Best Director awards for his films from various international film festival, including the Silicon Beach Film Festival.… Continue reading Director BIO: Bishal Dutta (UNDOCUMENTED)

Short Film: UNDOCUMENTED, 6min., USA, Documentary

An undocumented filmmaker in Los Angeles traverses his surroundings – his neighborhood, the mall at which he works, a film set – in order to come to terms with the ugliness and beauty of his world. Film Type: Documentary, Short, Student Genres: Social Realism, Documentary, Drama Runtime: 5 minutes 40 seconds Completion Date: December 19,… Continue reading Short Film: UNDOCUMENTED, 6min., USA, Documentary

Director Bio: Elizabeth Ebbert (I AM MEANT TO BE THIS WAY)

After the birth of her child four and a half years ago, Ms. Ebbert started creating video edits in an attempt to obsessively preserve every fleeting moment of her daughter’s childhood. She has now extended this obsession into documenting family stories, and amplifying the voices of women.   Director Statement This documentary is based on… Continue reading Director Bio: Elizabeth Ebbert (I AM MEANT TO BE THIS WAY)

Short Film: I AM MEANT TO BE THIS WAY, 10min., USA, Documentary

“I Am Meant to Be This Way” explores the roles of women advocates and how they balance the demands of motherhood with the desire to fight for a better world for their children. Project Links  Website Film Type: Documentary, Short Runtime: 10 minutes 36 seconds Completion Date: April 5, 2018 Production Budget: 100 USD Country… Continue reading Short Film: I AM MEANT TO BE THIS WAY, 10min., USA, Documentary

Director BIO: Jamal Joseph (WE THE CHILDREN)

JAMAL JOSEPH A former Black Panther Party leader, today Jamal Joseph is a full Professor of Professional Practice and former chair of Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program. He is the Executive Artistic Director of New Heritage Films and the founder of the acclaimed Impact Repertory Theater. He is an alumnus of the Sundance Directing Lab.… Continue reading Director BIO: Jamal Joseph (WE THE CHILDREN)

Short Film: WE THE CHILDREN, 22min., USA, Documentary

We the Children is a short documentary about children’ s thoughts and feelings on politics. Sparked by the 2016 elections results, we witness how a group of children, ages 7 to 11, at a democratic school in Harlem, New York City, responds to their concern about the direction their country might take as a result… Continue reading Short Film: WE THE CHILDREN, 22min., USA, Documentary

Short Film: THE PETITION IN BOOTS, 5min., USA, Documentary/Animation

A short animated documentary on the first march on Washington. Film Type: Animation, Documentary, Short Genres: Documentary, Animation, Short Runtime: 6 minutes 55 seconds Completion Date: September 1, 2018 Production Budget: 0 USD Country of Origin: United States Shooting Format: n/a Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Film Color: Black & White and Color

CONNECTION IN CRISIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival

CONNECTION IN CRISIS, 24min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Dennis Zaidi 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… Continue reading CONNECTION IN CRISIS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival

BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival

BUILD RAMPS NOT WALLS, 13min., Mexico, Documentary Directed by Brian Adamkiewicz 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. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

ICE FLOW Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival

ICE FLOW, 10min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Cynthia Hunt “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… Continue reading ICE FLOW Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK Video from March 2019 DOC Festival