A Roll Of The Die Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

A ROLL OF THE DIE, 8min., Canada, Documentary Directed by Andrew Fullerton After losing faith in the world, I confront a childhood trauma in order to find meaning again. CLICK HERE – and see full info and more pics of the film!

A Voice for Whales Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

A VOICE FOR WHALES, 22min., USA, Documentary Directed by Selket Kaufman In 2018, Pacific Whale Foundation’s founder Greg Kaufman passed away after a hard-fought battle with cancer. ‘A Voice for Whales’ was created to tell the story of his fight to save humpback whales from extinction by educating the public, from a scientific perspective, about whales… Continue reading A Voice for Whales Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

24 Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

24, 2min., Philippines, Animation/Documentary Directed by Brian Yulo Ng 24 is an experimental documentary and animated retrospective of a young man born between different cultures, it depicts moments of memory through short vignettes of the past; Alongside an evolving abstracted animation that grows in complexity. The film tackles issues of culture, memory and trauma through the… Continue reading 24 Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

Knitted Beliefs Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

KNITTED BELIEFS, 15min., Pakistan, Documentary Directed by Salman Alam Khan It’s the story of Narayanpura, a minorities compound in Karachi, Pakistan where Hindus, Sikhs and Christians are living in harmony and peace with Muslims. In Pakistan over the last ten years more than 4000 people have been killed in different incidents of violence against minorities including… Continue reading Knitted Beliefs Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

8 Poems Of Emigration Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

8 POEMS OF EMIGRATION, 11min., Turkey, Documentary Directed by Kurtulus Ozgen 8 Poems of Emigration is a non-fiction film which focuses on the immigration crisis of the world. Reasons of immigration (and the troubles of immigrants) have become the crucial and controversial issue for humanity. Caused by the wild global capitalism (wars, climate change, authoritarian regimes,… Continue reading 8 Poems Of Emigration Short Film, Audience Feedback from May 2020 DOCUMENTARY Festival

HIGHLIGHTS – MAY 2020 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: 24 BEST DOC CHARACTERS: REMOTE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: SIMPLER. BIGGER. FREER BEST SOUND & MUSIC: A VOICE FOR WHALES Theme of night: Life and Death NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: 8 POEMS OF EMIGRATION, 11min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS – MAY 2020 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

Documentary Film Festival Testimonial – May 26 2020

C. Hunt I really appreciated the film that arrived promptly after the festival with the comments from the presenter and festival participants. It was very rewarding. Submit your film exclusively via Film Freeway: See the TORONTO Festival Dates See the LOS ANGELES Festival Dates 11 events scheduled for 2020!

Director Biography – Mahesh Madhav (HOW TO BEND CONCRETE IN 108 EASY STEPS)

In 2012, Mahesh was introduced to video production by an inmate at Oregon State Penitentiary who was serving a life sentence. He used his newfound skills to give back to the community by producing cultural and spiritual programs from the South Asian diaspora. He also produces music videos, including a piece recognized as a “Best… Continue reading Director Biography – Mahesh Madhav (HOW TO BEND CONCRETE IN 108 EASY STEPS)

Short Film: HOW TO BEND CONCRETE IN 108 EASY STEPS, 16min., USA, Documentary

Engineering meets art as we follow a designer in his efforts to bend industrial concrete into beautiful furniture. Underneath the documenting of the physical process of manifesting the sculpture, we also document the ethos and mental process of ideation, discovery, and presentation — capturing what all content creators struggle with on every project. Filmed in… Continue reading Short Film: HOW TO BEND CONCRETE IN 108 EASY STEPS, 16min., USA, Documentary

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