LOVE AT FIRST LIGHT played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival.
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LOVE AT FIRST LIGHT, 1min, Ireland, Comedy
Directed by Caroline Grace-Cassidy
A mixup occurs the morning after a one night stand.
Film Type: Short
Runtime: 1 minute
Completion Date: July 1, 2015
Production Budget: 0 EUR
Country of Origin: Ireland
Country of Filming: Ireland
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: SONY FS7
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color: Color
MISSTEP played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival.
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MISSTEP, 2min, UK, Drama
Directed by Sam Brewster
A banker is on his way to work when a careless trip on a railway platform forces him to question his prejudices.
Film Type: Short
Runtime: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Production Budget: 300 GBP
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Country of Filming: United Kingdom
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
OH MY OH AGAMI played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival.
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OH MY OH AGAMI, 4min, Egypt, Documentary/Poetry
Directed by Hani R. Eskander
A visual poem depicting a life of an Agami resident who reminisces his childhood amidst the ongoing destruction and illegal construction.
Written and delivered by Mohamed El Tayef
Music score and SFX by Ali Sedky
Subtitles: Dahlia Sabbour
Shot, edited and directed by Hani R. Eskander
Director’s Statement:
The sporadic accelerated of random vertical expansion in Agami is a microcosm of what’s happening in Egypt. We cannot keep at this consistent and persistent trail of destruction and tasteless development and construction without having proper vision that translates to sustainable design, and this all cannot see the light of day without adequate implementation of law applied equally and fairly on all… This video is a cry for…
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THE FAUCET played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival. It was also awarded Best Overall Performances at the Festival.
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THE FAUCET, 4min, USA, Comedy
Directed by Samip Raval & Danny Klimetz
There comes a time in each man’s life when he’ll have to come face to face with creations of his own genius.
Film Type: Short
Runtime: 4 minutes 28 seconds
Completion Date: June 30, 2015
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color:Color
VAMPIRAS played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival.
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VAMPIRAS, 5min, USA, Fantasy/Comedy
Directed by Wesley Armstrong
This is the story of two woman trying to save a secret in the city of Los Angeles.
Written by Bruna Rubio
Film Type: Short
Genres: sci-fi, drama, comedy, horror
Runtime: 4 minutes 40 seconds
Completion Date: August 24, 2015
Production Budget: 8,000 USD
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Film Language: Spanish
Shooting Format: digital
Film Color: Color
THE MEGA PLUSH played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival. It was also awarded Best FILM at the Festival. An amazing achievement considering the quality of films presented at the festival.
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THE MEGA PLUSH, 4min, USA, Animation/Action
Directed by Matt Burniston
Set in the shadows of a gritty underworld, a war is brewing. The Mega Plush, a group of four plush toy vigilantes, are struggling against the uprising of the SOC (Society of Chimps) army. Good vs evil. Bear vs sock monkey. The question is “who has the stuffing to survive?”
Film Type: Animation, Short
Genres: Action, Animation, CG, 3D
Runtime: 3 minutes 56 seconds
Completion Date: August 31, 2013
Production Budget: 0 USD
Country of Origin: United States
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color:Color
ARTIFICIAL played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival. It was also awarded Best Cinematography at the Festival.
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ARTIFICIAL, 20min, Spain, Sci-Fi/Thriller
Directed by Luis Espinosa
A man goes to a job interview. What he doesn’t know is that he has already been selected. CORPSA offers to pay him 80,000 Euros if he agrees to be cloned. But more than just a lot of money depends on his decision.
Writer: Sergio Granda
Key Cast: Luis Espinosa
Film Type:Short
Genres: Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantastic, Thriller
Runtime: 19 minutes 45 seconds
Completion Date: July 15, 2015
Country of Origin: Spain
Country of Filming: Spain
Film Language: Spanish
Shooting Format: RED Epic
Aspect Ratio: 1, 2:35
Film Color: Color
DISAPPEARED played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival.
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DISAPPEARED, 5min, Canada, Fantasy/Romance
Directed by Jon Silverberg
On the day he plans to propose to his girlfriend, a lowly shipping clerk finds a fountain pen that cause objects to vanish. He embraces the strange phenomenon as a novelty, until it threatens to impede his romantic plans, and very existence.
Producers: Jon Silverberg, Andy Hodgson Cast: Mackenzie Gray, Philip Granger, Alayna Silverberg
Genre: Sci-Fi/Comedy
Year: 2015
Film Type: Short
Runtime: 5 minutes 30 seconds
Completion Date: March 1, 2015
Country of Origin: Canada
Country of Filming: Canada
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: RED Epic
Aspect Ratio: 2:40:1
Film Color: Color
YO SOY PEDRO played to raves reviews from the audience at the January 2016 Film Festival. It was also awarded Best Musical Score at the Festival.
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YO SOY PEDRO, 10min, France, Sci-Fi/Comedy
Directed by Jordan Inconstant
1977. Mackenzie and Banks are two Americans cops who encounter an alien that has just crashed. The police take him for a film actor and decide to bring it back to Hollywood studios. .
Film Type: Short
Genres: sci-fi, comedy
Runtime: 10 minutes 35 seconds
Completion Date: November 30, 2014
Production Budget: 10,000 EUR
Country of Origin: France
Country of Filming: France
Film Language: French
Shooting Format: HDV
Aspect Ratio: 2:35
Film Color: Color
Cine Pobre is a self-funded filmmaking genre without a set of stylistic criteria nor format boundaries, involving many geographically separated creators with at least two things in common: a strong desire to tell our story and to do so with our own resources.
I recently sat down with J. Michael Seyfert to talk more about the festival:
Matthew Toffolo: What is your festival succeeding at doing for filmmakers?
JMS: So far Cine Pobre has co-produced 8 films, and we provide post production talent and technical skills through camera stabilization workshops, and help with branding and niche market exposure. Cine Pobre Film Festival is like filmmaking itself, a collaborative and not a competitive concept.
Matthew: What would you expect to experience if you attend the festival?
JMS: Personally , unless you’re talking about Orson Welles or Werner Herzog for example I am not keen on listening to a lot of self-congratulating trivia and gossip staged by most film festivals who appear more like cocktail parties. I appreciate excellent programming that has attitude and teeth, to be intriguing, that’s what Cine Pobre delivers: New Eyes.
Matthew: What are the qualifications for the selected films?
JMS: Anything goes, but must be self-funded and under $25,000 usd crowd-funding is also accepted, but productions financed by grants and film fund supported budgets are not accepted.
Matthew: Do you think that some films really don’t get a fair shake from film festivals? And if so, why?
JMS: The business model of conventional festivals, of which there are literally thousands, is strictly a numbers game no matter how idealistic they may cloak themselves. As soon as an event gains some prestige it becomes elitist and exclusionary, rich in overhead and filmmaker exploitative.
Matthew: What motivates you and your team to do this festival?
JMS: Curating the best self funded films to the widest audience is gratifying, as only the works of story tellers unbeholden to sponsors are censorship-free.
Matthew: How has the festival changed since its inception?
JMS: Started with small screenings in rural areas to become the largest resource of self-funded film with over 10,000 shorts, features, documentaries, animation, experimental and music videos.
Matthew: Where do you see the festival by 2020?
JMS: We receive entries from about 100 countries and would love to curate films from all 190 states and territories on the planet.
Matthew: What film have you seen the most times in your life?
JMS: Bye Bye Havana
Matthew: In one sentence, what makes a great film?
JMS: A story so well told that it holds the attention of a 7 year old.
Matthew: How is the film scene in your city?
JMS: Still emerging from provincialism…. However Cine Pobre is neither stagnant nor static. Over the past 13 years we have taken our screenings to rural areas in Mexico and different countries in Latin America. We hope to also develop events in Africa where many exciting self-funded filmmakers are emerging.
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Interviewer Matthew Toffolo is currently the CEO of the WILDsound FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival. The festival that showcases 10-20 screenplay and story readings performed by professional actors every month. And the FEEDBACK Monthly Festival held in downtown Toronto on the last Thursday of every single month. Go to http://www.wildsound.ca for more information and to submit your work to the festival.
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