PEOPLE OF NOWHERE, 2min, Israel, Documentary/Music Video

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Short Film Playing at the best of Under 5min. Film Festival. Thursday July 28, 2016. Get your FREE Tickets: http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

  MOVIE POSTERPEOPLE OF NOWHERE, 2min, Israel, Documentary/Music Video
Directed by Lior Sperando

Music Video about the wave of Syrian refugees who try to make their way into Europe.

Director Statement:

I have heard and read different opinions about the wave of Syrian refugees who try to make their way in to EU. Then I went to Lesvos. 7 Days on the Greek Island gave me a healthier human perspective on the situation. Seeing in my own eyes the people behind the headlines and feeling their deep struggle, broke my heart.

Is this the “threat” people talk about? All I could see was courages people in a crisis. I also got to meet brave volunteers from all over the world who reach out to help all people regardless of their religion, race…

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CRE-AZIONI, 5min, USA, Drama/Experimental

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Short Film Playing at the best of Under 5min. Film Festival. Thursday July 28, 2016. Get your FREE Tickets: http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

CRE-AZIONI, 5min, USA, Drama/Experimental
Directed by Elena Vannoni

A film about women and time.

Film Type: Short

Runtime: 4 minutes 50 seconds

Completion Date: December 3, 2015

Production Budget: 1,500 USD

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Film Color: Color

First-time Filmmaker: Yes

Student Project: No

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WALK, 1min, Netherlands, Dance/Experimental

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  MOVIE POSTERWALK, 1min, Netherlands, Dance/Experimental
Directed by Nicola Balhuizen Hepp

“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.” Jean Cocteau

One man’s fear of the relentless aging process and how death catches up with us all.

The video images used to create ‘walk’ were originally shot for ’23 I 73′, an installation/performance by Nicola Balhuizen Hepp, which she directed and choreographed in 2006. She worked with two dancers, separated in age by 50 years, one of them being her father. Her fascination with the aging body inspired her to take a new look at the video material, allowing it to converge into this film.

A film about women and time.

Film Type: Short, Other

Genres: Screendance, Experimental film, Videodance, Dance film, Contemporary…

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I LIKE YOU, 2min, Italy, Drama/Romance Directed by Vito D’Agostino

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Short Film Playing at the best of Under 5min. Film Festival. Thursday July 28, 2016. Get your FREE Tickets: http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

I LIKE YOU, 2min, Italy, Drama/Romance
Directed by Vito D’Agostino

A child falls in love with a girl, he is at an age where he does not know what love is, but he tries to explain what he feels with his heart.

Film Type: Short

Runtime: 2 minutes 26 seconds

Completion Date: December 17, 2015

Production Budget: 0 EUR

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Italy

Film Language: Italian

Shooting Format: sony a7s II

Aspect Ratio: 2:35

Film Color: Color

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DREAMS OR DEMONS, 3min, Denmark, Drama/Life

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  MOVIE POSTERDREAMS OR DEMONS, 3min, Denmark, Drama/Life
Directed by Lisa Svelmoe

A woman liberates herself from her strive for the perfect body.

Film Type: Short

Runtime: 3 minutes 7 seconds

Completion Date: October 1, 2015

Production Budget: 1,500 USD

Country of Origin: Denmark

Country of Filming: Denmark

Aspect Ratio: 21/9

Film Color: Color

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DRAGON DREAMING, 5min, Australia, Documentary

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  MOVIE POSTERDRAGON DREAMING, 5min, Australia, Documentary
Directed by Daniel Clarke & Amy Pysden

Meet Kushia Young. She can’t hear you. But she can draw you a mystical character in under 10 minutes. This profoundly deaf 20-year-old artist from the remote APY Lands is being recognised for her unique contemporary indigenous drawings.

Film Type: Documentary

Runtime: 5 minutes

Completion Date: June 24, 2015

Production Budget: 0 USD

Country of Origin: Australia

Country of Filming: Australia

Film Language: English

Shooting Format: Digital

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Film Color: Color

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LOREN THE ROBOT BUTLER: TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE!, 3min, USA, Puppetry/Comedy

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  MOVIE POSTERLOREN THE ROBOT BUTLER: TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE!, 3min, USA, Puppetry/Comedy
Directed by Paul McGinnis

Loren, a proper British robot and formally the head butler for a very wealthy family, has been replaced with a Roomba and stored in the basement. Now the kids program him to teach them stuff.

Film Type: Short, Web / New Media, Other

Genres: Puppetry, Bunraku, Tabletop, Instructional, Dance

Runtime: 3 minutes 13 seconds

Completion Date: February 6, 2016

Production Budget: 9,000 USD

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Film Language: English

Shooting Format: Panasonic 3700

Film Color: Color

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Last Chance to RSVP (Free or PWYL) Toronto Feedback Film Fest – Thursday July 28th. 7pm.

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This month is a showcase of the best of Comedy Shorts, plus the best of Under 5min. Shorts:

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RSVP your FEEDBACK Toronto Film Festival seats. FREE or make a donation to the festival. Anyone can come for FREE as we love to have you.

Thursday July 28th event. 7pm to 9pm, Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton Street.

RSVP your seats now for the event. Plus, see full details of every film being played. Discover the best of NEW short films from around the world:

http://www.wildsound.ca/torontofilmfestivals.html

We have a terrific lineup of films for our eighth event of 2016. Amazing short films from the UK, Israel, USA, Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, Russia, and Australia.

This could be our best festival yet! You’re going to love the films.

Giving you films from all corners of the world in different genres and formats.

CLICK here and watch the moderation videos from our last event…

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Died Today (July 25th) Director John Schlesinger (1926–2003)

johnschlesinger.jpgDirector John Schlesinger (1926–2003)

Born: February 16, 1926 in Hampstead, London, England, UK

Died: July 25, 2003 (age 77) in Palm Springs, California, USA

Directed eight different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Burgess Meredith and Laurence Olivier. Christie won an Oscar for Darling (1965).

 

MOVIEMARATHON MAN
1976
dir. John Schlesinger
Starring
Laurence Olivier
Dustin Hoffman
Midnight CowboyMidnight Cowboy
1969
dir. John Schlesinger
Cast
Hoffman
Jon Voight
THE BELIEVERS
1987
dir. by John Schlesinger
Stars:
Martin Sheen
Helen Shaver
MOVIE POSTERBILLY LIAR
1963
dir. John Schlesinger
Stars:
Tom Courtenay
Julie Christie

 

Happy Birthday: Iman

imanIMAN

Born: July 25, 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia

Married to: David Bowie (6 June 1992 – 10 January 2016) (his death) (1 child)
Spencer Haywood (18 November 1977 – 13 February 1987) (divorced) (1 child)

Has a daughter, Alexandria Zahra Jones (born August 15, 2000) with David Bowie, and a daughter, Zulekha Haywood (born July 5, 1978), with her ex-husband, Spencer Haywood.

[July 2002 issue of Playboy magazine] I had breast enlargement to quiet that noise in my head and fill the gaping hole in my self-esteem.

We read about the horrors of child abuse in our newspapers on a daily basis. We have to take a stance and collectively say, “No more!”.