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WAKING CONUNDRUM, 11min., Canada Directed by Dale Loon, Alyssa-Rose Hunter Waking up in a room with a ceiling that seems to never end. A man struggles with his memory of recent events but remembers everything else from the past. The man meets a woman and brings him down to great disbelief and shock that shakes every atom in his body. A scheme is planned to escape this room. But is the plan for real?
Get to know filmmaker Dale Loon:
What motivated you to make this film?
Your not gonna be so impressed, but at the time when I was in school. I came to a point where I needed a script in order to advance in the Toronto Film School program. And I only had one class, 4 hours to do it. 20 minutes was spent making beats of the story. Another 40 minutes character building. Then the last 3 hours was spend writing the script in a rush.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
The one thing I expected for sure was the unseen betrayal from Venora. The audience saw a connection sparking between them, then at the end? They were shocked and shooked. Everything I wrote is what I wanted in the audiences reactions, and it was puuuuurfect!
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THE LITTLE GIRL, 10min., USA Directed by Tamara Luisa Hernandez The Little Girl” is a poignant true story of a woman who embraces her identity as a plus-sized woman while navigating the complexities of love. Through her late-night interactions with strangers, she confronts the harsh realities of societal beauty standards, ultimately challenging conventional perceptions of attractiveness.
MY TURN!, 5min., USA Directed by Isabelle Maria Tumboimbela, Daisha Lin Sherman One sunny morning in Jakarta, Indonesia, Beth and her younger sister Liz become fierce rivals in their race to the bathroom. Beth regrets unintentionally hurting her little sister during the scuffle, and they both realize how much they care about each other.
AND VOILA, 13min., Canada Directed by Piero DaCosta An interview granted by Angelo Villa depicts the life and work of the most important artist of his time, Leo Park whom he used to call a friend once. Past and present come together in this game of power and corruption.
REPLICA, 6min., USA Directed by Marta Renzi A house, a replica and its inhabitants, both somewhat removed from reality. Tenderness, delight and quiet companionship. How much is imagined? What does the future hold?
STAY HERE, 12min., Canada Directed by Amelia Mitchell A troubled young man’s infatuation with his coworker spirals out of control after she introduces him to a dangerous coping mechanism.
Born
December 1, 1940 · Peoria, Illinois, USA
Died
December 10, 2005 · Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Birth name
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III
Foul language that has been compared to raw sewage mixed with social insight that has been compared to Mark Twain.
QUOTES:
I live in racist America and I’m uneducated, yet a lot of people love me and like what I do, and I can make a living from it. You can’t do much better than that.
I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst. In other words, I had a life.
It’s been a struggle for me because I had a chance to be white and refused.
Everyone carries around his own monsters.
[on the free-basing incident which set him on fire] When you are running down the street…. and you are on fire, people will get out of your way.
I met the President. We in trouble.
[At the 1977 Academy Awards] I’m here to explain why black people will never be nominated for anything. This show is going out to seventy-five million people – none of them black. We don’t even know how to vote. There’s 3,349 people in the voting thing and only two black people – Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. We’re quitting. You’ll have to listen to Lawrence Welk.
Born
December 1, 1970 · Bedford, New Hampshire, USA
Birth name
Sarah Kate Silverman
QUOTES:
I’ve turned down things that, I just go “I’d rather do stand-up than say this shitty exposition for bad writing.” It’s just not fun, like “but you’re a lawyer and he loves you!” Good writing doesn’t need some Greek chorus in the form of a sassy friend.
I have very vivid dreams – almost always action-adventure. I’m often on the run. I’ve always had dreams. When I was little, I’d go to sleep with my head on my hands, which were in fists like I was looking through a camera. I felt like sleep was the movies – just drifting off to the movies.
I tend to be more arrogant on stage. Far more ignorant. I sometimes say what I think and sometimes say the opposite of what I think and the lines get blurred, but I can only hope that some kind of absolute power transcends.
I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up listening to stand-up comedians’ albums and watching them on TV, on The Tonight Show and Letterman.
I think maybe I became funny because as a kid, I was a Jew in a town of no Jews, and being funny just instinctively came about as a way to put people at ease around me.
Smells definitely do have a crazy impact on me.
I’m always writing; I’m always jotting things down on paper or making notes in my iPhone. Then I’ll make myself sit down and kind of shape it up, but there’s really no other way to practice other than onstage.
Born
December 1, 1985 · Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Birth name
Janelle Monáe Robinson
QUOTES:
I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I’m constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.
[observation, 2014] I’d be honored to experiment more with holograms and maybe make a whole band – but I love my band. I wouldn’t want them to be holograms.
I’ve never viewed myself as “just” a musician or singer. I’m a storyteller who wants to tell untold, meaningful, universal stories in unforgettable ways. I want to do it all, study it all and find my place in it.
I had a strong visceral reaction to the Moonlight (2016) script, partly because I felt I knew all of these characters. I grew up with a drug dealer like Juan in my neighborhood who was a mentor to local young people. I had a family member who was addicted to crack, like Paula. Chiron himself reminded me of my little cousin – they were all characters I could relate to from my upbringing. And I’ve played the role of Teresa in real life: my family and friends always have a shoulder to lean on with me.
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December 1, 1986 · Brighton, England, UK
INTERVIEW:
I went back to Australia to do a show called The Beautiful Lie (2015), which is a retelling of ‘Anna Karenina’ in a six-part mini-series – a modern, contemporary version.
I was the understudy to the understudy in a year-two production of ‘Big Chief Red Feather.’ The boy who had the lead broke his arm, and then the understudy got chicken pox. And I loved it. I got to wear the most feathers in my headdress.
I love playing characters with different accents. It’s a lot of fun.
It’s always nice to have somebody with the same accent when you’re working in a foreign country.
I’m the youngest of three sisters. We were always performing plays for each other.
I’ve learnt that there’s acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition.
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