JUNE 2018 EUROPEAN Films & Screenplays

September 17, 2018 festreviews Uncategorized

EUROPEAN Short Film and Screenplay Festival

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01, 7min., Germany, Experimental/Animation

TWICE UPON A TIME, 14min., Serbia, Animation/Fantasy

LAND OF MINE, 4min., Germany, Experimental

WHERE AM I ? COLACOASTER, 3min., Italy/Austria, Music Video

SUNFLOWER SUTRA, 4min., Netherlands, Music Video

TROUBLE, 3min., Austria, Music Video

SUPPLE HEARTS, 5min., UK, Experimental

HAUL, 5min., Czech Republic, Music Video

BURIED, 14min., UK, Thriller/War

AINHOA, 19min, Spain, Drama/Thriller

STREAM OF DOUBTS, 11min., France, Drama/Fantasy

MEASURE, 2min, UK, Horror/Drama

LIFE ON MARS, 16min., Spain, Drama

VINDICTE, 26min., Germany, Drama/Family

THE LETTERS, 18min., UK, Thriller/Drama

STALKER, 7min., Czech. Republic, Horror/Thriller

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May 2018 EUROPEAN Films & Screenplays

September 17, 2018 festreviews Uncategorized

EUROPEAN Short Film and Screenplay Festival

PREY, 13min., UK, Thriller/Horror

CHERI, 6min., France, Thriller/Suspense

AFTER LOVE, 6min., Hungary, Experimental/Romance

HANDS, 6min., UK, Experimental/Dance

TRUMPETS IN THE SKY, 12min., Belguim, Sci-Fi

THE SUPER RECOGNISER, 11min., UK, Sci-Fi

SOLUK (BREATH), 5min., Turkey, Sci-Fi

AFTER WE HAVE LEFT OUR HOMES, 8min., UK, Sci-Fi

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Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com

Festival Moderators: Kierston Drier, Shepsut Wilson
Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne
Editor: Kimberly Villarruel

Festival Directors: Mary Cox, Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy

Camera Operators: John Johnson, Isabal Cupryn, Aser Santos Jr., Zack Arch

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HIGHLIGHTS – AUGUST 2018 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

September 17, 2018 festreviews Uncategorized

Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: ISIS WAS HERE

BEST CHARACTERS: BEYOND THE WALL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: HAART KENYA

BEST MUSIC: WATER

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

SAN GUERRERO, 4min., Argentina, Documentary

WATER, 4min, USA, Documentary

WEEKEND WARRIOR, 6min., USA, Documentary

ISIS WAS HERE, 25min, Iraq, Documentary

HAART KENYA, 13min., Kenya, Documentary

HEARING FILMS, 8min., Canada, Documentary

BEYOND THE WALL, 26min., USA, Documentary

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There is an episode about this festival in our archives as we talk about the audience and all the great films we showcased at this event.

The theme of the August 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival in Toronto was “Pursuit of Freedom”. Every character on all of these presented films were either looking for freedom – either attempting to remove themselves from a hostile environment, or simply attempting to be free within themself.

This was an important…

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HIGHLIGHTS – MAY 2018 DOCUMENTARY Short Film Festival

September 17, 2018 festreviews Uncategorized

Documentary Film Festival. Los Angeles & Toronto

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:

BEST FILM: REMAND

BEST SUBJECT MATTERS: WILDLAND

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: REMAND

BEST MUSIC: PROJECT 1948

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

PROJECT 1948, 13min., Bosnia, Documentary

REMAND, 40min., Uganda, Documentary

THE UNDERGROUND ARTIST, USA, 3min., Documentary

MOTHERS & METHADONE, 11min, Canada, Documentary

WILDLAND, 25min., USA, Documentary

The theme of the May 2018 DOCUMENTARY FEEDBACK Film Festival was “Repairing”. Every single film was about a world or characters needing to fix or repair the situations that they are currently in.

Documentary shorts festivals are easily the hardest to program for many reasons. The main two are because there are so many well made doc shorts that are over 20 minutes in length. And many of those said films have deep and emotionally hard to watch subjects. So you don’t want to overwelm the audience with so many different and important subjects in just one sitting.

So you have to…

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