Dusty Nation

Kang Le

7 min | 2020 | Taiwan | US Premiere

This film is an attempt to describe the characteristics of the Chinese community. - At the Construction of the Great Wall of China by Franz Kafka, he is quoted, "Human nature, which is fundamentally careless and by nature like the whirling dust, endures no restraint. If it restricts itself, it will soon begin to shake the restraints madly and tear up walls, chains, and even itself all over the place."

Official Selections: Guam USA Int’l FF, BUEIFF Channel, FMV Cine

The Kiss

Diego Mandelman

3 min | 2017| Argentina | US Premiere

A kiss is a world of sensations that is projected in the mind and body. The unconscious begins to fly along with the adrenaline.

Distortion (Verzerrung)

Samuel J Punto

7 min | Experimental | 2021 | Germany | East Coast Premiere

Jury Statement: “Powerful! This hits all the marks for advanced film knowledge. It kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire time. Completely executed and well produced film. Congratulations! Keep making films!

Awards: Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles, United States, 2021, Best Young Director & Latitude Film, London, United Kingdom, Silver Award, Experimental Short Film

Elysium

BEST EXPERIMENTAL – Sponsored by East Boston Savings Bank/Revere, MA 

Ariana Jones, Ella Good

5 min | Nar | 2020 | Smyrna, Georgia

Jury Statement: “Surrealism of a girl’s night out - this short is the dream that becomes your teenage years once there is distance between. These filmmakers draw you into their world and hold you tight until they decide to release you.”

Test Pen

Light House Studio

by Braxton Eaddy | 2 min | Experimental | 2020 | Charlottesville, VA | Massachusetts Premiere

Jury Statement: “Aside from the audio (difficult to hear the voiceover) there is a lot of technical mastery displayed in this piece. The visuals, and the editing made this a solid piece. Keep making films.”

FLOATING WORLD - LIFE 1.0

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

Dénes Ruzsa and Fruzsina Spitzer

4 min  | 2019 | Hungary |  US Premiere

Earth is a small floating world, isolated in the infinity of the cosmos, the only place we know supporting life. The animation presents the first stage in the development and evolution of Life 1.0, as referred to by Swedish-American physicist, cosmologist Max Tegmark.

CITYLIFE 2

Graciela Cassel

7 min | 2019 | USA

Emphasizing the abstract nature of the geometry so prevalent in the contemporary urban grid. Shooting at night, the splices and overlays of the illuminated train cars, streetlights and window reflections create a vocabulary of images in a video collage that becomes a meditation on cities.